Marikka looked tired when she returned to Horai Island.
"Yeah, I was watching on the monitor."
< had welcomed the rejuvenated Marikka with open arms and cheered her on.
"Everyone welcomed Marikka!
The old man had conducted a survey and found that not a single person had rejected Marikka.
"I am grateful for that."
< is united under the name of Marikka. It was proven so.
* * * * * * * * * * *
"Well, now that <> is settled, let's go to Saki.
Jin mutters over lunch in the institute's cafeteria. Saki responded.
"What? What about me?"
"It's what you said the other day. Saki's birthplace is going to be moved.
Yeah, that's what you said.
The old man has already made arrangements for a replacement. Now we just need to figure out where to move it.
I guess so.
Horai Island or Hale. Or even to the moon.
"...... Reinhard, what would you do if you had to move ?"
Saki, troubled, asked Reinhard for help.
"Well, let's see. I guess I would go to Horai Island."
"I see. ...... Jin, please go to Horai Island.
"Okay."
Saki decided easily.
Jin then gave instructions to the old man.
"Now we just need a location. Can we go by the institute?"
"Yes, that's fine."
Saki's father, Toa, and his wife, Stearina, were living in Stearina's house that Jin had moved into.
They are now planning to move Saki's birthplace near the house.
The method is that the house will be dismantled by the < team, and the parts will be transported by warp gate and reassembled at the site.
The location is a flat area to the south of the institute.
Jin's < is located near the institute, and Stearina's house stands about 200 meters away from it.
The house is not visible from the institute side because cypress and cedar trees are planted on the north side as a blindfold.
The idea was to bring Saki's birthplace to a place about 100 meters further south from the house.
"You should also recreate the ups and downs of the land within a radius of 50 meters around the house," he said.
This time, Jin wanted to create an environment as similar as possible to Saki's house.
However, the difficult part is the vegetation. Right now we are in a rather cool temperate zone, but here in Horai Island we are in the subtropical zone.
"Kuhu, the trees should be similar.
Saki says, "Kuhu, the tree should look like the tree. I am a person who wants to make the trees as similar as possible.
Then the old man said to him
<
Saki said.
"Oh, I see. It's been 350 years since Saki lived there."
.
Saki's memories were stored as a backup in the library of the old man.
Based on this memory, the old man planted trees and transplanted grass.
* * * *
The same night. Of course, it is the night of the Shoro Empire, ...... local time.
After setting up a muffling ward, 100 craftsmen (smiths) set out to dismantle Saki's birthplace.
Using engineering magic, the house was transformed before their eyes.
The dismantled parts of the house were sent to Horai Island through a warp gate. Only now, direct transportation was possible without using the as a relay.
As a result, Saki's birthplace disappeared completely within 10 minutes after the start of the operation.
At the same time, 200 craftsmen (smiths) were working at a dizzying pace on Horai Island.
One hundred of them would make and send back materials that were exactly the same as the ones that had been sent.
This resulted in a replica of Saki's house being built in the same location as the original.
And the other 100 are, of course, responsible for restoring Saki's house on Horai Island.
"Yes, you're doing a great job."
"Yes, they are doing well.
Jin and Saki are watching the scene.
"But I didn't know that Saki's house had been so well preserved.
"Yeah, I'm surprised too.
Houses that are no longer inhabited are in a state of disrepair.
They are sometimes used as roosts for wild animals, vagrants, or criminals.
Saki's birthplace, however, was not like that, and had been well preserved for 350 years.
The old man had dispatched a golem to take care of it.
This golem had the performance equivalent to a and its mission was to keep the house clean. Three of them.
They have been quietly serving each other for 350 years, maintaining each other.
"I'll make sure they are well maintained too, and I'll turn them into a maintenance golem with a house for Saki.
"Oh, great! Thank you for them!
While we were having this conversation, the house was being reassembled.
In about 30 minutes, three times longer than the time it took to disassemble the house, Saki's birthplace was moved to Horai Island.
"When we reassembled the house, we reinforced the interior," Jin explained.
Jin explains.
"I think the overall strength of the house is about 2.5 times stronger.
In addition, the entire house has been and , and by Jin himself.
"Wow, that's great!
"Check inside. If you don't like it, I'll fix it right away."
"Yeah, okay."
Saki looked around the house with Jin.
"Oh, these scratches on the pillars were done by me when I was little. I was trying to see if I could cut the stone with a knife.
Saki reminisces about past pranks.
"The horizontal lines on this wall are my father's record of my growth!
"That's right."
Toa, who came to check on Saki on the way, squinted at her with nostalgia.
In Japan, a scratch on a pillar is like a ......>>.
"Yes, just as I remember it! That's great, Jin!
"Haha, I'm so relieved to hear you say that."
Seeing Saki in a good mood, Jin was also happy.
At the same time, however, Jin felt a little envious, thinking that the house where he was born and raised is probably (・・・・) irreplaceable (......).
Knowing or not about Jin's feelings, Saki looked around the house excitedly.