It was already evening in the village of Kaina, so Jin and the others decided to hurry back.

Since Erza had not yet received permission to use the Warp Gate alone, Edgar and Reiko and Jin and Erza went through the Warp Gate hand in hand.

"Ah, Honhyan, Erza Honhyan, welcome back!

Hannah greeted me with a toothless voice. Hannah was surprised to see Edgar being held by Reiko.

"...... who?"

"Hanna, this is Edgar. He is an automata made by Erza. In other words, he is Reiko's cousin.

Hanna seemed to understand somewhat from that explanation.

"Is that so?　His name is Edgar. Hi Hanna, I'm looking forward to seeing you!

"Yes, Hanna-sama, it's nice to meet you."

Hanna frowns at his firm words.

"Edgar, I don't like it when people call me 'sir'.

Elsa agrees.

"Edgar, Hanna-chan is Hanna-chan. You can call her that.

"Yes, I understand. ...... Hannah-chan. ...... is that okay?"

"Yes, that's fine."

Hannah and Erza nodded at the same time.

"Welcome back, Jin-sama. Erza also ...... who is the girl?"

"Oh, this is Edgar, the automata Erza made for him.

Meine rolled her eyes when she heard this. She had never imagined that her daughter could make such a sophisticated automata.

"I think Erza is very talented," Jin added.

Jin added.

"Oh, really?"

"Yes, I would have thought she could have started earlier, but I'm sure she can learn enough skills now."

"......Erza's father only gave her an aristocratic upbringing when she was a little older, and he never had the slightest idea of developing her talent."

Meine looked sad. Then Erza called out to her.

"Mother, Brother Jin, what's wrong?　Come quickly."

Everyone had already entered the house except for Jin and Meine.

After dinner, Jin and Erza again introduced Edgar.

"I've done very little. I was just there to give him some advice and make sure he didn't do anything wrong. So Edgar is definitely Elsa's work.

"That's great!　Elsa one-nee-hyan!"

Hannah praised with open arms and Martha looked impressed.

"Then Sara can focus more on helping Martha and Meane.

At the moment, Meene herself is a hard worker, so Sarah, the golem maid exclusively for Martha's home, has little to do.

Well, since she is also half of a guard, Jin intends to maintain this system for the time being.

* * * * * * * * * * *

The day after tomorrow is May 30th.

The next day is the wedding of Reinhard and Bertsche. So Jin plans to return to Shoro in the evening, but he intends to play with Hannah as much as he can that day.

"Honhyan, Kohi!"

Hanna rode Mint and Jin rode Koma to the mountain. Reiko was riding in front of Jin.

It was the same mountain where they had gone to gather medicinal herbs together before.

"It's been a while since I've been with Honhyan, hasn't it?

"Yes, it has."

The village of Kaina can be seen below. The early summer breeze is pleasant.

Jin and Hannah line up their golem horses and enjoy the scenery in silence for a while.

"......Erza Honehyan is a great guy, isn't she?"

"What?"

Suddenly Hannah said something like that, and Jin was taken aback.

"When I first came to the village, I was kind of a small person. I was also very bad at running."

It's not surprising since she had been a baroness up to that point.

"But she learned how to do the housework and did the cleaning and watering.

"......"

"But he knows how to do all the dishes, and he can even use magic. Lately, even when Honhyan isn't around, I've been spending every day until late at night in the school."

A side of Elsa that she doesn't know. That's what Hannah is telling us. Jin listened attentively.

"You know, it was Honehyan who told me to let Honehyan do what she wanted to do.

I somehow knew that, but when I heard it from Hannah's mouth, I was glad to hear her thoughtfulness.

"That's why ......, right?"

Hannah paused to collect her thoughts and then began to speak again.

"I have to do my best..."

"Hannah?"

"Not only to be there for her, but also to help her."

Hannah smiled like a flower.

"I don't know what you can do because you are still so small, but you will learn a lot, and when you are bigger, you will be able to do it.

Hannah's eyes were filled with seriousness.

"I want to ...... be the first one to be a baby."

With these words, Hannah turned bright red, jumped down from the mint, and ran away. Jin was stunned.

"Father, please go after Hannah-chan.

Reiko told Jin to get off the mint and chase after Hannah.

There was a meadow near the top of a gently sloping mountain. Hanna was running in the middle of it.

"Hanna!"

Jin chased after her, calling her name. Hannah turned around and stopped.

"Honhyan!"

She ran toward him and jumped into his arms. The two collapsed on the soft grass.

"Honhyan......"

Jin gently stroked Hannah's head. Hannah's cheeks were stained and she looked happy.

"Thank you, Hannah.

He was a little disappointed that he could only say such words, but he enjoyed the smell of grass and the early summer breeze with Hannah for a while.

Reiko watched them from afar with a dazzled look on her face.

* * * *

The time difference between Kaina village and Banneh, the provincial capital of Shoro, is about three hours. In order for Jin to return at the appointed time, he should leave Kaina village at around 9:00 p.m. So, Jin leaves Kaina village in the daytime and returns to Banneh.

So Jin played with Hannah as much as he could during the daytime.

A little before nine o'clock at night.

Jin had finished his preparations and was in front of his house.

"Well then, take care of the rest, will you?

"Give my regards to Mr. Jin and Mr. Reinhardt."

Reinhardt knows that Meine is under Jin's care, but Bertsche does not. She will have to discuss the matter with Reinhardt and let him know.

Jin would like to bring her to the village of Kaina for their honeymoon if possible.

"Brother Jin, congratulations, please!

Erza's mascot doll is neatly packed for Reiko to carry.

"Jin-sama, just when I thought you were back, you go out again..."

Barrow and Behrle have also come to see her off. This time, I decided to teach them about the existence of the Warp Gate.

With the limited information that they can only use it if they are with Jin, or that the receiving side is only in certain places.

"Jin, take care of yourself.

Martha is still smiling at Jin.

Honya-hyan, have a nice day."

Hannah was also smiling at Jin. After the missing front tooth, a cute permanent tooth had begun to grow in.

"I'm off."

Jin jumped from the warp gate in the basement of the workshop to Horai Island (via the relay base Shinkai), and then to the carriage in the Shoro Kingdom.