There is a in the village of Quent, the old man said.

< is also called a , and is a golem that is instructed to protect a castle or town. It is sometimes called a guardian.

In the village of Kaina, where Jin lived ......400 years ago, there was a <, a .

"You said it's stopped, didn't you?"

<

<

"I see. It's not moving?　Or is it not moving?"

>.

"Is that so?"

<

"And you couldn't fix it?"

<

"What?"

<<.

That is certainly understandable. ...... and Jin think.

However.

"Oh, that < never came, so it was left as it was and ......".

<>.

"That's also not very good."

Jin was a little dismayed, saying, "That's not what it's all about.

"......Well, we'll know why when the golem starts moving. So, do you know what's wrong with it?"

<<

If you ask him about it, Jin can get a rough idea.

"If that's the case, ......<> is deteriorating."

<

The free ether is converted into mana with an ether converter, and is sent to various parts of the body.

In human terms, they would be equivalent to <>.

If they have deteriorated and the <> is no longer working, they cannot be activated.

Magic power conductors do not deteriorate easily if they are <> (Horai Island uses materials that do not deteriorate easily even if they are not used), but this golem was thought to have stopped working because it had not been used for a long time.

"But that's a pretty rare case. ......"

Jin felt that no matter how much <=>, it is rare for it to become so useless.

"I wonder if it was made in a situation where the materials were very scarce. ......"

Jin wished he could see the real thing. .......

* * * *

The next day, on the 16th, after breakfast, Jin asked the village head, Kyou,

"You have an underground warehouse, don't you?"

He asked the mayor, Kyou, "Do you have an underground warehouse?

However, he was met with a question,

"What?

which revealed that the mayor did not know of the existence of an underground warehouse.

He said, "No, yesterday, when Reiko detected the golem, there was some kind of reaction in the basement as well.

"Oh, is that so?"

Yes. Would you like to look for it?

"That sounds interesting.

The village head was also interested in the idea.

So Jin and his group decided to explore the basement of the warehouse outside with the mayor.

"<>......I think there is a cavity here.

The village chief looked surprised when Jin used his ground search magic.

"Ha-ha, you have such magic too, huh?

"Yes. According to this, there should be an entrance to the basement somewhere. ......"

"............ Oh, then it could be the floor of the warehouse."

After a moment's thought, Village Chief Keogh began to explain.

"In my father's time, the floorboards of the warehouse were re-covered. They were very damaged.

"Is that so?"

"Yes. When they did that, they did not remove the floorboards, but put boards on top of them.

"Oh, ah... ...... that's what you mean."

There may have been a hidden door in the floor, but now there is no way to find it because the boards were put on top of it. ...... that's what happened.

"Do you mind if I take the floorboards off once?　I'll put them back later."

"If you want to put them back, go ahead.

After receiving permission from the village head, Jin, together with Goh, Rubina, Reiko, and others, began to remove the floorboards.

Reiko did the heavy work, and Goh and Rubina did the detailed work such as removing nails.

Jin is in charge of the whole project, keeping an eye on things.

"Yes, we should be able to remove only this part.

"Yes, about this much?

"Yes, this much? ......There's probably a door here ......here, there it is."

The door was well disguised as a joint in the floorboards, but there was no fooling Jin's eyes, and the hidden door was easily found.

A door about one meter square had been inserted into the floor.

Reiko, open it for me.

"Yes."

The door was a double sliding door.

In fact, the door was quite slow to work, but Reiko opened it as if it moved lightly.

The room was not very large, about the size of a six-tatami-mat room. There was no light inside, but the morning light was enough.

"Wow, ...... what is this?

The village head looked in and was surprised to see a golem lying there.

"Oh ......."

Jin was also surprised to see the golem.

It looked just like <> in appearance.

It had to have been made by someone related to the Jin family.

"Oh, Jin-dono, Mr. Village Chief. What are you doing?"

A voice called out to him.

It turned out that Rouzo Chioda and MS-081 had just arrived.

Chioda had said he would send MS-081 to us, but he had come with it himself.

"Oh, Mr. Yozo. Take a look at this."

"Mmmm... ...... this is it!"

Chioda Lohzoh was also astonished when he saw the golem.