Magi Craft Meister
12-55 Paternity
To Reiko's words, Elsa's father, Georg, laughed like a little fool.
"Well, what do doll flavors want?"
"He said it was dolly!?
Jen, who made fun of Reiko, raised her voice of anger. Reiko is also surprised and forgets her anger for a moment, staring at Jen's face.
Moreover, Marcus,
"As always (...) you distract your daughter from doll habits"
I leaked that line.
"As usual?"
Jen, concerned about that line, whines to parrot back, but Marcus does not answer the words,
"If you're alone, prove it, Viscount."
I said that and instigated the Viscount.
"... I see, interesting. Marcus, how many golems and automatic dolls did you make (Automata), and how many were the latest?
"Yes, five other than the giant golem. Two automatic dolls, three military golems."
Georg laughs when he hears it.
"... Gin Nido, if Elsa is your apprentice, show her your skill as a master. Compete with Marcus' golem, and if you win, I'll reconsider Elsa."
"... what does that have to do with my skill and Elsa's prowess?
"Even if it's huge. The Magic Engineer's apprentice can't say he's alone."
"If you're not sure, you can run away, right?
At least unless Jen is recognized by Viscount Georg Randall, he's unlikely to be able to talk or listen.
Besides, Jen had quite a head start on the Viscount, who scolded Reiko for his puppet style. So he decided to take that provocation.
"... ok. How? Date and time?
"Hmm, you want to take it? Nice work. The way to do this is to give each other a golem or automatic doll (automata) and let them compete in the Magic Doll Competition (Gonkenz). The date and time is tomorrow. There are tourists, too, just in time."
"Gonkenz?"
"Don't you know? It is a golem competition taking place in my empire of Shouro. Ask the guy there for more details."
"Huh?"
I was confused by the noise and didn't realize it, but Reinhardt, who heard the noise, was coming by Jen.
"Uncle, if you challenge Jin, you'll be ashamed, won't you?
Reinhardt, who said so and turned away, but the Viscount did not try to fit in.
"Hmm, which one would you be ashamed of?
The wild horses, on the other hand, are making a scene when they hear it.
"Oh! The Magic Doll Competition (Gonkenz)!
"Hasn't it been a year and a half?
"That Jin Nido and Marcus are going to compete!
There, Christoph Valde von Talnat, Under-Secretary of State for the Ministry of Magic and Technology, Executive Member of the Technology Fair, heard the noise and flew in.
"Viscount, Lord Jin! What the hell happened?
"Are you an executive committee member? Tomorrow, my magic engineer, Marcus, and Jin Nido are going to be playing the Magic Doll Competition."
"Huh...!
"The people around me prove that Jin Nido and I have declared that we will be playing the Magic Doll Competition (Gonkenz). We can't pull back from now on."
According to the law of the Shawlo Empire, if you declare that you will compete in the Magic Doll Competition (Gonclenz) before more than five people present, it will be recognized publicly.
"Just tomorrow will be the last day of the Technology Fair, the right offering"
"Ha ha..."
"… so get ready for the Magic Doll Competition (Gonkenz). Elsa, come on."
Viscount Georg Randall grabbing Elsa's arm again.
"Ah..."
Elsa's face is sadly distorted. Jen shouted when she saw it.
"Wait!"
"What? I'm Elsa's father. What's the problem with my father taking my daughter? Right, Elsa?
"... Yes"
Elsa nodded as Georg glanced at her. Everyone had heard that Elsa at the time had spoken 'yes'. In the midst of popular circles, Jen can't say anything more.
"Tomorrow, if you win, I'll reconsider Elsa, as I said earlier. I promise you that. Bye."
To put it that way, Viscount Georg Randall, who drew the wild horse, walked away as he dragged Elsa. Marcus follows suit.
Leftover Jen, and Reinhardt were taken aback.
"... Lord Jin, I'm sorry, can you explain the situation?
Christoph, Executive Member of the Technical Exposition, said that he was a little done and invited Jens to the conference room.
"... and so..."
Jen gave an explanation of the situation on behalf of him.
"Well, from what I've heard, whatever the history, it looks like we're going to have to compete in the Magic Doll Competition (Gonkenz)."
"What is the Gonkenz?
"Oh Lord Jin can't possibly know. Then let me explain."
The Magic Doll Competition (Gonkenz) is a duel of the Golem or Automata.
Even though it is a duel, it is not a place to break each other, but to compete for performance.
Competitive events include:
1. Apprentice competition (walk 500 meters)
2. Heavy objects throwing (throwing specified weights and competing for their distance)
3. Long-distance swimming (probably round trip to Lake Tosmo this time)
4. Exploratory diving (searching underwater)
5. Combat technology (unarmed martial arts like using swords or wrestling)
is that it consists of five types of competition.
Rarely do opponents consult and add other competitions.
"You can serve each separate golem or automatic doll (automata), or you can go all in one"
Reinhardt supplemented.
"Lord Reinhardt was the last champion. Did you say Black Knight (Schwartzlitter) and Lorelei?"
Reinhardt said Reinhardt won the Magic Puppet Competition (Gonkenz) before Reinhardt and Elsa embarked on their journey.
"Lorelei, otherwise the Black Knight (Schwartzlitter) was active, right?
When Jen asked with a good idea, Reinhardt nodded, saying it was a hit.
"Then, starting tomorrow at 9: 00, we'll do it in the square where we made our outdoor announcement today. Naturally, we'll take a long swim and explore dive on Lake Tosmo."
In case of Jen, Christophe Valde von Talnat left the conference room.
"... for Christ's sake, the Marquis said he had fitted in circles"
Jen leaks such a blur by accident.
I wish I had re-dressed and left the room, but now it's too late to regret it.
The plan was to raise the name after the third day was over and the participants' ratings were announced.
Publicly, if you are certified immediately by His Majesty the Emperor, there will be no one to doubt that Elsa is alone.
but at this stage, if Georg claims paternity, it's hard to defy it. It was unexpected that Georg would be here in the first place.
"Sorry, I didn't gather enough information."
In the first place, Reinhardt didn't even know the information that Elsa's father was going to be at this technology fair.
I thought my oldest son, Mauritz, was coming. Because Viscount Georg Randall had never been present at a past technical exposition.
For this reason, even the old man was unable to incorporate the Georg measures.
"You should have been more careful because I saw you in the arena earlier... well, you're at your real father's, so you saved me from having to worry about something or something like that"
It is not comparable to when you were imprisoned by the Unity Party (Unifiler).
With one sigh of sigh, Reinhardt said another thing that bothered him.
"So Jin, the Marquis was good, right?
"Oh."
Jen explained to Reinhardt.
"Well, you fit in a better direction than I thought. But poison..."
I tend to forget about Elsa, but it's likely that someone poisoned the Marquis. It was also a problem.
"Ah, that's troublesome..."
"Not at all..."
Both Jen and Reinhardt were silent for a while.
And it was Jen who broke that silence.
"Hey, Reinhardt, I think Elsa's father is acting a little strange."
Reinhardt also agrees with Jen's words.
"Yeah, I think so too.... Is it still being called 'implied (cedures)' just like Fritz?
"You don't know that.... Reiko, what's your point?
Reiko was there, too, so I might have noticed something Jen didn't notice.
"There was nothing strange about Viscount Georg Randall, was there? More than that, I found a man named Marcus a little strange."
"Marcus?
"Yes. What can I say… yes, like being remembered, let's say. Sometimes the magic pattern that leaks is a bug eater."
"Insect eating?"
I know as an expression, but I don't see why that's the case.
"I contacted you earlier, talked to you and saw it. According to the old man, if he uses the curse" Forced Forgetting (Amnesia) "to erase his memory, and then gives him new memories, that's what will happen."
"What?
Regardless of the knowledge, it erases even the memories you experience, and even if you try to give it a substitute memory, it's not something you can do with it. I can really pull it out.
Old man guessed that the loophole might have become a factor of instability and manifested itself in magic.
"If so, who distorted Marcus's memory?
Reinhardt speaks of natural doubt. But I don't know that.
So Jen gave instructions to Old Master through Reiko to check with the covert mobile unit (SP) that should be attached to Elsa.