âWell then, Saki, I guess I will be troubling you for a while . â
Jin told Saki with a smile .
âKufufu, spending a few nights with a man under one roof, eh? I am looking forward to it . â
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âI am not wrong, am I?â
Saki said with a impish smile . She had really opened her heart to Jin over these few days and showed this different face to him .
Jin, Reiko, Saki and Ehr were travelling on Jinâs carriage .
âSaki, actually, I might be outside until the actual wedding day . â
âHmm? Well, thatâs fine too . Do you have something you want to do?â
Saki didnât seem bothered by Jinâs words at all and just asked a question in turn .
âYeah . I want to gift him something for the wedding . â
âHmm, hmm, I see, you will go around searching for a present⊠. thatâs nice . I suppose I need to give him a present as well . â
Saki also pondered . Thinking this as the right time, Jin asked .
âHey, asking what will be a good present for the wedding seems like cheating a bit so I will ask this insteadâwhat is bad as a wedding gift?â
âA bad wedding gift, eh? Something sharp, edgy . Blood relatives normally gift such things . â
She said something similar to what Elsa said on her birthday . Saki continued .
âClothes will also be hard . If you donât know his likes, that is . â
â⊠. That is true . Anything else?â
âOf course, rings are no good as well . I think something practical would be good⊠Ah, the topic changed to what will be good as a gift, eh?â
âNo, thanks, that helped a lot . â
Jin lightly expressed his thanks . And he thought to himself that he would ask Elsa about the rest .
While talking about such things, the carriage had reached the Eschenbach residence .
âHmm, seems like father hasnât yet returned . â
There were no doors for a gate and so Saki said while opening the entrance with a key .
âWell, we have Ehr now so it will work out . Ehr, I will leave Saki to you . â
Jin told Ehr .
âYes, creator, I understand . â
Ehr was already an all-purpose housekeeper by then, being able to do anything from cooking to laundry and daily necessities⊠he had become a automata housekeeper .
âWell then, I will return on the day before the wedding, in the evening . â
âYeah, got it . I will be waiting . I look forward to what gift you pick . â
âRight, you can look forward to it . â
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After parting with Saki, Jin ordered Steward to bring the carriage to a deserted place .
In these areas near Reinhartâs house, thereâs a city as well as forestsâquite a nice environment . He made the carriage travel towards the forests .
âMaster, I think this area should be fine . â
He took the carriage deep into the forestâso much that the carriage couldnât be moved any further in as there was long grass and bushes growing there .
âAlright, here should be fine . Alright then, Steward, wait here until 30th evening . I will camouflage the the carriage . Get rid of the golem horseâs footsteps and the wheel tracks . â
âUnderstood . Take care . â
After leaving the carriage to Steward, Jin leaped to Hourai island with Reiko .
They felt a weird sense of discomfort once they reached the middle point of teleportation . âMm?â
Having noticed this, in charge Butler 50 started explaining . The other in charge Butler 49 stood in silence .
âMaster, this middle ground for teleportation we have reached has just been completed the other day and itâs called âShinkaiâ, used exclusively for teleportations . â
ââShinkaiâ?â
âYes . Itâs a spherical structure manufactured in Hourai island, it is about 20 meters in diameter . It is in mid-air and is made with 18-12 stainless steel and aluminium . This is the inside, as you can see . â
This time, Butler 49 started explaining .
âIt has been set up in the middle of the continent and Kunlun island using the warpgate which doesnât need a receiving end . In case of an emergency, one of us or Laojun will destroy the warpgate . â
In other words, if something like that happens, they would be isolated in the sea . It has been quite thoroughly prepared .
âGot it . Good work . â
Jin gave his thanks to Butler 49 and 50 for the explanation .
[Welcome back, my lord . ]
Laojun welcomed them to Hourai island .
âLaojun, how are you doing?â
A few days has passed since he has been upgraded to multiprocessors and so Jin asked how he was doing .
[Yes, I am doing well . I adjusted myself constructed a model of the control system for optimized parallel processing for dealing with situations . ]
âOhh, thatâs amazing . â
The previous Magi craft meister, Adriana, wasnât able to create any further than a single core magic intellect . The multi-core version was Jinâs original .
As such, the OSâcontrol system, still has lots of areas to improve on and Laojun came up with a model for that .
âAlright, show me . â
Listening to Jinâs request, a magi formula appeared in front of him . A normal person canât even begin to comprehend it but the magi craft meister Jin could easily read it .
â⊠. I see . You came up with structures about which core would be better for what kind of processing and order and sequence of it, eh . âUnfortunately, Jin wasnât very knowledgeable in things related to the computer . He only knew how to increase the clocking speeds and how to increase the processors but couldnât think of a way to upgrade the ability to properly process information . However, Laojun performed trial and error operations and was close to optimizing the process .
Jin also understood how that method was more efficient and so he checked to make sure there werenât any bugs .
âI understand . So youâre saying it will be better to change to this control system, right?â
[Yes . Can I request it?]
Laojun doesnât have the authority to change himself . That is because if Jin permits that, thereâs a chance of him going out of control .
Jin prepared a new magi crystal and carefully wrote the control system on it . And then changed it with Laojunâs one .
âHow is it?â
Laojun after confirming himself and the new control system for about 1 second .
[Yes, thank you very much . My processing speeds have increased by 30% . ]
âOhh, I see . Well then, let me know if you find anything new again . I will head to Kaina village for the time being . â
[Yes, take care . Reiko-san, you too . ]
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Jin used the warpgate to go to the underground workshop . And when he went up to the workshop, he found Elsa there . Smith A was also with her .
âAh, welcome back, Jin-nii . â
âGood to be back, Elsa . What were you doing?â
Elsa showed Jin what was on her hand .
âOh, thatâs amazing . â
It was a pen nib made of phosphor bronze . Elsa was now able to make 5 pens at once . âI am still no closer to getting to your level, Jin-nii . â
Although she says that, her face shows that she is happy .
âAh, vig vrother, velcome back . Reko sis too . â
It was afternoon there so Hanna had come to call Elsa . However, her speech seems weird . When Jin looked closer, he noticed two of her front teeth was gone . The baby teeth fell .
âGood to be back, Hanna . â
âAh, Jin, welcome  back . â
Martha also came to welcome him . Mine was preparing lunch inside .
âWelcome back, Jin-sama . I made your portion as well so please sit down . â
It seems Butler A told them . He probably contacted them while Jin was upgrading Laojun at the Hourai island . As always, Laojun is quite considerate .
After finishing lunch, Jin told Elsa that Belche and Reinhart would be getting married on the 1st of June .
â⊠. I see . Rai-nii and Belche-san . â
Her expression displayed a mixture of envy and loneliness .
âReinhart-sama and Belche-sama, eh? Yes, I do know of Belche-sama . I see, I see . So they are finally doing it . â
Mine had a nostalgic expression .
âWaa, vride! I vanna chee!â
Hanna was just simply excited .
âAnd so, I would like to gift him something but, what do you think would be good?â
Mine was the first to answer .
âRight, I think it would be safe to go with essential living materials . â
And Elsa also followed up .
ââŠThat futon . It would be just perfect for a newly wed couple . â