On April 2, at the height of spring, Jin Reinhardt and his party left Yada village and stayed overnight in Koors town.

The next day, instead of returning to the main highway, they continued westward to Ikasanat, a regional city on the border with the Kingdom of Celuloa.

Here, immigration control is very strict for those who leave the Kingdom of Egelea to go to the Kingdom of Cerroa and vice versa.

This is because they are dealing with the Kingdom of Cerroa, and the border with the Kingdom of Elias is not so strictly controlled.

"They might keep us here for three days or so..."

"Well, it might be good for your body to rest.

Traveling by horse-drawn wagon is tiring. It is hard on the body if you don't take a rest day after a few days.

So Jin decided to take this opportunity to repair Anne, the automaton he found at the Keowan ruins.

On the night of the day he arrived at Ikasanat, Jin stopped Anne's operation for a while and had Reiko carry her to Horai Island.

He thought about telling the truth to Reinhardt when he asked him where he had repaired Anne.

"Welcome home, my lord. Who is that young lady?

Lao Tzu welcomes you at the institute. She looked at the automaton that Reiko brought to the laboratory and said curiously.

"Ah, this is an automaton I found at a place called Keowan Ruins, and its name is Ann. It's very damaged, so I thought I'd repair it. Please prepare it.

"Yes, sir."

And so the repair of Anne by Jin began.

The first thing he did was to repair the control core. The first step was to transfer all of Anne's information to the Magi Crystals of all attributes that had been prepared.

"<>"

By transcribing the knowledge, a complete copy was made. To his horror, after the copying, the original control core was broken into four pieces.

"Uh-oh, just in time. "Well, it's possible that some of the information is buggy.

Jin analyzes so.

"Lao Tzu, please transcribe at least the information on Horai Island as much as you can spare. At the same time, copy the information that Anne knows.

"Yes, sir."

Lao Tzu thus obtained the information during the magic war. At the same time, Anne would be given the minimum knowledge to work for Jin from now on.

"Master (My Lord), about 20 percent of the information is incomplete.

Lao Tzu, who had copied Anne's information, reported. This was expected from Jin.

"Yes, of course. Try to fix it as much as possible. It may take some time.

"Yes, sir."

He left the information to Lao Tzu, and Jin proceeded to repair Anne.

"Now we can upgrade the materials in the replication process.

The steel skeleton is now made of light silver, and the tattered musculature is made of the same magical fiber as Reiko's. The skin is made of a pseudo-dragon (Shaman). The skin is to be prepared from the feather membrane of a pseudo dragon (Siamese dragon).

Jin finds an unfamiliar material on the shelf.

"Laozi, what is this?

"Yes, it is a material from a sea dragon.

"Ah, you mentioned it before. I see. ...... can be used.

Jin resumes his work to finish Anne's repairs for the time being.

The eyes are sapphire and crystal. Aether Converter, Mana Driver, and Shield. The manacam (mana cam) is also installed, and the hair is made of threads of a ground spider dyed blue.

The muscular tissues have been installed, and the only thing left to do is to cover them.

"It's not a good idea to completely restore it to its original state. ......

Jin was worried. Actually, Anne had something on her that Reiko did not have.

"I wonder if it was used for <>."

During the war, the military was devoid of feminine charm, and this automata took the form of a woman. The purpose of this doll is a matter of guess.

"I'm not going to do this after all."

Jin could not look at the automata in that way. He thought of them as daughters to be loved, but not as objects of s*x.

Finally, the clothes. We dress them in the same clothes as the five-color golem maids. Black with no white brim.

"Okay, it's done. "

"Yes, ma'am."

Anne got up.

"How are you feeling?"

Anne stands up and checks her movements by stamping her feet and lifting her hands up and down.

"Very good. Thank you very much.

"Okay, hold it right there. Next, Reiko, come here.

"Yes, father."

Jin calls Reiko.

"All right, Reiko, you struggled with Giggles the other day, didn't you?　I'd like to check your whole body and strengthen it so that nothing like that can happen again, okay?"

"Yes, that would be great. Yes, that would be great.

The answer came immediately. Jin nodded his head,

"Okay, I'll do it."

First, Jin stopped Reiko and checked every part of her. Then, he asked her.

"This is ......."

Jin raised his eyebrows. There was a lot of damage.

The skeletal structure of the right leg was slightly distorted and the magical muscles of both arms were slightly torn.

There was no abnormality in the chest cavity, but the ether converter and mana driver were slightly deteriorated.

It seems that the 200 percent operation had been too much for them.

"This will require a complete reinforcement. And I'll have to nail Reiko.

Jin muttered to himself and started to improve Reiko.

First, a complete review. Incorporate what he noticed after looking at Anne's structure.

The skeleton is adamantite. It is hollow, with a spongy core. This structure allows for both light weight and strength.

The muscles are made of a composite fiber of sea dragon leather and conventional magical fiber.

Sea dragon leather hardly deteriorates as long as the magic power is circulated, and its instantaneous force is three times stronger than that of magical fiber. However, it is somewhat difficult to control, so it was made into a composite material.

The skin is the wing membrane of a sea dragon. It seems to be twice as strong as the membrane of a pseudo dragon (Siamese dragon).

As a result of using these materials, the total weight of Reiko was reduced by a whopping 15%. Dragon materials are awe-inspiring.

"Yes, just as expected. Now we can increase the output.

Saying this, Jin added another pair of ether converters and mana drivers to Reiko. In other words, Reiko's output has doubled.

"This still isn't enough for Gigarth, is it?"

Jin then started the last improvement he had been thinking about since the battle.

A boost in output.

It would be different if he had an eladolite, but to do without it, Jin thought of a so-called <.

Jin is not very familiar with electronic circuits, but he is aware that a capacitor is something that can temporarily store power.

In other words, the idea is to temporarily store the output that is not normally used and release it when necessary.

For this purpose, they intend to equip Reiko with an ultra-high performance version of the <>. This will be useful even when we go to the south where the free magical element (ether) is said to be scarce.

Theoretically, it should be able to produce 1000% output for a moment. I can't think of any use for it, though.

"We could replace all the weight savings with these."

Reiko weighs in at just 30 kilograms. This is an improvement to make up for the weight that was lost in the previous modifications.

"All right, Reiko, <>."

Jin gets up and tells Reiko about the improvements.

"Okay. From now on, I'll try to limit it to the usual three percent.

"Okay. And how are you feeling?

"Yes, very light. Thank you very much.

Okay, then I have something to say to you. Sit down there.

"Yes?"

Jin makes Reiko sit down. Then he says the words he's been thinking about.

"Reiko, I'm glad you're fighting for me. But you've got to stop trying to do it by force. Okay?"

"What?　Wasn't the reason why your father strengthened me so often was to encourage me to wield that power?"

"What ......?"

Jin's head was in his hands. The enhancements he had given Reiko with the best of intentions had turned her into a believer of the power.

"That's not true. I only strengthened you because I didn't want you to break down. From now on you should think more carefully when you fight.

"Yes, I understand."

Reiko agreed with him honestly, and Jin felt relieved.

When Jin, Reiko and Anne were about to return, Lao Tzu called out to them.

"Master (my lord), I have a proposal for you.

"Hmm?　What is it? What is it?

Yes. Now that the number of My Lords is increasing, there is a possibility that they may fall into the hands of others, by chance or otherwise.

Lao Tzu is right. Jin also had a thought that came to his mind when he heard this, but he urged me to go on.

"So, I suggest that we add a function to erase information, just in case."

"I see."

What Jin immediately thought of was a self-destruct mechanism, but it was a much calmer idea. Although it was Jin's idea, he had no intention to install a self-destruct mechanism on the Golem, which could be called his children.

Even the safeguard he had put on Lao Tzu was a destructive device that only Jin could activate, not a self-destruct mechanism.

Without using rare materials, it is impossible to make it perform as well as Jin's golems. It is difficult even to imitate Lotte.

On the other hand, we need to keep the information of Horai Island as secret as possible.

All right, take Lao Tzu's lead and execute the plan.

"Yes, sir.

So, Lao Tzu then proceeded to apply security measures to all the golems under his command.

This time Jin returned to Ikasanat. He had been in Horai Island for quite a while, and he felt a little dozy, but it was morning.

"Good morning."

Rubbing his sleepy eyes, Jin went to the cafeteria for breakfast.

"Good morning, Jin."

Reinhard greeted Jin and looked at him,

"Did you not sleep well?　Your eyes are red.

Jin nodded his head and replied that he had been thinking about it a lot and had missed his sleep. Jin nodded his head and replied that he had been thinking about something else and had missed his sleep.

"Good morning, Jin."

"Good morning."

Erza says good morning to Jin.

The three have dinner.

"What are your plans for today?"

To which Reinhardt replies.

"I'm going to do some formalities. I'll take care of that on my own, so Jin and Erza can do whatever they want.

At that moment, the door to the dining room opens and a man who looks like a soldier enters.

The man looked around and then walked toward Jin and the others. Then he said,

"Elsa, it's been a long time!

He hugged her as soon as she finished eating.

"Brother!

Erza is surprised.

"Yes, it's been two years, hasn't it?　You've looked better, Elsa. I'm glad to see you're doing well.