"Hmmm ......"

Milowina blurted out.

"I didn't know the ruins were this small."

Jin thought he could understand how she felt.

The gate, which looked like a torii gate, was less than two meters high, and the shrine was only 130 centimeters high, about the height of Reiko.

The stone statue of a stone guardian dog is barely one meter high.

This is too small to be considered as an image of the ruins.

But that's about it.

"...... what should we do with these ruins?

If Jin has received the magi crystals that were stored inside, they are no longer needed.

If we leave it as it is, it will eventually decay, fade away, or be destroyed by someone.

Either way, it will not be safe.

"Okay, let's move it."

"...... what?"

"Let's rearrange it and put it in a corner of the garden on Horai Island."

The old man who was listening reacted immediately.

He said that he would send a unit of engineers...... that is, a unit of craftsmen (smiths).

"Okay. I'll take care of that."

Jin thought that it was too bad to let the ruins, which reminded him of Japan and had existed for more than 1000 years, decay like this.

* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

With nothing else to see, the group decided to return to Horai Island.

There was no problem since they could come here in an instant using the transporter if they wanted to.

"......I'm sorry."

"Sorry for what?"

Jin asked with a question mark in his voice as Milowina apologized.

"I told you that they were ruins from a thousand years ago, but they didn't seem to be much after all. ......"

"No, this is very valuable. After all, it is a record left by <>.

"<>....... Is he such a great man?"

"Oh, that's where it starts."

Milowina doesn't seem to know much about .

On the back to Horai Island, Jin decided to explain his origins and what he had learned so far about .

"...... So, Jin, you came here from another world......."

Milowina didn't seem too surprised. When I pointed this out to her,

"Well, sometimes things happen in reality that are even more extraordinary than in stories," she remarked.

"Besides, stories are not always as good as they seem.

Besides, stories are often based on what actually happened.

Having lived in a closed world all her life, Milowina had read many such stories.

"For me, this world of Ars itself is a story," she says.

"So that's what it is. ......

Then Elsa came in with snacks and drinks.

"It's a little after three o'clock, please.

"Oh, thank you."

"Oh, thank you."

I was thirsty, so it was perfect.

Citran juice for Jin. Persica juice for Milowina.

The snacks were Topopo chips and rice crackers.

Just what I was looking for, as I had a craving for something a little salty.

"Don't eat too much!"

Elsa nudged us as it was time for dinner back at Horai Island.

* * * *

We arrived back at Horai Island at 7:00 p.m. Horai Island time.

>.

The old lord welcomed the group.

And as Erza had said, dinner was ready.

she said.

It was apparently prepared for Milowina, who must have been physically exhausted after the long journey.

The daikon radish leaves have remained bright green, a sign of Perid's painstaking efforts.

"Oh, it's delicious!

"......, it's delicious."

"Delicious."

The color of the leaves is a delight because the daikon is completely pesticide-free.

Just sprinkled with salt, it tastes good enough, but if you like, you can add some pickled plums, dried sardines, or tsukudani (food boiled down in soy sauce) to give it a different taste.

"Thanks for the food!"

Milowina seems to be satisfied.

>

While she was drinking some green tea after the meal, the old man spoke to her.

"Oh, it doesn't matter. About the statue of the fox?"

<

"I knew it. So?"

Hearing this, Jin wonders what happened to Shuki Tsetsi.

>.

"What?　He couldn't use magic, could he?"

<<

"That's an interesting idea ......."

But I'm not interested in that at the moment.

<>

Jin waited for the old man's words.

"Wait, let's call the family members first.

When he told all the members of the Jin family that he had found a new record of <>, Reinhard, Toa, Stearina, Saki, and Vivian wanted to hear about it.

Marcia and her father and son had a pending request, and Bina and Count Kuzma had to pass this time because the Count had been summoned to the capital, Asund.

The absentees will be informed in writing later.

* * * *

Since there is a time difference of 5 hours and 20 minutes between Japan and the Shoro Kingdom, all of them arrived on the same day.

It was 9:00 p.m., Horai Island time.

Jin introduced Milowina and told the old man to begin.

Everyone remembered that Shuki Tsetsi's diary after the death of his beloved Adriana was very clerical and to the point.

<

At that time, the Shoro Empire had not yet been established, and there seemed to be only a few stateless settlements.

<

The inhabitants of Dinar did not seem to accept the idea of Magus, and Shuki Tsetsi crossed the kingdom of Dinar at a very early date.

This seems to be the reason why Shuki is unknown in the Lesser Kingdom.

They then headed for the Kingdom of Leonard.

There he had his second .