Magi Craft Meister

Two days in February at dawn.

It had been snowblowing that morning. The outer thermometer of capricorn 1 shows a negative 30°C.

"Be careful, Lord Jin"

"Be careful, Master Elsa"

"Goodbye, Lord Saki"

Nothing is said about Scion. There still seems to be a disparity between them and their families.

Theon himself took for granted about it, or he had nothing to say.

Capricorn 1 walking out in a snowstorm. But those legs that step out are buried in snow and can only get out at about 10 km/h.

(There is also a force field generator if you have to... well, do you want to keep going?)

Since there was no particular inconvenience, Jen gave no instructions.

Mountains loom north of the Gospel clan territory. Capricorn 1 slowly climbed the mountain.

"Wow..."

Sion, who is finally getting back to his usual condition, says as he was impressed as he looked out.

Though there are snowstorms roaring outside the windows, you can occasionally see frozen rock skin, or standing trees that have become like monsters with snow and ice, and you can see what slopes they climb.

"A snowmonster..."

Jen was remembering winter poems, tree ice that could be made of Zao, Yakota Mountain, etc. That said, I just saw it on TV.

What was in front of me was a giant tree ice, more compelling than that.

"Wow, Jin! I wonder how it could be in that shape."

Saki stays out of the window, staring out.

Capricorn 1 was now slowly climbing a slope with a slope of more than 30 degrees.

Once upon a time, when I climbed for The Land of Beginnings, there was no snow.

"It's still hard when you have snow... Speaking of which, mountaineering and snowpacking are very difficult."

He was Jen, who goes on remembering the Nature-based document show he saw when he was on Earth.

The foot of capricorn 1 is now inclined beyond 45 degrees.

Land1, the pilot, was letting Capricorn 1 climb the zigzag because it was difficult to go straight.

"So, are you okay?

Though balancers and stabilizers are said to be attached, Scion seems anxious because he leans heavily from time to time.

As for Jen, he thinks he can jump over this much slope with the force field generator Force Generator, but at this point, he also wanted to know the limits of Capricorn 1, and was going to climb through it just by walking.

"If we can't climb this far, we can't go any further."

The moment Jen says that, one of his legs slips off.

"Ahhh!

Scion turns bright blue. but Jen was just a little nervous.

Although Capricorn 1 rocked a little, it rebalanced and began to climb again.

And an hour later, he was finally climbing the ridge.

But there's also a white storm blowing out there, with almost zero vision. The outer thermometer has been frozen near minus 40°C.

"Rand one, what's wrong?

"Yes, there are no particular operational problems. However, the spike on the back of my foot is not enough for this. Even when it's ice, you can't catch fresh snow."

"I see..."

When climbing snow mountains, nails made of iron or the like, called Eisen, are used to attach to shoes and prevent slippage, but fresh snow and deep snow are not very effective in the target, in which case tools such as hikiki and snowshoe were used.

"Should I have been able to change the area on the soles of my feet or get my nails out if I had to..."

Exactly. It's impossible to make those modifications right now.

If it stops, it's going to freeze as-is, so I decide to have lunch while I let it walk.

"You can eat something warm this time, thank you."

Last time, it was Scion, who remembered that it was all portable and preserved food, so it was cheap.

Capricorn 1 goes on while we are eating.

And now I plugged it down.

"Be careful. In mountaineering, I've heard it's harder to get down"

Copy that, sir.

Rand 1 answers short and maneuvers carefully. While choosing a slope as loose as possible.

I don't know right or left, in this blizzard land, I don't have to lose sight of directions, for one thing, over the sky... thanks to Sky1 and Falcon1 for their support on the clouds.

"Use the Force Generator whenever you're in danger."

"Yes, sir"

The route selection worked and I was able to get down smoothly without slipping.

The slope is loose and the Jens are relieved.

If we keep going north, we're going out to Lake Chicagwa.

"Yeah, that's what you said. But are you okay?"

"What?

"Even if it's a lake, it'll be frozen in this cold. Wouldn't you know where the lake is if there was snow on it?

Theon expressed his concerns.

"Oh, I guess so"

"Isn't it? If you got on that ice, you'd crack it with weight and fall in the water, wouldn't you?

"That'll be fine"

"Why?"

"I think you can tell because the lake will be one step lower, and it will be straight flat. I'll be careful."

"Oh well..."

Jen, who was having such a conversation with Theon, noticed that Saki was quiet.

"Saki, what's wrong?

"Ugh, yeah? Oh, just a thought..."

"What kind of things?

"Yeah, Mr. Alektas was showing me all kinds of things, and it was a fuzzy question..."

Saki spoke out slowly.

"It doesn't have to be limited to metal... but let's just say metal. So, what's the intensity?"

"I see."

"... density?

Jen nodded and Elsa expressed her opinion. Indeed, the specific gravity of Adamantite, famous as the strongest metal, is also 19.3.

"No, then, even gold and lead can be stronger."

Gold has a specific gravity of 19.3. Lead is 11.3. 7.9 for iron, 8.6 for copper, etc.

"Oh, sure."

"Yes, density doesn't determine strength..."

Saki made another difficult face.

"Yeah, you've talked a lot to Alektas."

"Hmm? Yeah, that guy's an expert."

"... I knew Saki was a fazacon"

Alektas looks in his early forties, the same age as Saki's father Toa (42).

"Huh?

"Brother Jin, what the fuck?

Neither did Elsa seem to have any knowledge of that hand, and she asked Jen as she leaned her neck. Theon won't say anything, but he's the face you're going to want me to tell you.

"Fazacon is... a state where I like my father and I can hardly leave my parents... I guess"

"Become..."

Saki's face became red when she was briefed.

"Yeah, sure, Sister Saki might be fuzzy"

Elsa agrees.

"Well, how about Elsa if I say that!?

"... I guess Elsa is a Bracon"

"Bulkon?

"The subject will be a brother."

"Oh, no... but... maybe so"

I denied it at first, but right around the time I admit it, I seem conscious.

"So, what about Jin?

"I... don't know"

"Ah... sorry"

Because he was an orphan, Jen, because he doesn't have any flesh parents, he should have nothing to do with that sentiment... Saki apologized for guessing.

"No, nothing..."

In the first place, Jen laughs bitterly because it was a topic he shook from himself.

……

It was a little heavier air, but it was Scion who broke it.

"But Jin is sweet for a girl."

The words of Zion, who has been silent until now, can be thrown.

"... Mm, I agree. Especially sweet for little ones"

"Well, there might be..."

A little panicky Jen.

"... you like little kids?

"Hey, what are you talking about?"

To Elsa's words, Jen wanders even further.

"What do you say you say that?... if you abbreviate Fukon, Bukon,... Shisukon?

"Ugh."

The air that was about to get heavy thanks to Scion was misty, was it good or bad?

With a bitter smile, Jen thought about what to say and what to open.