No one picked me up on this visit to because I did not notify them.

Or rather, they deliberately did not.

Now Jin and Marikka are walking along the secret passage that only Marikka knows, in order to contact <>.

On the way, Jin asked Marikka.

"...... Hey, Marikka has her memory intact, right?"

"Yes, that's right."

Since Marikka was single all her life and had no children, it seems that her memories of her death have been transcribed.

"......Are you saying that you did an invisible in the same way as you did with the Peeper?"

"Yes, I suppose so."

The magic of illusion is to draw an illusion of a distant place using the free-magic wave ...... as a carrier wave.

In this case, if we write a magic circle or a magic formula instead of an illusion, we can exercise <>.

In other words, he used <> by remote control to transcribe Marikka's knowledge and memories.

Not only Marikka, but almost all of them used this method.

"I guess that's the way to do it.

Jin had thought that there was no other way.

In Marikka's case, someone was always with her at all times.

* * * * * * * * * *

"The question is, how to tell the people of <> about Marikka, let alone <>. ......"

Jin voiced his concerns as he walked down the passage. He had been thinking about it since he was on Horai Island, but he could not come to a conclusion.

"No one knows Marikka when she was young, but they know about automata and golems."

Edgar, Aal, Arrow, Arco, Vale, Black Knight (Schwartzritter), Neon, Sara, Serene .......

They have known each other since Jin met Marikka.

"Everyone knew I was single ......, you know."

"Yes."

Should we assume that Marikka has been rejuvenated by a special technique or not?

My thoughts inevitably lead me there.

A homunculus is immortal. They can live more than 10,000 years unless they are harmed.

Instead, they are incapable of reproduction and cannot produce offspring. .......

This seems to be an inseparable harm from the existence of immortality, and there are many stories about the inability to procreate in exchange for immortality.

I'll leave it at that.

"But you know, ...... not everyone can enjoy this benefit."

"Psychic catalyst, right?"

Yes.

A small amount of it is extracted from the brains of demons.

It is essential for the creation of homunculus.

However, the one extracted from the demons living in Ars has been unusable for some reason.

The one he received from No. 700672 is from Hale. This one was used without any problem.

(possibly ......)

Jin imagines. The mental catalyst from Hale might not have come from demons, but from human beings.

(If that is the case, even Ars would be able to obtain a high performance if it is extracted from humans.)

However, this was unacceptable according to Jin's ethical viewpoints.

<, but the extraction method is not enough to make a homunculus from a single human being.

(I wonder if it is ...... because a human being making a human being is still going against the natural order of things.)

Just when I was about to become philosophical in my thinking,

"Jin-sama, this is the way ahead.

Marikka's voice brought Jin back to himself.

<, the controlling magical brain of , is located deep underground on the island and is protected by several layers of protection. Some of them were added by Jin.

Therefore, it would be time-consuming to directly confront the main body of <>. First of all, it is through the terminal.

Since a terminal with limited functions is not sufficient, we have come to a terminal with high importance.

"<[email?protected];&>>"

Marikka uttered some kind of password, and a part of the wall opened to reveal a numeric keypad.

"7......9......7......0......"

In fact, it seemed to be a numeric keypad, and now Marikka was asked to enter her PIN.

Password and PIN confirmation. We will now perform a final confirmation.

Testa's voice echoed.

Check the magic pattern. Retinal pattern matching. Confirm voiceprint match ......, Marikka.

Jin was relieved inside. He had thought that in case Testa did not recognize the homunculus Marikka as his master .......

However, his fears turned out to be groundless.

In the first place, No. 700672 was also involved in the homunculus transformation of Marikka, and he was the one who transformed Marikka into a homunculus, He recognized the homunculus Marikka as his without a doubt.

Incidentally, the homunculus technology inherited from the "Origin" can reproduce elements that are not determined by DNA, such as fingerprints and retinal patterns, which are not the same even in identical twins. It is said to be able to reproduce elements such as fingerprints and retinal patterns that are not determined by DNA.

Dear Maricka, it is a pleasure to see you again.

It was not Jin's imagination that the normally calm voice of sounded a little hoarse.

I see, you have gained a new body. I am happy for you. Now I can serve Marikka-sama alone for the rest of my life.

Jin felt that her voice sounded happy after all.

Jin decided to ask her.

"Testa, what do you think Maricka should do from now on?

<<> understood exactly what the question meant.

Yes, it is not a good idea for her to appear in front of the people of Onogoro Island.

It seems that this was the opinion of . But...

But I think Marikka would be sad to see you go.

was always of the opinion that Marikka comes first.

So I think it would be better to tell just one little lie.

"......What is it?"

Marikka joined this conversation.

Yes, Marikka. The premise is based on Jin-sama. <, I will assume that Marikka-sama has become a complex body, though I don't know the principle of this rebirth.

"I see. ......!"

Jin was impressed by <'s strategy. I don't understand the complex, and I don't understand the principle. This way, we can make it known that Marikka is back, without raising any nonsense hopes that <>.

"Yes, let's go with that."

I agree with this immediately.

Leave the timing of the announcement to me.

"Okay, I'll take care of it. ...... Then, I'd like to connect Marikka's bracelet to a direct line to the <>.

"What do you think, <>?"

"If it would be in the best interest of Marikka-sama, I have no objection.

"Yes."

Jin then modifies the bracelet on the spot.

"<>, I'm going to synchronize the magic wavelengths, so please send out a magic wave for the connection.

Understood.

The work is completed in about two minutes.

"Okay, now Marikka can talk directly to <> through this bracelet."

"Thank you, Master Jin."

Thank you, Master Jin.

Thus, the homunculus-ized Marikka became the master of once again.