"Let me introduce myself. My name is Stearina. I'm Stearina Gamma.

"Oh, I'm Jin."

The woman in front of me, who introduced herself as Stearina Gamma, is an intelligent beauty with copper-colored hair down to her back and reddish brown eyes.

She is slightly taller than Jin and well proportioned.

"I've been wanting to have a long talk with you. Now, may I?"

She glanced at Elsa and Bina before saying, "Yes, yes.

"Yes, yes, of course."

"Yes, thank you."

Then he took a sip of wine from the glass in his hand,

"Your engineering magic is amazing. Who did you learn it from?　Tell me if you don't mind."

She looked at Jin with her reddish brown eyes. Jin dodged the probing look,

"From my master.

"What is her name?"

"Her name is Adriana."

Jin answered, "Adriana!

"Adriana!　That's the same name as the great mage who lived about a thousand years ago. Oh, so you are named after her.

This is the third person who knows the name Adriana, following Reinhardt and Erza. And the same is true for the misunderstanding that she was named after Adriana.

"I see, you must have been just as great as the , your master.

Stearina looks a little distant. Then she looks at Jin again,

"I just overheard that you are on your way to the Shoro Kingdom with Master Reinhardt, aren't you?

Jin answered, "Yes, I am,

"Well, then we will surely pass through the Kingdom of Celuloa. I would like to invite you to my house then, if you would like.

"Yes, ask Reinhard, if you can spare the time."

"Yes, I'll be waiting for you."

Then, after some casual conversation,

"It's bad for the ladies in the back if I monopolize Mr. Jin too much. See you later."

With that, Stearina walked toward Reinhardt.

Erza came up to Jin as he was walking away,

"Do you like big breasts too, Jin?

Jin was startled and panicked,

"What are you talking about?"

"...... I've been looking at her for a long time."

Jin was an orphan and never knew his mother. Perhaps because of this, he has a weakness or a longing for older women.

Stearina was in her early thirties, and her calm atmosphere made him feel at ease, but he was ashamed and ashamed to tell Erza about it,

I was just curious because she was on her way to Reinhardt's place.

Erza believed it easily. Erza easily believes it,

"......Rai likes breasts," she murmurs in a whisper.

She muttered in a whisper.

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

Reinhard's black knight (Schwarzlitter) was amazing!

Dominique said excitedly with a slightly red face, perhaps intoxicated by the wine.

"Ha ha, I am honored. It was your , wasn't it?

"Oh, I'm so embarrassed. But all three of my birds were destroyed in the commotion.

"That's too bad. I would have liked to see them up close.

"Oh, no, you're very good."

He was modest, but in fact he looked pleased.

"I would have liked to show it to you and ask your opinion."

He seemed to have changed his mind when he said this regretfully,

"By the way, Mr. Reinhardt, why didn't your black knight (Schwarzlitter) go out of control?

He even asks such a question. As a magecraftsman, he seems to be concerned about it.

After this, Jin, Reinhardt, and I are going to spread the countermeasure against the tentatively named <, so I decide to explain it to Dominic as well.

"It's a structure that protects the magi-device from magical vibrations.

"Well, why would you do that?"

Reinhard explained simply that he had seen a bandit he had encountered before using a golem with the tentative name of .

Hearing this, Dominic showed a rather exaggerated surprise. And then,

"Mr. Reinhard, I would like to hear more and more about what you have to say. If you don't mind, can we meet after dinner?

he asked in a whispering voice. In response,

"I don't mind, but ......"

I was about to reply,

"Well, well, well... I'd like to talk to you about that too.

Stearina interrupted the conversation.

"Are you ......?"

"Yes, I am Stearina Gamma, a magecraftsman of the Kingdom of Celuloa, just like Dominic-san.

I greeted her. To Stearina,

"Oh, you are <>? I am.

Reinhard replied,

"Oh, you know what gamma means, don't you, Mr. Reinhardt?

"Yes, I do. I believe they have a selection committee every few years to decide the honorary positions in the country. Is it correct that you are the third?

He replies, "Yes. He is indeed a diplomat.

"You know very well. So, may I ask you a question?

"Yes, you may. Then would you please come to my room?

Yes, tonight at 8:00. Is that okay with you, Dominick?

"...... yes."

With a slight hint of bitterness in his voice, Dominique agreed.

* * *

"I wonder what Bina thinks of me. ......"

Count Kuzma was sipping his wine alone. Thereupon,

"...... Count."

Bina, the Count, came in.

"Whoa!　Beena!

Wine spills from the glass in her hand and soaks the Count's sleeve.

"Oops..."

"Oh, don't move. I'll wipe it up.

Saying this, Bina produced a handkerchief and hurriedly wiped Count Kuzma's sleeve.

"......I wiped it quickly, but there is still a little color on it."

Bina said apologetically to the Count,

"Oh, it doesn't matter. You can change your clothes when you get back."

But Bina said,

"Oh, I'll clean it up. "

Engineering magic < is a magic that removes dirt and grime. With this magic, the stain on the sleeve of the Count's dress was cleaned up.

"Oh, I'm sorry."

"No, I'm not much of a cleaner at all, but I can do this.

Seeing Bina saying this with a slightly awkward smile, the Count decided to do what he wanted to do.

"Beena."

He puts the glass aside and takes Bina's hand in both of his,

"Will you marry me?"

He finally said, "Will you marry me?