"But there was a family that had been in seclusion for 400 years?"

Reinhardt was impressed.

"And so they perished. ...... I can't believe it's someone else."

Milowina sympathized.

"But that's unusual. But it's unusual for Jin not to take care of them until the end."

Reinhardt looked a little puzzled.

"Yeah, there are several reasons... one is because of the Antarctic research fleet and the other is because of the long period planets..."

I understand that.

Besides, Lance didn't seem to want to be bothered.

"Is that so?"

Reinhardt looks at me as if he doesn't understand.

"If you knew how good Jin is, you'd know how grateful we are to have his help.

"...... Hmmm, he seems to have taken in some knowledge of <>, maybe that's why he's so proud."

"Hmm, is that possible?　Is it possible that his personality is influenced by his knowledge?

"I'd like to find out more, but I couldn't."

Jin thought that it would be disrespectful to the maker to do so out of curiosity, even if he was confronted by a hostile person.

And it seems that Reinhardt understood this feeling.

"Yes, I understand that feeling, Jin.

I would not feel good if my work was disassembled and analyzed without my permission. That's what I mean.

"It's not like it's urgent. I didn't want to get involved now because of the possibility of such discrepancies.

"I suppose that's true."

Reinhardt smiled and sipped his wine.

* * * * * *

"And then there's the long-period planet.

When the party was over and everyone had started to drink tea leisurely, Jin decided to make another report.

It was the information from the unmanned probe sent from the moon.

"Old man, please.

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The magic screen on the wall of the cafeteria lights up.

There, against the backdrop of the blackness of space, the approaching is projected on the screen.

It gradually gets bigger and bigger.

"Oh!"

The long period planet is rapidly approaching.

"...... Hmmm...what can I say, it's full of pockmarks?"

Saki gives an honest impression.

Yes, the planet's surface is covered in pockmarks.

"Perhaps it was caused by a collision with cosmic dust floating in space.

At the tremendous speed of hundreds of kilometers per second, even a grain of sand would have had a tremendous impact, Jin says.

"Even so, it's a very rugged surface."

From the clarity of the view, there seems to be no atmosphere. There is no ice, and the planet is truly desolate.

It seems to be slowly rotating, with craters forming all over the surface.

"I don't think there is any life on this planet.

The vacuum-like appearance of the planet led us to believe that not even microorganisms could survive.

While Jin and the others were saying this, the planet in the image was rapidly growing.

The speed of the planet began to slow down slightly. It seems to be synchronizing its speed.

The old man explains the situation.

"I see, this is a recording.

Jin and the others remember that after all this time.

"How many days ago was it?

The old man answers Licia's question.

"I see. So we are in orbit now?"

The image shows the surface of a long period planet. It seems to have entered a satellite orbit.

"It's still full of craters."

"I don't think we're going to find any life."

"On the contrary, there is no air. No water. No ice."

The group becomes quiet as the old man explains the situation to them.

The image changes and the surface of the earth approaches. Then the image changed again and the horizon became visible.

"Looks like we've landed," Jin muttered.

Jin muttered.

The image moved sideways. It seems to have rotated 360 degrees. The same wilderness is visible in both directions.

The image then turns downward.

The convex part is full of craters and collapsed land. The concave part is filled with rickety debris.

But...

"Is that a magical crystal?"

Saki shouted, looking at the rock debris that seemed to fill the valley.

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"I knew it. I think the silver-colored rock over there is mithril silver ore."

<<< That's also correct>>

Saki, who is a first-rate alchemist and a mineral enthusiast, seems to have the keenest eye of all the members.

Some metallic minerals, such as natural silver and copper, oxidize and lose their luster and color, but in a vacuum they do not, and retain their original color.

"Hmmm, resources must be plentiful."

This is Tor. It is a sign of the alchemist in both father and daughter that they are interested in the material first.

"But I don't see any plants. Probably no microorganisms either.

The old man confirms Goose's statement.

"Of course."

Milowina agrees.

"It is a scorching hot world when we are close to the sun Celan, and an extremely cold world when we are far away from it. The impact of a collision with cosmic dust would be extraordinary. ...... I'd be surprised if there is life on such a planet."

"You're right, Milowina. You see that silvery plane over there? Isn't that a solidified pond of molten tin or lead?"

The surface temperature of the surface would rise to several hundred degrees Celsius as it approached the sun. Therefore, tin and lead, which are metals with low melting points, would have melted.

And as they move away from the sun, they cool down and solidify. It is very significant that we can see such a situation.

The presence or absence of life forms will make the choice of how to cope with the situation extremely different.

<>.

"It would be great if we could mine it and recover it."

This is a stearina. The abundance of resources must be very attractive to creative engineers.

"Let's see where we go from here.

Jin expressed his biggest concern.

<

"2 million kilometers or ......"

Compared to the solar system, the average distance between the earth and the sun is 150 million kilometers.

Comet Rexel, the closest comet to the earth in history, came the closest to the earth at 2.19 million kilometers.

Probably, the mass of the comet will be much larger than that of the comet, so it is not likely that Ars will be completely unaffected by the comet.

"What do we need ......?"

Jin pondered.