Magi Craft Meister - Chapter 321

Chapter 321

Magi Craft Meister

Chapter 321 Pen and pen nibs

On a late afternoon of the 11th of April, Jin and the others had reached Fonde just before sunset .

After coming this far, Jin felt like the climate had somewhat changed .

Although the dryness was still there, if one were to explain, it would be that the difference was that if one had a dryness warning, the other would have an extreme dryness warning .

“As I thought, the eaves of the roofs and the roofs, as well, are small–they must have very little rainfall around here . ”

Such a murmur escaped Jin’s mouth .

“Jin, did you say something?”

“No, not really . ”

Jin, Reinhart and Matheus headed towards a Fonde inn together .

“In two more days after this night, we will be at Roizato . It has been long…”

Reinhart said heartily during dinner, holding a glass of wine .

“When did you leave the country again, Reinhart?”

Matheus asked while in thought .

“Umm, I left in the beginning of spring last year, so it has been over a year . ”

“What do you plan on doing after you get back? Continue being a diplomat?”

Saying that, Matheus started explaining to Jin .

“By our tradition, once diplomats return, they can choose to do a different job for 3 years . ”

“I see . ”

Jin agreed with that . As there might be various inconveniences due to being outside the country for long .

“Will you marry when you get back, Reinhart?”

“Yea, I guess that would happen naturally . I haven’t met Belche for more than a year too, after all . ”

Hereupon, Matheus interrupted with a grin,

“Belche has become quite pretty . I haven’t seen her for half a year myself so she probably got even prettier . ”

From the looks of it, Matheus gets drunk easily . He has also started addressing himself as ‘ore’ (casual masculine version of I) .

“Yea, I look forward to meeting her . ”

Reinhart washed it away with a normal reply . Reinhart could drink way more than Matheus .

That night, thinking he would let Reinhart take it easy, Jin returned to his room early .

And then, he secretly went out at night to the carriage with Reiko and leaped to Hourai island using the warp gate .

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[Welcome back, my lord . Welcome back, Reiko-san . ]

Laojun’s welcoming voice reverberated .

Jin didn’t plan on going to the Kaina village again tonight . Firstly, because of the time difference, it is already 11 pm there .

“I plan on visiting Kaina village again tomorrow . I will be taking the balls Roland-san ordered, so get them ready . ”

[Understood . Handball, baseball and dodgeball 100 each, yes?]

“That’s right . We have the materials, right?”

“Yes, gutter-percha like… the tea plant’s raw rubber, correct? We have more than enough . ]

“Alright, then, also set up the vessels needed to collect tea plant sap starting now ‘cause I also want to teach Elsa how to make it . I don’t need many, just 3 will do . ”

[Understood . ]

After giving the general instructions, Jin decided to listen to the report .

[It was Earl Walter’s work–not letting any salt get to Kaina village . ]

Jin was enraged .

“Again with him… So, is there any evidence?”

[No, nothing other than circumstantial evidence . He is quite clever with his methods–he makes the subordinates of his underlings hire someone from the city to do the work which makes it hard to get anything on him . ]

“Hmmm . However, the moment we get a hold of evidence, we will throw it in front of the the country–we can’t keep being hit by him . ”

As Jin muttered that, Laojun proposed without a moment’s delay,

[Please leave that to me . I shall take care of it . ]

This part of Laojun was kind of rare . He is also probably angry about the Earl meddling with Kaina village .

“Got it, I will leave it to you . I will reach the capital of Shouro empire soon, so I might not be able to come back in 2-3 days, I leave this place to you . ”

[Yes, have a good time, my lord . ]

And so, Jin returned to Fonde once again .

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On the following day, as usual, they departed at 8 am .

During the morning, Jin again secluded himself in his carriage and leaped to Kaina village .

“Ah, Jin-san, this really helps a lot!”

Roland was in high spirits, receiving the gum balls Jin, Reiko and Butler A came in with .

It was past 10 am here and so Roland had thought Jin was making the balls during this time .

Roland would be staying at Kaina village for another day . The reason behind it was, of course, business negotiations .

His aim was the pen used in the study meetings . The pen was made from metal and so was light and didn’t worn down .

It’s not like he saw the study meeting, he just saw the mayor, Gibbeck, using it and was intrigued .

And so he hadn’t seen the whiteboard or the felt pen . Even by itself, the metal pen was revolutionary .

The reason behind that was that this world still used quill pens .

“This metal pen is amazing! Please sell it to us, the Raglan company!”

“Yes, that is fine . But this is a combined unit . Wouldn’t one with changeable nibs be better?”

Thinking of it simply, that type was more suited for the general public, Roland thought .

“That’s true . Then I would like a 100 of those exchangeable nib pens and 50 of the combined ones . ”

“E-executive director! Isn’t that a bit too much?”

Bothe, who was listening beside them, panicked . No matter how he thought of it, it was being too hasty to suddenly order that many .

“Nn? It isn’t much, is it? We have sales as well the budget . We can pay up more than enough, you know?”

What Bothe actually meant was that Jin probably wouldn’t be able to make it in time if he ordered that much .

What Roland thought was that he meant that they wouldn’t have the money to pay . They were weirdly not in sync .

“It’s fine, I will make it in time . ”

Saying that, Jin looked at Elsa .

“Elsa here can also make them, after all . ”

Elsa came beside Jin enthusiastically .

“Mm . I will help . ”

And like that, Jin went to the workshop with Elsa .

Even Elsa was used to making the pens with aluminium 64 . But this time they were making with phosphor bronze as aluminium couldn’t be collected at Kaina village .

“First, I will show you how to create phosphor bronze . ”

9% percent tin, phosphorus 0 . 15% and the remaining with copper . It had high elastic limits with a strong spin .

“‘Ironing’ . ”

Phosphorus is in iron as impurity . And so, he had them saved when he refined irons .

And in no time, 10 kgs of phosphor bronze was made . Now began the making of the pen nibs .

He decided on having Elsa make the 50 combined units .

“‘Forming’ . ”

At Elsa’s hand, the phosphor bronze changed shape and turned into pens .

“That’s good, they are well made . Keep it up like that . ”

“Mm . ”

Confirming that Elsa had mastered the technique, Jin also began making pen nibs .

The nibs were small so one would think that the amount of phosphor bronze needed would also be less but,

“!?”

Elsa, who was seeing the process with a sidelong glance was amazed . Elsa probably didn’t know but just like with plastic models, Jin made 10 pen nibs with a stem known as stolon .

“Amazing… this is Jin-nii…”

She had thought she had improved a bit but after catching a glimpse of Jin’s skills, she felt that the path ahead of her was still quite long .

But, not being depressed and trying hard there–Elsa had such attributes .

“If it is only 2, maybe I can…”

Elsa concentrated her will, mana and envisioned it .

“‘Forming’…”

And she had succeeded magnificently .

“I did it!”

Hearing Elsa’s happy voice, which was rare, Jin turned to look . And saw how she had made the pen .

“Ohh?! That’s amazing!”

Elsa blushed .

“Keep working hard like that . ”

“Mm . ”

At the end, they made 50 pen holders with hardwood .

In the end, the ordered amount was completed within an hour .