The next day, Jin woke up to find the hallway noisy.

He hurriedly put on his clothes and went out into the corridor, where he found several men in military uniforms walking back and forth.

One of them spotted Jin and approached him.

One of them spotted Jin and approached him. I'd like to see your room.

"What?"

Jin is a little taken aback when he is suddenly asked to show his room. But the man said something else,

"May I see it?　If you don't deny it, I'll show it to you.

With these words, he pushed Jin out of the way and entered the room where Jin was staying.

"......What is this?"

Jin, who had nothing to hide, was a little displeased with his attitude. The soldier came out immediately,

"Well, everything is fine. I'm sorry to have disturbed you."

He walked down the corridor.

"What is this really about?"

Jin returned to his room. Then Anne came in,

"Goshujin-sama, I think he is looking for someone.

Jin listened to Anne's report, wondering if it was the original creator's hobby that Anne's pronunciation of when she called Jin was so lispy.

"He didn't look in the drawers of the built-in desk, but searched under the bed and in the wardrobe, so I think he is looking for something big, perhaps a person.

It was quite an insightful report from Anne.

"Who?" she asked.

"I don't know, I'm not sure."

At that moment there was a knock at the door. Jin said come in, and it was Reinhardt.

"Good morning, Jin."

"Good morning."

Reinhardt looked around the room. Jin noticed that,

"What's wrong with Reinhardt?"

Reinhardt asks. Reinhardt looks complicated,

"Erza disappeared from ......".

He said, "What?

"What?"

Jin is surprised. The soldier must have been one of Fritz's men and was looking for Erza.

"It's morning and Erza hasn't woken up. I couldn't find Meane, who would normally have already gotten up. I went into the room and found that they had both disappeared.

So that's why Fritz is looking for them.

That's why Fritz is looking for them. He came to you, too?

"Yes."

Jin looked out the window. A group of soldiers, apparently under Fritz's command, were searching for him. The fact that they could be seen throughout the city suggested that they were searching for him with all their might.

"Thank you very much."

Jin muttered to himself and somehow understood why Erza had disappeared.

"If Meane is with her, they probably won't be able to find her.

Reinhardt blurted out.

"After all, Meine is from the town next to Icasanat. She knows the area and probably knows some people there. If Meine is serious about running away with Erza, well, she's not going to be found for a long time.

There was a note of hope in his tone.

"What does Reinhardt think?"

Jin felt compelled to ask.

"About what?　About Elsa's marriage?　Or about her disappearance?

"Both."

When Jin said this, Reinhardt began to whisper.

"I don't think marriage is a bad thing. The nobles are assisted in the management of their estates by their lords and stewards, and you can learn it after marriage. There are maids of honor to do the housework, and to be frank, they are just decorative dolls. That's the aristocratic wife. You can even hire a nanny for your children.

He chuckles as he says this,

"That's the case of the old aristocracy," he says.

He continues.

"I want Elsa to have a different kind of family, a warmer family. Ideally, she should marry the man she loves, but it is also possible to nurture love after marriage.

Reinhardt looks forlorn for a moment as he says this. But the next moment his face returns to its usual expression and he continues.

"Well, I can understand why you ran away. Jin, have you noticed?　The relationship between Meine and Erza?

"Yes, I have been aware of it. So that means Reinhardt is too?　Well, of course.

Yes. I think Meine is Erza's biological mother. I say probably because it's hard to hear.

That's true. You can't ask Erza's father. Or even to her.

"The way she talked to me, the way she treated Elsa, when she became a nanny, all these things made me think that she must be my own mother."

Jin also expressed his opinion. And then,

"Well, I still don't agree with the way she educated him," he added.

Jin added. Jin had also been taking care of small children for a long time, and he thought that Erza would never be able to stand on her own feet.

"But what are they going to do now?"

That's what Jin is concerned about. Meine's parents might be here, but she would be easy to find if she went back there, and she couldn't just wander around all the time.

"Meine is broken somehow," said Reinhard.

Reinhardt said. is an expression used in this world to describe a person with mental illness, trauma, or personality problems.

Jin thinks it is true. Meane's attitude toward Erza seemed unusual in some places.

I wonder why Erza's father chose Meene as her nanny.

Jin mentioned the question that suddenly came to his mind. Reinhardt answered,

"Erza can't sustain herself without Meine.

"What?"

Jin is also stunned by this shocking revelation.

"No, to be precise, it doesn't have to be Meane. But I don't think we'll be able to find such a person so conveniently.

Reinhardt was about to say so, but Jin hurriedly interrupted him. It seems that he has heard something terrible.

"Wait a minute, Reinhard. That's new to me, but what will Erza do without Meine?"

Reinhardt nodded his head,

"Oh, you haven't told Jin yet. I thought you had already told her, I'm sorry.

He apologized and began to explain.

"I told you that Erza used to be a naughty girl, didn't I?　That was partly to vent. Elsa has one defect, though it is not a disease. It's called <>."

"Hypermagic?"

Jin had never heard this word before.

"Ah. The amount of magic power a mage possesses varies from person to person, but there is a certain upper limit for each, right?　Erza's is not very large. A little more than a normal mage.

"Is that bad?"

But Reinhardt said,

"No, no, I'm just getting started.

Reinhardt, however, told Jin not to jump to any hasty conclusions.

"Magic power decreases when magic is used. Is that right?

"Yes.

And if you rest, the reduced magic power will naturally return to normal.

That's true.

In Erza's case, it returns to normal too much. And too much magic power will eat away at her.

In this case, the magic power is probably mana.

If she eats too much or is overnourished, she becomes obese or diabetic. In the case of magic power, the same thing happens, though it is difficult to say exactly what it is.

Jin tried to imagine. Suppose that the golem produces a large amount of mana due to the over-operation of the ether converter, and the mana furnace (mana driver) is unable to handle it.

The excess mana will be transformed by external stimuli such as a little magic, and will have a bad influence on the body that contains it.

What if the same thing happens in the human body?　Jin understood the problem that Erza was facing. He also understood why Meane had not been fired for her reckless behavior.

"Having someone around who can act as a proper safety valve can keep the outbreak at bay.

Jin understood. If there is someone like a blood relative who is on the same wavelength of magic, or rather the same wavelength of life, the symptoms can be suppressed by having that person as a pathway for the mana.

"Isn't there any other treatment?　What will happen to Elsa if Meene disappears?"

"She can stay away for a week or ten days. And there is no problem if we use magic and consume magic power during that time. I don't care if she was a child, but Erza understands it herself now."

Reinhardt dismissed Jin's concerns with these words.

"Hey Reinhard, couldn't you have given her a magical tool to release her magic power?"

Jin asked curiously. But Reinhard smiled sadly,

"Yes, in theory that would solve the problem. But there is one big problem.

He said bitterly.

"What's that?"

"There was no one who could make a magic tool to release the magic power before activating the magic, even if it was in the form of magic.

What?

What?"

Jin frowned curiously when he heard that, and Reinhardt looked at him and said, "No way.

"There is no one who can make it?"

"I don't think so, Jin.

Reinhardt asked timidly, to which Jin replied with a big nod of his head.

"I think I can probably make it.