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"Oh, my God. It's all dark now, Kyle."

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"Oh, the sun is really gone. ....... It's not even night yet. ....... I didn't know that was possible."

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"Yes, the world is full of wonders. I mean, is the moon here a little big, or is it just a matter of distance?　It completely hides the sun, doesn't it?"

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"What's so funny, Brother Ars?"

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"No, it's not that it's strange, but in my mind I thought that the sun's light, which is hidden by the moon, would leak out slightly and form a circle. But since the sun is completely hidden, it's just a little surprising that it's not what I had in mind."

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"Hey, what's that? So it's all good then. You scared me already. ...... Oh, good, you're starting to lighten up a little bit."

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"Really. That's what it's like when the sun goes down. Well, I think it's going to be dim for a while longer."

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　The total solar eclipse predicted by Kili, and the two astronomical events that preceded it, appeared in the sky at the exact dates calculated.

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　Other calendars did not predict it as well, or were off by many days, and many of them did not mention the brightness of the stars.

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　In addition, Kili recalculated various calendars mathematically using the "automatic arithmetic" that Kyle had given him and that he was now able to use.

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　As a result, they have come to the conclusion that the ancient calendar that Kili mentioned is the best.

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　At the very least, if it is possible to calculate the movements of the stars on the scale of hundreds to thousands of years, then it is certainly practical.

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　I have decided to introduce this new calendar.

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　For now, let's make a calendar.

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　The year should be divided into months and days, and the phases of the moon should also be indicated for easy use in daily life.

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　In this way, we can use the full moon, the crescent moon, or the new moon as a guide, and we will not accidentally lose track of what day it is.

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　Then, we should make a clock that can display the time accurately based on the calendar.

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　With such a clock, at least everyone in the Fontana would be able to share the time of day.

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　We should also give a new name to the calendar.

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　The calendars that were used long ago have been left behind in history and are almost forgotten nowadays.

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　Rather than bringing out the old one, why don't we say that we have newly rediscovered it this time?

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　The reason why we succeeded in rediscovering a calendar of which almost no data remained is due solely to the magic of Kyle's [automatic operation].

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　Without it, Kiri would not have been able to make enough calculations to be certain in just a few years.

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"Okay, let's call the new calendar proposed by Kiri the Garoad calendar.

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"The Garud calendar, huh? I wonder if Master Garoad will be surprised when he grows up and finds out that his name is used in the calendar.

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"Pretty good idea, right?　Then it's settled."

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　I thought up the idea mostly on the spur of the moment, and decided to name the calendar after Garoad.

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　I am sure Garod will be happy to have his name on the calendar when he grows up.

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　Considering the fact that he used the name of the sake to show off the previous head of the family, Carlos, it may seem like a pretty big difference in treatment, but that's okay.

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　When Garoad grows up in the future, I feel it will be an excuse to say that I did not mean to belittle him.

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　And that's when I was thinking like that.

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"hmm......,what?"

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"Oh, my God, Ars, it's shaking. The building is shaking!

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"...... No, no. The building is not shaking. This is the ground shaking. It's an earthquake. Kyle, you need to protect your head from getting hit."

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　We were watching the total eclipse of the sun on the terrace of the former castle of Carlos in the town of Fontana when our feet were shaken violently.

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　We didn't know what to expect.

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　But it was an earthquake.

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　Not only the building, but the ground was shaking so much that the desks and other objects in the room had moved around.

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　Then, after the first tremor, another tremor occurred immediately.

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　It was a big tremor, as if it was coming up from below.

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　Is this an earthquake of the direct-under earthquake type?

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"Oh, come on, seriously. You're too weak."

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　For a while, I was holding on to the railing on the terrace to protect Kyle.

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　In my mind, it was just a "pretty big shake," I thought.

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　But that was just my personal feeling.

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　Kyle was standing beside me, hugging me tightly and shaking.

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　That's what I thought.

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　I don't remember any earthquakes since Kyle was born.

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　No, not just that.

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　Maybe even my father and Mr. Maddock, who was older than Kyle, didn't know that there had been an earthquake.

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　Earthquakes were never even heard of around here in the first place.

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　And that meant something else.

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　Earthquakes are rare in this area.

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　Moreover, most of the buildings on such land are brick houses.

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　They are not earthquake-proof, and the buildings made of bricks piled up flat are vulnerable to earthquakes.

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　I saw it with my own eyes.

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　I witnessed with my own eyes how many buildings in the city collapsed, as seen from the terrace of the castle in Fontana.

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