Chapter 15

Magi Craft Meister Volume 9 Chapter 15

09-15 Hometown

The morning after Hannah’s sleepover . After waking up, in front of her was Elsa’s sleeping face .
Light blonde hair, long eyelashes, and clear white skin .
“…Pretty . ”
Hannah thought of her that way . While looking at Elsa’s sleeping face, on the other bed Barbara woke up . For the women in the village, even the village chief’s niece, morning came early .
“Ah, I slept well . …Hannah-chan, good morning . ”
“Good morning . ”
The two exchanged greetings . Their voices also waked up Elsa .
“Mm…Morning?”
“Good morning, Elsa onee-chan . ”
Hannah greeted the sleepy-faced Elsa . Seemingly remembering about last night, Elsa smiled sweetly and greeted her back .
“Good morning, Hannah-chan . Good morning, Barbara-san . ”
Then the two dressed themselves and went to wash their faces .
Of course, the water well was outside . Elsa had grown used to Kunlun Island’s conveniences, but she still remembered how in most of the inns she had stayed overnight in during the trip there had been a courtyard with a water well where she could wash her face .
“Elsa onee-chan, you can go first . ”
Hannah said and operated the pump . Water began rushing out . Elsa’s eyes went wide .
She had heard last night about how Jin had built a pump, but seeing it in action was surprising after all .
The pump drew water from the bottom of the deep well without using magic . Jin had made something wonderful, hadn’t he?


One I too want to make things like this which are helpful to everyone . Such a thought, while still small, grew within Elsa’s mind .

The breakfast was white bread made out of sieved wheat flour, salad made out of edible wild plants, grilled river fish, and tea .
“This tea, it’s a little unusual, but it’s good . ”
“Oh, you know, that tea was made out of certain leaves picked from the forest . ”
This morning Hannah too was eating with her .
“Is that right?”
It was a somewhat popular drink in the northern parts of Cline Kingdom, but Elsa who was from Shouro Empire hadn’t drunk it before now .
“Next time, want to try coming to pick them with me? The Kherries are also still blooming in the mountains so it’s pretty . ”
At Hannah’s invitation Elsa felt like she should maybe try going . She then agreed without thinking .
“Mm . ”

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Next thing they knew, it was suddenly noisy outside . Apparently the villagers all together were making noise .
“Has something happened, I wonder?”
Barbara stood up and was about to go look outside when the door opened .
Gheebeck stepped inside .
While slightly out of breath, Gheebeck turned to Hannah and told her,
“Jin-kun has come back . ”
“Eh!”


The same noise came out of the mouths of all three of them . The fastest one to speak after that was Hannah .
“Onii-chan has!”
And then she quickly ran to towards the entryway .
She opened the door and went outside, and saw Rock, Jonas, Linus, Bill, Jeff, Dave, Howard, Rick, Tom, Yan, Surei, Kurt, Jim, Patty, Mario, Jessie, and Martha .
There was a crowd of a great number of villagers .
And the person everyone was looking at was, unmistakably, Jin . Reiko was with him .
All villagers present were speaking to Jin as they pleased .
“Jin! What have you been up to! You didn’t get in touch with us at all!”
Said Martha .
Jin slowly walked towards Hannah .
So as not to hinder him, the villagers made way . Tears welled up in Hannah’s eyes . She looked downwards as she didn’t want to show her teary face to Jin .
And when Hannah once more raised her eyes, Jin was already in front of her .
The words she had been thinking she’d say if Jin came back had disappeared somewhere, and the only thing that came out of Hannah’s mouth was simply
“Welcome back, Onii-chan . ”
Facing Hannah, Jin softly smiled and,
“I’m back . ”
He said just two words .

“Onii-chan!”


Hannah couldn’t take it any more and leapt at Jin with all her heart after a running start . Jin gently caught Hannah .
“Onii-chan, onii-chan…”
Hannah’s face was already completely tear-stained . Jin tenderly hugged her and kept stroking her back gently .

“…Don’t disappear again, okay . ”
Hannah pleaded while tears still welled up in her eyes, and Jin looked a little bit bothered but the next moment he smiled and nodded .
“Onii-chan . ”
Hannah once again clung to Jin .
Meanwhile, Reiko was looking at the two while smiling amiably .

“…Jin-nii . ”
Hearing the voice, Jin looked up and there stood Elsa .
“Elsa, I’m glad you’re okay . I realized you were here last night, but there was no way I could come here in the middle of the night so I came in the morning . ”
Jin said, Elsa was also moved to tears and,
“You’re not, angry?”
She asked . Jin looked puzzled .
“Why should I be angry? You disappeared, I searched, and found you . That’s all . You’ve probably already reflected upon this by yourself, right? Then there’s nothing more for me to say . ”
Jin replied and at last tears began pouring out from Elsa’s eyes too .
“I’m, sorry . ”
Elsa said, leaned on Jin and silently cried .

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Jin waited for Hannah and Elsa to calm down, then stood in front of the villagers .
And then,
“I’ve caused you worry . ”
He made a deep bow .
The first one to rush over to Jin was Rock . He put his arm around Jin’s head and put him into a headlock .
“Owowowow, R-rock-san!?”
“You arsehole, just disappearing without saying nothing like that . Ain’t nothing more unfriendly than that!”
Rock said while smiling .
Then Jonas, Linus, Bill, and Jeff too, everyone laughed while watching the spectacle .
And next Jin was lifted up .
“Jin! Welcome back!”
“Jin! Welcome back!”
While several people said so, Jin was tossed in the air .

While being jostled Jin too cried silently . This was his second hometown, he realized .
Not a single person asked where from and how Jin came back .
Everyone had realized that Jin wasn’t just a normal magus, but despite that no one kept him at arm’s length .
Jin had come back, and that was enough to make everyone happy .