Chapter 5

Magi Craft Meister Volume 9 Chapter 05

09-05 Opened Hostilities

“My Lord, there’s a report from Regulus-2 who was dispatched to Cline Kingdom’s capital . ”
A voice was heard .
“Laojin, huh? That’s something I want to hear directly so please transfer the call here . ”
A bit earlier, Jin had decided to call the intellect overseeing Hourai Island Laojin and his human terminal Laozi to avoid confusion .
Although they were both names that on Earth referred to the same person or more precisely sage, they were effective with preventing confusion .
“This is Regulus-2 . ”
“It’s Jin, what is it?”
“Yes, the neighboring Frantz Kingdom has violated the border of Cline Kingdom . This appears to be the third time this year . ”
“Cline Kingdom, is it?”
The country where Kaina Village where Hannah lived was, and which Lithia was affiliated with .
“Rumor has it that Frantz Kingdom is something like a vassal state of Celuroa Kingdom . ”
“I see . ”
Celuroa Kingdom was also the country most suspected of having ties with the Unifilers .
Jin was reminded of the (still incomplete) map of the world .
Frantz Kingdom and Cline Kingdom were to the north of Celuroa Kingdom .
If Frantz Kingdom was a vassal state and Cline Kingdom was successfully made to submit, Egelia Kingdom and Elias Kingdom would remain .
What aims Celuroa Kingdom had for the easternmost Leonard Kingdom was unknown, but after the remaining two countries Celuroa Kingdom’s original goal of re-establishing the old Dinar Kingdom could be said to have been reached .

“My Lord, there’s a report from Capella-1 who was dispatched to western Cline Kingdom . ”
Capella-1 was the Quinta dispatched to western Cline Kingdom .


“Frantz Kingdom has declared war on Cline Kingdom . ”
“What!?”
Just when he had got the news of the recent border violation, this happened .

“My Lord, there’s a report from Mira-1 who was dispatched to Egelia Kingdom . ”
Mira-1 was the Quinta dispatched to Egelia Kingdom’s capital together with Deneb-1 .
“What is it now? Are you about to tell me that this time Celuroa Kingdom has declared war?”
“Yes, that’s exactly right . ”
“What the!?”
Celuroa Kingdom against Egelia Kingdom, Frantz Kingdom against Cline Kingdom . Right now the bunch of small nations was in an uproar .
“Are Shouro Empire and Elias Kingdom peaceful?”
Loujin replied .
“Yes, it appears that nothing is going on in those countries at present . ”
“Hmm…”
Jin thought . What should he be doing now? Then he remembered to first of all contact his friend Reinhardt who could judge the state of things in a time like this .
“If I’m not mistaken, Reinhardt’s supposed to still be in Dali or somewhere around there . ”
To be precise he was in the town of Jiron on the opposite side of river Azul from Dali . The reason was that he was still occupied by matters regarding the Unifilers Jin had captured .
“How should I go meet him…”
After all, it probably had to be at midnight with the stealth aircraft .
“Alright Laojin, prepare Falcon-1 . Also take care of the Warp Gate tuning . Also the golem horses for travel . ”
“Yes . ”
At that moment Ann made a suggestion .


“Master, I think it’s doubtful having Warp Gates lead directly here to Hourai Island, with the exception of the ones from locations can be completely trusted . ”
“Hm? What do you mean?”
“Nothing is perfect . However unlikely, you must consider that the enemy could come here using a Warp Gate too, and having the Warp Gates’ security broken through is also possible . ”
Ann’s claim was reasonable, and Jin nodded .
“Got it . It’s alright to send people out, but when coming here going through for example Kunlun Island or something would be a good layer of security, is the gist of it, right?”
“Yes, precisely . ”
“In that case…Where would be good?”
It wasn’t possible right away, but Jin was thinking of using the aircraft carrier as a relay base . If something happened, in the worst case it should be alright to just blow it up .
Thinking about it that way, instead of an aircraft carrier just a simple floating island or something seemed like it would do .
And so travel to Hourai Island without direct passage through a relay base –with the exception of times when the other party’s identity could be confirmed using a ManaCom– was included in the plans for the future .

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That evening . Eight in the afternoon on Hourai Island . Reinhardt got in contact as usual .
“Jin, I’ve finally been set free from the annoying explanations and procedures and whatnot . ”
“Sorry for the trouble, Reinhardt . By the way, did you know that war has begun?”
“Yeah . I heard about it some time ago . Celuroa Kingdom declared war on Egelia Kingdom, right?”
“Not only that . Frantz Kingdom has also declared war on Cline Kingdom . ”
“Huuh?”
Reinhardt was surprised . No wonder .
“There’s something I’d like to consult you about, so I wonder if you could come over here?”
“By over there you mean Hourai Island, right? It’d be my pleasure!”
“Alright, I’ll come meet you after this . ”


After the conversation was concluded, Jin warped from Hourai Island to Jiron’s outskirts to the Warp Gate on Falcon-1 which had already arrived there . Accompanying him were Reiko and the SP unit .

“Is that the town of Jiron?”
Falcon-1 landed on the river beach around two kilometers away from Jiron . Jin who had come out of the Warp Gate on board idly stared at the street lights with the night sky as their background .
“Alright Reiko, let’s go meet Reinhardt . ”
“Yes, Father . ”
Jin’s golem horse Koma was on Falcon-1, along with another golem horse .
Jin mounted Koma and Reiko mounted the other horse and they headed for Jiron . Jin was of course wearing the reinforced clothing . The SP unit followed them by running .
Moving like that it took them merely three minutes to get to Jiron . Strangely this was not a walled city, instead a wide canal enclosed the city .
Its width was about 20 meters, not something a normal human could leap over . Also, the moat’s walls were nearly vertical in addition to the drop to the the surface of the water being over five meters high, so even if you used a boat it would be difficult to get on and off it .
Nearly all of the many bridges were drawbridges with had been raised for the night . Only in two spots were the bridges crossable, but they were guarded by sentinels apparently to not let anything suspicious pass .
“Now then, how are we going to get Reinhardt out?”
Jin was pondering it but,
“Father, I shall jump over and bring Reinhardt-san back with me . ”
Reiko proposed .
“Hmm, I wonder if that’ll work . ”
That seemed to be the best option in such a short period of time, so Jin decided to go with it .
“Listen, use a [Barrier] and don’t go anywhere, please . And SP, you protect Father well . ”
“Yes, Sister . ”
Reiko who was prone to worrying looked like she wanted to say something more, but as she was urged on by Jin she at last headed to the town .
First she chose a place where there were no people and jumped over the canal . It was a trivial matter for Reiko .
“Reinhardt-san said he was in an inn called ‘Forest Badger Inn’ . ”
She had also heard its rough location so she soon found it . There Reinhardt was waiting in the entrance hall of the in .
“Reinhardt-san . ”
“Oh, Reiko-chan . Where’s Jin?”
“Father is waiting on the other side of the canal . ”
“Is that so . Well then, let’s go there at once . ”
After a simple exchange, Reinhardt went outside with Reiko . Something was in his somewhat large baggage which he took with him .
They soon arrived at the canal .
“Err, how are we going to cross this from here, I wonder?”
Reiko approached Reinhardt who looked doubtful . She then extended her arms .
“Eh? Uhh, don’t tell me, don’t tell me you’re going to?”
Reinhardt turned somewhat pale . But Reiko looked like she wanted to get it over with as he held Reinhardt in her arms . The scene of 130-centimeter Reiko carrying the 185-centimeter Reinhardt was surreal .
“Let’s go . ”
“Eh, hold–, ah, aaaaaaaahhh!”
While carrying Reinhardt Reiko effortlessly jumped over the 20 meter canal and ran to Jin where Jin was without a pause . While still carrying Reinhardt .
“Father, I’ve brought Reinhardt . ”
Reiko appeared in front of Jin while carrying Reinhardt and said .
“…He– hey there, Jin . ”
“Hey there, Reinhardt . ”
Their reunion was somewhat awkward .

After that Reinhardt got on the golem horse while Reiko rode together with Jin on Koma, and they headed for Falcon-1 . As an aside, Reiko seemed happy to ride together with Jin .
From there they arrived at Hourai Island in an instant using a Warp Gate .