Back in Penglai Island, Jin asked Laojun a question.

"My Lord, did you know?"

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"All right, tell me."

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According to the old man, the research facility there was open to the public, but it was too remote to be very popular.

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The old man says that they mainly studied golems there.

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That is all that the old man knows.

This is not surprising, since the "Mere Old Man" cannot keep track of all the events in the world.

"Futoqs or ...... okay, let's go over there for a bit, Reiko."

"Yes, father."

So Jin took Reiko to .

The means of transport was the . The pilot is, of course, Hope.

The transporter takes the < to the destination.

From Horai Island, you will be 200 meters above the ruins of Fort Foothills in 0 seconds flat.

The place we are looking down on now is covered with spring green.

Trees over 10 meters high, yellow-green grasslands, and scattered rocks and bushes growing there.

The most striking feature was a stone fort, or rather a research facility built on a fort, with vines and grass intertwined with it.

It is made of gray stone and shows no signs of weathering, indicating that it has undergone some kind of magical treatment.

The plane slowly drops in altitude in a circular motion. Jin observed the surface carefully.

"We are landing."

The lands on the level ground in front of the research facility.

"Okay, Hope, you stay here. Reiko, let's go.

Yes, Father.

Have a good trip.

Jin and Reiko get off the Pegasus 2 and go outside.

The air is fragrant with the scent of young grass. Birdsong can be heard.

"It's so peaceful. ......"

The dirt was soft and it looked like not many people had walked on it.

"This way, father."

Reiko's voice brought Jin back to himself as he was enjoying the spring atmosphere.

Jin followed her, wondering if he had come here today for a specific purpose.

Inside the research facility, the corridors had been built using the structure of the original fortress.

The wide corridors were extended, and in some alcoves (recesses in the walls), there were magic devices attached to light up, and they were still shining dimly.

"It's not as bright as the <>, but it's a long-lasting light."

Admiringly, Jin followed Reiko in front of him.

"It's well reinforced and ventilated."

The dust barrier has been set up and there is not much dust inside.

Various functions were still working, although they had deteriorated considerably.

As Jin stepped into the room, he thought that whoever had maintained this place had done a very careful job,

"Father, there is a crack here," said Reiko's voice.

Reiko's voice said.

There was a large crack running through the passageway, leading to the outside.

It seems that a large animal has entered through here.

Indeed, there were footprints dotted with mud.

"This is ...... probably a saber boar."

A saber boar is a huge wild boar, so to speak. It is a very dangerous beast.

It's safe to say they're not here now.

Reiko, who had been looking for signs, assured me.

"Yes, or ......."

Once again Jin and the others moved on.

"Father, here we are."

"Oh."

After following the passageway for a long time, they arrived at a small, wide space.

The original light was not enough, so a ball of light was created and released to reveal every nook and cranny.

Here, too, there was a dust barrier, and there was almost no dust inside.

"Well, it looks a little bit like my workshop."

It looked as if someone who knew Jin might have maintained this place.

However, after many, many people have worked on it since then, very little of Jin's color has remained.

"But this one seems to be easier to use."

Jin seemed to have gained something from the workshop's different structure from his own.

"......Oh, did I find what I was looking for?"

Jin looked around again.

"I was looking for a place to put the prototypes ......."

Jin walked to the place where he would have found it. And he was right.

"Oh, there it is!

A door on the right side of the shelves. That is the warehouse.

Jin opened the door, looked inside, and frowned.

"Father?"

Reiko looked inside too.

The inside of the warehouse was in a state of disrepair.

Broken golem arms and legs were scattered haphazardly, and crushed heads were piled up in the corners.

It was a grotesque sight to behold.

"It looks like they went through a lot of trial and error.

Jin looked at the scene and expressed his intuitive impression.

Perhaps, he had the impression that the person had just tried everything he could think of without thinking about the future.

I wondered if he had reached what he was aiming for."

Jin feels that there is no way that he could not have grasped something after all the pretentious trial and error he went through.

"Maybe that golem is the result of that.

Jin thinks of the two golems used by the bandits.

"This was before the rise of the <> ......?"

Thinking back to the time when this research facility was at its most active, Jin remembered the purpose of his visit today.

He had come to inspect the roots of the bandit golem.

Jin studied and analyzed the scattered parts and materials, trying to keep things as they were as much as possible.

As a result, he was convinced that the <> Golem had indeed been created here.

There were several skeletons lying around that appeared to be prototypes.

After about two hours had passed, Jin said to Reiko with a satisfied look on his face.

"......At any rate, we've done our inspection of this place. Let's go back to Horai Island."

"Yes, father."

"I wonder what he would think if he knew that the golem he created with such enthusiasm had been misused. ......"

Jin muttered as he walked out of the research facility.

"If it were me, I'd be disappointed."

< and can be made at a lower cost.

Whether the interfered when they were on the verge of commercializing it, or whether they withdrew from the project due to health problems, or for some other reason... Jin does not know.

Jin does not know, but as a fellow engineer, he feels a little bit like offering some comfort to this person whom he has never met before.