"So this is what my dad rode in the ......"

Yeah, isn't it amazing?

"Yes."

When Marcia's body was completely healed, Rodrigo took her to see the .

She had asked the captain for permission to go on deck.

"I'm going to go and say hello to the captain now, okay?"

"Yes."

Leaving Marcia on deck, Rodrigo went to greet the captain, Lugaria Gascar von Alkois.

"Hello, Rodrigo."

"Captain, I have to leave the ship today, so I came to say goodbye."

"Yes, I'm a little disappointed. But I see you and your daughter have made your peace. Congratulations.

"Thank you, sir."

Rodrigo shook Captain Lugaria's hand.

"I have summarized what I have noticed so far on this voyage. I have also added some of the things I noticed when my daughter was lost."

Rodrigo presented the captain with the , which he had compiled himself.

The captain flipped through it.

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The captain looked at the two items.

"Hmm, this is a novel point of view. I will submit it immediately. Thank you, Mr. Rodrigo.

I will be happy to be of service.

They shook hands once more, and Rodrigo left the captain and went out on deck.

"Father, are you finished?"

"Yes. Shall we go, Marcia?"

"Yes."

Father and daughter were walking on deck when someone saw them and called out.

"Rodrigo, I heard you're getting off the ship."

It's Claire, the red girl.

"Yes, Claire. "Yes, I'm going to live with my daughter here in Potrock, building boats."

Is that your daughter?

Yes, Marcia. Thank you for helping my father.

It's a pleasure to meet you.

Marcia, 5'9", and Claire, 5'4", shook hands.

Rodrigo, we'll come back sometime, won't we?

"Yes, and when I do, I'll show you the boat we built.

"Take care," he said.

"Good luck on your way back."

Marcia gazed at her father's profile as they descended the loose ramp to the deck.

"Yes?　What's wrong?"

Rodrigo asks his daughter, noticing her gaze.

"Dad, ...... you've lost weight."

"What's the matter now?"

"I'll ...... take care of you from now on."

"Hey, hey, that's what I said. "Marcia, nice to meet you."

"...... yes."

And they went to the town hall.

They don't have a family register or a certificate of residence, but they are going to work together in Marcia's workshop and register as shipbuilders (shipwrights).

Incidentally, here in the town of Potrock, the residents of the neighboring town are also managed. Because of the presence of the lord's mansion.

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After returning to the workshop, the two went out to the backyard.

There, they found a house that Jin had built and added on to.

Marcia had originally built a hut in the back of the workshop where she slept and woke up, but now that Rodrigo is going to live with her, Jin has built an additional hut himself.

"...... I don't think this is the level of rebuilding."

The weather around Potrock was sunny enough to sleep in the hut, but the building Jin rebuilt was a two-story structure made of Oya stone, the same as the surrounding houses.

Although small, it has a bath instead of a shower, and the toilets are Horaijima style, that is, heated toilets with warm-water washing and warm-air drying, and excrement is deodorized, purified, sterilized, and decomposed.

The kitchen has been completely redesigned and is accessible from the workshop, making it convenient for cooking lunch and other meals.

"He's special in so many ways."

Rodrigo tells Marcia that Jin is the only one in the world recognized as a .

"Yeah, I didn't think Jin had risen that much in the world after you left me."

At this point, they still do not know that Jin has become the Kunlun.

"They are here as ambassadors of the Shoro Kingdom. You said they would come again soon to talk.

"Yes, they will. I'm looking forward to it."

Marcia returned to the workshop and took her father in front of the design table.

"Dad, this is the large ......, no, medium-sized boat I designed."

It is an eight-meter-long trimaran.

"Wow, this is fantastic. Marcia, you must have studied a lot."

Rodrigo looked at the drawing and admired his daughter.

"...... tickles me. Did you notice anything from your father's point of view?"

"Mm. ...... I guess these structures are only this big at best."

"What?"

"Actually, I also proposed a catamaran when I designed the <>."

Rodrigo explained to Marcia, recalling the design discussions at the time.

"So it was. ...... I see, if Jin and Reinhardt say so, it is impossible to make it any larger?"

"Yes, mainly due to hull strength issues.

Then Jeremy came out.

"Oh, manager. What should I call you ...... and ......?"

It was Jeremy, still getting used to the idea, who explained that Rodrigo had officially joined Marcia's workshop the previous evening.

"Rodrigo, that's fine."

"I'll call you Rodrigo, then," he said.

"Yeah, that's fine."

"Jeremy, by the way, where's Bacchus?"

Marcia asked, wondering if the other waiter, Bacchus, was in sight.

"Oh, Mr. Buckles is stocking up on supplies.

"Oh, I see. And Arrow?

"Here, Marcia, I'm here."

The Arrow came from outside the store. He was at the dock across the street.

"Oh, Arrow. I'm going to build another trimaran. Will you help me?"

"Of course, Miss Marcia. I can help you more than ever now that my creator has given me a new function.

"Jin?　Oh.... I remember you said you made some improvements.

Marcia would later be impressed by the Arrow's capabilities, but that would come a little later.

"Dad, I have a problem with the power of this medium-sized boat."

Marcia sensed the limitations of the waterwheel drive. The material is not suitable for a boat of this size.

"Yes, I suppose so. Mr. Jin developed a jet thruster for the <>."

"Hmmm... ...... can you have that made?"

"Well, ...... he said he'll be here soon, so I'll ask him then. My hunch is that they will make it for us."

"Right."

Marcia, too, knew her former and current friend, Jin, reasonably well.

But neither of them had thought that Jin had thought more than that.

"Ah, Mr. Buckles, welcome back!"

Jeremy's voice echoed through the store.

"Welcome back, Mr. Buckles! I've stocked up on enough materials to build a new ship!

The other day, they had received an order from the Marquis of Florenziano.

The plan was to transport cargo up the Naudalia River to the Kingdom of Klein. A shallow-bottomed vessel to be a part of this project.

The size of the boat should be no less than 5 meters and no more than 10 meters.

If the first ship performed well, five ships would be ordered at once.

Since this was a national project, the government was to provide all the materials, which proved to be a godsend for the Marcia workshop, which had lost its prototype trimaran.

"All right, let's get started!

With the addition of Rodrigo, the Marcia workshop was full of energy.