Jin heard from the old man that the false Elena, Spica 9 Lira of the 5th Quinta, had been winning the hearts of those around her through cooking.

"Well, it seems she is doing well.

I had received a brief report, but it was a different kind of relief to know the details like this.

"I'm ....... ......."

There was one thing that bothered Jin.

"The real Elena can't cook like that. ......"

The current Elena's body was created by Jin 400 years ago and improved by the current Jin.

Therefore, we know its specs very well.

She can pretend to eat and has a taste sensor.

However, we did not give them any skills in cooking.

They have only a minimal sense of taste, and not enough to taste subtlety.

"......Well, I think it was the creator who made her, ......<>, wasn't it?　I was her personal caretaker, so I'm sure she could cook home-cooked food back then, but ......"

She can't cook the kind of food that the fake Elena is cooking now at <>.

Furthermore, the recipes that the 5-color golem maids have are basically the same as Jin and Jin's family's tastes.

They are probably far from Sienna's tastes, Jin guessed.

"I'm afraid I'm going to be ripped off if they ask me to cook for them again..."

Jin muttered to the old man,

"Oh, I see. Then, I'll find an opportunity to modify it.

Jin decided immediately.

Then the old man said

He said, "Well then, I will find an opportunity and remodel it.

"Then, if you come now, we can remodel it.

Jin decided that it would be convenient since the headquarters of the <> party would be around dawn.

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On June 27, the real Elena heard from the old man about the condition of the fake Elena.

"I see, you attract people's attention with your cooking. That's a good move.

To tell the truth, Elena had never cooked anything before.

She does have a function that allows her to eat in order to look <>.

"...... Jin-sama, if you don't improve it a little, it might be a problem for our future activities.

Elena decided to make a request to the old man.

That is, <>.

And it will be done soon.

On June 28th, Jin had returned from the negotiations with the three kingdoms and was back in Horai Island.

The time difference between the Kingdom of Mimaka and the Kingdom of Elias is about 8 hours.

If it is 8:00 p.m. at the garrison, the time at the headquarters is 4:00 a.m. and 6:40 a.m. at Horai Island.

Elena knew this and told the guards,

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She locked herself in her room with the door securely locked.

He locked himself up in his room with a tight lock. He thought that at this time of the day, his absence would not be noticed by anyone.

In fact, the old man is monitoring Elena's room, so that her absence will not be discovered.

So Elena used the special to move to Horai Island via the relay base .

"Welcome.

"It's been a long time."

Jin and Reiko, who had received a call from the old man, were waiting for them.

The old man told me about your request. You want the same skills as Spica-9 who is taking your place, don't you?

Elena nodded.

"Yes, that's right."

"Okay, I'm ready. Let's get to work."

"Please, Jin-sama."

Jin

As Jin went to the workshop to start modifying Elena, Erza came in.

Jin, I'll help you.

"Oh, thank you."

The date of Horai Island is already June 29th, but it is still the 28th in the Principality of Mimaka where Jin is supposed to be. In other words, Erza was worried about Jin's health because of the large time difference.

With the help of Reiko and Elsa, Jin modified Elena.

The main focus was, of course, to improve the performance of the <.

In principle, it analyzes the chemical substances contained in the food, measures their concentration, and checks it against the database to determine the taste.

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Write-in data for this purpose are written into Elena's <. The recipe for the dish is also transferred.

"The rest is ......."

Jin remembers hearing Elena say before that she would like <>.

"About 1.5 times more than what we have now would be good."

She decided to strengthen the skeletal structure by applying <>, and strengthen the molecular structure of the muscular tissues by applying <>.

Both of them are highly effective for magical materials.

This has increased her power by about 1.5 times as much as Jin intended.

Elena now has roughly half the power of Rand, the army golem of Horai Island.

The modification is completed with overall maintenance such as clearance of joints and skin damage.

Incidentally, Reiko did the exterior maintenance, and Elsa checked the skeleton and muscles.

Thanks to her, the entire process was completed in five minutes.

"Thank you very much, Ms. Jin, Ms. Elsa, and Ms. Reiko.

Elena, who had rebooted, bowed in a beautiful curtsey and thanked us.

"I'm going to go back to ......."

"Yeah. ...... perhaps in a little while the operation against the Duchy of Jagus will begin."

As soon as the three duchies sign the treaty.

That's what I'm thinking.

Then I'll work hard on internal maneuvering until then.

The Nostalgia Party is sending in the crafted Magi Crystals and Golems as a .

"Yes, please. ......, since the fake Elena seems to be doing a lot of things over here too."

"Hmm, but that means I did it all, didn't I?

"...... Well, yes."

"...... Please don't make it too dishonorable, okay?"

Elena said, "I'm not going to poison you, since you've been pampered with food,

"I don't like to cook with food either, so I don't think I'll do that," replied Jin.

Jin answered.

I understand. I will leave you now.

With these words, Elena disappeared into the warp gate.

"You should go back over there and get some sleep, Jin."

Erza said, worried about the lack of sleep.

"Yeah, that's right. I'll do that then."

She said that if they returned now, it would be about 10:30 p.m. in the Principality of Mimaka, which would give them plenty of time to get some sleep,

"Well, good night."

He kissed Erza lightly on the cheek and passed through the warp gate.

After returning, Jin may or may not have been in agony over his uncharacteristic behavior.