"Well, and ......"

It was already dark outside, and the time was already around 9 p.m. "Oh, I'm so tired.

"Oh, I'm so tired. ......

.

"Yes, my lord, please."

Jin stretched out and went with Erza to <. He plans to take a bath and go to sleep.

He is angry, but he is not so thoughtless as to attack without reason.

When Jin came out of the bath, Erza was waiting for him with his nightgown.

"Thank you."

Jin puts on the nightgown offered by Erza.

"Brother Jin, you say you're mad at me this time, but I think you're taking it a little easy, is that my imagination?

Elsa asked Jin as she was putting on his nightgown.

"No. No, this time I couldn't read the other party's attitude. It seems like they're trying to provoke us.

"Indeed.

And it would be even more annoying if we just let them get away with what they want.

I understand.

I'm thinking I'll just make them numb to the whole thing.

"That's funny."

Erza let out a wry smile at Jin's words.

* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

November 2.

and three disks continue orbiting the equator.

The old man reports.

"Yes, let me hear it."

Jin answered as he ate his breakfast.

"I knew it."

Jin chuckles to himself as he takes a bite of his pickles. The old man continues his report.

"I see."

That is just as I had imagined.

Jin thinks about how to do this while sipping his tea.

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"Okay. Thank you, that's enough. Keep going."

<

"...... Well..."

Jin was thinking about the warding machine he had secured yesterday.

"Father, is there something on your mind?"

"Oh, yes. In principle, it is a combination of , , and , as I had imagined, but I have a feeling that they are combined to produce other effects as well."

"Do you have any evidence for this?"

"Yes. ...... See, the <> type golem reactivated without having to be refilled with mana, didn't it?"

Reiko seemed to understand what Jin meant by that point.

"This is completely imaginary, but I think it is not taking away mana or free magic element (ether), but preventing them from being converted into energy, isn't it?

This hypothesis would explain the current phenomenon.

"<> in reverse: ......"

A phenomenon that should be called <>.

Another problem to be clarified, Jin thought.

"First, one thing at a time."

Jin stood up to examine what he had thought about the energy transfer.

"Sorry, Elsa, I'm at the workshop.

"Well, I'll clean up and go."

After saying a word to Erza who was cleaning up, Jin and Reiko headed for the workshop in the laboratory.

While they were preparing for the experiment in the workshop, Erza came in.

"Did you make it in time?"

"Yes, we are just about to start."

In the workshop were two small warp gates. They were about the size of a microwave oven.

"First, let me explain the concept."

"Hmm, please."

Explaining to someone in this way is a good way to organize your thoughts, and to clarify some fuzzy points.

"I think of a warp gate as a tunnel between two distant points."

"Hmm."

"The operation is not continuous. It is activated when the object enters the sending side and appears on the receiving side.

Otherwise, there is a possibility of an accident, for example, that only the arm that is plugged in is transferred. However, this kind of accident has never happened.

"Does this mean that the object is automatically recognized, or ......"

"Is that what <> are for?"

"I think so."

<>, the objects that pass through it are basically > of each other.

There can be more than one, but there can never be only half.

"Indeed."

"Hypothetically, I think there is a <> between the outgoing and incoming warp gates."

"You mean ...... that ...... connect the high and the low?"

"That's what I mean. In that sense, it is more of a vertical hole than a horizontal hole.

This analogy seemed to be easy to understand, and Erza looked satisfied.

Jin adds, "If an object is placed more than halfway into the effective range of the warp gate, it will be pulled in by its <> and will be transferred.

"Of course, it won't jump out from the receiving side, so it's just an image.

"Yes, I know."

"So, here's the point. ...... objects or solids as I just said, but what about liquids?　What about gases?"

In the previous experiment, it was found that smoke ...... can be transferred if it is sucked out from the receiving side, in other words, gases can also be transferred, and <> was barely put into practice.

However, the efficiency is still low, and it cannot keep up with the consumption of a space ship, let alone the consumption of a naval ship.

< might have such a highly efficient in practical use.

Then I should be able to do it too, he thought.

Jin decides to reset his thinking and reconsider.

"Earlier, you used <> as an example..."

"Hmm..."

"If that tunnel is a vertical hole, then air will not fall through it, but water will. That would mean that something heavier than the air would fall.

"Indeed."

"But this tunnel is not <>. I guess air and liquids don't fall down. I think that's the nature of the tunnel."

So, by using a strong hand to suck them out of the receiving end, gases could also be transferred, Jin summarized the facts he had confirmed so far.

"In other words, there must be a condition to pass through the tunnel."

"So if we can figure that out, we're one step ahead?"

"Yes. Yes. We can take one or two steps forward.

Jin looked at the small warp gate used for the experiment.

"It is not surprising that the <> would have the technology to transfer energy. If their direct descendants are on Onogoro Island, they must have it too."

"Brother Jin ......"

Erza looked pained at Jin's words, which were a little weak.