Jin and his group went to Mahahama to see Saki's parents' house, July 22.

<, has been busy since the morning.

He is analyzing the farm golem that went haywire yesterday.

As soon as that is done, he will compile the documents and contact, or rather file a complaint with the vendor who sold it to him, the .

"Deputy Chief, is that the golem that went out of control yesterday?"

Thomas Harunas, a member of the Ludwig workshop, peeks out from the side.

"Yes. Look at this. Sloppy ......, no, too sloppy basic control magic. There are no safeguards whatsoever."

"Haha, ...... it's not even close to a cost reduction. It's obvious that they cut corners."

"Isn't that right?　As someone involved in magical engineering, I can't allow that.

"I understand. It's a desecration of technology."

Thomas Harnas was also outraged.

Having seen the control core > by Jin yesterday, the analysis and paperwork were done in a short time.

"Okay, let's go."

Fortunately, the <> was not going to be held on this day, so Ludwig, the deputy head of the workshop, would not be needed.

Ludwig takes the necessary documents, puts his appearance in order, tells the girl at the office, and leaves the .

His destination is the Banne branch of the Tekres Chamber of Commerce.

It is less than 10 kilometers from Kaltz to Banne, a distance that could be reached on foot, but Ludwig decides to take a ride in a Golem car manufactured by the Berlich Werkst?tte.

The road was well maintained and Ludwig drove at a speed of about 30 km/h. After 20 minutes, he arrived in Banne.

Banne is not only a town on the road around Lake Tosmo, but also the starting point of the road to the north, and is a prosperous, if somewhat chaotic, town from ancient times.

"Well, and ......"

There is supposed to be a < in this town. It takes some time to vaguely search for it, so there are several to serve as guides in such cases.

Not being a tourist information center, Ludwig went to one of the information centers, where he was given only a clerical service, but it was still enough for his purpose.

"I don't see any ......."

"No!　Please check it carefully!

"You may say so, but what is not there is not there."

"......"

Of course, there is no such thing in Banne itself.

"But there is a man who bought a farming golem there half a year ago!

"But this simple ledger only goes back five years, and during that time there is no record of the existence of the <>."

"What do you mean ......?"

"The only thing I can think of is that it was a scam."

The middle-aged male clerk said apologetically.

Since the possibility of fraud had become so strong, Ludwig decided to visit the headquarters of the guard in Banne.

Banne is the main town of the Countship of Randall (Reinhardt's family home), so he decided that it would be most appropriate to appeal to the security force that policed the territory.

"Is this a scam or ...... tell us the details."

The guard who answered was as young as Ludwig, but he was sincere.

"I have never heard of such a scam on our territory. ...... I will not tolerate it."

He was filled with indignation befitting his youth.

"Leave it to me. Fried Randall will be in charge of this case. I know I am still a young man, but I will give it my all.

I look forward to working with you.

Ludwig decided that he could not do any more here in Banne, and returned to the town of Kurtz.

Ludwig returned to the town of Kaltz.

"Now, what to do with this guy: ......"

Back at the in Kaltz, Ludwig is troubled by the broken farm golem.

"Thinking about Emil and the others, I'd like to fix it, but ...... hmmm."

Now that the investigation of the fraud case has started, he thinks it would be better not to fix this golem, which is a strong piece of evidence.

"But without a golem for farming, it would be a lot of trouble. ......"

The image of a golem is like a combine harvester in modern Japan.

It is a somewhat expensive piece of farm equipment to be owned by an individual.

This golem was purchased not only by Emile's family, but also by five neighboring farmers.

"It seems like they're going to be even more critical of Emile, doesn't it?"

Ludwig was concerned that the other four houses might think that Emil's house had destroyed it, although each house took turns using it, and it just happened to run out of control when Emil's family was using it.

"Maybe we can rent out another golem.

Ludwig looked around the workshop. But there was no golem that he could use.

"I guess I'll just have to make one up out of junk. ......

Fortunately, I'm off-duty today, so I won't get any complaints about doing so.

"Well then, I'll just have to keep at it. ......"

Ludwig spent the rest of the day making a golem.

By the way, if you have ever done some Sunday carpentry with old lumber, you may have an idea of how tedious it is.

The surface needs to be cleaned up, including nail marks and gluing, whereas if it were new, it would only be necessary to cut it to the required size.

Since the pieces are already cut, it is difficult to find the necessary size of wood. Sometimes it is too small, sometimes it is a little too big, and it is a waste to have a half piece when you cut it.

Sometimes we wanted to use the same material, but we had to use a different material for a part of the piece.

Well, that's the fun part.

In other words, it takes time.

Ludwig spent about three and a half hours until nighttime, but could only make a skeleton.

"Oh, ...... this is all I could do. ......"

It is not surprising that he decided to make the rest little by little in his spare time from tomorrow onward.

* * * *

Two days later, on July 24th.

<. It was addressed to Mr. Ludwig, the deputy head of the workshop.

He says he received it, but the truth is that he found it in front of the workshop in the morning.

"What's this?"

Ludwig unravels the package with trepidation.

"This is ......!"

It was a brand new, albeit old, generic golem.

"Sent by ......<?　>!"

The day before yesterday, I happened to make the acquaintance of the world's greatest magical engineer. Ludwig imagined that he had probably sent it to him as a gift in place of the deactivated farming golem.

A short note was attached to the letter, which, as he had imagined, said <.

"You say you broke it, but it was a necessary step."

But I was glad that a man of international renown was paying attention to a local workshop like this.

"Well then, let's give this to Emile."

<, Ludwig activated the general-purpose golem.

"Yes, master."

"Oh, you can talk."

"Yes. Yes, sir. - Yes, sir.

"Yes."

Immediately after this, Ludwig took this generic golem to Emil's house.

When he showed this golem to the people who had purchased it together with the people from Emil's house, they were all amazed.

It was of a much higher quality than the previous golem.

I am in charge of this golem. Please use it to your heart's content.

Thank you all for your cooperation.

Oh, he's talking!

Oh, shh, he's talking!

I wonder if they are using the golem now.

On the island of Horai, Reinhard was talking with the old man.

The old man had been told by Jin that Ludwig was having a hard time preparing a replacement golem, so he consulted with Jin and prepared an based golem.

was a golem that Jin had created long ago to improve the food situation of the northern tribes (then called the Demon Tribe).

It looks like an old type of golem, but it has a wealth of knowledge about agriculture.

Thanks to this golem, the burden of farmers including Emile's family has been lightened and their income has increased by several percent.