"Hourai Island is getting pretty good now, isn't it?"
Jin returned to the base and spent a few days relaxing.
"Father, please give Gon and Gen a role to play.
Reiko said to Jin one day,
"Well, I guess so. I wonder how everyone in ...... Kaina Village is doing."
Jin himself has no way of knowing that he has been declared innocent by order of the king.
"By the way, there is a warp gate in the basement of the workshop, isn't there?
Although it has been buried with soil.
"I wonder if we can use that?"
I don't want to go there and find myself stuck in the ground.
"Well, then, I think it would be a good idea to remotely send the soil that is within the operating range of the warp gate to us.
"Oh, that's a good idea."
All the warp gates in the institute are on the master's side, and the corresponding warp gate can be operated in various ways from our side.
"First, deactivate the sorting function."
First, the function that only those who have the same waveform of Jin's magic power can use it is temporarily cancelled.
"And then, reverse transfer ...... Oh!
Jin is surprised when a lump of earth suddenly appears.
"It seems to have worked.
Reiko laughed as she ordered Soleil under her command to remove the soil.
"Well, I'll go there first and see what's going on.
The soil around the warp gate is probably gone, but the basement must still be covered with soil, so Reiko is going to go there and remove it.
"Uh, about that, Reiko..."
Yes?
"Actually, there should be a shelter I built at the edge of the village. I've only put up a simple ward at the entrance... so Reiko should be able to find it easily.
"Yes."
So I'd like to set up a warp gate there anyway.
Well, in that case, let's disassemble and reassemble the warp gate in the basement.
Will you do that?
"Yes, I'll take care of it."
We decided to leave the whole process to Reiko.
At midnight, Reiko starts her work.
First of all, she moved the site.
"I knew it was covered with soil..."
The area around the warp gate is filled with soil.
There is no sign of people around.
After checking with the magic detector and the life detector, we start our work. We moved the soil and dug a hole to go outside. Reiko and Jin had worked in this area, so they knew where the original entrance and exit were.
Reiko then went to the workshop that Hitoshi had been using for the first time in a month. It is pitch black, but that does not bother Reiko at all now.
"Your father's workshop."
After giving a nostalgic glance, Reiko starts to disassemble the warp gate. A familiar task, it takes only about 10 minutes. It takes five minutes to remove all the materials and completely backfill the hole.
Where is the shelter?
I extend my magic detection to the outskirts of the village.
"I can feel a distortion, maybe it's here."
Reiko has an idea of where the shelter is, and walks out into the darkness carrying the materials for the warp gate.
She soon found the location of the shelter. She released the warding and went inside.
"It's spacious, the floor and walls have been hardened, as expected of your father.
The warp gate is quickly assembled and installed.
"Now, let's do a test run."
Reiko returns to Horai Island. There she saw Jin standing there with two Golems, Gon and Gen. She thought that the appearance of the two Golems had changed, but she decided to keep quiet until Jin explained it to her.
"I'm back now, father. Yes, the installation of the warp gate was completed without any problems.
And Jin said,
"All right, let's get going."
With that, he led Gon and Gen to the warp gate. Reiko followed them.
Jin went out into the shelter,
"I can't see ...... anything.
He muttered,
"A light.
He magically turned on the light. The light from his palm illuminated the area.
"Ah, it's been a long time since I've been here."
When Reiko had not yet joined Jin, Jin had built a shelter for the villagers to escape from the mountain, fearing some kind of demon might be coming.
"Is it ...... still dark outside? From the position of the moon, is there a time difference of about two hours between here and Horai?"
The full moon is hanging in the sky, but it is much smaller than the one on the earth and does not provide any light. It is so bright that you can barely make out that there is something there.
"Father, please hold on to me.
With Reiko, who is not afraid of the dark, he can walk without stumbling. Jin decides to do so.
A short walk brought him to the village of Kaina.
"Ah, it's been a long time.
It has only been a month, but it feels like it has been a long time.
"I don't see ...... that anything has happened. That's good."
Jin, who did not know that there were no restrictions, was relieved to see that the village had not changed at all.
"Martha's house ...... Hannah, I wonder how you are."
Jin's eyes were filled with joy.
"Let's not get too nostalgic," he said.
He looked back at Gon and Gen, whom he had brought with him,
"Gon, Gen, you are to be the guardians of this village and watch over it secretly. And if anything should happen, let us know immediately. Use the shelter as a base.
I understand.
"Oh? The two of them are speaking fluently now.
Reiko notices.
"Oh... I modified them while Reiko was working on them at the warp gate. I have increased its autonomy, increased its ability to speak, reinforced its structure with adamantite, and made it look less confusing.
"I noticed the appearance, but did you modify it in that many ways?"
I had been mistaken for a golem that had attacked me when I paid my taxes, so I made some radical changes to its appearance so that it would never be mistaken for a golem this time. In doing so, the structure was also strengthened. It is almost a different thing.
"It looks more human, just like the golem maids on the island, doesn't it?
"Yes. Yes. They are basically the same except for the masculine form, although they are not covered. I'll put this on at ......."
For now, however, we've decided to put her in armor that looks more like her original ...... appearance. In case they see us, they will know that we are Gon or Gen.
Incidentally, if a person is <> human-like in appearance instead of armor, he or she is categorized as an automata instead of a golem. The boundary between the two is not so clear.
And Hitoshi says..,
"I'm sorry to leave, but I'll have to wait until things cool down a bit before I can see everyone's faces.
He muttered to himself, and started walking toward the shelter. Of course, Reiko led the way.
"Take care, everyone."
Her voice was small, but Reiko, who was standing nearby, heard it.
The entrance to the shelter was carefully warded,
"Okay, now no one will be able to get in unless they have a lot of magic power."
Moreover, it was specially designed to be safe when Jin and Reiko were with it. Of course, Gon and Gen, the golems created by Jin, are fine. This is the technology of the previous generation that distinguishes and recognizes them by the waveform of their magical power.
"Well then, Gon and Gen, I'll take care of the rest."