The friendly competition between Manon and the V2 Golem ended in Manon's victory.

"Well done ......!"

Manon walks slowly back to Gaju Tugga and Fiona Fierce amidst a round of applause.

"You did a great job."

"Yes, I managed."

The brief exchange was filled with appreciation for their hard work and the success of the mission.

"......Mmmm, Gaju Tuga, and Manon, I am in awe!"

The king held out his hands as if to say, "I take my hat off to you.

"I have no doubt that you will be able to conquer not only this country, but all four duchies by force."

If we had a thousand mannons," said the Prince with a wry smile.

"And I've seen with my own eyes just how good you are!

It seems that he has heard about the <>, whose ancestors are from Mitsuho.

Manon, too,

(If you are going to visit this country, perhaps it would be better to have Jin-sama come rather than a deus ex machina. ......)

).

"If possible, I would like to meet the current generation of magecraft masters someday."

"I will let him know."

Hearing the words of the king, Manon agreed.

(If the need arises, I can use a doppelganger. ......)

"Oh, Lord Manon, I'm counting on you."

And the Prime Minister,

"It would be an honor to meet the Magecraft Meister!"

(This is our way of saying...).

(Wouldn't it have been faster if Master Jin had come to our meeting than if we had come alone?)

Fiona Fierce also thought that the popularity of the Magecraft Meister, a magical engineer, was so high.

* * * * * * * * * * * * *

After leaving the royal castle filled with cheers, the airship carrying Gaju Tuga and his party took off.

"Hurry up a little on the way back."

The time was noon.

At the normal speed, they would arrive back at 8:00 p.m.

The next day would be a day off, so time would not be a problem, but flying in the dark is quite dangerous in this area where there is no air traffic control.

So we would like to get back home before it gets dark.

The speed can be increased by about 30% if a backup propulsion system is used.

The eight-hour trip can be shortened to about six hours, arriving at 6:00 p.m. when it is still light.

The next day is a holiday, so the airship can be maintained.

By the way, the pilot and co-pilot take turns flying the plane for one hour.

The pilot and co-pilot take turns for an hour, because it is too demanding to concentrate on flying in the almost empty sky.

"...... Can't we get a golem to pilot the plane to some extent?"

Gaju Tugga thought to himself as he watched the pilots.

The return trip was uneventful, and the airship carrying the group arrived back at the garrison of the Principality of Mimaka a little after 6:00 PM.

"You made it back safely, thank you for your mission.

< stationed in the Principality of Mimaka welcomed the group and thanked them for their efforts.

"Thank you for your long flight. Tomorrow is your day off, so take a good rest.

The airship was then sent for maintenance.

It is important to check the helium pressure in the air sacs and the damage to the air sacs, as well as the maintenance of the propulsion system that has been overworked.

It is also essential to maintain the flight controls and the cabin. In particular, toilets in the airship are equipped with tanks that are deodorized, sterilized, and decomposed, so they are almost hassle-free, but they still need to be maintained.

Such work is left to the mechanics.

"...... Manon, are you okay?"

Gaju Tsuga was worried about Manon's health.

She was made as a secretary-automata, and had a mock battle with a combat golem. She thought that there might be something wrong with her.

"Yes, thank you. My body is fine."

"Good. You're a competent secretary that the chief administrator relies on. We wouldn't want you to leave.

"Thank you for your concern. This body that Jin-sama made for me will not be damaged by the damage you've just done.

"Well, that's all right then."

Gaju Tugga then addresses Fiona Fierce as well.

"Thank you for your hard work. Rest up for a day tomorrow. The day after tomorrow you will finally enter the Principality of Jaguar.

Yes, sir.

Each of them spent their own time for dinner, bath, massage service, etc., to heal their body and spirit.

* * * * *

On Horai Island, Jin and Reinhardt were watching Manon's battle.

"Oh, that's the martial arts of the Shoro Empire!　It's a magnificent thing." "Yes, it is.

"Yes, they are fighting with speed and skill.

Jin thought this was better since the objective was not to destroy the opponent.

In addition to speed and technology, if he overwhelmed them with power, he would completely destroy the face of the royal family.

Manon has been sending performance data on the opponent's Golem, V2 type, one after another.

The old man reconstructed them and clarified the performance of V2 type, although some of them were guesses.

And after Manon's victory,

I told him that there was a margin of error of plus or minus 3 percent, since these were not official measurements.

"No, it's good enough."

He guessed that such a figure for a combat golem was at the level of the technology of the ordinary <> that Jin had seen four hundred years ago.

"Isn't it about the same level as the battle golem used at Prince Ernest's birthday party held in the Kingdom of Egelea?"

"Ah, that time."

Reinhardt responded nostalgically.

"Lotte played an active role, the black knight (Schwarzritter) played a little ......, and finally Reiko took it all ......."

Reiko was behind Jin, and she turned her chest up in a huff.

"......The level at that time, ......is pretty low."

Reinhardt said, "The <> battle golem back then was about three times stronger.

"Once my black knight (Schwarzritter) couldn't even get a foot in front of it.

"I remember such a time..."

The two reminisce about the past for the first time in a long time.

"In any case, you are fighting with a golem of that level.

"Then, for the time being, they are not a threat to the .

Reinhardt said, "If they attack us, we will be able to repel them without any problem.

At that moment Jin mentioned a question that came to his mind.

"But ...... who sold ...... or even made ...... this golem?"