"Well, did you say Jin-dono's ...... Hope?　That golem is ...... kind of ...... awesome."

"Thank you very much."

Jin thinks it's time to stop this, but no one wants him to stop. I guess they consider it a form of entertainment.

"Are you that mage Jin?"

A voice called out from behind me. I turned around to see that Gloma Trey, the engineer who had created Hope's golem, had arrived before I knew it.

I'm Jin.

"Oh, you're ......."

Groma stared at Jin.

"Yes, who are you?

Eira's voice. She seemed to have come downstairs too.

"What is it, what are you?

I'm Jin's teammate.

"Teammate?"

Eira nodded.

"Don't you know what a team is?　A team is a group of people who work together to achieve a goal.　Oh, a mate is a friend."

Gromma seemed offended by this comment.

"I know that!"

But Eira was not to be deterred.

"If you know something, just tell me you know it. I've already explained everything to you. I don't like a stupid, inconsiderate fool."

Who's a moron?

You're the only one. You're not only a fool, you're a moron!

Eira's tongue is getting more and more sharp.

"Let him say it, he's a ......!"

Finally, Groma let his anger out.

"Eira, don't go there," he said.

"Ha-ha-ha, he responds so well, I'm just going to go with it. I'm sorry about that. ......

"I'm not Glo!　I'm Groma!

"Yes, yes, you're Groma, right?"

No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.

I'm not a grommet! What's your business at ......, big Groma?

I'm not here for you!　I'm not here for you! I'm here for Jin.

In the background, Hope was finally fighting back.

Behind him, Hope is finally fighting back, to the thunderous roar of the onlooking soldiers.

"So, what is it?"

So what is it, Norseman?

Who do you think is interrupting us?

Eira, that's enough.

Finally Eira seemed to have had enough and moved a little away from Jin and the others. Jin turned to Groma with a wry smile.

"So ......"

"Yeah, it's kind of distracting, but ...... Jin, did you really make that golem?"

"Yes, well..."

"Hmmm,......."

Jin affirmed, and Groma thought for a moment.

"Yes?"

"...... No, what. It's been a long time since I met an engineer who could make me groan. ...... So, where are you from?　Mitsuho?　Or is it Fusoh?"

Where are you from?

"I'm from Fuso. And you?

...... I don't really remember. I was in a metastatic accident and found myself in this country."

Groma frowned at this explanation.

"I have never heard of such a story. It is not impossible that a metastasis itself has happened in the distant past, but it is not possible, even according to the principle of metastasis, that it would cause memory confusion."

"Do you know the principle of ...... transference?"

"Only the principle. It's a technique reserved for a very limited number of technicians.

"Is that so?"

Jin felt that he had to take another look at this man, Groma Tolley.

"In the first place, a warp gate is a tunnel connecting two points. There's no way that passing through it would affect your memory."

Then there's also the possibility that you received a shock to the head.

That would make sense.

At that moment, there was a loud thud behind me.

I looked over to see that Jin's Hope had just struck a blow to Groma's golem.

"Well, I guess we lost. ...... that's it!"

Groma stops the golem from fighting again.

"Hope, don't do this!"

Jin also stopped Hope.

"Jin, I guess I lost today. But that was just a prototype I made. The one I'm making now is several times better. Then I'll be able to overpower your golem this time!

With these words, Groma turned and left.

"...... Really, what are you doing here?"

Jin thought that Eira was probably telling the truth when she teased him about being discouraged.

Somehow, he had the feeling that Gromma wanted to have a purely technical discussion.

"That was brilliant, Jin!"

Paelova came over to Jin and patted him on the shoulder.

"You made me look good," she said.

"That's good," said Paelová.

Now I will have more influence in the castle.

Paelova glanced at Pegin Borntov, who was standing off to the side.

Pegin was glaring at her hatefully. When Gromma approached him, she saw him complaining about something with a terrible sword.

However, after Gromma says a few words, his anger seems to subside, and now he is smiling faintly.

Jin is not sure that he likes Pegin Borntov.

* * * * * *

"Well, I guess my joints are getting a little rickety after all.

Jin is doing maintenance work on the returned Hope.

The joints had been worn out due to the long hours of unexpectedly intense movement.

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"But it was great. At first it looked like we were going to lose, but then we got stronger and stronger. That means Hope has learned, right?

"That's right."

Jin answered Eira's question as he checked.

"Jin-san, is it rare for a golem to be able to learn?"

Katya also asked a question, and Jin wondered how he should answer.

"Well, I don't know.　I think it's pretty common."

And then Eira said,

"That groper was talking a big game, but his golem can't learn, can it?　He's supposed to be a top-notch guy, you'd think.

He dismisses me.

"Oh, yes."

Katya seemed to agree.

"I think that perhaps there is not enough storage space in the control core, or that the flow of magical control (magi sequence) in the memory system is not well done."

"Wow, you can know all that. ...... I really think that Jin is a mage too good for this country."

What's going on all of a sudden?

"Not all of a sudden. It's just, you know..."

Eira looked thoughtful. Jin did not ask any more questions at that moment.