On the seventh island of the Rehens (though not named at this time), <> (also not named at this time), <>.
Mini Reiko found a hidden room on the floor of the command center.
"I wonder how to open it?"
Hope, who had been probing, tilted her head.
"I'd like to open it without breaking it. ......"
Jin D=Mr. Old man also wants to open the door without breaking it as much as possible. But he cannot release the lock.
And he comes to a conclusion.
"Probably, they will open it from the inside.
There is a golem inside, and the golem is completely stopped.
Whether it is a maintenance golem, a security golem, or for some other purpose, we do not know.
But in any case, it would make sense if the golem locked itself from inside and stopped functioning as it was.
If so, what would you do? <
"Yes, that's right."
In response to Hope's question, Jin D. launched the <> toward , which is far away from Horai Island.
The distance is about 500 kilometers, and it can be operated with sufficient precision.
The structure can be seen through a peep telescope.
Since the structure was not very complicated, the old man unlocked it in 20 seconds.
"It's unlocked. Let's open it."
Jin D. and Hope tried to open the door on the floor together, but it was difficult because it was like a trapdoor.
"There must be a handle somewhere ......."
"It's here."
Again, Mini Reiko found it for me. It is the same color as the floor, and the handle is so small that you would not be able to find it if you did not know it was there.
It is spring-loaded, and only when Hope's index finger presses down on it very hard does the handle dip.
Then, the small handle is lifted up to a part about 10 cm away from the handle. It probably works like a seesaw.
To open a door on the floor with the small handle, one must have strong fingers and arms.
Fortunately, Hope had enough power to open the lid without any problem.
"Hohoho."
"Here's a place like this: ......"
Inside the room, hidden on the floor, were a few tools and a few materials.
On one wall, there was a screen that looked like a .
On the other side of the screen was a simple chair on which a golem, almost the same size as a human, was sitting.
"It must have been sitting there for quite a long time, judging from the amount of dust it had accumulated."
The tools, materials, and the golem were all covered with a thick layer of dust.
"I wonder if the golem in charge of maintenance that patrols the building didn't know about this hidden room."
Hope asked the question to no one in particular.
"It would appear so. If the rooms on ...... are cleaned regularly, this place must have been like this for quite a long time."
Considering the Ars human history, we can imagine that it stopped much earlier, since it definitely stopped in the time of Adriana Barbora Zetsi.
"It would be at least 2000 ......."
"That's a long time."
"That's a long time, isn't it?" "Yes, it is. However, considering the fact that it has hardly deteriorated and that the concentration of free ether in this hidden room is unusually high, this hidden room must be functioning as a kind of <>."
The <> is a refrigerated storehouse with a free magical element (ether) ratio of more than 20 percent. It allows semi-permanent storage of magical materials.
"Other materials would also be less likely to deteriorate. ...... That being said, if there is this much dust, there must be an air hole somewhere."
No matter how much you clean, if you accumulate ......2000 years' worth of dust, little by little, that's exactly what you'll get <>! said Jin D. "I think it's a good thing that you are not in the same situation.
<, the old man made Jin D jump down into the hidden room.
The reason for this was that any malfunction might occur if he suddenly entered a room with high free-magic element (ether) concentration.
However, since it was a created by Jin, the possibility of such a thing happening was less than 0.01 percent, but it was just a precautionary measure.
Also, dust is flying around because of the jump, but the non-breathing Jin D = the old man doesn't care.
"Hmmm ......"
To examine the golem, it was necessary to use engineering magic, but Jin D. decided that it was a bit risky to do so in this place with its high concentration of free magical element (ether), so he picked up the golem and carried it out of the hidden room with a jump.
"Now we can examine it carefully."
* * *
After spending about 15 minutes to examine the golem slowly and carefully, Mr. Jin D. asked, "It's almost undamaged.
"It is almost undamaged. ...... Perhaps it went into dormancy by itself because ."
"Then, isn't it possible that it could wake up at any moment?"
Hope responded to Jin D.'s words.
"No, even if it is dormant, it is not likely to be reactivated unless something ...... serious happens, such as the collapse of this facility."
Do you understand?
"Yes. You see this little box here? It looks like an afterthought, but this is the reboot switch.
The box also contained a variety of sensors that would switch on when subjected to a certain level of impact or a torrent of magical power, such as a magical attack.
"So, what should we do with this golem?"
"Well, ......"
The old man was glad that he had noticed this reboot switch.
(Probably, if he had used engineering magic as much as a copy of the control core, it would have been judged as an abnormal situation and this golem would have been reactivated.
<, the old man thought.
"I am thinking that it would be better for you to come to ...... Master (My Lord), Marikka, <>. ......In that case, we would have to physically restrain this golem first."
The old man thought that it would be better to restart it after it was immobilized.
"Is it bad to take this golem back to Horai Island?"
"I wouldn't say it's bad, but it's certainly not a good idea. If Reiko, Lando, and the others are in Horai Island, this golem would not stand a chance in any case. However, there are two things that make me uneasy.
What are they?
One is self-destruction. < is applied to you, you are in danger. The other is that the existence of Horai Island will be known.
I understand.
There is no more danger in this facility. I will let the master (my lord) decide what to do with this golem.