"Excuse me, are you Jin-san? My name is Lorenz and I am the head of this merchant company.
As Jin was looking around the stalls, it was Lorenz who approached him.
"Oh, hello there. Yes, I'm Jin.
"That's great. May I have a moment of your time?
Yeah, sure. Can I help you?
No, I've heard that you are a very skilled magi engineer and I'd like to talk to you.
With these words, Lorenz invited Jin into one of the carts.
Inside the cart was a small living space with a table and chairs for business meetings.
The man asked, "Would you like something to drink? We have tea, juice, and wine.
"Oh, tea, then."
"Tea." "Yes, sir."
Lorenz put the tea leaves in the pot and poured hot water.
The nostalgic aroma tickled Jin's nostrils.
"...... green tea?"
Lorenz looked at Jin's face.
"You know it well, don't you? You seem to be very familiar with green tea, you can tell just by smelling it. Where are you from? Are you from the south?
"No, I don't really know. ......"
"Oh, well, the mayor told me about you. I heard that he was lying by the spring.
As he places a cup of tea in front of Jin, Lorenz spins his words without hesitation.
"So it seems. I don't remember. I found myself in the village headman's house.
"Oh."
Lorenz takes a sip of tea himself. Seeing this, Jin also took a cup of tea.
"Ah, it's delicious.
The nostalgic taste and aroma of green tea. It must have been only 10 days since he last drank it, but it tasted very nostalgic to him.
"That's good. Let's go to ...... and, well, let me get down to business."
"Yes."
"I'm a merchant, so I'm always on the lookout for products that will sell.
Yes, I understand.
Jin nodded.
"And now, Mr. Jin. You say you don't know where you came from. I think that means you have knowledge that is not available around here, don't you?
"I see."
"So, to conclude, I was wondering if you could give me some information about something that could be sold. Of course, I will pay you for your ideas.
This was not a great opportunity for Jin, but it was a good development for him.
He would be able to earn money while gathering information about this world.
Jin decided to ask, as he thought of it, if such things were being made.
He was told that lighters, refrigerators, and thermal mugs are available.
He also heard that water heaters and hot water heaters are also available, although they are high-end items.
"Magi crystals are expensive because they are rarely found in this country. For this reason, magical tools made of magi crystals are also expensive.
Lorenz explained to Jin.
"Hmmm... ......"
Jin was a little worried.
Then he decided to change the subject for the time being.
"Then, you have a very impressive golem, don't you?
"Yes, yes..."
"How is it that you can use a golem for heavy labor to pull a wagon ...... or even a cart?"
For a moment, Jin felt Lorenz's face tense up, but he did not care and continued on.
"No, I mean exactly what it means. If magi crystals are expensive and magic tools are expensive, then how much is a golem worth? I think it would require a national budget.
"......"
"Perhaps the golem is also used as a guard, but since you own not one but five golems, I thought you must have spent a lot of money on them."
* * *
Lorenz could not understand the young man in front of him, Jin.
He knew green tea. That means that he is from a very high class family or has connections with someone in such a position.
However, even he, who was known to have a good knowledge of people, had no idea who Jin was.
Even if it was an alias, he had no recollection of such a person with whom he was talking face to face.
With such an unusual appearance of dark eyes and black hair, even a glimpse of him should have remained in a corner of his memory.
The more we talked, the more puzzled I became.
I tried to make him think that it was a product that could be sold. I thought this would give me a glimpse of Jin's knowledge.
But what was the result?
Words such as lighter, refrigerator, thermal mug, hot water heater, water heater, and so on.
All of these things could only be made by a highly skilled <.
And all the Magi Engineers in this country are controlled by the government. No, they are supposed to be.
And yet, this Jin, who seems to be a Magi Engineer, is a freelance Magi Engineer. That's impossible.
And then, Jin drops another bomb.
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Until then, Lorenz had explained that magic crystals (magi crystals) are very expensive and so are magic tools.
Based on this, a man named Jin had figured out that the golem was worth a national budget.
In other words, Jin, a magical engineer (magi engineer), has < knowledge about the golem.
And his next words reveal that he is not only <>, but <>.
He says that he can also act as an escort.
A golem that can also serve as an escort is not a low-class golem that can only do the simple tasks that we tell it to do.
In other words, it must be autonomous enough to act against an incoming foreign enemy with just a few words such as <> or <>, or it cannot be an escort.
Who in the world is a freelance magical engineer (Magi Engineer)...... who knows so much, Lorenz's vigilance grew even stronger.
* * * *
"......"
Jin was puzzled. Not at the merchant Lorenz in front of him.
It was more about the level of technology in this country rather than in this world .......
So I decided to ask him the big question that came to my mind while we were talking.
"By the way, Mr. Lorenz, what do you know about countries outside of this continent?"
"What? How did you know that?
For some reason, Lorenz's behavior became even more suspicious, which made Jin puzzled.
"Mr. Lorenz, did you hear something bad?
* * * * * *
Lorenz was puzzled by Jin's question about the Pandor continent.
The question is incoherent.
Or, more precisely, the of the question.
One minute you are asking questions that even a child knows, and the next minute you are talking like a top-notch magi engineer.
Even Lorenz, a man of a thousand men and women, could not understand the person of Jin.
And the next words that came out of Lorenz's mouth were so insane that even the man himself thought he was insane.