The next day, Jin was woken up by the hallway being noisy . He put on his clothes in a hurry, went to the hallway to see what’s going on, and there were several men in military uniforms going back and forth . One of them noticed Jin and approached . “Excuse me . But I’d like you to show me your room . ” “Huh?” Suddenly getting asked to show his room, Jin was surprised . But the man continued, “Okay? If you’re not going to say no then I’ll go see it by myself . ” He said and pushed Jin aside, then entered the room Jin was staying in . “…What . ” Jin didn’t have anything to feel particularly guilty about in the slightest, but the man’s attitude displeased him a little . The soldier soon came back out and, “Hmm, nothing unusual . Sorry for the trouble . ” He said and walked back into the hallway . “Really, what . ” Jin returned to his room . There Ann said, “Master, I got the feeling that he was looking for someone . ” Jin listened to Ann’s report while thinking about pointless things like that Ann pronouncing the word ‘master’ with an extreme lisp could’ve been to the original creator’s tastes . “He ignored places like the built-in drawers of the desk, while searching under the bed and in the wardrobe, and so he must’ve searched for something large, most likely a person I think . ” Ann’s report was rather outstanding in its insights . “Someone, but who?” “Well, to that extent I–” At that moment there was a knock on the door . Jin told them to come in, and it was Reinhardt .
“Good morning, Jin . ” “Good morning . ” Reinhardt said and looked around the room . Jin noticed that and, “Even you’re involved, what’s the matter?” He asked . With a complicated look on his face, Reinhardt then said, “Elsa is…gone . ”
“What’s that you say?” Jin was astonished . In that case, the earlier soldier must’ve been Fritz’s subordinate or something, looking for Elsa . “Elsa didn’t seem to wake up and get out of her room even though it was morning . Mine who’d usually be awake by then couldn’t be found either . I tried going to her room, but somehow the two seem to have disappeared . ” “And so Fritz is going around looking for her . ” “That’s right . Did they also come here?” “Yeah . ” Jin looked out of the window . The soldiers who appeared to be Fritz’s subordinates seemed to be splitting into groups to search . They must’ve been all together looking for her through the whole town . “What a mess . ” Jin muttered but he could somehow sympathize with the reason behind Elsa’s disappearance . “If we assume she’s together with Mine, those guys probably won’t find them . ” Reinhardt said subduedly . “In the first place, Mine is from a town near this Ikasanaato . She must be familiar with the terrain, and probably has acquaintances too . If Mine’s seriously running away with Elsa, then there’s no way they’d be found just like that . ” The tone of his voice carried the feeling that it would be better if they weren’t found . “How do you feel about this, Reinhardt?” Jin suddenly wanted to ask . “About what? About Elsa’s marriage? Or about her disappearance?”
“About both . ” Jin said, and Reinhardt began to speak with a low voice . “I don’t think that marriage is a particularly bad thing . Bear in mind when thinking about it that in the case of a marrying a noble who manages territory, he’s got butlers and stewards to assist him . For chores he has maids, so to put it bluntly being a decorative figure is enough . That’s a nobleman’s wife . And for children, it’s enough to hire a wet nurse . ” After all that, he grinned widely and, “But that’s just in the case of old nobles . ” He said and carried on . “It’s much different for Elsa, who wants to build a warm home . Her ideal is to marry a partner with mutual liking for each other, although there’s also people who say that love grows after marriage . ” After saying that, for a brief moment Reinhardt had a lonely look on his face . But the next second he returned to his normal expression and continued talking . “Well, I can’t say I don’t understand their running away . Jin, have you noticed? Mine’s and Elsa’s relation . ” “Mmh, a little . So that means you have too? Well, I guess that’s obvious . ”
“Yeah . It’s just a guess, but Mine is probably Elsa’s real mother . It’s a guess because that’s something that even if I asked no one would tell . ” That was probably the case . There’s no way you could hear about it from Elsa’s father . Much less the from person in question herself . “Mine’s way of talking to, her attitude towards Elsa, and the time she became her nanny, I thought about it a lot and I came to the conclusion she’s likely her real mother . ” Jin also shared his own opinion . Then, “Well, I still can’t say I agree with things like her method of teaching . ” He added . Jin too had seen a lot of troubled children, and because of that he thought no matter how much time passed Elsa couldn’t become independent . “However, the question is what are we going to do now?” Jin had a place in mind . Mine’s parents’ home should be around here, and if Elsa and Mine returned there they’d surely be found . Having said that, they could hardly wander around forever . “Mine is in some respects broken, you know . ” Reinhardt said . In this world, the expression ‘broken’ was used when a person had a mental illness, a trauma, or something like that . In addition it was used with personality flaws . Hearing that, Jin thought that that was for sure . He had felt that Mine’s attitude towards Elsa was strange in some parts . “I wonder why Elsa’s father hired Mine as her nanny . ”
Jin unintentionally spoke out his mind . Reinhardt replied to that, “Elsa’s body wouldn’t last without Mine . ” “Eh?” The shocking truth made Jin lost for words . “Actually, to be accurate it wouldn’t precisely have to be Mine . However, I think it unlikely that a person similarly good with her circumstances could be found . ” Reinhardt was about to continue but Jin interrupted him in confusion . He seemed to have been told something unexpected . “Ho-hold on, Reinhardt . This is the first time I’m hearing about this, what would happen if Elsa didn’t have Mine?” Reinhardt tilted his head in confusion but, “Ah, so I had not told you yet, Jin . I thought for sure I had talked about it, sorry . ” After a word of apology, he began explaining . “I told you that Elsa’s been tomboyish since way back, right? One of the reasons was because of the ’emissions’ she had . Elsa has a, it’s not a disease but, she has a flaw . It’s called the ‘excess Magic Energy disorder’ . ” “excess Magic Energy disorder?” Jin had never heard the expression before . “Yeah . The Magic Energy that magi possess varies from person to person, but each one has their upper limit, right? Elsa’s limit isn’t very large . It’s just a bit higher than a regular magus’s . ” “Is that bad?” But Reinhardt said, “No no, here’s the point . ” He appeased Jin who seemed to want him to get to the point quickly . “Magic Energy decreases when you use magic . That’s correct, right?” “Mh-hm . ” “So, by resting the decreased Magic Energy naturally returns to normal . ” “Certainly . ” “In Elsa’s case, it returns to more than usual . So, the abundance of Magic Energy eats into her . ” In this case rather than Magic Energy he must mean Mana . In the case of eating too much and getting excessive nutrients, one grows fat, and then problems like diabetes appear . The case with Magic Energy is similar, there’s no general rule what happens but the fact is that one’s physical health becomes poor . Jin tried imagining it . For example, if a golem’s Ether Converter created large amounts of excess Mana while operating, the Mana Driver would be unable to deal with it . The excess Mana would be stimulated and transform because of small amounts of magic entering from the outside, and it would probably have a negative influence on the containing body . Would the same thing happen within a human body? Jin could understand Elsa’s problem . And so, that was likely the reason why Mine tried to have Elsa not overexert herself much using magic . “Her symptoms can be held back if she has a person nearby as an adequate safety valve . ” Jin understood . It was sure that blood relatives had a similar Magic Energy wavelength, and in the same way a person whose wavelength of life was similar could become a path for Mana and as such hold back the symptoms . “Are there no other remedies? If Mine were not there, what would happen to Elsa?” “If it’s not more than for seven or ten days, being apart from her isn’t a problem . Also, during that time by releasing Magic Energy using magic there wouldn’t be a problem . Unlike in her childhood, Elsa can understands that herself . ” Reinhardt saying so wiped out Jin’s worries . “Hey Reinhardt, couldn’t she carry a Magi Tool to release Magic Energy?” Jin asked in curiosity . But Reinhardt made a lonely smile and, “Yeah, in theory it would be settled with that . But there’s one large problem . ” He said with a strained voice . “That is?” “In the form of magic it can be done, but there’s no such person who could build a Magi Tool that releases Magic Energy before invocating magic . ” “Eh?” “Eh?” Hearing that Jin knit his brows in wonder, and after seeing Jin like that Reinhardt’s expression turned to surprise . Their gazes met . “There’s no one who can make one?” “Don’t tell me, Jin, you can?” Reinhardt timidly asked Jin who replied with a large nod . “I think I probably could . ”
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