One day, Jin asked the old man a question that came to his mind.

"Hey, old man, what did I think about my successor 400 years ago?

Adriana Barbora Zetsi, the predecessor of Jin, or rather the first Magecraft Meister, ordered Reiko's predecessor, Ochibi, to find someone with the same magic pattern and the same talent for making things. He entrusted all of them to Jin, who spent 1,000 years to find them.

So, the past Jin may have done something similar.

And even if he had done something, he wondered if it would have been in vain now that he was here.

The old man explains.

Yes.

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"I see."

The magic patterns are so different that they can be used to identify individuals, just like fingerprints, voice prints, retinal patterns, etc.

Perhaps because Jin's predecessor did not know that much, he ordered <> to look for someone with the same magic pattern.

In the end, after searching for 1000 years and 3601 worlds, Jin was found. But, I was not the only one who thought so.

"But I know how reckless that is. I think that's why they made the selection criteria a little more relaxed.

Jin said, thinking about how he would set the conditions if he were the one to make it now.

"I guess so. Please continue to ......."

<><> and <> to the master's (mylord).

"Yes."

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"That's one of them."

Jin agreed that it was not hard to find.

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"What is it?"

<< and .

"Oh, I see."

The power that Horaijima has is great. No, it is not something that can be described with such a common word as "big".

If a person with ambition were to obtain it, the world would be easily conquered.

And if a madman gets his hands on it, he will destroy the whole world.

"......That makes it difficult to choose a successor."

> In the end, such conditioning means that not a single person could fit all of the criteria.

"...... what did I think about it in my later years?"

Jin asks fearfully. He does not want to know too much about himself in his old age.

"Well, I guess so. ......"

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"So that's what you mean."

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In order to give knowledge to a successor, unlimited transfers of knowledge are required, which must match the magic pattern.

This makes the search for a successor extremely difficult.

"In the first place, I had no intention of serving anyone other than my father..."

Reiko!

Then Reiko came in and dropped a bombshell.

"I, too, was asked to support your father's successor when he was found, but only as . My father is the only one."

Jin wondered if the complex was one of them, but he did not say anything about it.

He just patted Reiko on the head.

He just stroked Reiko's head.

"Hmmm, let's modify the system a little for the future..."

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Jin nodded.

"Yes, I think so. < a little."

Specifically, he said, he would loosen the restrictions on a little more.

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"Yes. That's something you'll have to work on."

In other words, Jin said that he would first select a <, and then, depending on his efforts, he would make a system that would allow him to take the <>.

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"And this system will only start working when I'm gone."

Reiko looked a little dissatisfied, but Jin stroked her head and said, "If that's the case, I'll protect your father for a long, long time.

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That is to say, the successor system exists but has no significance.

Jin wondered about that, but he could not say anything considering the feelings of Reiko and the old man.

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"Hmmm, once again, how should I think about <>?"

Jin muttered to no one in particular while drinking tea at on Horai Island.

Reiko responded to his words.

"Father,...... your mother entrusted everything to your father, so I think you can do as you please."

"Yes,...... I guess."

Then the old man added a few words.

I think it would be good if you could clarify what the qualifications of a <<<< Magecraft Meister are and what they are. >>

"Yes, but that's the hard part."

I went to the on a while ago.

Did we learn anything through it?

"It's not enough to just be good at making things, and ......"

"That's true."

Reiko agreed.

"That's why I made up another title.

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It seems that even the "Mere Old Man" cannot make an immediate decision.

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"...... I see."

Jin drank his nearly cold tea and stood up, "I'm not going to talk about this anymore.

"Reiko, let's go to the workshop."

"Yes, father."

Yes, father." "Old man, get the materials ready.

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The answer to this difficult question will come long time in the future.