06-34 Unifiers
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“He he hee, now Reiko is mine. Ahh, how wonderful!”
“Dominique, you…”
“Yes, I am a member of the ‘Unifiers’.”
Stearina said, but Dominique rebutted.
“So that means you were also the one behind the golems’ riot?”
“Yes, that’s right. The insides of my bird golem were packed with Elradrite and Magi Crystals. It was simple because the search didn’t go as far as the golems’ interiors. In addition to the red, blue, and yellow ones there was a white one, but I made it operate in the castle’s golem storehouse to a great success.”
“Then, that must mean you almost getting attacked was also an act!”
“Yes, that is so. But I’m still grateful for your help, Reinhardt-sama.”
Dominique said nonchalantly. Her grinning face looked villainous.
“If I bring back this strong Reiko instead of the golems gathered in the castle, I’ll surely enter the upper echelon. Now, Reiko, with the exception of Jin and Reinhardt kill everyone here.”
Hearing that Stearina, Elsa, and Reinhardt went white as a sheet.
And the Jin in question kept calm. He was looking at Reiko silently standing still.
Dominique got impatient with Reiko who didn’t move, and yelled out loud. However, Reiko only replied with a cold voice without blinking an eye,
“Eh?”
“The only one who can give me orders is Father.”
“Father, here is the Magi Recorder.”
“Good work, Reiko.”
“Reiko, seize Dominique!”
“Yes.”
“Eeek! Why! Why?”
“Argh! But how!”
“Noisy, aren’t you.”
She dislocated Dominique’s shoulder which made a dull sound.
“It hurts! It huuurts!”
“Rianna, Mary, anyone will do, tie her up.”
At Reinhardt’s command, the Royal Secret Maid Rianna rushed over and tied up Dominique.
“Mm. [Schmerzmittel].”
“Well then, we’ll take her away.”
“Ah, please do.”
And thus, the culprit of the [Subordination Rewriting Magic] incident was caught, and things seemed to be settled for now.
“Why did you suspect her?”
Currently, Jin and the others were in Reinhardt’s room being interrogated by the authorities, or more precisely giving them the general information about the events.
“What!? Jin-dono, you mean that you are able to read Magical Energy waves?”
“Eh? Isn’t it an ordinary ability?”
“No no, generally people can’t do it. I see, seems you indeed are a Magi Craftsman whom His Majesty and His Highness have acknowledged.”
“Moving on, what kind of a method was that to defend from the [Subordination Rewriting Magic] at zero distance?”
And then after preparing a countermeasure, he pretended to have fetched Reiko and went back to the room with her.
Jin took the Magi Record he got form Reiko out of his pocket and showed it to Kelhidore.
He said and handed it over to Kelhidore. The Minister of Magic alternated between looking it over and examining it with magic, but before long,
He gave up. The Minister of Defense next to them was astonished and cast a sidelong glance at Jin.
Jin began to explain it to everyone. It was already known that [Subordination Rewriting Magic] was a magic that wrote commands into the Magi Crystal serving as the Control Core.
“Reiko’s Control Core is heavily shielded from Magic Energy, but at zero distance I didn’t want to take the risk so I improvised a thing like this.”
“Hmm, I see. Very enlightening.”
Because the still young Magi Craftsman Jin in front of them was unfathomably skilled.
“Tomorrow, I want you to give me the precise instructions for that technique.”
“Certainly. Something like the [Subordination Rewriting Magic] looks down on both the golems and the Magi Craftsmen who built them. I could never ignore something like that.”
Looking at Jin acting like that was Celuroa Kingdom’s Magi Craftsman Stearina with gentle eyes.
“Now then, next I’d like you to hear what I’ve got to say.”
“Is there anyone here who don’t know about the ‘Unifiers’ who Dominique talked about?”
“I see, Reinhardt-dono and Stearina-dono already know, huh.”
“Oh, I can’t just ignore that. What kind of a person did you get it from?”
“Before I tell you, would you explain to Elsa-san and Jin-kun about the ‘Unifiers’?”,
“Ahem, the group known as ‘Unifiers’ is an underground organization spanning Celuroa Kingdom, Egelia Kingdom, Frantz Kingdom, and Cline Kingdom among others, having its roots in pre-Great Magic War country composed of lesser countries called ‘Dinar Kingdom’. It seems they’re somehow centered in Celuroa Kingdom. That’s because apparently the ancient capital of Dinar Kingdom used to be around the area where the present-day Celuroa Kingdom’s capital is.”
“At present, you could say the friction between countries is almost nonexistent and there are no territorial disputes as the population dropped sharply due to the Great Magic War. They’re a group that wants to expressly unify these countries, and they’re not sparing force to do it. I think you could call them a terrorist group.”
In the case of these ‘Unifiers’, they could be said to be almost a religious organization. That is to say, they recruited fanatical members.
The Minister of Defense Judol’s opinion was that even though there was some power struggles and corruption, in general the world was doing well and the minister would like to avoid letting anyone cause disorder.
Reinhardt, who had been silent until now, began to talk.
“You are absolutely right. Reinhardt-dono, Jin-dono, and Stearina-dono, I would ask for your cooperation.”
“With pleasure.”
“Of course.”
They agreed and shook hands.
“You know…About that Jin character, he’s, how should I say it… Astonishing.”
The Minister of Magic Kelhidore and the Minister of Defense Judol were having a conversation.
“You’d go to that extent?”
When Kelhidore, the top magus in Egelia Kingdom said so, Judol couldn’t imagine just who this Magi Craftsman Jin was, and the Minister of Defense felt a vague sense of fear.
“That strong!?”
“Moreveor, she’s unconditionally pledged to obey Jin. If something happened to him… Just thinking about it scares me. Unless the country decides otherwise, we should refrain from doing anything uncalled for.”
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