Chapter 11

Magi Craft Meister Volume 8 Chapter 11

8-11 In Pursuit

To stabilize Mine’s condition, Sally had her drink one more mouthful of the remaining medicine .
This time she managed to have Mine drink the whole thing without spilling it .
“Sigh, she should be fine now . Now we just wait and see . ”
Now Mine was breathing calmly .
“She seems to have also suffered considerable mental damage, so it will take some time until she wakes up . ”
Sally said and so,
“Doctor, could I have Mine hospitalized here for a while?”
Jin tried asking .
Sally replied,
“Mh-hm, this is a house of healing so I don’t mind . However, as a healer, I would like you to tell me about that medicine . ”
And she brought out her bargaining point . Well, the topic was going to come up no matter what so,
“Sure, alright . I made that medicine . ”
Jin replied honestly . He thought this healer Sally was somehow trustworthy . She was a woman, but she gave off the same impression as Reinhardt and himself .
“You made it!? Are you an alchemist?”
Sally was astonished .
“No, I’m a Magi Craftsman . I heard of the recipe of the restorative medicine from somewhere, so I made one as an experiment . ”
“Whawhawha-what? You heard of the recipe? You heard of the recipe that’s more valuable than life to alchemists?”
Sally was even more astonished . Oops, Jin thought, and decided to alter the story .
“No, the one I heard it from was an Automata, you see . Not only that, but one from the times of the Great Magic War . ”
“Whaaat?”


Sally was well surprised . Jin had thought she’d be calm and collected, but maybe she was unexpectedly an easily excited person .
“The old Automata, see, after telling me that they completely stopped working, and that was the only thing I heard . Furthermore, the information was incomplete . ”
Jin then just told her that he had made the medicine by using healing magic to charge the serum of a devil beast, which he had made by settling some of the blood he had had on hand . The centrifuge and the like would’ve been difficult to explain and so he omitted them .
“Hmm, so it was that kind of technique you say . ”
However, despite that Sally appeared to have had some kind of an inspiration, and while grumbling she ruminated over the recipe .
“I can’t get my hands on a devil beast’s blood…But isn’t there something better than a devil beast…What’s important is the included Magic Energy…In that case…”
“Excuse me, doctor . ”
Jin was irritated at Sally who was immersed her own world with no sign of returning, and he called out to her in a quite loud voice . Even more than Mine, he was worried about Elsa .
“Hm! Wh-what is it?”
“Mine will be fine now, right?”
“Mh-hm . As long as she recovers like this she should be fine . ”
Hearing that, Jin made up his mind .
“Sorry about this, but could I trouble you to keep an eye on her here until she’s well?”
“Hm? I don’t mind, but there seems to be some story here . ”
Sally said, and Jin summarized the story of Elsa and Mine to her .
“Hmm, she ran away with someone’s daughter . And got attacked midway, I suppose . ”
“Huh . Well, I can’t think of anything else that might’ve happened . ”
“And so I guess as far as her employer is concerned, she can’t go back to him . ”
“Because she’ll be punished, I see . ”
Sally thought about it for a while then,
“I understand . I’ll look after her for a while, why not until her health improves . It’s the least I can do after you told me about the restorative medicine . ”


She said undertook the task .
Jin bowed and,
“Thank you, doctor . So, here’s the payment for the time being . ”
He said and handed over three gold coins, that is, 30000 Torr .
“This is way too much…”
Sally started to say, but then guessed that it must also include the money for keeping quiet and accepted it without saying anything else .

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As Jin didn’t have to worry about Mine for the time being, he hurried back to the hotel . It was already evening, but it seemed that Reinhardt still hadn’t returned . He then decided he’d leave a message .
“Could you please tell Reinhardt that there’s something I’m a little worried about so I’ll go check on it, and that he doesn’t have to worry about me . ”
He asked the butler Claude to convey that to Reinhardt, left Ann in his room, and under the darkening skies he departed looking for Elsa .
Time was precious . It would be good if he had the golem horse Koma, but it couldn’t pass through the carriage’s Warp Gate . With no other option, he detached a horse golem from the carriage and straddled it . As there was no saddle it was unsteady, but as time was of the priority he endured it .
His destination was upstream of River Torres .
Jin decided to call the Air Force for backup when it’s needed .
Sky units from 71 to 75 were defending Jin, while Raptor units from one to five had the duty of staying on alert at a high altitude . They would probably arrive by the end of Jin’s 20-kilometer journey .
“Oh, but the bottleneck is that landing will be difficult . ”
Although it was this late, Jin noticed a flaw in his plan .
“If I’m not mistaken there was something called a VTOL aircraft . Once I go back I should try building one…”
While thinking that, Jin moved in the evening’s darkness . The golem horse’s back just shook and he was concerned about Elsa, but on the other hand his head was filled with idle thoughts .
“Reiko has been strengthened, but my own body hasn’t at all been . I really must finish making some personal equipment soon . ”
Night vision goggles to see in the dark, or the power suit whose development came to a halt midway, or something . Jin’s thoughts had no end .
“Oh, if Reiko could fly too that’d be great . ”


He came up with that, which would result in her becoming unstoppable by anyone .
This was in a sense backlash from his reservation .
Jin wasn’t a pacifist in particular . On the other hand, he wasn’t quick to quarrel either . Basically he went easy on his friends, and had no mercy for his enemies . Although, that’s probably how most people are .

Jin wasn’t particularly fond of Mine . She’d complain at the drop of a hat, if pushed he’d describe her as weak-headed .
However, while that may be true, Jin wasn’t as cold-hearted as to just silently overlook how she had been treated . All the more now that he had been told she was Elsa’s real mother .
He’d track down Elsa and settle the debts with whoever made Mine suffer through that . That’s what Jin was thinking .
However, he didn’t realize that “whoever made mine suffer through that” was no longer in this world .

“…So tiring . ”
Jin was worn out by the saddleless and continuously shaking golem horse’s back .
“Ahh, having a motorbike would be more comfortable . Even a bicycle would be fine . I’ll make one later . ”
It seemed that the shackle of Jin’s so-called restraint had leapt into another dimension .
“Father, are you okay? Would you like me to carry you?”
Reiko asked with concern, but having a 130-centimeter girl carry him in her arms or on her back to his destination was too shameful for Jin and he refused the proposal .
“Is that so? If you get tired, please tell me so . ”
“Yeah . ”
He replied, but the chances of Jin voicing his complaints to Reiko were rather low . It was about the dignity of a father .
In the first place he wasn’t too tired to walk, just tired of the saddleless horse’s shaking, and so walking would pose no problem .
In addition, he couldn’t go fast . Right now, the SP were going ahead in the direction of travel while on the lookout, so he couldn’t go any faster .
As the enemy base drew near, he had to slow down for the sake of cautiously getting near it .
He was worried about Elsa’s safety, but Jin judged that supposing he was seen, Elsa would very likely be in even more danger, and so he restrained himself from acting rashly .
Any time now he’d be a short distance away from the destination . He had to make ensure the enemy didn’t suspect anything .
Until now he had traveled the to the side of the highway, but finally he decided to take the path where there was no road .
“Father, to make it more efficient, should I have the SP go ahead as outriders?”
To push his way through the bushes he would need to use substantial strength . That’s why she mentioned having the SP go ahead as outriders, or in other words cutting and clearing the way through bushes . Of course, with utmost silence and secrecy .
“Right, go ahead and do that . ”
And so it was arranged that Dahlia and Canna of the SP showed themselves and led them . The other members were wary of the surroundings . Reiko was closest to Jin protecting him, and they carried on .
After about fifteen minutes, Dahlia who had been going ahead stopped moving .
“Chief, there is a building . ”
Just as she reported, if you looked closely, in the darkness there indeed was something like a stronghold .
“I can indeed feel the Magic Energy of the brooch Father made . ”
Reiko said . In the brooch Jin had gifted Elsa were small Magi Crystal studdings, which had his Magic Energy in them .
That’s why Reiko was able to perceive its existence at this distance .
“Well, let’s finally get to the infiltration . ”
Jin said, but,
“Father, there is no need for you to do it yourself . The SP is for times like this . Just give them the order . ”
Reiko rebuked him .
That made Jin feel vaguely ashamed, but it was true that Jin’s corporeal strength was low .
“Alright, then I’ll command you . First track down Elsa . Do not be found . ”
“Yes, Chief . ”
Without a sound, the SP disappeared in the direction of the stronghold . Jin thought while watching it .
(It might be interesting to make a magical puppet that moves according to my will . )
Despite thinking it a bit imprudent, even at this occasion Jin thought about craftsmanship .