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The Idyll of Albion (3) "To the esteemed Investigative Department of Aser Company" "My name is Cyrus Merchant, and I have operated the directly managed retail store of Aser Company in the city of Parisa for 15 years. Parisa is located in the central region of the Pintos Mountains, at a high altitude and in an area with inconvenient transportation. It is the capital of the Kishion estate and is also the site of the Northeastern Defense Army’s camp. The soil and climate of the estate are…
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The Place of Friendship (1) Kleio was dragged into endless sleep. It felt as if his mind had overloaded from taking in too much information he couldn’t understand all at once. As night and day alternated without order, 'Jeongjin' saw his mother in a dream. She warned him to dress warmly because it would rain, just as she had in the previous world. His mother was especially good at predicting the weather. There was no need for forecasts. The fishing village people liked her, but kept a…
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The Tristain Knight Order (2) The Tristain duke’s manor was a fortress built atop a mountain cliff. The base and walls of the castle were carved directly out of solid rock. Turrets stood at each corner of the walls, and above them rose spires and watchtowers. Among them, the main keep’s tower, towering as if looking down from above, was particularly imposing. ‘Truly, a natural fortress. They say it held off a horde of monsters a thousand years ago… It’s no wonder such legends exist. To…
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Although it was only for a short time, the atmosphere of the Tristain Order of Knights was free, and the hierarchy also seemed quite relaxed. Being at Albion’s northernmost edge, far from the capital, most of the knights were locally trained. Those conditions fostered close bonds among the members, creating a unique spirit in the Tristain Order. ‘Of course, vague resentment from regular knights who don’t know the political situation well can be dispelled by spending time together, but a…
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Amphitheater (1) "You’re acting like you’re totally in love. Huh? Even a single word feels too precious to say, right?" "I let it slide last time because I was distracted, but where did you learn such baseless, wild accusations? You’re quite the expert." "Baseless? This is the result of careful observation, you know? I’ve suspected for a while, but I think you’re into older women. You might have a shot with Lady Dione since you’re five years apart, but with Archbishop Historia the age…
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Place of Friendship (3) Feeling like he was the only one who didn’t understand what was going on, Cleio quietly asked Isiel, who was a seat away. "Gilad Eclipse?" "…Last year, he was the student who left that strange magical formula in a remote corner—the one I wrongly suspected was your doing, Cleio. I’m sorry for accusing you so abruptly back then." Isiel’s earlobes turned faintly red. He seemed to regret having pressured Cleio, thinking he was up to some scheme. Cleio also felt a…
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Against the Darkness (1) The snow stopped in the afternoon. Instead of running outside, the vice-captain and the knights gathered in the drawing room. Bakura, the old man, was standing by the window, and everyone was listening to his words. He wet his fingertip with saliva, stuck it out the window and waved it around for a while, then picked up a snowflake piled on the storm window, and finally nodded. "It won’t snow for at least a week now. Go clear the snow." "Thank you, sir." "Well,…
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He stopped in front of the collapsed Arthur and Kleio. The two boys looked like castaways stranded in the cold. Arthur had tried to save his precious companion Kleio, and Kleio in turn wished for the world Arthur sustained to be safe. "Having someone you would save even at the cost of your own life makes a person both strong and weak." The crown prince bent slightly toward the boys, as if examining something strange. "You completed the double-cast perfectly, so I owe you an answer." Even as…
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The format of the message announcing the details of the 'Unique Skill' was familiar, but the content was quite different. What happened afterward was even more so. Bracing himself for the distortion that never became easier no matter how many times he experienced it, Kleio hunched his body. But the collapse and reconstitution of the world did not occur. Instead, the surroundings flickered once, as if a page had turned. Dong—dong— The bell for two o'clock rang. 'Time hasn't been turned…
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Tristain Order of Knights (3) Just because one was caught didn't mean they couldn't make excuses, of course. "Uh, well… it's a bit hard to say. Right before I came here, my brother stopped by the capital, you know? At that time, I happened to see some documents from the investigation department of his company that he brought. If this gets out, my brother will probably hate it, so please just pretend you don't know anything." They were the kind of Aser family members who didn't usually keep in…
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North of the Mountain Range (1) Kleio just smiled. As long as there was no proven way to discern souls, until then, he was Gideon Asser’s second son. “It’s surprising to have my very existence as your younger brother denied just because of some memory issues. As you say, I am Father’s child and your brother.” “Younger brother, you say. Do you even consider me family by blood? You don’t remember anything about me. Yet you brazenly swept through the Capital Merchants’ Guild’s…
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Once Taetherton received confirmation that magic would be used, he loosened his grip. Kleio took a deep breath, having held it in case the blade pierced his throat. Even a dulled blade stung when pressed to bare skin. Taetherton carefully placed the onyx from Phyton, obtained in the earlier fight, onto Melchior’s hand. ‘He sure treats his lord and others with a clear difference in temperature,’ Kleio thought, as he opened his circle. His body and mind sparked with glassy pain. A new…
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Tristain Knight Order (1) Clayeo just blinked. He was so shocked it felt like the alcohol he’d drunk was churning all the way up his esophagus. "But the moment he broke the , a small void appeared within him. Do you believe in something like innate nature, Asser student? I don’t. I’ve seen that a person, as the sum of memory and experience, collapses when they lose their memories." "So you’re saying that purely because he lost his memories, Pierce Klagen became a petty man who changes his…
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Article and Attribution (2) Kleio did not know what triggered Melchior to experience the flood of madness. That was not mentioned in the previous manuscript either. The drop of blood forming at the sharp chin of the crown prince and falling to the floor sounded like a kind of early century. The of the beast was stopped as if burned by Melchior's skill. Neither Arthur nor Taetherton dared to intervene between the clash of that tremendous ether. The outlines of the two trembling and howling…
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Amphitheater (3) Cleio somehow managed not to doze off. It was mostly thanks to Arthur. The conflict between his sibling Antigone, who tried to bury the dead Polynices, and King Creon, who forbade the traitor’s funeral by royal edict, seemed strange to Arthur as well. “Hey, what the heck is this? The sister just wants to bury her dead brother, so why is the king so mad? And what’s with how he acts toward his son’s fiancée?” “That order represents the positive law, the law of…
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Towards a reprint! (3) On Arc Street, downstream on the east bank of the Tempus River, printing, bookbinding, and book finishing businesses were densely clustered together. Cleio, who got off the carriage first, stood by the door and helped Dione get down. Since the alley was narrow and the ground was rutted, Cleio had to focus all her attention on supporting Dione. The street, whose ground was worn into wheel shapes due to the ceaseless passage of carts and carriages, now even felt familiar to…
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Amphitheater (4) “I didn’t know that ‘someday’ would come this quickly.” Cleio slowly turned his head. The boy gazed at Arthur with a face as dry as if he had lived a century. Without surprise or fear. Even when the worst happens, if it was something you expected, it brings a faint sense of release. That kind of relief lingered in Cleio’s demeanor. Though it was happening for the first time in his life, somehow Arthur felt as if he had always known it would come to this. If you…
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Thanks to the magic activated with the magic stone ruby, the rate of ether consumption was slower, so he had not yet lost consciousness. 'Not yet, and today I absolutely can't let go of my senses.' Now both Grendels clung to Arthur. The one whose back had been split charged with its legs and neck cut, but was finally devoured by the magical fire. Beg's sword, enchanted by Kleio's magic, not only burned the beast's mercury but also seemed to draw it in. 'That's the effect of the…
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For an Impermanent Peace (3) “If it is the logic of this world to give and then snatch away, then the logic of this world is wrong for me. You, being the will of God in human form, could never agree with me on that, of course.” Melchior’s tone remained elegant, but beneath it simmered anger. Cleio steadied himself, resisting the urge to leap out the window and flee, and replied, “Though the workings of God I cannot predict have granted me a portion of the truth about this world, such…
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Three Springs (5) Cleio, now experiencing his third spring here, knew all the seasons of Albion. In summer, the sun rose early and did not set until nine o'clock. In winter, night began at three-thirty. Instead of heavy snow or rain, gray weather continued for a long, long time. Messages regarding the degree of narrative intervention surfaced only very occasionally once the cumulative rate exceeded 50%. "Promise" no longer intruded upon Cleio's life as frequently as before. He no longer…
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