After receiving the adamantite ball, Jin checked the condition of the < just to be sure.

"Yes, we have been doing regular self-maintenance since Mr. Jin repaired it, and there is nothing wrong with it. The maintenance golem is doing a great job.

"Well, that's good to hear."

Jin was relieved to hear this report.

He put the 50-gram adamantite ball in his pocket and slowly made his way to the inn.

It was almost noon. When Rhodes returned, he would leave.

"Jin-san, are you home now?

He heard a voice behind him and turned around to see Rhodes.

"He just left. I sold the golem horse to a second-hand shop.

The golem horse that he had ridden for a short time was being sold off. It was an act that Jin did not like, but he thought it was normal in this era.

"Let's leave after lunch."

* * * *

Jin and Rhodes went to the airport.

Rhodes pays the fee to the officer, and the lock is unlocked.

They pulled out their blow floaters and boarded the plane with Hanako and Hope.

"Well, let's go."

Rhodes starts up the blow engine.

When the air bladder inflates at once and the aircraft lifts off the ground, the blow engine for propulsion is also activated.

The blow floater begins to rise slowly and diagonally upward.

(...... Mitsuho, until the next day)

Jin did not know if such a day would ever come, but in his heart he said goodbye to Mitsuho and wished to see him again.

He wanted to look around more, but he was worried that he might not be able to return to his own time if he knew too much information that he was not supposed to know, a < type of worry that haunted him.

Looking down from the blow floaters, a huge desert came into view on the left. This is the Hariri Desert.

Seeing the desert reminded Jin of .

Akitsu was created by a disciple of , who traveled around the world and enlightened people more than a thousand years ago.

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(Akitsu was in the Sahara Desert, wasn't he?)

Carrying such thoughts of Jin, the Blow Floater flew eastward.

"We have entered the Shoro Kingdom.

The Hariri Desert was far behind us, and to the left of us was a very high mountain.

I think it is the Baksa Mountain.

If we continue on our way, we will reach the capital, Leusat,

"Mr. Jin, since it is troublesome to go in and out of Loisart, I would like to go down to a suitable regional city or town," Rhodes suggested.

Rhodes suggested.

"That's fine."

Jin was a little curious to know how the Leuthart where he used to live was now, but he decided that it would be lonely if it had changed a lot.

(I'm not supposed to be here, ...... I'm not supposed to be here.)

"Okay. Let's go down to the town of Beams on the north shore of Lake Tosmo.

As dusk falls, the blow floaters descend into the town of Bearsus.

There seems to be no particular airfield, so they land on an open beach by the lake. In such a case, <> (Vertical Take Off and Landing Aircraft) is very useful.

The landing site was a small gravel beach.

Lake Tosmo was beautiful in the afterglow on the calm surface of the lake as dusk approached.

Rhodes quickly disassembled the blow floaters and put them together.

"Oh, I'll let Hope have it then," he said.

"I'm sorry. Now let's go find a place to stay.

So Jin, Rhodes, Hanako, and Hope went to the town of Bearsheims to look for a place to stay.

As it turned out, they found a place to stay within five minutes. <.

It faces Lake Tosmo and is said to offer beautiful sunrises and sunsets.

The air is somehow nostalgic.

On the other side of the lake is Leusert, where Jin and Elsa lived for a long time.

"I'd like to go there, but I'm not going to ....... If I can get back to the world, I can visit there with a big smile on my face.

At this point, Jin has no idea how to get back to the past.

There is a possibility that he may not be able to return ......, but rather, there is little chance that he can. He was aware of this, but he dared not to think about it.

It was a pity that the room at the inn was not a Japanese-style room, but it was on the second floor, so it had a good view of the lake, and the meal was the first meal he had had in a long time, so Jin was satisfied.

"The taste is more refined than in the past. ...... I guess they must have studied the use of seasonings and soup stock."

Jin smiled with satisfaction as he drank some hojicha after dinner.

After dinner, Jin soaked in the bath and relaxed, and went to his room to maintain Hope.

He coated the joints and sliding parts with adamantite, which he had obtained in Miyako.

This alone would more than quadruple the durability of the joints.

"There you go. I hope we can upgrade it little by little."

"Thank you, Mr. Jin."

At that moment, there was a commotion downstairs.

Mixed in with the sounds of people's voices, there was a clattering sound like metal hitting metal. Hope used her excellent hearing to see what was going on,

"Jin-sama, there seems to be an emergency. What should we do?

Hope asked.

"Let's go to ...... and see what's going on."

Jin thought that if it was a life-threatening situation, he couldn't just ignore it.

He quietly peeked downstairs.

There were two broken golems and three wounded men. All three men appeared to be unconscious.

They have been treated, but the golem has been left alone.

"What happened?"

Jin asked one of the onlookers who had gathered.

"Oh, I heard there was some kind of accident at Lake Tosmo.

"I heard that two boats catching river shrimps collided with each other and sank."

Lake Tosmo is a treasure trove of freshwater fish, and freshwater shrimps such as the tenagaebi can be caught in large numbers.

Shrimps such as these are usually caught after dark, when they gather in the light of a boat.

It is likely that the boat collided with the boat in the dark.

From what Jin has seen, the two golems seem to be the boatman or rower of each boat. The rather slender build of the two golems was thought to be for the purpose of lightening the ship.

"uu......"

One of the unconscious people moaned and opened his eyes. When he realized that he and the other three were the only ones being treated, his bad complexion worsened and he screamed.

"Oh, my God, ......!　Help me!　My daughter is still in the lake ......!"

"What?

Only three people were rescued. They were fishing two by two, and one of the men was in the boat with his daughter.

The fact that they are not here suggests that they may have gone down with the boat.

"I don't know which part of the boat sank, even if you say so!

It was pitch-dark in Lake Tosmo at night, and we had no idea where to look.

At that moment, someone said to me.

"Yes, ask the golem.

"No, he said he was too busy bringing them here. They're stuck."

Jin could no longer remain silent.

"Let me take a look. I'm a magi engineer.