"My name is Reiko. Your father made me in the image of the followers of the Magecraft Meister, the Magecraft Master.
Hearing this explanation, Jin immediately understood the reason.
"Oh... That's right. ...... Mr. Mighty, this is the automata <> I made for you."
"Oh,......I see,......<>>, did you set out to be the squire, Mistress Reiko?"
"......Well, something like that."
Jin nodded vaguely.
"But she's a wonderful looking girl. Dark eyes, dark hair. The modeling ability is wonderful."
Repeating the word < twice, Maitreya compliments Reiko's appearance.
"Thank you."
Reiko bowed a little awkwardly.
Seeing this, Jin is convinced that his prediction is correct, and he tries not to let Reiko's concern and efforts go to waste.
"Are you familiar with the Magecraft Meister?"
"Of course, as a student of magical engineering, it's common knowledge. ......
Maitreya gives a curt response, but Hitoshi does not intend to stop there.
"No, no, your automata ......MS-081 also has black eyes and black hair.
Do you understand?
"That's right..."
The most important thing to remember is that black eyes and black hair are exotic. I envy ...... you too, Jin-san.
"Ha-ha, I see."
I am the fourth son of a noble family from a far southern region of this country. I'm a fourth son of a noble family from a far southern region of this country. ...... do you know the Korin region?
That's a long way south.
You know it? ...... and then it just flowed all the way down to here. That's because I'm fascinated by engineering magic.
I see.
Perhaps because he was used to Jin, Maitreya became much more talkative.
Jin decided that this was the right place to ask.
"Well, I don't mean to be ...... rude, but is there a place to learn engineering magic here?"
"Yes,...... yes, there is. ......But it's nothing to hide."
Mighty hesitated for a moment, but then decided that Jin had no malice toward him and was willing to tell him a little about his friends.
"Well, there was a rumor passed down by some people that there is a researcher in the far east of this kingdom," he said.
And you came all the way here to believe it?
Well, there were twists and turns, but it took about two years.
You are very enthusiastic.
Thank you for ....... There was nothing else ...... for me."
"But you are my big brother now, Mr. Mighty."
At this point, MS-081 followed up.
"Well, that's great.
"Haha, but I'm still the youngest, and that's because some of them left in the first place."
No, that's not true. Mr. Mighty is a very capable man.
Thank you, MS-081.
By the way, Mr. Mighty, do you have a minute?
What? What?
I was talking with Jin and it was already noon.
"...... if you like, I can bring back some buckwheat flour and other things for you."
MS-081 suggested that he would come back to pick her up afterwards.
Jin is inwardly impressed with this automaton's ability to make such spontaneous decisions and care for others.
"Well, I guess I'll ask her to do so.
"Yes, I'll have them do that. ...... Jin-sama, Reiko-san, please take care of Maitei-sama for a while.
"Yes, I understand."
Then, with a bow, the MS-081 left the scene.
The MS-081 then walked away.
"Well, it's a very well-made automaton, isn't it?
Hitoshi praised her, and Mighty was pleased.
"It took a lot of hard work to get here. It's been about three years since I started learning from my master.
"Three years...... is great, isn't it?
"No, no, you are more amazing than Jin-san, who can make an automaton like Reiko-san all by himself.
Just then, Erza and Goh returned.
"Welcome back. ...... Mr. Mighty, this is my wife, Elsa, and this is my student, Goh. This is Goh, a student.
"...... I see. I am Maitei Kouno,...... and I'll be happy to help you."
Elsa.
I'm Goh. Pleased to meet you!
The old man had contacted Erza, and Erza had successfully persuaded Goh not to tell him that they were related to the MagiCraft Meister, the current generation of magical engineers.
"Welcome back, Mr. Goh, Miss Elsa. Lunch is almost ready.
Nona, the wife of the village head, came out of the kitchen and called out to us.
Of course, she called out to Maitei as well.
Saki, Rubina, Goose, and Merce had not returned yet, but they had brought their lunch boxes with them, so there was no problem.
Therefore, seven people gathered in the dining hall: Kyou, the village chief, his wife Nona, Jin, Reiko, Erza, Goh, and Maitei.
"I decided to make soba noodles for lunch today.
"Oh!"
Hot soba noodles were prepared.
It was hot soba noodles, probably because it was still a little cool inside the house on the plateau even in May.
There were chopped green onions, red pepper powder, and grated radish as condiments.
The grated radish goes surprisingly well with hot Soba.
However, if you put too much, the soup gets cold.
Jin, who has a cat's tongue, put grated radish and Erza put a little red pepper powder.
Goh chopped up some green onions, and so did Maitreya.
And the chief and his wife grated radish like Jin.
Reiko is reserved, telling them that she is an automaton.
"Oh, I didn't know that."
"I'm sorry, I didn't tell you."
"No, no, it's fine."
She explains that the meal served to Reiko was eaten by Jin and the others.
In fact, they did so in this case (Reiko also ate it when they planned not to tell her until the end of the meeting).
Reiko actually ate only enough food for the component analysis.
"Wow, Jin-san is a very skilled technician, isn't he?
Kyou, the village head, is sipping his buckwheat noodle in admiration.
"You are not behaving yourself," he said to his wife Nona.
His wife Nona scolded him, saying, "You are not behaving yourself. .......