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Now that my father was gone, I did not want to have anything to do with other people for the time being.

My companions were four golems I had built. I will go up north in the boat I built.

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Adriana thought that going by sea in a boat would be easier than going by land in a wagon.

She could take a straight line instead of following the road.

When it is time to rest, they find a possible anchorage on the shore and tie up the boat. Never stay on the water until it is dark.

Early action guarantees safety.

This was the code of conduct she had learned from her travels with her father Shuki.

When it was light enough, they would go out to sea and head north again. And so on and so forth.

So the daily activity time is about 6 hours. They do not go at full speed, but try to navigate with enough time to spare.

For food, they catch fish in the sea and eat nuts from bushes and trees growing near the coast. We have brought some dried meat and dried bread, but these are for emergency use.

For water, they used engineering magic < to condense the water in the air and make it drinkable.

"This water contains oxygen, nitrogen, carbon dioxide, and some dust in the air, so it's not ultra-pure water," your father told you. ......

When alone, one has a habit of talking to oneself, and Adriana was no exception.

Adriana still feels like bursting into tears when she thinks of her father Shuki.

Stifling her weakness, she gazed out to sea.

As she moves northward, the concentration of free magical element (ether) increases, and her magic becomes more effective.

"Your father told me about this, but it would have been difficult to experience it if we had not been traveling north at such a high speed.

Adriana realizes that she can reach a speed of at least 50 km/h, but she also realizes that the hull may not be able to hold up, despite the toughening.

"Maybe it's not strong enough.

No one answers his soliloquy. Her golem is not assigned to talk to Adriana, as she has no one to talk to.

However, there is an aspect of speaking aloud that allows her to talk to herself. It is said that the brain is activated ...... by taking in the spoken words again through the ears.

Although it is still before noon, Adriana decides to go ashore for a while to improve the ship. She finds a sandy beach and pulls in. The golem pulls up.

"That's about right, F-002, follow me."

"Follow me." "Yes."

Adriana orders one of the golems to accompany her and sets out to look for reinforcements.

Fortunately, they found a village a few hundred meters from the beach. She greeted a middle-aged man she had just met in a friendly manner.

"Hello," he said.

"Oh, you are a traveler in a place like this. ...... and who's behind you?"

Yes, my name is Ado. This is F-002.

A golem?　A golem? Are you a mage?

I guess you know more or less what a golem is, seeing that you are not so surprised.

Yes, I am. Do you have a blacksmith in this village?

Adriana needs metal materials.

"Yes, there is a small one.

A blacksmith is an indispensable occupation in a village where people live together to make and repair plows and hoes for farming tools, harpoons for fishing tools, and pots and pans for household utensils.

Therefore, even in this small village, blacksmiths existed in a small way.

"Thank you very much."

Adriana thanked him and started walking with F-002 along the road to the blacksmith's shop he had told her about.

It was a small village and they could easily reach it.

F-002 was waiting outside and Adriana looked into the dimly lit workshop.

"Hello.

An elderly man stopped drinking his tea and looked up. This man must be the master.

"What can I do for you?"

The master looked at Adriana quizzically, as if he had never seen her before.

"Well, my name is Ad. I was wondering if you could help me with some iron and light silver.

"What?"

The blacksmith's boss looked at Adriana, who looked, or actually was, only eighteen years old, with a puzzled look on his face.

"Oh, I'm not a Magical Engineer 《Magic Craft Meister》......, I'm a <>."

I thought that even if I called myself a , as Shuki had told me, I wouldn't be understood, but even as a Magical Craftsman, I wasn't understood.

"Magecraftsman?　What's that?

Adriana realized once again that she was still not well known in the world.

"Well, I'm an engineer who makes things with magic.

The master nodded, as if he understood her this time.

"So you are a mage. And you make things with it?　I've never heard of such a method. Can you show me what you make?

"Okay. What should I make?"

"Well... I just got an order for knives. Can you make me a knife and show it to me?

"Yes, I will."

Adriana took the piece of iron that her master offered her.

"<>"

"Oh, oh?

If I had to name some of the most useful engineering magic, one would certainly be this <>.

It is because it transforms a material into the desired shape dozens of times faster than manual work, maybe even more than a hundred times faster. And with no waste.

"How about this?

Within a dozen seconds, the knife is ready. After heat-treating it and sharpening the blade, the knife is ready to use.

"That's great, girl!　Magecraftsmen are really good at their craft.

The master rolled his eyes, then clapped his hands and smiled broadly.

"I thought you were teasing me," he said, "but I can't keep quiet when you show me such a brilliant technique. What do you want?

"Well, some iron, and some light silver if possible."

"Oh. You can take as much iron as you like from the back of the house, if you don't mind ...... scraps. We don't have any light silver at ....... Sorry.

It is a small village. They would not have a chance to use the expensive light silver so soon.

"Thank you, master."

Adriana looked out the back door of the workshop and saw that there was enough for her needs.

"Well, I'll just take this. Well, how much do I owe you?

"It's scrap metal, and you've done a great job. I don't want your money. But that's a lot.

"Yes, I can. Yes, I'll be fine. I'll have her with me.

Adriana beckoned for F-002, who was waiting outside.

"Oh, my God!　Is this some kind of golem?

"Yes, it is. I made it.

"Oh, my God!　You made it?　That's amazing... that Magecraftsman...

"Yes, there's a lecture being given further south.

But he didn't seem to understand the meaning of this .

"What do you mean by ?　What do you mean?

Adriana thinks for a moment.

"Oh ...... you know, um, ...... in short, a master takes a lot of students and teaches them."

This seemed to make sense.

"Oh. ...... But if there are so many apprentices, won't the time for one apprentice be shortened?"

For better or worse, this is an apprenticeship approach.

"That's a good point. In the beginning, everyone learns the same thing, so it's more efficient in some aspects.

"Really? I didn't know that was possible.

The master stood up and said, "Good bye. He said he was about to finish his break and get to work.

"Thanks for sharing your interesting story with us, missy.

"Thank you for the iron, too. I'll put the rest of the scrap iron together for you. ......

Adriana has Golem F-002 separate the necessary scrap iron from the rest,

"<>"

and then she combined them into one with her engineering magic.

"Hey, hey ......"

The master looks at him with his mouth open so wide that his jaw seems to be about to come off.

"And by the way<< deformation(forming)>>"

The irregular lump becomes an easy-to-use lump of iron.

"......"

The master is at a loss for words.

Adriana makes a lump of the scrap iron she received in the same way, and has F-002 carry it away.

Then she turns around and says

Good day to you, sir!

Adriana returns to the beach in high spirits.