Jin, Reiko, and Marikka used the warp gate to move to .
They went to pick up Goh and Rubina.
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In the warp gate room, Goh, Rubina, Marikka's automata <>, and Rubina's grandmother Amanda were already waiting for them.
Rubina opened her mouth and said, "I'm tired of waiting for you,
"I'm tired of waiting!
Amanda smacked her on the head and said, "This is a little more complicated than that,
"Here, you've got to do better than that!" she scolded.
She scolded him. Then she said to Jin and Marikka
"Please take good care of my grandchildren.
and bowed his head.
Goh also bowed to Jin and the others and greeted them.
Jin-sama, Marikka-sama, please welcome us today.
"Oh, let's go get Goh's luggage first.
"Oh, yes."
"Well, can I go to ...... too?"
Some of Gough's personal belongings were on Onogoro Island, but most of them were at Marikka's house in the Nordic Federation.
So Rubina wondered if she could go to Marikka's house, too.
Marikka smiled and nodded.
"Yes, that's fine. Jin-sama helped me clean up a bit last night."
"What?"
Goh wondered, and Marikka explained that they would have an automata stationed in the house.
"So, Goh can always come back to your < in the future."
"...... Thank you, Marikka-sama."
Goh's eyes welled up as he felt Marikka's parental love.
Rubina also felt the love between master and disciple, and was a little envious.
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Jin and his team traveled to Marikka's house in the via a warp gate via .
"I'll go get my stuff quickly!
"No need to hurry. If you forget something you can just come back again.
"Oh, yes."
Marikka quieted the busy Goh.
Rubina is curious to see Marikka's house for the first time.
"Wow ...... there's a wind tunnel on the property ......."
"Yes. Marikka also developed the <> here."
"Yes. ...... I can see why Jin-sama values experimentation and verification. The last time we were doing this was in a competition with models, but Maricka made a practical plane that people can ride in.
Rubina seemed to understand, without being told, that safety confirmation is the top priority for a magi-machine in which human lives are entrusted.
Jin and the others were happy to see Rubina's growth.
"Yes. I can handle a model or even a Golem-piloted machine as an experimental machine, but if it's a machine for people to ride, I want to verify it over and over again, and make sure it's as safe as possible.... I'm going to..."
Jin is very cautious about safety, since he knows about the sinking of a huge cruise ship and the crash of an airliner in his former world.
"Okay, Jin-sama."
Just then, Goh returned with his personal belongings. It was a small package, about the size of a pack.
"Oh, yes. Marikka-sama told me that I could come back sometimes, so I don't want to bring too much ...... with me."
"Oh, I see."
As a human being, I can understand that feeling.
In the beginning, the adopted children would come home once a month or so and reminisce about the toys they used to play with and the scratches on the pillars that measured their height, but that became once every two months, then once every six months, then once a year, then once a year. Then it became once in two months, then once in six months, then once in a year, and eventually he stopped showing his face ....... So I am thinking about what I should have done. Of course, the more I talk about it here, the more I feel like I am not being honest.
Of course, I am not so foolish as to mention it here.
"We can get beds and desks over there, can't we?
"Yes.
"...... If you want, I can make you one with the same appearance."
"Oh, that's a good idea."
"That would be nice." "That's just like Jin-sama, isn't it?"
Goh and Marikka agreed with Jin's line, who could not keep silent.
This was also Jin's experience.
There was a case that a child adopted by a foster family could not sleep because of a change of bedding, and he was able to sleep when he was allowed to use the bedding and pillows he had used in the orphanage.
"Hanako has the data of Goh's room, so she can make it as needed."
"Well, that's good."
Not wanting to waste too much time here, the group decides to leave the Marikka residence.
This time, they used the newly built warp gate in the basement to transfer to the inside of the hurricane via the Shinkai.
"Hey Jin, you're just in time.
"Brother Jin, we'll be over Lake Tosmo in a minute."
Mr. and Mrs. Reinhardt Bertsche and Elsa had already arrived at the and greeted Jin and his group.
The to which Jin and the others had been transferred was already in sight of Lake Tosmo, and would be over the capital city of Leusert in a few minutes.
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After a routine exchange with the balloon squadron guarding the skies of Leusert, the <> landed on the rooftop of the residence.