3465, Jin 29 years old.

"Well, I'd like to make sure that <> is done with ......."

Jin is troubled in the laboratory on Horai Island.

The old man gives advice to the distressed Jin.

"Oh, yes. ...... Well, let's go to 700672 first. ...... Reiko, let's go."

"Yes, Father."

Jin and Reiko go to No.700672 using the warp gate which is permanently installed.

First, they move to the front room. There, two dispatched by Hitoshi are packed, ready to deal with any unforeseen circumstances.

(Though there is no danger, since there is no Malkitas yet.)

Jin wished the two craftsmen (smiths) a good job and headed for the white room where the 700672 lived. White Room, the home of No. 700672.

"Oh Jin-dono, welcome."

The same 700672 greets me.

Jin also gave him a bottle of Persian juice specially made in Horai Island as a gift.

"Thank you very much for this.

The special Persica Juice from Horai Island is rich in free magic element (ether) and tastes good even to a homunculus like No. 700672. It is tasty and good for the body, even for a homunculus like 700672.

"What can I do for you today?"

< of the as his master's successor, and with the help of Marikka, No. 70067 No. 2 has been very cooperative.

"Yes, a little about Hale."

"Well, that's interesting."

Despite his very abstract opening, 700672 seems to have understood Jin's intention correctly.

Hale is my home planet. I'd like to take Rouge and Neige there someday."

"I'm sure you would."

Jin then said that Hale, as it was now, was a place that could be visited but was not suitable to live in.

"First of all, there is too little water," he said.

The current situation is that 80% of the land is land and 20% is sea. This is too arid an environment for living creatures to live in.

"Yes, I suppose so.

Jin thinks that the inhabitants, the , lived in domed dwellings, and that the air-conditioned inside of the dwellings kept them healthy in the dry environment.

"In my opinion, <> may have reduced the amount of seawater in order to mine the resources on the seafloor."

"That kind of thing ......."

Jin felt a little shiver.

It would have changed the weather on the planet Hale in no small way, he thought.

"Maybe that's why it's so dry. ......"

And it may have caused the extinction of many creatures, too.

"Hmm. I am concerned about that. But it is possible that <> are trying to > in some way."

For example, by creating protected areas, or by preserving genes, 700672 says.

"Breaking the natural cycles of the food chain and biodegradation is a way of strangling ourselves in the end."

"That's right. ......"

Jin thought about the many creatures that had perished even on his own planet.

"Let me tell you something else. Perhaps the ecosystem, food chain, etc. here on Arus is the same or very close to that of Hale.

It is highly likely that such measures are being taken, especially on the still uninhabited ," said 700672.

"Perhaps the testers on Onogoro Island know more about this than I do."

"Indeed.

Jin thought at this moment that he would ask him about it.

"I digress. I wonder if > have frozen seawater or something to store it in space?"

"I see. ...... but I don't think there was anything like that in the orbit of <>'s satellite."

"Is that so?　If so,......, or if it's further away than normal satellite orbit,......, whatever it is, I don't think <> would make too many irreversible modifications."

Still, if their own survival depended on it, he added, "I don't know," he added.

"As far as I'm concerned, I'd like to get Hale back to his original state."

"Oh?　Why is that?

The 700672 seemed to be intrigued by Jin's words.

"There are several reasons. First, we can't leave Hale, the birthplace of the Ars human race, unattended."

"Mm."

"Second, we can use Hale as a <>."

A refuge?

Yes. We can't take shelter when natural disasters like the last <> and <> ...... space disasters?　could hit Ars.

On the other hand, there is a possibility that Hale will be attacked.

I see.

The third one is for you, 700672, isn't it?

For me?

Yes. I can't move freely in this ars, but Hale?

"......"

And even Neige and Rouge should be shown the wider world, don't you think?

Emotional education," was the word that came to Jin's mind.

"Finally, I'd like to say that I could live in Hale, too. ......"

Jin, or rather Horaijima, is a floating existence from this world of Ars.

Then, although it is a wild idea, it is possible to think that we should just leave Ars.

"Well, I guess you could call it a place of retreat.

Jin laughed.

"Well, I understand how you feel, Jin-dono.

No. 700672 nodded deeply.

"It will take a long time to restore Hale to his original form.

"I'm sure it will."

"I, Neige and Rouge will be able to watch the passage of time, but Jin-dono, who is a human being, will be able to ......."

"That may be so."

Jin smiled transparently when she pointed out his longevity.

"A place of retreat," he said, "is not just about me personally.

The old man and Reiko, the golem of Horai Island, and the automata who have become semi-eternal beings.

"I'm worried in many ways about leaving them in Ars as they are."

Besides," Jin continues.

"My knowledge and experience will be passed on to my descendants. As long as there are things that can be passed on in this way, they will not go to waste.

We are rehabilitating Hale, not for now, but for the distant future, Jin assured me.

"Yes, I see. ....... If you think that far, Jin-dono, I will fully cooperate with you.

"Thank you, sir."

Thus, Jin and the 700672 formed a cooperative relationship.

The was then formulated.

The first step of the plan was to

1. restore the sea of Hale to its original state.

2. to restore the vegetation of Hale.

The first step of the plan was to 1. restore the sea of Hale.

"Let's build a golem unit for the restoration of Hale. ...... First, we will need about 1,000 golems.　Then we'll send a spaceship to investigate in detail whether the seawater has been preserved in space somewhere."

Thus began the long and arduous Hale Recovery Project.