"I'm not sure, but the names Reuzert and Alban come to mind, do you know them?"

Jin decided to probe.

"Reuzert?　Alban?　......No, I've never heard of it. ......"

"I see. ......"

Once again, Jin was disappointed that this was not the world where he used to be.

"But this is a remote part of the continent of Pandor. If you go to the capital, you may know some people there.

Sergei said as if to cheer Jin up.

"Yes, that's right."

Sergei looked at Jin, smiling weakly,

"You still don't seem to be in good shape. I've heard at least what you want to hear, so I'll call it a day. You have a good rest."

He ended the conversation.

"Ah, yes, thank you very much. ......"

Jin managed to squeeze out a few words of thanks and lay down on the bed.

"Um, Jin-san, are you all right?　Did I push you too hard?"

Helga, who still remained in the room, was concerned about Jin.

"Oh?　Oh, I'm sorry, I'm fine.

Jin, who had forgotten Helga's presence and had shown his pathetic side, forced himself to smile.

"Really?　Well, you can use this room as you like for the time being. The bathroom is at the end of the room to the left. The bathroom is just in front of it. It's just after 2:00 PM. Dinner will be served around 6:00, same as before.

Helga burst out at once, perhaps on purpose.

"Yes.

Jin was so taken aback by her force that he momentarily forgot his melancholy.

"Well then. My room is at the end of the hall on the right, so if you need me, just let me know.

"......Thank you."

Helga's cheerful smile made Jin feel a little better.

I'm sure you'll be fine here.

"I wonder if this is another ...... or a parallel world after all.

If you don't know the capitals of countries such as Reuzert and Alban, you have to make a judgment.

"And I wonder when ...... the bracelet went missing."

The bracelet that Jin always wore on his arm.

It has a communication function and can be remotely operated by the old man to create a barrier. Of course, he can do it by his own will.

"I thought it might be ...... but there's no way to be sure. ......"

Instead, in his pocket was a white, red and blue stone. <.

"Maybe the bracelet shattered when I crossed the world."

On second thought, that seems like the right answer.

"I was told that moving against the potential ...... would be too much for some."

< and others said that moving against the potential might be hard for organic life forms.

Jin resigned himself to the fact that it would be better if it was in the form of a missing bracelet rather than his own body.

"I could have moved around in all five of my bodies," he said.

If it's a different world, I don't need to be able to communicate, and if it's a barrier, I can put it up by myself.

If you have magi crystals, you can even create a magical tool to put up a barrier.

"But communication is ...... difficult.

Jin's method to precisely match the frequency of the magic wave.

That was to split a single magic crystal (magi crystal) in two and use it for both sides.

In this way, it was possible to achieve a precise synchronization.

Incidentally, this method is used only in .

The old man, the brain of magic in Horai Island, Jin's base, can easily synchronize the magic waves.

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"Make it, contact ......, and then what happens?"

There is a possibility that Horai Island exists in the parallel world.

But its master would be Jin, not Jin.

It would be good if it accepts Jin and cooperates with him, but since he does not know what kind of characterization it has, he decides that he should avoid taking things too lightly.

"But, I see. ...... that's right."

As he repeatedly asked himself these questions, a vision began to emerge.

"To build a base,......."

It can be very small and does not need something as robust as Horai Island.

"Well, it's more of a place to stay than a base.

Even if this is a different world for Jin, he should be able to settle down by creating a place to stay. Just as Ars did in the past.

"I guess we'll just have to take our time and go slowly.

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"If this is a different world for me, I need to find a way to get back to my original world. I have the minimum information necessary for that from .

When you move between worlds, you can set the time line, so it is theoretically possible to go back to the time right after you disappeared, even if it's been 50 years here.

"At that time, ...... everyone will see the old me again."

The old man himself and the twenty-year-old Elsa. Grandfather and grandson.

"No wonder they don't like me."

The old man and Reiko are the only ones who will not abandon him, Jin thinks.

"......It's not good. ......It seems that my thoughts are drifting in the wrong direction."

Jin shook his head to shake off the bad thoughts.

"Anyway, I'll have to start moving tomorrow to make a place for myself.

Jin thought to himself, remembering how Martha and Hannah had saved him in the village of Kaina, and he felt lonely.

"No, no, no, it's okay to be nostalgic, but backward thinking is not the way to go now.

Jin slaps his cheeks with his palm to get back into the swing of things.

"Then, how should I go about it ......?"

Jin can use engineering magic.

Fortunately, there seems to be an abundance of free magic element (ether) in this world.

"<>"

I tried to make a ball of light, and there was no problem.

However, when I tried to make a ball of light, there was no problem.

"Kyaaaah!"

I heard a shout and turned around to see Helga at the entrance with a surprised look on her face.

"Jin-san, you're a mage?

"Oh, oh, I'm sorry. I guess so."

Jin was forced to answer. Jin hoped that he would not be scared or disliked by this.

"Great, great!　That's great, Jin-san!"

Helga, on the other hand, was excited.

"There are no mages in this village. No, not only in this village. It's the big towns and cities that have mages."

"huh?"

"Oh. ...... but Jin-san, you're going to leave one of these days, aren't you?"

Helga is excited, but then suddenly she wilts.

"No, I'm not going to leave until I repay you for saving me, and I'm not thinking about anything after that. ......

Helga's face lit up when Jin told her honestly.

"Really?　I'm so happy. Jin-san, if you can, I'll always ...... be there for you.

Helga trailed off.

"Oh, by the way, I boiled a bath.

"Yes, by all means."

Apparently there is a bath in this village. Jin, who loves taking a bath, responded immediately.