While Erza was staring at Jin with a disturbed look in her eyes when she saw Gamma, Sally was checking on the health of mother and child at Linus' house.

Now Sera had just finished feeding the baby and was patting her on the back to make her burp.

"Doctor, thanks to you, the baby and my wife are fine. I want to thank you again.

Linus bowed.

"Oh, don't thank me. Take good care of your wife and son. Speaking of which, have you picked out a name yet?

"Yes, I'm not sure if I should name him Charles or Franklin. ......Well, Doctor, would you like to be my godfather?"

"Me?　Hmmm.........<>...... doesn't sound very Kleinian. How about then?"

"Henry, that's a good one!　Thank you very much. Hey!　You're Henry, right?

Linus said, giving the baby in Sera's arms a peck on the cheek.

Jin, who had been watching from the doorway, quietly closed the door and left Linus' house.

"...... Jin, brother?"

Erza followed Jin as his back seemed to be feeling rather lonely.

"Father, Erza-san is following you with a worried look on her face, isn't she?"

Reiko's warning, which may or may not have been intended as a hint of concern, made Jin stop and turn around. Erza was within arm's reach.

"Oh, ......."

Her eyes met Jin's and she looked a little uncomfortable. Erza wondered what she should say to him. And then, after much deliberation...

"Do you want to have a baby, Jin?

And then the question came.

What?"

Jin is taken aback by Erza's unexpected line. And the person who said it was the most upset.

"No, no, it's not that...it's just...you know...tits like Sera-san..."

Once again, the unnecessary word came out of her mouth, causing Erza to turn bright red and run out of the room, which was unusual.

"Hey ......."

But Elsa didn't stop and disappeared from Jin's sight.

"......I'm alone, I'm alone, I'm alone, I'm alone, I'm alone, I'm alone, I'm alone, I'm alone. ......What's going on?"

"Father, I think Erza-san probably came to ...... comfort you, right?"

Reiko told him and Jin came up with the idea.

Seeing Linus and Sera with the baby ...... Henry in between them, Jin felt a sense of helplessness.

Jin, who did not know what a mother was, found it somewhat painful to watch them.

He felt sorry for Erza, thinking that she must have been worried about him.

"I see.

Jin has been feeling a little depressed recently.

I'm sorry.

"Ha-ha-ha-ha."

Erza breathed heavily as she ran all the way to the outskirts of the village. In front of her was the Erme River. The July sun had been shining strongly since the morning, and Elsa was drenched in sweat.

"...... I want to swim."

She wanted to cool her burning body and hot head.

But there were no bathing suits here. Even in the free village of Kaina, only small children are allowed in the water without any clothes.

As she regained her breath and with it her composure, Erza could no longer understand why she had run away from Jin.

She had heard that Jin was an orphan. Maybe that's why her lonely back was bothering her, because she saw the happy face of Sera who was breastfeeding her baby.

I couldn't find the right words to say to Jin, so I thought about what I could do, and I said some crazy words.

Then I was so impatient and confused that I couldn't look at Jin's face anymore, so I ran away to this place.

"Let's go back to ......."

Erza returns to the village with a very slow gait, a far cry from when she first arrived. Barbara appeared in front of her. Barbara, too, was looking somewhat down.

"Oh, Elsa."

"...... Barbara."

They were already calling each other "Elsa" and "Barbara".

"You don't seem well."

"You don't look well."

They look at each other. Both of them let out a small sigh one by one.

The two of them looked at each other and let out one small sigh from each of them.

"Well, then, please take care of it, chief.

"Oh, okay. I've got room for you. Leave it to me."

At that time, Jin consulted with the village chief, Gievek, and decided to keep Sally at the chief's house for a while, so that the house would also function as a clinic.

"So you agree with the idea of a branch of the Raglan Trading Company in the village, is that correct?"

Yes. So I was thinking of setting up a store there, and I was wondering if you could tell me where it would be located.

"Well, it would be more convenient if it were closer to the center of the village. ......

When Jin heard from the old man that <>, he checked with the village head to make sure that this was the case, and immediately started to make arrangements for the building.

"Do you know who is coming to the branch?"

"Hm?　No, I haven't heard anything about that.

"Does Barbara know?"

Yes, I told her.

Well, that's good.

Jin knew that Eric was already on his way from the report from the old man. But he decided to keep it quiet as it was a surprise.

Incidentally, the village head told her that he had talked about the branch office, but Barbara had been listening to the conversation with an empty head, so she had no recollection of it.

Anyway, Jin secretly called a craftsman (Smith) and instructed him to build the store.

"......The layout is like this: store and workshop on the first floor, living space on the second floor. It's about twice the size of the house I live in here.

"Yes, sir."

The five craftsmen (smiths) immediately went to work. They completed the work in almost a day, but the villagers were so used to it that no one was surprised.

Sally was not surprised because she knew nothing about it.

He had been going from house to house in the village for a medical checkup to meet the newcomers.

"Well, I'm a little tired," he said.

"Please come to Nido Castle and refresh yourself."

"......6 months, I think. Take care of yourself.

If you are looking for prenatal care, please visit Nido Castle.

Don't underestimate the extent of your injuries.

Shall I disinfect it?

Nurse Gamma is immediately following along. In fact, the three prototype nurse golems are sending their knowledge and experience to the old man in real time.

In this way, Gamma is currently working hard to collect data for the mass-produced nurse golems that will come after her.

* * * *

There is a village called Toka to the south of Kaina.

Several new nobles were appointed to replace Count Walter, who had ruled Lachnoe, Doppa, and Charles Town ...... including that village.

In the village of Toka, Licia Faalheit.

She was to become lord of Toka village as of July 1.

It's so hot today, isn't it?

Riding a golem horse borrowed from Jin, Licia has just left Charles Town.

Another golem horse was used to transport the luggage. Pascoe Rush had borrowed it.

"I'm sorry it took me so long to return it to you. I owe Mr. Jin an apology.

With him on the way to the village of Toka is Gloria Allstadt, a guard.

"I hope to meet Mr. Jin."

The Prime Minister, Powell, smiled and gave his permission to the request, which was clearly a personal one, to protect Lycia.

"Jin-san is on and off, you know. ......"

"So he's been around for a long time."

Gloria was her former boss and instructor, but Licia is now her superior.

After much wrangling over whether or not she should use honorifics, she has settled on using language appropriate to her age.

"I'm looking forward to ...... Kyna village."

"I'm sure you'll be surprised when you visit there, Gloria-san.

Licia muttered as she looked at the carriage of a man who seemed to be a merchant going a little ahead.