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"Ogya, ogya!"

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　On the day I returned to Vulcania with Leon, a new life was born in this land.

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　A child was born to me and Lilina, a child who would undoubtedly carry on the magic of Barca.

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　If I should suddenly lose my life like Carlos, I will be able to leave the magic to Barca.

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"Thank you, Lilina! Thank you for giving birth to our child safely.

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I'm sorry, Mr. Ars. I'm so sorry, Mr. Ars. I'm ......"

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I'm fine. You just get some rest."

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　Lilina has been in labor for quite some time now.

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　She said it had been a long time since her water broke and she was ready to give birth.

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　It was forbidden for me and Rion to be there, and the birth attendants, Clarice and others watched the birth.

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　And then the baby was born.

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　Both mother and child are healthy.

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　Above all, a boy was born who would inherit the magic of Barca.

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　A few moments after I heard a loud cry, I entered the room and saw him, and I felt an indescribable, yet fulfilling feeling in my heart.

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　But the faces of everyone else were gloomy.

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　They could have celebrated the birth of my child more.

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　I thought so, but it seemed that even Lilina, who had given birth to my baby with pain in her belly, felt differently from me.

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　All the time she is lying on the bed apologizing to me.

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"...... twins?"

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"Yes, it is. Healthy baby twins. ...... Is it customary for knight children to have twins or something like that, Leon?"

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"Yes. It wouldn't be considered a good thing."

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"Why not?　Is it said that twins are weaker or something, and that it's not good for them?"

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"...... Master Ars doesn't seem to have much aversion to twins, does he?"

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"No. At best, I'm only concerned about whether or not they are identical twins.

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"Ars-sama, with all due respect, you should be more aware of your status as a knight and have a little common sense. Ars-sama is the head of the Barka Knight Domain and an important person who must pass on the magic of Barka to future generations.

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"Magic, huh? ...... So you're saying that twins are a problem because of the succession?"

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"That's right. In particular, the future of the magical inheritance of Barca, which is as influential as the nobility, has a great deal to do with the future. Even if it were not for that, the mere mention of twins reminds many people of tyrants.

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　Apparently, twins are not very welcome in this world.

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　For me, I wonder why they care so much.

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　But the history of this country had a lot to do with it.

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　Originally, the magic of the nobility has been passed on to the descendants by the head of the family, who has been having children with his or her spouse through a church ceremony called the rite of inheritance.

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　If a child is born to the heir who has performed the rite of succession, and if the child is a boy, he or she is granted the right of magical succession.

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　The order of succession is based on the order of birth, and when the head of the family dies, the highest in the order of succession automatically inherits the magic and the magic path.

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　As an exception, it is possible to inherit magic from the head of the family by name before his/her death, regardless of the order of succession.

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　However, in the case of twins, it is not known which of the twins has the higher inheritance rights.

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　It seems that it is not simply the one who came out of the mother's body earlier, and there are records that the one who came out later inherited magic.

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　This is quite a problem for the aristocrats.

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　Normally, the person who has the higher right of inheritance is the head of the family and is to be educated, but if it is not known which one of the twins is the head of the family, it causes inconvenience.

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　For this reason, it has been considered undesirable to have twins since ancient times.

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　However, the reason why twins have come to be called "abominable children" is because of the existence of a tyrant king.

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　The tyrant Nero is said to be a foolish king who once led this country to collapse.

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　Upon ascending the throne, Nero purged some of the nobles who disobeyed him.

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　Many nobles and knights who disagreed with him defected from the king, weakening him to the point where he could no longer use the great magic of the royal family.

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　Until then, the country had been united despite its many problems, but this was the decisive factor that led to the country's virtual collapse and the beginning of an era of warfare in which the various regions were maintained solely by their own power.

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　Why was Nero called a tyrant?

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　No doubt it was because he purged the nobles.

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　But why did he do it?

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　It was because Nero was a twin.

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　Nero had a twin brother.

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　At the time, everyone thought that Nero's brother was the heir to the throne.

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　And apparently Nero himself was aware of this.

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　From childhood, he was raised with the expectation that his older brother would be the heir to the throne, but Nero was not.

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　His younger siblings were older, and when the king died, everyone thought that Nero's older brother was fit to be king, both in name and in deed.

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　But they were wrong.

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　It was Nero who succeeded to the throne.

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　Naturally, there was much wrangling over the succession.

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　It is said that it was not only the royal family that got into trouble, but also the nobles around them.

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　Well, that may be so.

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　Normally, before becoming a king, one would lay down the groundwork and consolidate vested interests and so on.

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　However, Nero unexpectedly became king, and the nobles who were close to his brother lost their influence over the royal family, while the nobles who had close relations with Nero came close to the supreme power.

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　As a result, Nero's politics did not go well at all.

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　In addition to the fierce power struggles among the nobles, there was even an assassination attempt on Nero by a radicalized aristocrat.

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　Nero, having reached the end of his patience, decided to use force.

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　It was a purge.

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　It is important to note here, however, that Nero's brother is still alive.

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　Nero did not take the throne because his brother died.

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　What happens if Nero dies?

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　In fact, his brother's succession is still alive.

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　So if Nero and all his children who are in the line of succession are killed, the throne will revert to Nero's brother.

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　Yes, war.

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　And so the royal family plunges headlong into civil war.

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　A great war that divided the nobles and knights into two camps.

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　And so the royal family lost power.

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　Despite everything, Nero, who had caused the defection of the nobles, was unable to exercise his great royal magic and brought down the authority of the royal family.

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"But wasn't the problem that Nero was a hermaphrodite rather than that he was a twin?　I've heard that people thought Nero was a woman."

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"I am not saying that there is no such record, but I don't know if it is true or not. But I can say with certainty that Nero was a twin, that's all.

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　Now we don't know what is true or not anymore.

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　Anyway, Nero is regarded as a tyrant by virtue of the fact that he brought down the country.

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　Well, that may be historically inevitable.

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　After all, the current history is told by the aristocrats who became independent from the royal family.

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　If we do not say that Nero, the king, had a problem, it may be asked whether the nobles who broke away from the royal family had a problem themselves.

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　However, an interesting description has been found in the book.

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　According to the book, Nero was a woman in appearance.

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　The twins born into the royal family were brother and sister, and no one would have expected that the younger Nero would succeed to the throne.

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　The book also said, false or true, that Nero had the features of both men and women in his body.

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　Whether this is true or not is a story I cannot confirm at this time.

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"Well, anyway, now it's about the twins. I have to make sure they both grow up safely."

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　Thus, the tumultuous birth somehow ended without incident.

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　I looked at the two babies, wrinkled and crying desperately, and thought about the future.

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