After Jin finishes repairing , it is Rhodes' turn.

"Let's see, here, ........."

Rhodes performs maintenance on <. Since he did not make it himself, it looked to Jin as if he was not very good at it.

However, the maintenance work was completed in a short time because of the good quality of the original. Jin, who was watching from the side, had nothing to say.

Jin was unable to fall asleep and gazed blankly at the sky.

The moon (Yunie) appeared from the mountain in the east. Jin gazed at it with deep emotion.

(I guess Milowina is gone too, even though it's been 400 years. ......)

But if <> is still alive and well, I can't help but think that if only we could get in touch with him.

(Well, if we go to the Nordic Federation, the way will be opened for us.)

(Well, if we go to the Nordic Federation, we can find a way.) Lack of materials, lack of infrastructure, lack of social status, that's the current Jin.

(I didn't know that I can't do anything about it so far. ......)

Jin reflected on the fact that he had been a little too much spoiled by the environment of Horai Island.

While Jin was thinking about such a thing, he seemed to have fallen asleep.

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

When the eastern sky had become light, Jin and Rhodes had already finished their breakfast.

"Today we will be able to retrieve the hidden Magi machine.

Jin was looking forward to it.

Riding his golem horse, he headed east again today.

"The landmark is a rock spire about 300 meters high.

It is quite conspicuous in this wilderness. No wonder Rhodes marked it.

After half an hour or so, we saw a spire that looked like that.

"That's it, isn't it?"

Jin and the others head straight for the spire.

"It's so big when you see it up close.

The spire is the Tokyo Tower, in my image. There is a cave at the base of the tower where the Magi machine is hidden.

"Ah, here it is."

Rhodes pointed to a pile of large rocks, each more than a foot high.

"They hid them in a small cave and then piled them up to make them invisible.

At least seven rocks weighing more than 200 kilograms. I have to say, that's the way of the Northerners.

"Well, let's move them out of the way."

Rhodoth throws the rocks away with a "good deal" in his arms.

Soon a small cave with a hidden magi-machine appeared.

"There it is. It's in here. ......"

Rhodes pulled out a container the size of a wardrobe.

"Surprisingly small, isn't it?"

"It's an assembly line, you know."

Rhodes opens the lid of the container.

"Is it a ...... balloon?"

"Something close to that. <

"Blow up floater?"

The word was unfamiliar to Jin as well. And this is confirmed by the following words of Rhodes: "Yes.

"Yes, it is a vehicle developed by Maricka about 250 years ago.

"Oh."

It seems to be an assembled vehicle, and Rhodes assembles it with great dexterity.

"I see. ......"

In short, the idea was to make a balloon float by the wind.

"I see, <>."

In principle, it is similar to the Onogoro Island disc. Maricka must have arranged it further.

As soon as he had finished assembling it, Rhodes started the <>.

The air sacs inflated as soon as they were inflated.

The shape of the air sac is more like a parachute than a balloon. It looks a little different from a hang glider.

"Let's go."

First Rhodes and then Hanako get into the foldable gondola made of light silver.

Jin and Hope get in too. .......

"What about the golem horses?"

"I don't think we'll be able to carry them that far.

"We'll have them run to the next destination. They can reach speeds of over 100 kilometers per hour in galloping mode.

If they were not carrying people, they could run without worrying about the swaying of the center of gravity. Jin understood that.

"Okay. ...... where is your next destination?"

Mitsuho.

The name of the country came back to me.

"It's about 800 kilometers away, so we should be there this evening.

This blow floater can reach a speed of about 100 kilometers per hour.

At last, Jin could feel the progress of the times.

"Even if they are chasing us, we can't catch up anymore.

The speed of the pursuit suggests that the three duchies may be working together behind the scenes, but even so, Rhodes said, this will cut the ties.

"We're leaving."

The gondola floats up, and then the blower engines start up.

The gondola is exposed, so I thought it would be cold, but it is not.

The gondolas have wind shields to protect them from the wind, so they can go 100 kilometers per hour.

This was well thought out.

"Wouldn't it have been easier to move around if we had hidden the warp gate?"

Jin said.

That's how Jin set up warp gates around the world in the first place.

"It's not that I don't believe Grandmother's words, but I wasn't sure if I would be able to meet Jin-sama or not. ......"

"I guess that's true."

Warp gates are not something that can be easily installed. In the first place, it is out of the ordinary for Jin to have installed such things so many times.

Wind-powered floaters (blow floaters) cross mountain ranges. The air pressure inside the gondola is also safe because of the warding.

"However, it is not safe to cross the Gondor continent with this.

He says that it would be dangerous if bad weather were to strike.

Jin agrees that it is understandable, since the aircraft is assembled in a low-strength structure.

"So, where are we going to go in Mitsuho?

Jin asked, to which he received a surprising answer.

I'm sorry, I don't know where. Anyway, I can manage if I go down to Mitsuho.

Mitsuho is a (= a country participating in the ), so there are exchanges with the Gondor continent, he said.

"Mitsho or ......"

Jin thinks that if he can meet , he might be able to go to Horai Island via <>. But Rhodotos senses Jin's thoughts,

"...... Jin-sama, I ask you again. If possible, please see your great-grandmother first.

He asked, "I would like to talk to you about something.

"There is something important I need to tell you, yes?

He said, "...... understand."

Jin decided that although he wanted to return to his own time as soon as possible, he would have to listen to what Zion had to say.

(If I had gone back to my own time in the first place, Zion would know about it, and that's why he sent Rhodoth to me. ...... I guess I should ask him.)

We have enough time to have lunch in the gondola.

"This is the last time I'm going to have this bad meal..." Rhodes laughs.

Rhodes laughs.

<, so we had been chomping on dry bread (not dry bread) since last night.

Then, in the evening of the same day, the land of Mitzvah came into view below us.