"Well, what happened to those two?"

Jin (the double doll) left the house of the village headman Giebeck and looked for Zion and Lucas, who were supposed to be out for a walk.

However, their location would soon be known since the RAND team, which was watching them, had reported to the old man.

They were now by the fence to the north of the village. They are looking at a wheat field.

After about 10 minutes of slow walking, Jin (his double) arrived there.

"Good morning.

"Good morning, Jin-sama."

"...... Good morning."

Jin-sama, good morning.

Jin greeted his guide, Behle, Lucas, and Zion, in that order.

"You look much better. I'm glad.

"Yes, thanks to you. I must say, the wheat here is very good.

"Oh, you guys have wheat, too?"

Yes, we manage to have a crop for about four months of the year.

"Oh, so you have a maritime climate."

"What?"

Zion looked as if a question mark was pasted on his face.

"Well, oceanic climate is ......"

Jin shared his general knowledge that regions near the sea are affected by the water's property of not warming up and not cooling down, resulting in less annual variation in temperature, higher humidity, and more annual precipitation.

"Oh, I didn't know that. It is true that many of our families live by the sea. We are taking advantage of the oceanic ...... climate, without knowing it.　climate, without even knowing it.

Zion nodded his head in admiration.

"Oh, I saw that in a weather book in the library!

"Oh, you know about it too, Behrle?"

Zion looked a little shocked at Behrle's comment.

"We don't want you to get tired from all the walking around, so why don't we go home?"

"......Yes, that's right. ......"

Zion lost all his energy at once.

"Jin-sama's knowledge, is it because he is a Magecraft Meister?"

As soon as he returned to Nido Castle, Zion asked such a question.

"Yes, well, I guess so."

Jin thinks that it is not a lie ...... because being summoned as the second generation means that Jin was chosen with that kind of knowledge as well.

"I envy you, Behle-san, ...... because you can receive such teachings from Jin-sama."

"What?"

Jin explained to Zion, who seemed to have misunderstood something, that Behle's knowledge came from reading the books in the library.

"Books, huh? May I take a look?"

Sion was also interested in books and his eyes lit up.

"Yes, sure, let's go to the library on the third floor.

"Yes!

Jin went to the third floor with Theon and Lucas. Zion was speechless when he saw the library next to the office.

"......"

He gazes at the books lined up on the bookshelf with sparkling eyes.

(There are even more books. ......)

He felt the old man's concern for the books.

"You can read any of them if you like. This room is for that kind of thing.

"Thank you, Jin-sama!"

Sion thanked Jin and took out three books.

"You really love books, don't you, miss. ......"

Lucas said with a look of dismay on his face.

"Oh my, why don't you read them too?"

"...... I'm your escort."

"Ummm, why don't you just tell him that you're not good at reading?"

"......"

"Well, you can stay as long as you want. I'll have Behrle bring in lunch."

Jin left the library.

On Horaijima, the real Jin breathed a sigh of relief.

"Well, the double doll was not so bad. There is nothing to improve for now. It looks like those two will be fully recovered in a day or two.

It is necessary to consider the possibility of leaving for the continent of Gondor around the day after tomorrow.

If you can think of such a contingency ......, then it's no longer a contingency," he said to himself as he stood up and stretched.

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"How is the mole coming along, Mr. Mere Old Man?

Since the "Mere Old Man" has been left in charge of the mole, Jin asked the "Mere Old Man" again to check the progress of the mole.

"So everything is going well?"

Yes, it is.

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"I see. Be careful."

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* * * * * *

"What is it?　What in the world?"

"The demons?"

The old man began to explain.

The day before yesterday, Regulus 7 had informed me that a person (?) who appeared to be a demon tribe had been captured in the northeastern outskirts of the kingdom. The day before yesterday, Regulus 7 had informed us that a person who seemed to be a demon tribe (?) had been captured in Enak, a town located in the northeastern outskirts of the kingdom.

There were two demons. They appear to be a man and a woman, both of whom are 17 or 18 years old. The woman identified herself as Istaris of , and the man as Netros, a guard.

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He made it look like they were entertaining him by talking to them, lifting them up, and then he poisoned them for dinner.

I say "apparently" because I only found out about it when the two were escorted back to the capital.

"Hmmm, <>. Is there any connection with Zion?"

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"Well, I guess that's no use. It's practically a dependency of the Kingdom of Celuloa."

"Why don't you send them in now?"

"Okay. Do it by all means."

Jin gives his permission immediately. Information is precious and important above all else.

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The old man was now ready to go, but Jin wondered what he should do now.

Shall he teach Theon? Or not? What would Zion do if he did?　Would he go to help?　Or ignore him?　There is no answer.

Jin thinks for a while and decides to let her know.

Reiko is not with Jin now. She is with her double, the substitute doll.

"...... something doesn't seem to calm me down."

If I were to use an analogy, I would say that it is as if one of my feet has no socks on. Reiko is always next to Jin, like a shadow.

"I wonder if I am dependent on Reiko after all.

The old man did not answer to the question.