Magi Craft Meister

lass resounded from behind the closed doors.

「What the!?!」

The guards were surprised by the sound and opened the door to see in the room and were astonished.

「G-Golem!?」

Two golems were there.
If Jin saw this, he’d notice that they’re the same golems that attacked the tax carriers from Kaina village.

「Fufufu, as long as these guys are around I can’t be caught.
I have no use for this country anymore.」

As he said so, Valentino was already disappearing through the escape hole, the golems rushing after him.

「W-wait!」

One of the guards runs out in pursuit while the other ran in order to report it to the lord.

「What was that?! Valentino has fled!?」

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The lord who heard the report couldn’t believe their ears.
It appeared that a noble’s son with a clear parentage ran away for fear of conviction.

「Hurry up and arrange a search!」

The subordinate followed the instructions, but there were few guards in this town.
One by one they gathered increasing from the original 10 to 20 people.

Even with the resting half, their numbers were not enough to handle two golems.

And then…

「Lord Firentsiano, the visitors from the Shioro Empire, Reinhardt and Elsa, and the championship team “MJR” are here to see you.
They are with the harbor guard as well.」

If it was only Jin and the others, they would have been put off, but when the female lord heard they were with an aristocrat, she ordered to let them through while thinking it was annoying.

Her appearance began to change as she listened to their story.

When Reinhardt cast [Read] on the Control Cores of the golem to display the instructions contents,

「Destroy the ship of team 35 and recover the evidence of the El Dorado transactions that were hidden it it.
The person who gave these orders is… Valentino!」

(ED: Well done Sherlock!)

「The evidence has already been collected, This is it.」

Reinhardt put the evidence on the table.
The complexion of Firentsiano turned pale and confirmed that the crest was one that Valentino used.

「When the story is put together, Valentino seems to have been involved in smuggling.」

A year ago, the El Dorado was meant to be gifted to the Royal Family, but it went missing and was presumably stolen.
The same El Dorado was then found hidden within Marcia’s ship, which was also accompanied by the smuggling contract.

「A carved seal of an ‘E’ is engraved on the evidence.」

The stone’s appearance was written within the contract, and it depicted that all of the stones shared the same ‘E’ marking.

「But, it was often hidden in such a place, wasn’t it?」

The female lord regarded a strange thing, Marcia thought for a little.

「Oh, it must be that then.
A magic craftsman wasn’t found to participate last year, but this year they could so the ship was being remodelled.」

At that time, anyone could approach it since it was stored at a beach and not a dock.

It was a ship with an unusual shape, so it worked well as a marker.

「…There was a report that they pursued a suspicious person.
When they caught up with him and inspected his personal belongings they found nothing.」

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The Marquis said so while looking at the past records.

At that time, Marcia saw Valentino and was gloomily told to “Be his mistress”.
Because it was bothersome, she went to the neighbouring town where her father’s shop was with the catamaran.

Valentino who intended to collect it immediately seemed to have gotten impatient.

「He only found it again when Marcia decided to participate in the competition with the ship that hid the evidence of his smuggling.」

All of the reasons became clear with this.

「When we interrogate Valentino, we’ll also find out the third party responsible that stole and are trading the El Dorado.」

Reinhardt said with a relieved face, but the female lord frowned.

「In fact… some time ago Valentino escaped from custody with the aid of golems.」

「What?!」

「I have to report to the imperial capital and place Valentino on a wanted list.
Reinhardt, could you go with me?」

「Yes, of course.」

Jin and Marcia left at that point.
From then on, there was no place for civilians.

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The next morning, Jin and Marcia bid farewell at the port.

「If you come to town, make sure to visit me, because I will build up [Marcia’s Shipyard] magnificently!」

「Yeah, I’m looking forward to it.
Make a lot of good ships!」

Jin and Marcia shook hands and parted in this way.

＊ ＊

Afterwords:

Other than Valentino, another person was arrested for the smuggling.

One of the guardsmen was hired to set fire to the dock.
They were off duty, but they approached the dock area with free entry by site.

It also came to light that the guard captain committed multiple misdeeds and was also receiving a bribe from Valentino.
He was dismissed and jailed.

The men who were stunned by Reiko when they tried to attack Marcia were caught for another incident in the neighbouring town, but they confessed readily when they considered their other crimes and were interrogated.

Later on, a large number of Death Sea Serpent corpses were found off of Io Island, but there were no witnesses who could be questioned about it.