05-19 Kunlun Island’s Situation Report and Departure
That night Jin took out the ManaCom and tried to contact Soleil or Luna on Hourai Island .
Luna picked up the call .
“Luna from Hourai Island speaking . ”
“Ah, Luna, it’s me . ”
“Father . ”
“Has anything unexpected happened?”
“No, everything is going well . ”
After hearing that Jin was able to relax, and asked for a report on Kunlun Island’s progress .
“Yes, regarding Kunlun Island…”
According to Luna, Kunlun Island’s situation was as follows .
The dummy mansion was complete . The living spaces, workshop, dining room, and running water were all in order . Things were also made to look aged .
Some raw materials were also brought in to not raise suspicion .
Stationed on the island were five subordinates of the 5-colored golem maids: Topaz-100, Amethyst-100, Ruby-100, Aqu100, and Peridot-100 .
Three spare Warp Gate systems to Hourai Island were also completed .
Food stores were being filled to capacity .
It was possible to harvest a lot of the naturally occurring Citran and Appleles, but only few Pelshkas .
Some mining was also done to make it look like the mineral resources were being dug up for use .
“Good work, you’ve achieved a lot in this short time . ”
Jin praised Luna and the others .
With this, it should be soon possible to deceive Reinhardt and company when they’re invited to the island .
“Okay, can you also make it look like it wouldn’t be strange to find artifacts on that island?”
“Yes, I think that can be done . ”
Even though the orders were somewhat vague, with the information transferred from Jin and Reika, Luna and Soleil should be able to handle it .
“Alright, I’ll leave it to you . The reason I was asking is that I’ll probably be coming back before long . ”
With that the transmission came to an end .
Now using the hidden Warp Gate to get near Blue Land should be good, Jin thought .
“Looks like this’ll work out . ”
After resolving all the pending problems, Jin could relax for the time being .
Next morning .
“Farewell, Miss Elsa . Jin-dono, thank you for everything . I hope we’ll meet again . ”
After breakfast, Marquis Firentsiano bid his farewells when Jin and Elsa departed from the villa .
They were heading north, to the border of Egelia Kingdom .
“Rai-nii is here . ”
Elsa said and looked where Reinhardt was waiting in a carriage to meet them .
Because Reinhardt is a diplomat, he had pay a visit to the royal castle before leaving .
The line of carriages was led by the carriage of Reinhardt’s guards and servants . Next was Reinhardt’s carriage . After that, Jin and Elsa’s carriage . After that, Elsa’s guards and servants . Finally there were the carriages carrying everyone’s luggage and food .
“Oh, I forgot to make a damper again . ”
Jin muttered .
“Hee hee, Jin’s an unexpectedly forgetful person . ”
Elza who was sitting opposing Jin giggled . Reiko clung to Jin tightly and said,
“Please leave it to me, father . I won’t let father fall ill a second time . ”,
She was operating as usual .
Slowly the line of carriages continued towards the border .
The capital Bolgia was located on top of a plateau 300 meters above the sea level . After crossing the Delft mountain pass the rest of the way continued with a gentle slope .
After the mountain pass, the group stopped to stay a night in a town called Metroff .
Nothing particularly worthy of note happened during the night, and the next day the path was easy and mostly downhill .
Even though they headed north, the climate didn’t change that much because of the change in elevation .
“We’ll arrive at the border soon . ”,
Elsa said while looking out of a window .
Just as she said, in half a day the group had arrived at the border .
The border fortifications that were still standing since the Great Magic War still triumphantly towered over the surroundings with a majestic appearance .
…Not .
After the passing of 300 or so years, the stones were weathered, wind and rain caused moss to grow over it, and vines had spread rampant thanks to the sunlight .
“What a ruin . ”
Jin’s short description of the fortification as a ‘ruin’ was appropriate for the appearance .
“But inside they’re the same as they used to be . ”
Elsa added .
The commanding officer of the garrison came out to confirm the paperwork for passage .
“My apologies, but this is part of the job . ”,
While saying so, the officer opened the carriage doors and checked the passengers’ identities .
This was to make sure people like Valentino who were on the wanted list couldn’t escape the country .
After checking even the luggage and finding no problems with the group, the commanding officer ordered a subordinate to open the gate .
The gates made a hefty sound as they opened .
The iron gates were 50 centimeters thick . A Magi Formula to make them resistant to magic was drawn on the surface .
“Their age sure is made clear just by the appearance . ”
Jin bore such thoughts .
The carriages passed through the gates into a tunnel inside the fortification . The tunnel’s walls also had Magi Formulas carved on them .
“Hmm, the style is rather old but it looks efficient . ”
Jin murmured while gazing out of the carriage’s window .
“Jin-kun, you can read the characters written on the walls?”,
Elsa asked with a surprised look on her face .
Jin said he could surprising Elsa even more,
“Not even Rai-nii can read more than half of the characters on these walls”
“Ah, is that so? It’s because they’re rather old . Judging from their form, they age at least 1000 years back . ”
“Eh…?”
Elsa was speechless, and Jin carried on,
“There’s some old Artifacts that have been found where I come from, so I know a lot about things like this, see?”
Somehow satisfied with that explanation, Elsa said,
“Jin-kun is indeed mysterious . It makes me want to know more and more things about you . ”,
And stared at Jin .
Jin didn’t realize it, but next to him Reiko pouted and glared at Elsa .
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