"Are you ...... so that you won't be forgotten?"

Reiko was the first to react to the words of the automaton, Basseth IX.

"It is indeed a sad thing, isn't it?

Reiko's tone of voice became sad, as if she felt sympathy for him.

"It is said that when a person is forgotten by everyone, that person is really gone.

Jin muttered in his sleep, "I guess that's what it means to convey memories. Goose also responded to his words.

"Really. I don't have parents anymore, but I believe I have inherited their teachings.

Saki agreed.

"Yeah,...... I know that too."

Saki also lost her mother early in life.

"Dad, mom, and grandpa,...... I'll never, ever forget them!

Hannah said loudly with tears in her eyes.

"I digress, what is your other mission ......?"

Jin asked Bases IX again to dispel the humid atmosphere.

Yes, I have thought about it for a long time and came to the conclusion that maintaining this facility is the way to go. We have been waiting for the right person to come and take over this facility and now you are here.

Basseth IX saw the car that Jin and his family came in and judged its technology to be comparable to the technology that the Tierra family used to have.

"I will now pause for a moment. Then, please reactivate it with your magical power. Then I will be your servant.

BASSETH IX stopped its power by itself.

Reiko catches Basses IX as it slowly falls and gently lays it down.

"Father, please fulfill this automaton's .

Reiko unusually intervenes. Perhaps she sees in his automaton a reflection of her former self.

"Yes, I know."

Jin answered and checked his Bases IX before rebooting it.

"......."

Jin sounded impressed. And then,

"Although it is not a Magi Reactor, it has a very good Magi Converter and Mana Driver.

I muttered to myself so that those around me could hear.

"However, there are many differences from the Horai Island style.

This shows that they are automata developed in a different lineage from their predecessors.

"It seems to have been regularly maintained. It seems to have been serviced regularly. ......<<>"

Jin dares to reboot in the old form of the magic key language.

"...... Yes,<>"

This Basesu IX also called Jin <>. This is the third one after Laogun and Taibaku.

"Thank you for all your hard work in maintaining this facility.

No, it was my duty.

I will give you another name. ...... I think I'll call you <>.

A name that just came to me. I think it was inspired by <>.

Giving him a new name in this way is a sign that he has become a master.

Thank you, my lord. From now on I am .

I'm from now on.

The automaton named bowed deeply.

I have something to show you my lord.

"Hmm?"

The automaton, <>, said this to Jin and turned herself around.

"Please come in."

Jin motioned to the other members to come on, and they started walking.

He walked back down the hallway he had come from and turned into a circular corridor. A little further on, there was a staircase leading down.

"This way."

Palma walks down the stairs. Jin and Reiko followed at the head of the group.

At the end of what seemed to be two floors down, there was a door.

"Please come in."

Palma opened the door, and at the end of the door was a wall in which a plaque was set.

"These are members of the Tierra family for generations."

I thought it was a cemetery, but it was not.

"I'm sorry to trouble you, but could you please read them in order?

In response to Palma's request, Jin began to read the names from the top to the bottom.

"Hazarth......Floreir......Scareless......."

After a dozen or so, a familiar name came up.

"...... Uweit...... Rahliana......"

Adriana's parents. The names continue.

"......Galdred......Bourgiouzm......Lambarde......Crowzmus ......"

Jin had never heard of these names either. He guessed that they were probably Adriana's brothers.

"......Handlem......Donavarg......Adriana".

Donavaag is Adriana's immediate older brother. And Adriana's name.

"......Nerrest......Farevalus......"

And then a long list of unfamiliar names.

"...... Martley."

And then it ends.

"Thank you. These are the Tierras."

Jin wondered if he had been made to read out the names in the hope that they would not be forgotten, but they were not.

The back wall slowly opened.

"Master (My Lord), behind this wall are the technical records that have been kept by the Tierra family.

It seems that the key to unlock the door was to read out all the names.

To tell the truth, Jin thought this was a troublesome system, but he did not say it out loud and stepped into the back room.

Erza and the others entered the room with Jin without saying a word.

"Hmm."

A bookshelf lined with a hundred or so books and several Magi crystals for recording.

"Can I enter this place anytime from now on?　Or do I have to read out all the names every time I want to enter?

Jin asked Palma. If it was the latter, it would be a lot of trouble.

"No, since you opened the door once, it will open automatically when the master (my lord) approaches.

"I guess that's okay then."

Jin looks around the room again. In short, it is a reference room.

The ancestors of the Tierra family must have been closer to the <>.

What is left behind is probably a book, a magical crystal for recording, and a <>.

Aside from the name, it would be interesting to know what information is contained in the book and the magi crystal for recording.

"Do you know what kind of information is recorded in the book and the Magi Crystal?

I asked Palma first. If he knew, it would save me a lot of trouble.

Yes, I know. And the contents of the book and the magi crystal for recording are the same.

"Law ......"

The book is a written record and its backup, I guess you could call it. It would be a double backup, including Palma.

If this is the case, it would be better to have the old man read out the magical crystals for recording and extract only the valid information from them.

So Jin decided to leave the room and look around the upper floor for the time being.

"Let's have lunch.

It was already lunchtime. Jin could not let Hanna go hungry.

He decides to retrace his steps back to the car.

"Master (my lord), what about the wards surrounding this facility?

Palma asked.

"Well, if there is no mechanical problem, please continue to deploy it.

"Yes, sir."

It seems that these wards also work to block harmful electromagnetic waves such as ultraviolet rays.

In a sense, it is a part of the conservation warding.

"That's very thoughtful."

Jin also had something to gain from the configuration of the wards.

"By the way, I wonder what's going on in the original town of Naminthe, or ...... next door, right now?"

Goose muttered as he remembered.

"Yes, the surrounding towns are uninhabited, but the town of Naminthe is barely inhabited."

"Wow. "Well, that's quite a feat."

"I've been working on ...... for a while now."

The group listened to Palma's explanation.

"About 300 years ago, there was a drastic decrease in the amount of free magic element (ether) in the space. This caused the majority of the inhabitants to fall ill.

The "ether stampede" had affected even this area.

"As a result, the population plummeted, and to add insult to injury, a plague broke out 200 years ago. <, and it further decimated the population.

The population is now less than one twentieth of what it was before the Aether Stampede.

"That is why most of the remaining inhabitants gathered here in the town of Naminthe.

The reason for the drastic decrease in population was thus revealed.

"Perhaps this is the main reason for the population decline in Battaghtaluf?"

Jin muttered. Whether he was right or not, I did not know now.