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"So, help me, Graemon."

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"...... Lord Ars, my name is not Graemon."

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Sorry, sorry. I'm sorry... but we have to build a new castle. I thought it would be best to ask Gran to do the building.

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"Oh, you think so highly of me, that you do, Mr. Ars. I am very impressed, that I am.

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"That's because I couldn't ask anyone else to do it but you."

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"...... anyone but me?　Why is that?　I am not the only one with architectural knowledge."

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"Of course there are people with building skills. But the castle I want to build can't be done by anyone else. After all, I want to build an unusual castle that can compete with the prestige of a large church worthy of an archbishop.

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"As I recall, the stained-glass windows made by Mister Ars will be used in the large church as well, right?　It must be quite a challenge to make a castle that can compete with that, that you have an idea?

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"Yeah, I'm thinking of building a clock tower."

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"A clock tower, that it is?"

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Yes. There is already a castle in Barca with the same stained-glass windows. If we try to make a difference with something similar, the only thing we can do is change the size of it. So, we have to find another way to make a difference. That's why I'm thinking of putting a big clock tower in the castle.

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"I see. So that's why you came to me, is it?

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Yes, that's right. Gran was just telling me about the progress he's been making on the watchmaking project. Can you make an accurate clock using crystals and magical steel?

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　A new castle to be built in the city of Fontana.

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　This castle must not be outdone, at least not by the great church, which is also to be built.

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　However, the available land is limited compared to the church, which is to be built on a newly expanded site with a new city wall.

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　We will have to use our skill to build a castle, but it will not be enough.

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　I want to make a castle that will amaze everyone.

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　To achieve this, I thought of using a clock.

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　How about building a huge clock tower in the castle so that anyone who lives in the town of Fontana can see the time?

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　Maybe we could even ring a bell to tell the time.

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　With such an image in my mind, I approached Gran, the only one who could implement this idea.

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　I asked Gran to make a clock with a mysterious substance called "magic steel" that I had obtained during the winter.

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　It would be a clock that ticked the time as accurately as a quartz clock, using quartz and electricity.

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　However, as difficult as this technology is, you may not insist on quartz clocks.

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　I was thinking that a spring-operated watch would be fine, as long as it has a certain degree of accuracy.

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　However, before I could make such a compromise proposal, Gran had already reported to me.

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　He said that he had come to a decision on the design of a clock using crystal and magical steel.

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　...... Is this true?

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　I know it's not right to say this after having commissioned the project myself, but I thought the quartz watch was a bit too reckless.

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　I had been thinking that it would be impossible for even GRAND to make such a high-performance watch in such a short period of time.

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"Hmph. You must not underestimate me, that you must not underestimate me, Mr. Ars.

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"But you haven't made the real thing yet, have you?　Can you really make it?"

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"Of course, that I do. I have done a lot of research since then, that I have. And I have finally found it, that I have. There is one more material that is necessary to make the watch that Mr. Ars requested.

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"Another material?　Well, I remember you said you were going to study how the magic steel was moved by mud as a mud puppet. Did you make any interesting discoveries in that connection?

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"...... could not move an object using magic steel, that it could not."

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"Oh, I see. It would have been interesting if we could have done that.

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"I would have liked to realize that, that I would have liked to realize that. But it was impossible. So I decided to look for something else to use, that I could.

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"Other materials. I wonder. Was there any unusual material that could be used for watchmaking?"

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"It was the vibration that triggered it, that it was, Master Ars. The electricity emitted from the magic steel is passed through the crystal to produce fine and regular vibrations, that it is how to utilize it to move the hands of a clock. We solved this problem by using a material that has the phenomenon of co-vibration, that we did.

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"Resonance phenomenon?　What's that?"

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I am surprised to hear that, that I am. They are the horns of the Valkyrie, that they are, Master Ars. The horns on the Valkyrie's head have unusual properties, that they do. When a vibrating crystal touches the horn of the Valkyrie, which is made into the exact same shape, the vibration is transmitted to another horn made into the same shape, which is not in contact with the crystal, that it should not be. I call this the phenomenon of co-vibration, that I call it.

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　What's that?

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　I wonder if the Valkyrie horns I hatched from the egg of the messenger beast had such a strange characteristic.

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　...... Well, maybe it's not surprising.

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　Because Valkyries are born with a unique magic called [Sharing].

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　Thanks to this [sharing], not only the first Valkyrie I named can use the magic of Fontana and Valka, but also the whole flock shares the magic power.

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　It is not surprising that there is such a phenomenon as resonance.

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　Gran discovered this phenomenon and decided to apply it to watch making.

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　Simply put, he used magic steel to generate electricity and passed the electricity through a crystal.

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　The crystal then vibrates regularly.

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　The horns of the Valkyrie are then placed so that they touch the vibrating crystal.

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　The Valkyrie horn that senses the vibration of the crystal vibrates another horn that is processed in the same shape by the phenomenon of co-vibration.

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　This happens surprisingly even when they are separated by a distance.

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　This vibration is used to turn the gears of a watch component.

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　The key is to shape the horns to be used as parts in such a way that the vibration efficiently turns the gears.

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　The technique of machining the horns into a special shape is said to be necessary in order to control the vibration so that the horns can be used to power the clock.

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　At this point, however, this process is in its final stage of completion.

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　Now all I need to do is to actually move the gears and the hands of the clock, and I can make what I've requested.

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　No, no.

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　Gran will make a better clock than I've asked for.

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　Because the phenomenon of resonance is not a one-to-one relationship.

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　As long as they're all shaped the same way, multiple horns can receive the vibrations of the crystal.

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　This means that the horns will move in perfect unison.

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　It is even possible to build a device that turns the gears at the same moment without a single moment of deviation.

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　Thus, Gran has created a technology beyond my expectations.

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　A new castle with a clock tower that completely controls all the clocks.

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　Using the revolutionary technology that Gran had brought about, the new castle was to be built as the "castle that rules time" that had never existed before.

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