Chapter 14

Magi Craft Meister Volume 9 Chapter 14

09-14 I’m Back

Elsa, Barbara, and Hannah were gathered in Gheebeck’s house and talking .
“So… Where did we leave off?”
Barbara said and tilted her head, then,
“…We were talking about the person who left the village . ”
Elsa replied . After hearing that, Hannah said,
“You mean about Onii-chan?”
This time Elsa tilted her head,
“Onii-chan?”
She said, and didn’t look to understand . Noticing that, Barbara elaborated .
“Hannah-chan is talking about someone called Jin who said he had come from, what was it? Japan? He’s a Magi Craftsman, you know?”
“Eh? No way, Jin-nii!?”
Hearing that, even Elsa got so surprised she stood up from her seat .
Hannah was also surprised when she heard Elsa .
“Jin-nii? Onee-chan, you said Jin-nii, right? Onee-chan, are you Onii-chan’s little sister?”
“Mm, I’m Jin-nii’s sister . ”
Hearing that, Hannah lit up .
“Jin onii-chan! He got back home okay! Hey, hey, is Onii-chan well? Where is he now? What’s he doing? How about Reiko onee-chan?”
Hannah threw questions at Elsa at rapid succession, overwhelming her .
“Ji–Jin-nii is at home . He’s well . He’s building all sorts of things…It seems . Reiko-chan’s with him too . ”
Elsa could barely reply .
“So that’s how it was, I’m glad… I was so worried all this time! Not just me, everyone was!”
“Yes, that’s right, Elsa-san . Because your elder brother is a benefactor of this village, and one of us too . ”
“Very interesting . Jin-nii never told me . ”


Elsa said and that surprised Barbara and Hannah a little .
“Is that right? As a matter of fact, …”
“Hey, you know what? Onii-chan, he…”
“Jin-san built us a hot spring . ”
“Onii-chan built Mint for me!”
They both began talking about Jin to Elsa so she got confused .
“Wa–wait a moment . Please speak one at a time . ”
Elsa said while smiling awkwardly, then Barbara and Hannah exchanged glances and laughed .

“Hannah-chan, did you have dinner yet?”
After things had calmed down a little, Barbara asked Hannah .
“Yeah, I’ve eaten . I also told granny I’m going to elder-san’s house before leaving . ”
“I see . In that case, are you going to have a sleepover? If you do then you can talk with Elsa-san at ease . ”
Barbara said to Hannah . Hannah gladly accepted the offer .
“Yeah! A sleepover!”
Barbara then went to tell Hannah’s grandmother Martha that Hannah is spending the night here .
In the meanwhile, Hannah spoke a lot about Jin . Once Barbara came back the three once more talked together .
That continued into the night until Hannah’s eyelids began to droop, and so they moved to the bedroom .
Hannah ended up sleeping with Elsa on the same bed . Because she wouldn’t have it any other way .
“Eheh . Together with Onee-chan . Good night . ”
“Mm, good night, Hannah-chan-”
Soon Hannah sounded like she was asleep .
Barbara and Elsa continued their conversation in a low voice so as not to wake Hannah up .
“You see, Hannah-chan has no parents so she’s lonely . And then last year, Jin-san came along, they lived together, and she took to him . And then again, he disappeared . ”
“…Oh, so that’s what happened . ”
“Yes . And that’s why because you’re Jin-san’s little sister, she’s so…”


Hannah was clinging to Elsa’s right arm with her small hands .
“Hannah, chan . ”
Elsa gently stroked Hannah’s head . Hannah’s hair smelled like the sun .

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Next day, when the sun had risen .
“Half past eight, huh . In Kaina Village that’s half past six . I wonder if everyone’s awake by now?”
Jin couldn’t stay still and was fidgety .
“Father, isn’t what you said that you’d go to Kaina Village to meet her at eight o’clock?”
Reiko reminded him .
“I did say that, I’ll have to calm down . ”
Seeing Jin like that, Ann had a question .
“Master, if you want to visit them that badly why haven’t you gone there until now?”
Being asked that, Jin hmmed and replied .
“I suppose I didn’t want to cause any trouble . ”
“What do you mean?”
“Uhm, when I was in Kaina Village I was suspected of building the golems that had been attacking here and there, or something like that . ”
“But were those not false charges?”
“Yeah, of course . ”
“Then there’s no reason to be worried, is there? Surely everyone’s worried about you?”
“I’d be glad if that was the case, but I’ve been hesitating going there as I thought they might’ve thought of that as just getting rid of a nuisance . ”
“What is that . Master, you sometimes think in a hopelessly pessimistic manner, don’t you?”
Ann said it so clearly that even Jin couldn’t suppress a strained laugh . You could say the cause of that was the traumatic incident in Jin’s past .

Back when he was a company employee . There was a certain subsidiary, or actually, as the company Jin was in was a subsidiary it was a subsidiary of a subsidiary . He was sent to work in their factory as a temporary worker for two weeks .


He didn’t know whether it was because the company employees had no motivation, or for some reason, but at any rate it was terrible .
More specifically the inside of the factory was a mess, the materials weren’t even sorted, the machine tools were out of oil and made terrible noise, and the maintenance was poor .
Jin struggled hard to inspect everything individually, give instructions how to keep things in order, and made manuals on how to maintain the machinery . In particular, he made the manuals outside working hours .
As a result after two weeks the inside of the factory was so clean you could hardly recognize it and the machines worked silently .
When Jin’s temporary transfer was over and it was time for him to return, the workers told him how grateful they were . However .
After leaving the factory Jin noticed he had forgotten some documents so of course he went back to get them . And at that moment .
(Good grief, he made me fill something as bothersome as a check sheet . )
(Hey, I knew where everything was before . Now that they’re all tidied up I don’t know what’s where any more . )
(What a self-important bastard, and just because he was from the parent company . )
(Well, he’s no longer here so let’s do things as we used to . )
He heard voices like that from beyond the door . Jin felt his whole body grow weak as he wondered what he had worked so hard for those two weeks .

Because of such an experience, Jin had become timid .
“And also, you see, I don’t want the Unifilers to eye Kaina Village . ”
But Ann refuted Jin’s logic .
“No, master . That kind of half-heartedness won’t defend against the Unifilers’ evil grasp . You must proactively shut them down . ”
“You can say that, but . ”
“Anyhow it’s been decided that you’ll now go to Kaina Village to meet with Elsa-san . And then you’ll greet everyone . I’m sure everything will go just fine . ”
“I wonder . ”
After being admonished by Ann, Jin discarded his little remaining hesitation . He had slightly intended to stealthily go there and stealthily bring Elsa back home with him .
“Father, it’s a little early but shall we go?”
It was nine o’clock . At Kaina Village it was seven o’clock .
“It’s late enough that Martha-san and Hannah-chan have already woken up and finished breakfast . Rock-san and the others have surely gone to work on the fields by now . ”
“I see . That’s probably true . ”
After Reiko said that to Jin, he stepped inside the Warp Gate to Kaina Village with mixed feelings .
Then he appeared inside the shelter . He tried briefly inspecting the place . There didn’t seem to be any deterioration .
“Father, let us go . ”
Hurried on by Reiko, while figuring out whether he did or didn’t want to go Jin climbed up the stairs, opened the door and went outside .
The weather was clear . The spring sun’s rays poured on endlessly and Jin squinted .
The area had originally been rocky but grass had grown in the surroundings, it was indeed spring . It also worked well as camouflage .
“It’s been about a year since I first came here, huh . ”
Jin was reminiscing about the events of last year while slowly walking towards the village .
A villager’s voice interrupted his thoughts .
“Jin!”
“Oh, isn’t that Jin?”
“It’s Jin! Jin has come back!”
“What? It’s true, that’s Jin!”
In response to that voice everyone came out of the houses and fields to gather .
“Ooi, c’mere everyone, Jin’s back!”
“It’s true, Reiko-chan is with him too!”
And then everyone rushed over towards Jin . Some of them were even people who had neglected farmwork to come .
“Jin! You look lively!”
Rock said .
“Jin nii-chan, where did you go off to~? everyone’s been worried about you~!”
Kurt said .
More and more people gathered .
“Jin! What have you been up to! You didn’t get in touch with us at all!”
Said Martha .
And then there was Hannah, in front of the village headman’s house .
“Welcome back, Onii-chan . ”
There were only two words Jin could say to that .
“…I’m back . ”