Busy but quiet.

<, Jin was relaxing alone on Horai Island.

Yes, <>. Rhodes, Marikka, Zion, and Rubina are all gone.

Reiko is there, of course.

"It's been a long time. ......

Lying on the bed in the bedroom of the institute, I am reminded of a time long ago.

The time Reiko summoned me, the time I was mistakenly transferred to the village of Kaina, the time I went to the Blue Lands to gather food, the time I enjoyed the boat and the seafood in Potrock...

Meeting with Erza and Reinhardt, the journey to Shoro, the Golem party, the battle with the Unifilers.

Settling down in the Shoro Kingdom, the subsequent turmoil, long-period planets, the legacy of the <>, and spatial oscillations.

And the people we met along the way. .......

"Someone once said that it is harder for those who are left behind than for those who leave behind. ......"

Reiko listens silently without saying anything, as this is not the first time Jin has talked to himself.

However.

"The previous generation must have had a hard time too. ......

Reiko couldn't help but react to his words.

"Your mother, sir?"

"Yes. At that time Reiko ...... no, <> wasn't even around yet, so it's understandable that you don't understand."

Jin's heart ached when he thought of Adriana Barbora Zetsi,...... who had lost Shuki, the woman who had raised her and whom she had held in deep affection,...... and who was only twenty years old at the time.

"It depends on the person, but I'm not sure I wouldn't say ......<>."

And moreover, there is a possibility that I might be immortal now.

<<<< now, does your master (my lord) think so, too?

Suddenly, the old man's voice rang out.

"That's unusual, old man. What do you mean by ......? <

<

"Yes."

Whether you are a compound or a body, you are still you. If I were in a position to be left behind, I am confident that I would have said the same thing 400 years ago.

The Empress, Martha, Rodrigo, Vivienne, Stearina ......, my older colleagues, friends and acquaintances.

Jin felt sorry for himself 400 years ago, thinking how hard it must have been to say goodbye to them.

"7...... No. 600012... I remember when they created a homunculus and tried to transfer my memories into it.

I think it was not a very successful attempt.

to an automata in such a way. What do you think would happen to his/her personality in that case? >>

Unusually, the old man asked me a metaphysical question.

"That's a hard one. I've never done it before. ...... Yes, I remember there was a concept called <> or something like that."

The question and answer with the old man suddenly reminded Jin of the knowledge he had heard when he was in Japan or in modern earth.

"I don't remember if it is brain science or philosophy, but <> is not scientifically understood.

I wonder if , who is a mental life form, understands it.

"I don't think <> can transcribe everything about a person."

In short, it would be impossible to make a copy of the target person, no matter how much Jin wanted to.

, what do you think? >>

The old man is very insistent today, Jin thinks about his answer.

"...... I guess so. I will not miss you if you stay."

>

"What?　Wouldn't he make it look like the person A?"

> "What do you mean?

"What do you mean?"

The old man began to explain slowly to Jin's question.

> he said.

"Oh, I see."

If it were possible, that is, if human beings could, they would like to go back to their younger days.

"It's personal ego to want to look as good as you did last time, isn't it?"

<<>

"Well, ...... I know the feeling, so I would adjust the appearance to around 20 years old."

Some people may prefer to be in their prime ...... thirties or so, when they are at their fullest.

<>

"Oh, ......, I guess so."

The old man might have been guiding his thoughts so that he would not go down a strange path, Jin thought.

"But if it were Elsa or Hannah, for example, I might make them look young instead of old.

Jin said, expressing his thought.

"So, in other words, the image in your mind takes precedence. ......"

>

"I see. ......"

As far as Jin knows, there was a girl named Juliana between Reinhardt and Bertsche.

<>"Then how many looks should that girl have? >>

"......I see what you mean."

After all, the old man wanted to remind Jin that it is only ego that makes people act only because they want to be together.

"Even at ......."

Jin thought in the corner of his mind, "I think human beings are a bunch of egos and selfishness is like walking around in clothes.

* * * * * *

"By the way, what about Hale?"

Jin asked the old man after lunch.

<

There is no problem to go to Hale. It is possible to come and go by both spaceships and warp gates.

We have installed a larger warp gate in parallel with the spaceships, which has improved both in terms of transportation volume and safety.

There is no problem with supplies for the time being. We still have 80% of the resources we obtained in the past .

The only problem is the super-powerful spaceships.

The problem is the super-powerful spacecraft, which needs to bring one of the satellites of the second planet, Zipert, to secure the resources on Hale, but the problem is that it is difficult.

"Is it a design problem?"

If so, it is Jin's responsibility.

<

Hyperadamantite is a metal made by molecular compaction of adamantite.

Hyper Adamantite is the hardest metal in the world, which is given 100 times or more strength by compressing Adamantite forcibly. If adamantite, which is hard and difficult to process, becomes 1,000 times stronger, how much labor is required to process it? If adamantite, which is hard and difficult to process, has become 1,000 times stronger, how much labor is required to process it?

It is being built on the moon (UNY), which has a low gravity, and even the administrative magic brain there is having a hard time with it.

Moreover, they are building a spaceship with a diameter of 300 meters.

The propulsion system occupies most of the ship's body, making it an extraordinary vessel.

"Indeed. "Indeed. There is no rush, so let's be steady.

.

"And the pathogens are all right?"

The planet was originally inhabited by the , so it seems to have such an environment.

"The only thing that remains is self-sufficiency of food."

"That will be the case."

I have no problem with the know-how, but it will take some time to establish an agriculture adapted to the natural environment of Heer.

Jin thinks about the world far away.