"I thought it might be, but I didn't expect it to actually come true."

Rhodes says in seemingly contradictory terms.

Jin interpreted this as meaning that he hoped it would not come true.

"Rhodes, it has not been decided yet that the northerners are involved.

Jin was a little disappointed that he could only say, "Rhodes, it has not been decided yet that the northerners are involved.

Then Lise came to report.

"Master, your examination and treatment are finished.

"You're early. Thank you. Well?

Yes. As I reported earlier, he was brainwashed by Divieniunschiavo, and we have released him. He's sleeping now."

"I see. When will he be awake?"

He will wake up in about half an hour.

Lise went back to the room, adding that it was not a good idea to force her to wake up.

"Well, what should we do now, Mr. President? I think it would be better to awaken them in Elena's laboratory, ...... for example, rather than in this laboratory."

<<>

"Yes. What is she doing now?"

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"That's convenient.

With the previous modification, Elena also has a built-in manacam, a magical elemental communication device that connects directly to Horai Island. This is out of Jin's concern that if she had this, the situation would not have been so terrible.

Through it, the old man made contact.

［I will send a person to the manor for an hour or so. Please come anytime.]

He received an immediate reply and was told that he would be waiting for him.

"Alright, Mr. President, let's send the rescued party members to Elena's place. ......Yes, Reiko and I will go with you.

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Jin-sama, please take me with you.

"Yes, let's go."

At Rhodes' request, Jin, Reiko, Rhodes, and the party members who had been < were transported by transporter to Elena.

"Welcome, Jin-sama."

Elena greets Jin and the others.

And then...

"...... room?"

Elena muttered, looking at the party members who were still asleep.

Jin also looked at the person called Arum.

"A woman?"

Her shoulder-length semi-long chestnut-colored hair and her well-developed figure were definitely a woman.

"This is Arum Pitt. She's a mid-level technician I've been keeping an eye on.

"I see you know her well, that's good."

I can vouch for him. May I confide in you, Mr. Jin?"

Jin thought for a moment before giving his approval.

"Fine. If Elena guarantees it.

"Thank you very much."

Jin decided that Nostalgia would be an important part of his activities from now on.

Jin then had several meetings with Elena.

* * * * * *

"Uh, no. ......"

Ten minutes after arriving at Elena's place, Arum seemed to notice.

"...... where am I?　I'm ......."

"Arum, do you recognize me?"

"Elena ......, my lady ...... what?　Elena-sama?"

Arum woke up with a start, his eyes wide open and rigid as if he couldn't believe what he was seeing in front of him.

"It's really ...... Elena-sama, you're ...... safe, aren't you?"

Tears spilled from her golden brown eyes.

"Elena-sama!

"Oh my goodness."

Elena gently accepted Arum's hug and gently stroked her sobbing head.

"You'll always be a crybaby, no matter how old you get."

"De de ...... de ...... de ...... de ...... that's the way to go ...... Elena, you're a crybaby!"

"I see, you saw me fight Guillermo Marchitas?"

"Yes. ......"

He said that he was one of the few who stayed until the end, although he could not see the end because they had all evacuated.

"Then ...... sorry, the <> found him and brainwashed him ......, it seems."

"I didn't know that. But it's all right now.

"Oh, my dear Erena, ......

After being released from the brainwashing, Arum had a little infantile regression, or perhaps she was remembering the past, and she hugged Elena for a while and sobbed.

Aroom hugged Elena and sobbed for a while.

"Well, I'm sorry to show you my displeasure..."

After crying on Elena's chest for a while, Arum turned to Jin, Rhodes and Reiko, still rubbing his slightly red eyes.

"First of all, thank you for saving me. My name is Arum Pitt. I am a magecraftsman in training.

Arum introduced himself to Jin and the others so briskly that it was hard to believe that he had been crying to Elena.

"Arum, this is Master Jin and Master Rhodos. Especially Jin-sama, he's <> Jin-sama, right?"

"Yes, yes!　......<, Jin Nido-sama, is it?　Why?　Why?"

Naturally, Arum was flustered by this revelation.

"Calm down. I told you this ...... because I thought I could trust you."

"Oh, thank you. ......"

Arum seemed thrilled to hear Elena's assurance that he could be trusted.

"But why me?"

"Well, ...... to be honest, I guess it's just a coincidence."

"Coincidence?"

"Well, it just so happened that it was easier to get you out of the League of Magic, that's all. But when I asked Elena about it, she said I could trust her, so I told her what had happened.

"I didn't know that. ...... I have mixed feelings about that. ...... Thank you very much."

So, you were brainwashed, but do you remember what happened during that time?

Here is the main question. If the answer is "I don't remember," you need to confirm your memory by < with your consent.

But that was not the case.

"Yes, I remember everything.

"That's great. Alms, for the time being you're the Operations Officer.

"Chief of Staff?　Me?　I'm honored!

It was funny how he was so fascinated with Elena that he overreacted to every single word she said.

"First of all, I want to confirm something. What do you think the <> will do when they realize you are gone?"

This is important.

"I don't think they'll care too much about ......."

A little disappointed, Arum answered.