06-43 What’s Restraint?
By the next day following Elsa’s birthday, Jin had officially received the reward and a certificate.
The standard for nobles and magi knights was a robe, and for knights a coat was the standard. However, for Egelia Kingdom’s Magi Craftsmen it was a half coat.
On the left side of the chest and on the back of the coat were tiny crests of Egelia Kingdom.
The certificate was a mithril plate on which to begin with Jin’s name was carved, and the rest of the contents said that the King of Egelia guarantees something or the other.
The badge with a piece of Elradrite fitted into it he got yesterday was something he could pin to the collar or the chest of his everyday clothes.
Finally, not as an extra prize or anything but, they said Jin would granted a carriage and a horse for his own exclusive use.
Then, very appropriately for a Magi Craftsman, when Jin said he wanted to manufacture it himself the minister of Domestic Affairs laughed and acknowledged that, then wrote up a grant for the necessary materials.
“Let’s see, now that it’s come to this should I be getting serious?”
“Basically the frame will be of Light Silver, and the contact surfaces will be coated with Adamantite. Horse golems will do the pulling.””
“Wheels also made out of Light Silver, with Adamantite ball bearings.”
“Now, what to do about this?”
Originally, he planned to establish a Warp Gate to Hourai Island somewhere so that he could at least have important materials brought to him.
And then Jin decided to bring materials from Hourai Island.
And so, first he built a temporary cabin. This would have served its purpose after finishing the carriage proper, so he built it unseriously.
Fortunately he had Reiko with her small body do most of the heavy work, and he could alternate between applying [Fusion] and [Joint] to the materials.
About an hour later the temporary cabin and the Warp Gate was complete.
“In that case, see you later, Father.”
With those words Reiko warped to Hourai Island.
Today, Reinhardt and Elsa had been invited by Reinhardt’s acquaintance for a visit, and similarly Earl Kuzuma and Beana were invited by the Earl’s friend for a visit. Both Reinhardt and the Earl asked Jin to come with them, however, Jin said he wanted to build the carriage and so he was left behind by himself.
Until the materials were gathered Jin decided to review the details of the carriage.
He thought of something admirable, but even from the current state anyone could foresee that the end result would not turn out restrained, however, there was no one there who could point this out to him.
He added trailing arms that had a long stroke to both the front and rear, with the axle serving the purpose of the so-called torsion bar.
“Now what to do about the damper. Building an oil damper would just be foolish, right. I guess using some viscoelastic material as the damper’s spring would be fine.”
“Father, I’m back.”
“In that case I will have the materials carried in at once.
“This is Reiko, Topaz-2, send out the materials.”
Surely waiting on the other side of the Warp Gate, a few seconds after Topaz-2’s reply,
From the Warp Gate, ingots of Light Silver warped in. Reiko took them and put them next to Jin.
Reiko issuing orders through the [ManaCom] with Topaz-2 following them and sending in materials. In a flash a heap of materials had piled up.
“Alright, stop for now. If it turns out to still not enough I’ll tell you.”
Reiko gave a command, and the flow of materials temporarily ceased.
Jin faced the material pile while thinking about such things.
He decided to start from building something with a living room-like atmosphere. He pictured a minivan which six people could ride in.
The frame was all made out of aluminum, the walls, the floor, and on top of their honeycomb structure he added wood, and so it looked as if it was wooden.
“Uhh, now to transfer the Warp Gate.”
He camouflaged it well so that even if someone took a glance, no, even if someone took a good look at it they wouldn’t notice what’s being concealed.
He added windows that weren’t glass but muscovite, and installed frames that could open and close. He also prepared a skylight on the roof that could be used to opened to look outside or use as ventilation.
The body frame was increasingly complete.
Considering how it was going to run over bad roads, having wheels with a large diameter was good, but too large and it would affect the overall height, so made them 60 centimeters in diameter.
“I think it’d be better if the stroke was on the larger side?”
“I’ve got it, I’ve got it!”
“A golem’s arm…”
That is to say, when an external force was applied to them they would retract and take away the force, and if the external force disappeared they would speedily return to their original position.
And so, using Magical Muscles on reinforced Light Silver as the skeleton, after all the four wheels got independent suspension.
He covered the exterior with Light Silver, so from its appearance there was no way anyone could imagine how the internal construction was.
Furthermore, Jin added a reclining function to the seats starting with the coachman’s seat.
Then, he made headlights using the [Light] magic, and a ventilation system using the [Breeze] magic.
Even more, he added [Heat] and [Cooling] and the equipment turned out to become an air-conditioner.
To finish up, he made the horse that would pull it. That is to say, a horse golem.
He thought something like that, and you could almost hear someone complain “haven’t you heard of the idiom ‘six of one, half a dozen of the other’!?”
As he had built many horse golems already, he finished one in a short time. Then,
A voice like that could be heard.
“I, wanted, to, be, the, first, one, to, see, the, carriage, Jin, kun, built.”
“Is, this, Jin-kun, ‘s, carriage?”
“Mm.”
“I thought so. Well, you can drink this if you want.”
“Thank, you.”
“Ohhh.”
“The carriage Jin-kun built. I want to ride it. Can I?”
“Alright, there’ll be a test run after this, so if you want you can.”
Jin said, and hurried back to work to finish the last adjustments.
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