As soon as I realized the situation Garnett was in, I grabbed Helle's chest and shook her violently.

'You!　What the hell are you doing?!
Please calm down. I understand that this gentleman is your companion.

　However, Helle doesn't change her color and keeps a perfectly calm demeanor.

"The casting does not reflect our intentions, except that the customer himself is playing the role of that person. Everything is at your pleasure.
'Don't say things that don't make sense!
The customer's perceptions of other people are compared to the attributes of the people and objects reproduced in this world, and the roles with the highest similarity are automatically assigned to the characters ...... This is a simple mechanism.
......!

　I let go of my hand to push Helle away.

　I couldn't put much force into it because my body was still back to that of a boy, but it was still enough to make Helu's slender body stagger.

　Erica became the closest store clerk.

　Alexia became an apprentice to a mechanical engineer.

　Noir became a wizard with whom she was to fight a great battle.

　And Hild became an elf investigating the technology of an ancient magical civilization.

　It didn't completely reflect my perception of the situation, perhaps because it was just a coincidental application of something that was close enough, but it certainly fit in with the general framework.

'...... I get the logic. Now get Garnett out of here!
''It's still too early. At this stage of her life ...... Sigyn is not in a condition to withstand the external environment. Right now, she is simply sleeping until her body is at its full capacity.
d*mn it. ......!

　I swore and slammed my fist into my palm.

''This reenactment is like being shown a dream. There's no harm to their bodies and minds. As the scene progresses, they'll be able to meet each other with no problem.''

　Alfazul also told me to calm down from inside my consciousness, but there was no way I was going to be able to calm down with a clean break.

''I know, I know that. It's not a theory.)
...... That's right. In other words, Loki also had a reasonably inseparable feeling for Sigyn and his ilk: ......'
' (If he's right, he must be. d*mn, I didn't know this was going to happen. ......!")

　Alfazul seems to have some thoughts, but he doesn't have the time to consider those feelings right now.

　Anyway, he was intent on moving the scene forward and urged Helu to continue explaining, and continued to stare at the garnet floating in liquid, illuminated by the bright greenery.

''Then, as a refresher,''

　Hel straightened the chest of his clothes and returned the conversation to the subject at hand.

'In the first battle scene, I believe we obtained an unidentified piece of metal. That was a metal with a high concentration of magical power that was affecting the small animals around it, turning them into demons. ...... I believe that's what you reported at the time.
Did you report a lie?
'No, sir. No, he really thought so at the time. But after discovering Sigyn in the second battle scene and studying him for what he really was, it turned out that this was not the case.

　Hel operated the switch and one of the glass containers that lined the wall loomed forward.

　Inside the container, the example metal pieces - were piled up in a number of folds.

''That piece of metal was not an object imbued with magical power, but an object generated by the condensation of magical power. What is contained in that container over there is a duplicate product that was generated experimentally by that person.
"Magical power condenses, substance ......?
'Yes. The most important aspect of this discovery is that it was able to create matter through magic.
The ...... medallion is used as the nucleus of the ...... medallion, just as the body of a magical beast is generated.

　The characteristic of a demonic beast that as long as it has a core medallion and an enormous amount of magical power, it can regenerate its body as much as it wants.

　Apparently, the first battle was the moment when they discovered what could be called the principle of the medallion.

　However, Hel says that the reason why this fact came to light was because they studied the girl they call Sigyn.

　What kind of relationship could there be between the two?　

The person who studied Sigyn found that she did not belong to any existing race, but rather was very much like herself. This is not a literary expression, but rather a structural resemblance to a living organism.

　Hel looks up at Sigyn in her garnet form, her eyes laced with love and nostalgia.

　Perhaps he is thinking back to Loki, who is not here through her, rather than his feelings for Sigyn herself.

'(Similar to Loki ...... finally found a kindred spirit?　(But the situation we found Garnett in is ......)

　A man named Loki, who had no idea where he came from and was lonely and uncomprehending to others.

　If he was able to meet his own people, it would surely be a joyous occasion.

　But Sigyn appeared in front of us in a way that could never be said to be straightforward.

''He didn't reveal the truth to the Wild Hunters, but simply continued his secret research, and that gentleman arrived at a single hypothesis.

　A thin white hand strokes the surface of the large container.

''We are naturally occurring life forms. Just as the accumulation of high concentrations of magical power created matter, we are beings that arose from the accumulation of vast amounts of magical power. ...... That gentleman thought so.
'Wait for ......!　That's no amount of money: ......!
'Do you think it's ridiculous?　Of course, it's only a theory. It would have taken His Majesty's life before we could be sure of that.

　Hel tilted her head this way, a sad smile on her pale face with only the left half exposed.

　It's only a hypothesis - a magic spell that affirms the existence of a wild idea.

　However, if this hypothesis was truly correct, it could also explain how Loki was different from any existing species.

　Besides, if you only look at the process of creating a living creature's body through magic power, the process of creating a magical beast from a medallion is not that different.

　If that's the case, or if it's really--?

The man worked his way through the ranks to prove his hypothesis, creating the medallion as a by-product. But you can check out ......

　Just as Hel was about to say something, another gray sandstorm blocked my view.

　I don't even feel surprised anymore when I get to this point.

　I called out to my inner Alphasul, hoping that the next time the sandstorm cleared, a waking Garnet would be next to me.

'(Did I hear a satisfactory story?)　As far as I'm concerned, that's a bit of a stretch (......).