One of the five rescued <<< hostages>> was a clerk at an agency in the town of Ula'u that ships goods to various destinations.

The remaining four are .......

"I am Tokara der Nish. I am a magical engineer.

"I am Suzyn Siden. I am also a magical engineer.

"I am Tashima Sonode. I'm Tashima Sonode. I'm also a magical engineer. Or rather, we three are colleagues and pupils of Dr. Tomoside."

"I see. I am Tomoside Yoda. I am Tomoshide Yoda. I am, in a manner of speaking, the master of the three of us.

So the four of you are magical engineers. Then what do you know about those magical brains?

"I don't know anything about it. ....... It was a magical brain that I put my heart and soul into."

Tomoside Yoda said regretfully. Makina heard him say it in the past tense.

"Was?"

"...... yes. The ...... student whom I entrusted with your education, Rinoura, has given your magical brain a wicked education."

"I see. ...... So you're saying that the education has resulted in an incomplete magical brain?

Yes. That's unfortunate."

Here Makina decided to ask some technical questions.

There were a few things that were bothering her.

"Well, what kind of > do you have in your magic brain?"

"Basic control magic formula?　It's a very simple one.

Very simple?　Can you give us a partial ......?

"Sure. I don't mind, but I'd like to know something about ????????????.

"I see. That's how it works."

This convinced Makina.

"......Tomoshide-sama, you have studied the <>, haven't you?　...... No, I think you are in the vein of <>, aren't you?"

Tashima Sonode nodded at this question with a small sigh.

"How did you know? ...... No, it's only natural for the third deus ex machina to understand. ......Yes, I do. However, Tashima and I are heretics who have left the ranks of the Magi Seekers.

Magi Seekers?

"Ah. <

"I didn't know there was such a group. Where are these ?"

"...... I don't know what to tell you, so I won't."

"Yes?"

"Originally, the were more interested in working on magical engineering in the middle of nowhere. Legend has it that they moved to the frontier to avoid being targeted by enemies such as <>."

"Oh, really?"

Makina didn't expect to hear the name "Markitas" here.

At the same time, I also guessed that the descendants of the Marquitas became the ancestors of the Marquitas that the old man could not know because he had sealed off the Horai Island.

(I guess so...). ...... They form a closed community. And these people jumped out of it.)

But I can also imagine that they have not yet .

But we can also imagine that they have not yet , because they have said that they do not want to talk about the original group.

"I understand your position just fine. So what's up with this Rinoura or whatever his name is, ......?"

"I don't know."

I don't know. - You don't know?

"I don't know?" "He's missing. We were trapped in the first place, and we don't know what was going on outside during that time.

"That's true. ...... Wait, when did you guys get locked in?　And then when was the magic brain activated?"

This was answered by Tomoside Yoda.

"It was activated on April 1, 3901. I think I was locked up on January 30 of this year."

"You've been educating them for almost a year. <?"

"<> or ....... It is a <> for us."

This is also the fate of the collateral system, or closed communities: .......

It's a pity," Tomoshide Yoda laughed to himself.

"Can you just read it?"

"If that's what you mean by , I can."

"Well, I guess so."

"Well, yes," he said, "because that kind of magic is essential to making the captured engineer's knowledge your own.

"But you taught them one by one, didn't you?"

"Yes.

As a result, the magical brain has been distorted because Rinoura, who is in charge of education, has been infusing strange things into it.

And there was still one more question Machina wanted to ask.

What about the golem?

"Tashima was in charge of that one."

And the giant golem?

Yes.

What about it?

I thought it was pretty good.

Tashima Sonode was pleased to hear Makina say that.

"Really?"

"Really?" "Yes, you are Tashima Sonode, aren't you? ...... is true. Both the battle golem and the giant golem are well balanced.

"I see. ...... Thank you."

But there are still a few things missing.

What are they?

"Now is not the time for such a technical discussion ......, but just to name a few, <> and <>.

Makina said that it was better to discuss such technology with Jin.

In addition, there was one thing that Makina absolutely had to make sure of.

"Who made the dominate ring?

"The Dominate Ring,......, ah, the Hypno-Ring.

Perhaps it was.

It was made by ...... Rinoura.

<

"It was originally developed for educational purposes. They changed the specifications secretly and used it to control people."

Makina wondered if the fact that there were no problems left when the device was removed was a legacy of those early specifications.

"......This Rinoura person is dangerous. ...... You really don't know where he is?"

"Really. I don't know."

I don't know. - Well, that's too bad.

If Rinoola Mogi is hiding out there with ambitions, he's a potential threat.

Makina thought to herself, "I must find him somehow.

And on the island of Horai, the old man was also .......