06-01 Hourai Island and Kunlun Island
Jin and Reiko continued their journey by carriage with Shouro Empire noble Reinhardt.
And currently, the line of carriages had arrived close enough to see the Fort City Blue Land.
“First of all, I’d like to go ahead to ensure that we’re prepared to house Reinhardt and the rest.”
“In that case, let’s meet at the gates tomorrow morning. But it won’t likely be just the two of us.”
“Ah, that’s fine. Well then, I look forward to seeing you tomorrow.”
Jin and Reiko parted with Reinhardt’s group with a lighthearted goodbye. They walked for an hour and reached the cave in the depths of the forest on the outskirts of Blue Land where the hidden Warp Gate was.
To keep small animals from wandering in by accident and to keep people out, a concealment barrier and a barrier that couldn’t be deactivated except by Jin’s Magic Energy pattern had been applied.
Jin and Reiko were able to easily enter the cave, and they stepped into the Warp Gate.
In a moment they arrived at Hourai Island. A familiar atmosphere surrounded Jin.
“Welcome back, Master, Milady.”
First Soleil and Luna, then the five-colored golem maids greeted them.
The first thing Jin did was take a bath.
“Aah, so warm.”
Reiko was soaking in the bath together with Jin.
“Master, shall I give the report?”
To save time, the five-colored golems were summoned to the bath to report.
Hourai Island’s development is doing well.
Stones are being quarried and stored, and mineral resources are mined, categorized and then stored.
Next are the reports of the Air Force, Navy, and Army.
Marine units have deployed boats to scout the surroundings of the island, and are staying vigilant.
Finally the Land units are assisting in Hourai and Kunlun Islands’ development while on guard.
“Hmm, now that I’m here, I want to make something with smarts for whenever I’m not around.”
Jin got out of the bath and quickly started putting his ideas in action.
“Gather all the types of Magi Crystals.”
Jin placed one Magi Crystal of each attribute in the middle of a Plate, and the placed the rest surrounding them.
“Alright, this’ll work as the brain. I’ll use an Ether Converter, and a Mana
Driver for the energy source, and a Mana Tank as a reserve.”
“The chassis will be Adamantite and Mithril.”
So that it wouldn’t become a computer uprising like in a lot of science fiction, plenty of Magi Formulas for security were inscribed.
Basically, this brain would command all the golems.
Reiko had strength, and the brain had smarts.
Finally, Jin transferred it almost all of his knowledge, and all the knowledge of Soleil and Luna, Planetarium and Satella, five-colored golem maids, Sky, Marine, Land, et cetera, gave the brain control of the Hourai Island, and named it Laozi.
“Father, what does this word “Laozi” mean?”
There’s some incorrect portions in the explanation, but let’s call it a day with that since it’s not going to cause any problems.
Jin activated the manager of Hourai Island, Laozi.
“Alright, Laozi, are there any issues?”
“You do know what to do from now on, right?”
“If that’s the case, then great. See that a report is sent to me regularly.”
“I understand.”
In this way, the brain that takes care of Hourai Island and Kunlun Island in place of Jin was born.
“Now, even if I’m away from home I can rest easy. If something happens consult Laozi first. In addition, periodically report to me.”
The golems replied in unison.
“Father, I have a request.”
“Mm, what is it?”
“Reiko…”
“Got it, come over here.”
“Well then, I’ll turn you off for a while.”
In fact, Jin had been thinking about countermeasures since that event too.
Jin suspended Reiko, and added a shield made of highest quality Mithril to her Control Core to protect it from outside Magic Energy.
Second was protection using Magic Energy patterns.
Jin changed the Magi Formula to be rewritable only with his Magic Energy pattern, and replaced the Magi Circuit composition. It was quite difficult.
“Let’s add a backup Control Core too.”
“I suppose I’ll add one final safety device.”
It was similar to the one installed in Laozi. But this one had the condition of “only if it wouldn’t be disadvantageous to Jin” attached.
Jin performed checks on Reiko’s body, and repaired and strengthened the parts that were even a little bit damaged or worn.
He took the opportunity to also add stealth capabilities like the [Hide] function. Combining presence removal, Magic Energy isolation and silencing, the resulting function was many levels above the one those robbers had used.
He named it the [Stealth] function. That was all for now.
“Alright, Reiko, activate.”
“How is it? How’re you feeling?”
“Uh, is that so. That’s good.”
Jin thought silently. Then he explained the new functions.
After finishing Reiko’s remodeling,
After having the lunch Soleil made, Jin at last left towards Kunlun Island to prepare for hosting guests.
“Father, what about the settings of the Warp Gate?”
“Let’s see… How about installing another Warp Gate in Blue Land, and having that exit directly to Kunlun Island?”
Given that Laozi supported the idea too, the necessary materials were transported to Kunlun Island. Naturally Reiko carried them.