Rubina observes as Jin disassembles a large-sized , but she can't just stand by and watch.
However, there was no way she could just stand by and watch, so she began to help him out a little.
"Jin-sama, can I remove this part here?
"Yes, you can. It's heavy, so be careful.
"Jin-sama, isn't this part fixed?"
No, they are just stuck together by rust. <
Oh, that's right.
Jin-sama, I'll hold this side.
Thank you.
Jin-san, should I take this off first?
"Oh, wait a minute. "Oh, wait a minute. It's easier if I remove it from here."
"Jin-san, where should I put this after removing it?"
"Give it to the craftsman.
"Mr. Jin, this one is done!"
"Oh, thank you. What's ......?
Jin, who had been absorbed in the dismantling, now realized that his voice had increased during the process.
"Neige, rouge?"
"Yes.
I'm here to help you.
When did you ......
"You two were here earlier, weren't you? I thought you were aware of it because you were giving them instructions so naturally.
Rubina tells a stunned Jin.
"I came here because you seemed to be having fun, Ruby.
Neige says.
"It's better to have a lot of people on hand, isn't it?"
says Rouge.
"Well, okay."
Rubina seemed to be having a good time, and there was no hurry to get rid of her. I have no complaints since Neige and Rouge seem to be having a good time.
Jin then decides to go ahead with the work, and gives the order.
"Well then, the three of you remove the inner chest cover," he says.
"Okay."
Okay.
"Leave it to me!"
In this way, it took about an hour and a half to finish disassembling the large-sized Magi Puppet to the required level.
* * * * * *
"Ah, that was fun. I learned a lot. Jin-sama's skill is really amazing!
Tea time at 3 o'clock.
Yokan jelly and sencha tea are on the table.
There are two kinds of yokan, one is not so sweet and the other is much sweeter.
"I like the less sweet one.
Neige prefers the less sweet one,
"I like the sweet one!"
Rouge seemed to prefer the sweet one.
Then, rice crackers with the aroma of soy sauce were served.
"After eating something sweet, rice crackers are delicious as a palate cleanser, aren't they?
Suzanne Randall seemed to be particularly fond of rice crackers. On the other hand, Trihardt has a sweet tooth and eats sweet yokan (bean jelly).
"Yummy, yummy!"
Marikka's mouth was full of the sweet yokan.
She seems to be more relaxed in such a place where she can show her true self than in her clan's territory.
Then Neige and Rouge joined them in drinking the tea.
"Very interesting."
No. 700672 did not drink tea, nor eat yokan (bean jelly) or rice crackers, but drank Persica juice.
"Homunculus is designed to be able to eat, but it can basically live only on free magical element (ether). Yet they seem to be enjoying oral intake of substances so much. I guess external factors play a large role.
It seems that after befriending Rubina and spending time with the humans, they are rapidly becoming more human-like, 700672 said. He said.
"So this is the first real example of this?"
Jin asked, and <>700672 said in a low voice,
"......<> have never treated servants like humans."
He muttered in a whisper.
* * * *
We finished the day by disassembling and analyzing one of them.
"Jin-sama, I learned a lot from you. Thank you very much.
Rubina thanked Jin properly, as her grandmother Amanda had requested.
"It's always good to learn from experience," she said.
"You'll let me help you tomorrow, right?"
"What? That's right. ......"
It is true that it is meaningless to let him help halfway.
Jin thought that it might be a good idea to entrust a whole body to him at this time.
"Okay, okay. I'll leave one of them to you tomorrow.
Rubina was overjoyed at these words.
"Wow, really? Thank you, Jin-sama!
"Rubina, you're in charge now, so you have to do it right.
Her grandmother Amanda also supported Rubina.
"We'll help you."
"Yes, my friend."
Rouge and Neige also declared that they would help Rubina.
"Oh, that's good, but you're going to help us, right?
"Yes, father."
Yes, Father." No. 700672 was happy to see that they had developed such an ego.
That evening they had dinner at Jin's house.
"Hello, hello, I'm so happy to see you."
"Rouge, behave yourself, will you?"
Neige rebukes Rouge's excited behavior.
At Rubina's request, Rouge and Neige are invited to the party.
700672 says, "I'm sorry, but I'm counting on you.
"Yummy!
"I love it!"
The dinner menu consisted of rice, soup with shimeji mushrooms and tofu, grilled dried horse mackerel, simmered vegetables, sweet omelet, and pickles.
Rouge seemed to like the sweet omelet and Neige seemed to like the pickles.
"Ah, Jin-sama's rice is delicious, isn't it?
Marikka also had another bowl of rice.
"I guess there must be a trick to cooking rice.
Amanda, too, said she could never cook rice this well.
"I feel like there's a secret ingredient in this oshinko.
Suzanne said after eating some pickled Chinese cabbage.
"Correct. It is pickled with a little red pepper, apple peel, and kelp.
Jin explained that it was the result of experimenting with different ways of flavoring the dish, rather than just sprinkling it with salt and putting a weight on it.
"Apurru...... apple peels and kelp? I didn't know that. I'll try it next time."