May 22. Jin's arrives to pick up Arnold and Chelle from their vacation in .

"Jin, it's been a long time."

"Eira, Cachia, Groma, long time no see. I'm here to pick up Arnold, so I can't stay long.

That's all right.

Come back another time.

I'll be waiting for you.

Thank you.

Have a nice vacation, sir.

"Thank you."

With this send-off, Jin, Arnold, and Chelle headed back to the .

The pilot this time is Sky2.

And Jin and the others moved to Horai Island by the warp gate to save time.

* * * *

In Horai Island, the old man explained about the incident.

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"I see. <

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"I suppose so."

Arnold agrees with the old man.

A multi-faceted strategy is not a good thing.

There has been no incident yet regarding the <>, but the <> and <> have already caused some damage by dispatching golems.

It was the consensus of Horai Island that they wanted to solve the problems of <> and <> if they could while <> related matters were still quiet.

"But what is the true purpose of <>?

"I have no idea at the moment.

"I see, so even Jin doesn't know.

"I guess we'll have to ask him directly. Well, I guess we'll have to ask him in person.

I'm fine as I am.

What?

I'm an automaton.

"No, no, Arnold's body is as human as you are, so you can't force it, can you?　On the other hand, a doppelganger can generate power as needed."

"No, if it's a magical brain created by , it shouldn't be able to harm you.

"We haven't decided that yet. ......"

If it comes to it, I'll just use the transfer to get out of here.

Be careful. ......

Then the old man reported that Hannah had arrived.

"My lord, Hanna has arrived."

"Oh, I see."

"Oh, yes." "Here she is, my dear."

I'm glad you came.

It's fun, isn't it?

Hannah's never been on a mission like this before. Be careful.

"Yeah. But I'll be there with my doppelg?nger.

Then, Hanna greets Arnold again.

"Mr. Arnold, Chelle, it's nice to meet you today.

"It's nice to meet you too, Hannah."

After a brief greeting, Hanna goes to the cockpit of her doppelganger.

"I'm ready."

"Okay."

Jin also backed up Arnold's control core, just in case.

Now, if anything should happen to Arnold, he can come back to life.

If he returns without incident, the backup can be discarded.

Arnold said he didn't have to go that far, but Chelle insisted.

She is an automata who loves her master.

She is an automaton who loves her husband.

After that, we talked about the expedition, the mission, and its background.

And then .......

"All right, it's time to go. Let's go."

So Jin, Reiko, Hannah, Anne, Arnold, and Chel get into the .

The boat has a capacity for six passengers.

Anne is in charge of piloting.

Reiko can also pilot the boat, but Jin decides that Reiko is too small to pilot the boat because of the standard type of .

* * * * *

At 7:00 a.m. local time, the <> was over the eastern part of the Kingdom of Selroa.

"No problem with transition. Position confirmed. We are on our way to the rendezvous point."

Anne reported, and then pointed the toward the destination.

The position was identified from space by the satellite .

They arrived at the location in about 10 minutes.

Hope and were waiting there.

"Welcome, maker of Hope. And friends. You may call me ."

<<> welcomed Jin D and his group.

Let's say hello and introduce ourselves when we get there.

"Okay."

So the group heads for the <> and <> to the <>.

Of course, < and Hope were in the <>.

After a 10 minute flight, they arrive at the car.

"Come on, this way!"

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"Wait a minute, please. If we go this way, won't the three of us suffocate?

<

"Don't worry. We had plenty of time. By now, will have replaced the air inside the spherical base with something breathable."

"I hope so. That's all well and good, but even at ......, there's always a chance. Let me check."

"Fine. Go ahead.

Yes.

Hope went into the transfer station by herself. And came back 15 seconds later.

"It's okay, I've checked, there's breathable air out there. The temperature is 23 degrees Celsius and the pressure is 760 millimeters of mercury."

"Okay."

Hope has confirmed that the transfer site is safe.

Let's go.

Let's go.

The group moves to the destination using the internal transfer magic circle.

The destination is, of course, inside the spherical base.

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Following the same path, Jin and the others head for the room where the is waiting.