March 18,<>.

Today is the ceremony for the conferment of the degrees on Goh and Rubina.

However, only a few people attended the ceremony.

Academy President Seyvan Eliyeh Sench, Assistant to the President Saho Shomas, Jin, Reiko, and Hope.

And of course, Goh and Rubina.

And the head of the Aeronautics Laboratory, Loa Eisker, the deputy head, Zora Himmel, Ena Kouki, Ciel Azure, and Tiner Vito.

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These are the above.

This was done only by acquaintances, partly because Jin told them that he did not want to be ostentatious, and partly because the rank of <> is only a beginning of a degree.

To put it simply, Cachier is a , and Eira, Gromma, and the others are one level above him, .

The director is a , and the president is a .

Jin, by the way, is a , the highest rank.

"...... in view of the above achievements, we are pleased to confer upon Goh Ni-Doh the rank of <>. President Seyvan Iraiye Cent."

The conferral of the degree took place yesterday in the small conference room. Everyone in attendance applauded.

Next to Goh was Rubina.

"...... is pleased to present Rubina Garrett with the degree of <>. President Seyvan Eliyeh Sench."

Rubina was also given a round of applause.

In addition to the diploma, he also received the emblem of the <>.

This is a badge made of mithril silver, and is worn on the lapel of the bachelor's formal attire.

"Congratulations, Goh, Rubina.

"Thank you, sir."

"Thank you, Master Jin."

"Now, you are free to talk with us. I and Saho have some work to do, so I'll leave you now.

"Well then, Mr. Jin, everyone, if you'll excuse me."

Academy President Saban Iraiye Senchi and Assistant to the President Saho Shomas left the small conference room.

The remaining members of the and the , as well as Jin and the others.

Arnold and Chelle arrived in turn.

"Hello, Arnold and Chelle.

"Hello."

Arnold is giving a lecture on , which was supposed to last about a week, but has been extended to the end of March due to the popularity of the lecture.

Since he is also a member of the , he is aware of recent developments through the <>, and the Jin side is aware of his extended stay in Avalon, and Arnold and the others were aware of the events in the regarding and the . >>Arnold and the others were aware of the events in the regarding and the .

As it was, the two were waiting for the official business to be over so that they could have a leisurely talk with Jin.

"It's so cozy here."

Arnold seemed to like the atmosphere of .

"So you're going to stay here?

"I think that would be a good idea.

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"And I've enjoyed watching the I found at <> at ...... being put to practical use."

"I'm sure it was."

"So, yesterday you guys came and showed us a rocket engine that uses <>, an application of the <>. I was very interested in it."

"You should have asked me yesterday."

"Yes, I thought of that, but then I would have had to go into a long conversation ...... like now."

"Yeah,...... I know what you mean."

"So I waited until I was finished with my official duties.

I've got plenty of time," Arnold laughed.

"So, ......, will you introduce the two of us?"

"Of course. ......Goh, Rubina. ...... this is Arnold. <. This is Goh. Marikka's favorite pupil and heir to the Nido family. That's Rubina. She was also Marikka's apprentice and now I'm their guardian."

I'm Gou. I've heard a lot about you.

I'm Rubina. I'm Rubina.

I'm Arnold. This is my automata, Chel.

My name is Chelle. Pleased to make your acquaintance.

Now, I'd like to ask you a few questions about that rocket engine. May I?

"Of course!"

Arnold, Goh, and Rubina started talking to each other, so Jin decided to renew old acquaintanceships with Eira and the others at Jin's place.

"Finally, we can talk slowly."

"Hmm, Jin-san is very caring, isn't he?"

Katya said as she glanced at Goh and Rubina.

"That's right. He's a very caring person, isn't he?"

Eira agrees with Katya.

"Oh, don't talk about that. We have something else to talk about.

Jin changes the subject forcefully.

"Yes, yes. ...... the idea of using wind magic is great. I heard it was Jin's wife's idea.

I'm glad you looked at my paper that closely.

That's right.

It is a fact that there are a certain number of people who focus on the contents of the paper and skip over the names of the collaborators.

However, Eira and the others seemed to have read through those parts as well.

"Erza is good at wind magic.

"It's amazing that you can still come up with such ideas.

"Besides, you know, there's also the blow floaters.

"Yes, that's true. If you squeeze those wings, you can make an engine. ......

Groma joined the discussion.

"Those two are the students of Mr. Rhodes' teacher, Marikka-sama, aren't they?　I guess he was a great teacher.

He was impressed in a way that I couldn't understand.

"Groma, that's not important right now."

"Ugh, sorry."

"...... Jin-san, what do you plan to do with the ?"

Ka-cea is the calmest and most realistic person in the room. Jin wanted to talk about that too.

"Well, I'd like to promote the use of airplanes for the general public based on that model," he said. I'd like to ask you to help me put that into practice."

Jin is not good at that kind of work.

"So that's what you're talking about. Then we're the right people for the job!　Right, Katya?"

"Yes, I guess so. What is the deadline?

"No, I'm not in a hurry, so I won't give you a deadline. I'm not in a hurry, so I'm not going to give you a deadline.

"I would say ...... half a month, Mr. Eira, Mr. Gromma?"

"Yes, that would give me enough time to redesign it."

"Yes, that's enough to get us to the redesign. I will write a formal request after this.

Thus, <> took its first step toward commercial use.