Magi Craft Meister Vol 3 Chapter 20

03-20　And of the hearts desire

（These two bodies are specialized in underwater action, aren’t they?）

（Small stature, thin figure, and hands and feet with are webbed.）

（The prominence of the forearm seems to have high offensive power, doesn’t it?）

The vicinity is a shallow place that is no more than 2 meters deep, but it’s rocky enough to not lack hiding places.

When it was seen from beneath the water, the order of approach was the shallow bottom boat of Reinhardt and Elsa, the mono hull of the noble man, Valentino, and the catamaran of Marcia.

One of them went towards Elsa’s boat, while the other advanced on Cygnus.

Since the opponent was a golem, Reiko had absolutely no hesitation. She bent her body like a spring and kicked off the rocks to move through the water in a moment.

（The interior is hollow? It is incomparable to the golems made by father.）

（Are you going to tear the boat hull with that protuberance?）

（The protuberance is steel, it’s soft, isn’t it?）

（That’s it.）

Because the Control Core at the heart was fine, they should be able to identify the criminal.

After leaving the golems which couldn’t move anymore, Reiko returns to the boat that Jin is on.

To her rear, the lead group passed through without incident. (TL: I’m wondering if it’s really Valentine who set those there and he’s just that stupid, or if it’s a setup to frame him.)

「Father, it’s finished.」

「Is that so? Thank you. By the way, did you take the evidence from the golems?」

Reiko calmly answered.

「Yes.」

First, she took the hands and feet she had wrenched off and twisted and stretched them into an unshapely rope. It was a forcible labor and not even engineering magic was used.

Well, both father and daughter are birds of a feather. (TL: This sentence was confusing, but they’re saying that both Jin and Reiko are absurd and unaware of how absurd they and their actions tend to be)

「What? That boat.」

Some on the sightseeing sheep seemed to notice this time, but Jin was not pursued in this matter since no one saw his face.

「The top group that went around the uninhabited island Io, the turning point is in the order of 3, 1, 35, and 28!」

「The last stage from here is the high-speed sections with no obstacles, right?」

Athlete 35 and Marcia were behind and to the left of 1 moving towards the open sea. It’s because it doesn’t let Riche interfere with their course.

「Oooh! Athlete 35 is fast! The water spray is really flying back!」

「It has surpassed! It has surpassed! team MJR has finally outran number 35 and 1!」

「Why!? Why didn’t it fall out?! That ship performs so well!」

Though she made the golem that Lord Valerio made work to the limit, the difference didn’t shrink. It seemed like it was a nightmare.

「Fast… it is as big brother Rai anticipated.」

「Fair and square game.」

Lorelei was encouraged to accelerate even more than the limit. Using her flexible body, Lorelei began to kick the water in the rear.

On the other hand, Cygnus moved the hull forward with the waterwheel driven by the pedal that Arrow rowed to the limit and pushed a white spray up high.

「Well, the waterwheel is just inefficient.」

Although flashy, the waterwheel is spraying too much water into the air, that meant it was doing extra work, but there were no records about it before this. (TL: I think he’s trying to say that not many would notice the flaw since it hadn’t been written before, and is pointing out that the large amount of water being thrown is a sign of wasted energy.)

Jin hasn’t figured out how to build a suitable drive mechanism for a propeller yet, even with his power.

While continuing his train of thought, Jin was jolted in the boat.

「Work hard, Lorelei.」

Before long,

Lorelei said that it had exceeded its limit. At this pace, it won’t be able to reach the goal.

Reluctantly, Elsa drops the output of Lorelei, and Cygnus finally takes the lead.

「What unbelievable speed! Number 35 has outrun the Blue Marine and taken the lead for the first time!」

If the nameless MJR won the championship, there would be several rich people and nobles who would call out to them.

「That’s right. According to our documents, it’s said that Marcia, the ship operator, is also a Shipwright. And Jin who made the golem is a nameless Magic Craftsman, but after this his name should spread quickly, won’t it?」

For the first time in the finals, Cygnus is running in the lead.

「Now Reiko, we’ll return quickly, too.」

The small boat with Jin took the great detour around and aimed at the port town, Port Rock.

At the goal point in Port Rocks central port, one person who was watching the Magic Screen was grinding their teeth in frustration.

「Grrrr, surprisingly that girl Riche is cowardly! Sir Valerio is Sir Valerio, too, but I poured in so much money, what is it, that condition?」

「Since it’s come to this, there’s no choice…」

「Valentino, they will soon be at the goal. Shall we go meet the contestants at the finish line?」

It was Valentino’s boss that had spoken, a female lord Elias Kingdoms south Zaus state, Marquis Dominique de do Firentsiano. (TL: ドミニク・ド・フィレンツィアーノ suggestions?)

Valentino clicked his tongue inwardly, but went down according to the feudal lords instructions from the VIP seats without showing his thoughts on his face.\n