Magi Craft Meister - Volume 9 - Chapter 20

Chapter 20

09-20 Inviting Hannah-chan

The next morning after Jin returned to Kaina Village after a long time .
“Ah, what a nostalgic smell . ”
The smell of unripe wheat . The smell of the households’ cooking . The smell of trees . The smell of the wind . Jin breathed in a lungful of it all .

After breakfast in Martha’s house, Jin brought up what he had decided upon yesterday .
“I was thinking about seeing Elsa off after this and going back to the research laboratory for now . ”
The first one to reply was Hannah .
“Onii-chan, you’re going back?”
Jin who had thought she might say that at once added,
“Do you want to come along too, Hannah?”
Hearing that, Hannah nearly jumped with joy .
“Eh, really!? With onii-chan, to his house?”
“Yeah, as long as it’s alright with Martha-san . ”
Before he had finished speaking Hannah had already run over to Martha and asked her while gasping .
“Grandma, hey, grandma! It’s alright if I go to onii-chan’s house, alright?”
Martha smiled faintly and said,
“Ah, it’s alright . But don’t cause any trouble for Jin, got it?”
“Yeah! I’ll do as onii-chan says!”
And so it was decided that Jin would return to Hourai Island, bringing Hannah too with him .

“Well then, Hannah, it may be uncomfortable but could I have you cover up your eyes until we’re there?”
“Yeah, su~re!”
Knowing how to go to there and such could direct unwanted trouble to Hannah, so Jin suggested this out of concern but Hannah only gladly accepted the idea .
Jin carried the blindfolded Hannah on his back . Just that pleased Hannah and she said,
“Onii-chan’s house . I can’t wait~”
And so on and so on, she was in high spirits the whole trip on Jin’s back . Elsa who was walking next to them looked at Hannah and smiled fondly .
Meanwhile they exited the village’s borders and soon arrived at the shelter which had the Warp Gate in it .
“I’m sure I came out of here too . And yet, after I left I couldn’t find the place any more . ”
Elsa said and explained what happened the other day . Jin replied apologetically .
“Ah, that’s because there’s quite a few barriers put up to prevent anyone from carelessly wandering in . ”
“Is that, so?”
“That’s right . There’s a barrier to hide the entrance . A barrier to protect against intruders . Barrier to prevent magical detection . Although none of them have any effect when coming out from the inside . ”
Elsa tilted her head in puzzlement after Jin’s explanation,
“But, then Jin-nii can’t go in either . ”
She voiced her problem . Jin also explained that .
“My Magic Energy pattern is the only exception . There’s an infinite variety of Magic Energy patterns so there’s hardly any people with the same one . That’s why no one except for me and the golems I’ve made can use it . ”
Jin said and extremely naturally reached out towards a place that seemed to have nothing in it and made a show of opening the door .
Although Elsa couldn’t see it . Because the Magic Energy in the brooch wasn’t enough . Jin then took Elsa’s hand .
“Ah . ”
Elsa let out a voice in surprise .


The second Jin’s hand grasped hers, an open door appeared in front of Elsa . The door she had gone out of the day before yesterday . The door to return, which she couldn’t find no matter how long she searched for it .
“Come on, let’s go home . ”
Jin said and led Elsa into the shelter by hand through the door . Reiko also followed them . And although they couldn’t be seen, the SP dedicated for Hannah, Iris and Azalea also followed .

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The group first went to Hourai Island using the Warp Gate, then subsequently warped to Kunlun Island .
Once they got outside, Jin took off Hannah’s blindfold . Hannah who had been quiet ever since they had approached the shelter once again opened her mouth .
“Wow! This is onii-chan’s house?”
“Yeah, that’s right . How we got here, that’s a secret . Got it? And don’t tell anyone other than Martha-san about this, alright? If you can promise that then I’ll bring you along some time again . ”
“Yeah! I promise! I won’t tell anyone! It’s a secret between onii-chan and me!”
Hannah happily promised .
“Elsa! Jin-sama!”
And then Mine came running . Despite what she said, she had probably been worried about Elsa after all .
“Who?”
Hannah looked dubious and asked .
“She’s Elsa’s mother . ”
“Eh? Then she’s onii-chan’s mother?”
“No, me and Elsa aren’t related by blood . And so Mine is just Elsa’s mother . ”
“Huuh…”
Just how much of that Hannah understood was unknown, but she nodded once and intently stared at Elsa, then Mine who was hugging Elsa .


Mine had spoken with Elsa about something, but now turned to Hannah and,
“Hannah-chan, right? I am Mine . I’m Elsa’s mother . It seems you’ve helped out my Elsa, thank you very much . ”
She said and lightly bowed her head . Hannah then blushed a little and replied only,
“Y-you’re welcome . ”

“Well then, I’ve got to go do some work . I’ll be back in an hour or two . ”
Jin said so in front of the mansion, then Mine spoke .
“Jin-sama, I apologize for the inconvenience Elsa caused you . Please let me have the responsibility of taking care of Hannah . ”
This was a godsend to Jin who was thinking of having Reiko do that and,
“Then I’ll trust her to you, okay?”
She left Hannah in Mine’s care . Then,
“Hannah, sorry, but for just a little while, I’ve got a bit of work to do so could you please wait?”
Jin said to Hannah while looking concerned . Mine thought seeing Jin like that was unusual .
And then,
“Yeah! That’s okay! I’ll wait!”
Hannah replied cheerfully . Jin was relieved .
“Jin-nii, it’s alright . I’ll be with her too . ”
As Elsa also said so, Jin could return to Hourai Island at ease .

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“Celuroa Kingdom’s army is pressuring Egelia Kingdom’s army . ”
“Frantz Kingdom’s army is overpowering Cline Kingdom’s army . ”
Information was sent in from the battlegrounds .
“Ha ha, just as we’ve plotted . ”
Then another voice spoke . It appeared to have come through some communication device resembling a ManaCom .
“The current declined countries can’t win against ancient technology, can they?”
“Ah, Elena . Did something happen over there?”
“No, nothing . It’s just that there’s someone very interesting in the city I am currently in . ”
“Hm? Who is it?”
“The Magi Craftsman of Shouro Empire, Reinhardt . ”
“What? You mean the Magi Craftsman Marcello once captured?”
“Yes . It seems he arrived here in Astan yesterday . ”
“Hm . That’s where Donald was too, right?”
“Yes, he’s with me . ”
“In that case, Elena, could you somehow try to meet with that fellow?”
“It seems possible . We should be able to just apply [Seduce] to someone in Reinhardt’s employ . ”
“In that case, please give it a try . ”
“I understand . Should he be captured?”
“I’ll leave that decision to you, Elena . If you think he’s got any use value then capture him . If you think otherwise… Erase him . ”
“As you wish . It would be preferable if he was of some use, wouldn’t it? For Reinhardt, and for us . ”