, the old man had been moving to the north with his good intentions, so it took only 5 minutes to get to Zion's place after Jin and Reiko had returned.

This time Hope got off with him.

"Welcome back, Jin. You look ...... refreshed."

"Yeah, I took a bath at Horai Island."

"......No wonder."

I followed the slightly stunned Zion into the pavilion,

"Jin-sama, welcome back!"

"Welcome back!"

Marikka and Vita welcomed me.

"Uh, did you make that golem, too, Gin-sama?"

Vita, who had seen him several times but this was the first time she had met him face to face, asked.

"Yes, my name is Hope. I'm Hope, and I'm in charge of flying Pegasus 2.

"My name is Hope."

Hope greeted Vita.

"Wow. ......."

Hope looked like an ordinary golem, but inside it was an extraordinary specimen.

Whether she realized it or not, Vita looked at Hope with great interest.

"It's my dream to have my own golem someday," she said.

She said, "Marikka will make me one,

"Why don't you ask Marikka to make one for you?

Jin replied,

"I can't, because I'm half a man.

Vita answered a little sadly.

On the other hand, Zion turned to Jin,

"Isn't dinner ready yet?

Jin answered in the affirmative. Jin answered in the affirmative.

"Yes, not yet.

"I'm ready."

Marikka continued,

"Jin-sama, I helped cut the fruits and vegetables too!

Vita said with great energy. Then Marikka said,

"That's right. She's never helped me with any kind of work before.

Vita turned red when Marikka revealed that she had never helped him with his own work before.

"Oh, oh, please don't tell!

"I was just saying that if you don't help Jin-sama, you won't be allowed to join ."

"Oh, Marikka-sama's stupid!"

Vita turned red and ran down the hallway.

"Marikka, you tease me too much!"

Theon chided Marikka.

"I'm sorry. Her reaction was so cute and innocent.

Jin could only laugh.

"This is gorgeous."

The dinner menu consisted mainly of topopo.

"Is this a doughy potato?"

In some recipes, the peeled potatoes are cut into large pieces, boiled, then drained, seasoned with salt and pepper, and shaken in a pot to blend the flavors.

This time it was the former.

"Jin-sama, I made that!"

Vita, who had recovered, declared.

"Well, thank you. It's very well done."

Jin had taught the younger children when he was at the orphanage. Sometimes I use curry powder too, so I don't get bored.

Jin even wondered if he had ever been able to reproduce the curry powder.

Other dishes were topopo salad and meat topopo.

Of course, there were not only topopo dishes, but also fried white fish and fried prawns.

The barley porridge was well seasoned, and the soup was just the way Jin liked it.

"Oh, it was delicious. Thank you."

Jin is drinking his after-meal tea with sincere satisfaction. It was kaina tea, by the way.

"Do you have any plans for tomorrow?"

Zion asked,

"Nothing in particular," he answered.

Jin answered, "Nothing in particular. Then Zion leaned forward,

Then I have a favor to ask you. I would like to ask ...... Jin and Reiko to help me."

Me too?

"Is something wrong?"

Zion nodded.

"Yes. You see, the number of has been increasing recently, and it's starting to cause damage."

"The Grand Dragon...... is the dragon that Anne and I killed so long ago, isn't it?"

Yes. They've been migrating south to our area lately. Yesterday they destroyed one of our greenhouses.

That's a big deal.

Yes, it is. Can you help me with this?　I'd rather leave most of it to you.

Jin nodded.

"In that case, I'll give you a hand."

"Thanks, Jin."

Thank you, Jin.

The next day, Jin took Zion, Rhodos, and, at his request, Vita aboard the Pegasus 2.

"Fluffy,......, this is Jin-sama's Magi machine,......."

"You don't have to be so nervous.

Vita was so nervous that Jin called out to her.

"You're in, aren't you?　Okay, let's go. Hope, please."

"Yes, Jin-sama."

Jin gave the order, and Hope slowly lifted the Pegasus 2 off the ground.

"Wow, it flew!"

Jin thought to himself, "I was being carried by Rhodes the other day,

"I can't believe such a lump of metal can fly in the sky. ......!　Jin-sama is really amazing!

Vita's compliments flew out of her mouth.

The <> continued to fly slowly toward the north at an altitude of about 50 meters.

"Can you move a little more to the west?"

Hope.

"Yes, Master Jin."

Theon guided us closer and closer to the area where the ground dragon had appeared.

"Oh, there it is."

Theon pointed toward the area and saw several scratch-like lines on the reddish-brown earth.

"That's where the ground dragon ran. You can see them clearly from the sky.

Near the end of the scratches, I saw a greenhouse that had been cruelly destroyed.

"They're carnivores, aren't they?"

"Yes. Natural enemies of the hecaton kale. But recently, I heard that the hecaton cail is on the verge of extinction.

Hearing this, Jin wondered if something had gone wrong with the balance of the natural world.

"Anyway, if we follow this trail in the opposite direction, will we find the grand dragon?"

"Maybe so."

"Okay, Hope. I'm counting on you.

Yes, sir. I'll take care of it.

Hope maintained an altitude of 50 meters and followed the track of the grand dragon.

The track turned west and headed toward the mountains.

"Is their nest in the mountains?"

"Yes. I believe they dig caves and build their nests there.

"I see."

turned to the west.

"Oh, isn't that it?"

This time Vita seems to have found it. She pointed to a pile of rocks with many footprints on them that looked like they belonged to a grand dragon.

has lost altitude. Now it is time to confront the Grand Dragon.