What do you mean, ......?

I don't know. Kane only seems to return to normal when Marc is around.

　This means that Guster, who has the same symptoms, is almost certainly a dead man.
　I don't know how long the paganism has been in power, but at least it started before Gaster was called immortal. On the contrary, in the Kingdoms of Raine and Lumotia, it may be considered to be growing in strength in a very deep way.

I've seen a man in Lemotia with the same symptoms as this Kane guy. At the time, I only thought he was crazy, but it seems that paganism has penetrated deeper than I imagined.

"We can't have more of these monsters. So, are we going to find a way to bury this dead man?

I'm sure we can figure it out with a little research.

"Oh, well, that's good to know.

　The Knight Commander grabbed me by both shoulders and squeezed me tightly.

......, but on one condition. I would like to examine this man Kane.

That's fine with me.　If you don't, you'll never know.

　The knight-errant looked at me as if he didn't understand my question.

...... I'd like us to be alone in the tent. It can get a little rough.

　The knight captain frowned for a moment, but quickly put it back and looked at the two knights behind him.
　I thought he was going to refuse my proposal, but it seems he is going to accept it.
　That's how much they want information about the dead.
　It means that the situation is worse than we thought.

"Caine is important evidence. If you promise not to bury him where we can't find him.

I promise you that.

　The captain led the two knights out of the tent and finally grabbed Mouradji by the scruff of the neck and walked out.
　The four of us and Kane were the only ones left in the tent, but to be honest, we needed Celetia and Neya to leave as well. But I don't see any sign of Celestia leaving.

What are we going to do now?

---- Well, ......," I said, pretending to think for a moment, and then lowering my voice, "I could break your arm, amputate it, or do any number of other things. The moment I said that.

　The moment I said that, the blood drained from Celestia's face.

"Oh, I'm fine with that.

---- Oops, I should have finally pulled her brain out and minced it.

　I'm not sure what to do, but I'm sure I'll be able to do it.

I'm not sure what to do, but I'm not sure what to do. I'm not sure what I did wrong," he said, pressing his forehead.

Yeah, well, we need to keep an eye on her, don't we?

That's it. Neyer, take care of Celestia.

Yes, ma'am.

　Celestia was supported by Neya as she made her way to the entrance of the tent. But her feet stop at the entrance. Then her face turned to Pheuel, who stood beside me.

I think you should leave, too.

"...... I'm sorry, but Pheuel has to stay. I'm sorry, but I'm going to need your help with the magic.

"Yeah, okay. ...... Let's go, Neya.

　Celestia has a complicated expression on her face, but she leaves the tent without saying a word.
　I'm sure you understand that with your current power, you're nowhere near Pheuel.
　I hope this will help you put more effort into your magical training.

　It's been a while since I've been alone with Pheuel, even with Kane in front of me. But even so, she'll never show her old self. I won't show it.

"Do you know if you can nullify all attributes?

"No, I can use wind spells.

　I knew I couldn't use it, but I was struggling to hide my surprise at the unexpected answer.
　A single attribute nullification spell is one of the most difficult first-class spells to cast. Fiel must not have mastered it yet, and I remembered that I had told him to do so a long time ago. I almost patted her on the head, thinking that she had worked hard to learn it over the past seventeen years.

Okay, then we'll wait there.

　The Kane in front of me is still motionless, still in chains, still drooping.
　I tried to check his pulse to see if what the Commander had said was true, but I couldn't feel anything, so I decided to try cutting off his finger.

I decided to cut off my finger to see if I could feel anything. "If it's too tight, you don't have to look.

　Feeel's brow furrowed, but he only shook his head lightly and did not stop watching the action. He had no choice but to cut off his finger in front of Phiel.

"Unlike before, you have no reaction to pain?

　The Knight Commander was right, it had no pulse and was definitely not alive.
　Furthermore, just as the ego is sometimes present and sometimes absent, the reaction to pain is completely different. It's reasonable to think that something is triggering the magic.

　That man is Marc.
　In Guster's case, it's that squire.
　I don't know about the squire, but this knight Marc is not an enemy, and he can't be an ally of the dead. But if you think about it as an opportunity, the only thing they have in common is that they know the dead man.

　The cross-section of the cut off finger shows normal flesh and bone, but no blood, and the cut off fingertip is twitching and trying to return to the body.

If you're looking at the nature of this thing, there's no doubt in my mind that it will be dismantled by magic that nullifies all attributes. The problem is which attribute will dismantle it, and the fact that it's moving with its own mind.

　Finding out the attribute would be the answer to the Knight Commander, but there is no one in the Kingdom of Cassandra who can use All Attribute Disabling Magic. But there is no one in the Kingdom of Cassandra who can use all-attribute invulnerability magic, and I can't even tell you that I used all-attribute invulnerability magic here to check.

Mr. Walth," Fiehl said, keeping his eyes on Kane's face.



Is there something you've noticed?

Does this person and the Thousand Horsemen of the Kingdom of Lumotia really have an ego ......?

　Fiel's words shook my brain.
　It was a shock to suddenly be confronted with an option he hadn't considered at all.
　In Feeel's eyes, it was as if Kane had no ego.
　As elves are close to spirits, they are more sensitive to the subtleties of the mind than others. Perhaps that is why this question came to mind.

"Could it be that I don't have an ego?

It would be unnatural for him to have an ego, and above all, looking at this Kane person, he looks more like a vessel than a dead man.

"...... vessel?

　If you don't have an ego, why is it that you only activate something that looks like an ego when you are in the presence of someone you know?
　If it is not the ego, but something that looks like the ego, ...... the only thing that can be considered is the memory of that person.

　However, if it possesses memories, there is no point in triggering it conditionally. If it can only be triggered under those conditions, then there must be a good reason. For example, you could read the person's memories about you, and always get an answer that is not unnatural. However, as far as I know, there is no magic that can capture memories, and it is very similar to the one used in reincarnation magic.

　I thought that maybe Ars was just like this dead guy, but I soon realized the contradiction. According to Fiehl's story, his personality had been changed, and the conditions were different from those of the Kane in front of him.

Anyway, now I have to prepare a story that I can explain to the Order Commander.

　It's a good idea to think about the magic attributes that make up Kane's body, and the attributes that have users in the Kingdom of Cassandra. It may be a composite magic, but if you disable one of them, it will collapse. Among them, dark magic is the most likely, but I don't think there are any users of special dark magic. In that case, the most likely candidates are non-attribute, water, or earth.

Water is the best.

　When I put the tip of my cut off finger on my palm and cast a spell to disable the water attribute, it reacted unexpectedly.

"...... liquid metal?

　The tip of the finger trembled in response to the invalidation spell and changed its shape from a piece of flesh to a silvery liquid.
　There was no such magic in my knowledge.
　The only thing I can think of is alchemy, but the alchemy I know is inorganic to inorganic, I don't remember any transformation to organic.
　However, Phiel's reaction to seeing this was different.
"...... alchemy magic ......

　That was the moment when Fiehl mentioned a magic I didn't know.