"They say a drowning man will grasp at any straw."

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"No, I haven't drowned yet, so I guess I'll just have to wait and see.

What he is looking for now is his predecessor's study. But Jin suddenly realized something.

"Hey Reiko, didn't you say before that you can't enter this study without permission?"

This was when Jin had just been summoned. At that time, Jin visited this study to become the <>, and I believe that Reiko (the predecessor of Reiko) told him that only the new master could open it.

"If that's the case, it's highly unlikely that it's in here, isn't it?"

"If you say so, you are right.

"Then where would ...... be?"

Since Horai Island is an isolated island, the possibility of it being anywhere but here is extremely small.

"Hmmm ......"

Jin did not inherit all of Adriana's memories, but was limited to the knowledge that his predecessor thought necessary, and there was no knowledge of other spaces among them.

The location of the materials is also not perfect. In fact, it seems that Adriana herself, in her later years, did not have a complete idea of where the materials were kept.

"The most likely place is ......, after all, the reference room?"

The two rooms on the other side of the corridor are the reference rooms.

The two rooms together are about the size of an elementary school library. It is a huge amount of material for an individual to have.

"You know a little something about it, don't you?

"I know most of it, too."

Jin knows where to find the materials that Adriana used to browse in her later years.

Reiko also knew about the materials that Reiko's predecessor had helped her clean up and organize.

"You mean we should look for something we don't know?"

"Yes, that would be it."

"And then this area..."

I know that corner.

I see. ......

"If this is the case, I should have copied all the books in the reference room into the old man's information bank.

It is too late to say that now.

The places related to his predecessors, including the archives, are off-limits to the public without his permission.

"Well, I thought it was a good idea... ...... It's meaningless if we can't find it."

Just when Jin was about to get fed up with this difficult task, he heard a voice saying, "This is .

"This is ......"

Reiko picked up a book.

"Got it?"

Reiko flipped through the book and closed it with a snap.

"No, it wasn't. This seems to be a memorandum on the prototype of the Transition Gate.

The two began to search through the archives again.

A little after noon, Reiko told Jin that they should stop for a while.

"Well, I can't find it. ......"

Jin blurted out on the way to the cafeteria.

"I'm sorry, Father. ......"

Reiko is disappointed, but Hitoshi does not forget to tell her not to worry about it.

"It's not your fault. We'll look for him again after lunch.

Yes, sir!

Yes!

After lunch, Jin, who was drinking Persica juice, said he would reconsider.

"That's what I always do when I can't find what I'm looking for.

It depends on the person, but in Jin's case it was this.

"First, empty your mind as much as possible, and eliminate your preconceptions."

Yes.

"Then, think about where you would put it."

Jin continues.

"If you think about it carefully, ...... the material may not have been written by your predecessor. He must not have done any research on different spaces. At least, not in his later years."

"Yes, that's right."

"That's why I thought it would be treated differently. I mean, maybe not in that archive."

You may be right.

What if it is?

The warehouse.

That's a good possibility.

There is a warehouse where they keep things that are not likely to be used immediately, things that are valuable, etc.

The first basement floor is a storage room for valuables.

Jin and Reiko hurried to the basement.

"This shelf over here is magi crystals.

The other one is ancient dragon's leather, so it's different.

Jin and Reiko split up to search.

"Father, it might be this one."

Reiko found a tightly sealed mithril silver container.

A box to keep the most precious of treasures.

"Let's open it."

"Yes."

...... but the box did not contain what I sought.

"No. ......

Jin's shoulders slump. But he thinks again.

"I thought it was because Reiko was able to find it at that time, but maybe she < about it."

It is possible that Reiko's missing memory includes the location where the documents were stored.

"But basically, I return materials to their original location after I take them out."

"I see. I guess so."

This is different from people who leave things out after taking them out.

Jin is more the type of person who sometimes moves the place where he puts things away and loses track of where he put them.

However, since he came to this world, Reiko and other golem maids have been supporting him, so this has not been the case anymore.

The old man spoke to me, as if he couldn't help but notice me.

"But, you know, ......"

Jin was reluctant. He was afraid that he might have dropped it.

It was not so much that he did not trust the golem maids, but more because he knew their limitations.

They are not, by their very nature, skilled in magic (although their skills are higher than those of ordinary people).

Therefore, Jin thought, they might miss what they were looking for.

"Hmmm, that sounds good."

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"Oh. Let me search the archives first."

One of the tricks to finding what you're looking for. Be thorough and without preconceived notions.

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"Master, is this different?

"Master, is it not this one?

Twice Topaz 24 and Ames 33 came to tell me that they had found something like that in the archives, but it was not the one they were looking for.

"Master, what about this one?"

"Hmm?　...... uh, this is the one!

And after the third attempt.

At last, they found the desired material.