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　When I first saw him, he was younger than he is now.

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　The Fontana family, the northernmost noble family.

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　The Fontana family, the northernmost noble family.

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　Ars Barca.

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　The Dorien royal family is a family that has inherited the lineage of Dogma Dorien, the great founder and the original king, from generation to generation.

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　The Dorien royal family has faced many stormy seas in its long history and is no longer as powerful as it once was.

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　The Doren royal family had been allied with the aristocratic families that had risen to the hegemony of the aristocracy, and had exerted their influence on the aristocratic society by showing their authority.

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　And there was the House of Grated as a noble family that continued to serve the King of Dorren.

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　Live in service to the King.

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　This is the mission of House Grated.

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　It was the duty of me, the head of the House of Grated, to carry it out at all costs.

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　This is what I was taught from my childhood and this is what I have done.

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　That is why we went to Fontana to protect the king during the turmoil that followed the defeat of the former hegemony of the Risortes by the League of Three Noble Houses.

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　As expected, the Fontana territory located in the north was much colder, and those of us who were born and raised in the royal city were physically challenged.

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　However, Fontana itself was a very lively place.

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　Crops were plentiful, people had smiles on their faces, and the place was bustling with activity.

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　In particular, the roads that were built throughout the territory made transportation much easier than in other noble domains, and the merchants seemed to be very active.

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　And I should not be surprised that the man who contributed to the development of the territory was a peasant boy who had only become a knight a few years before.

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　However, I did not have a chance to talk to the boy knight at that time.

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　I was told that it was the wish of Carlos de Fontana, the head of the Fontana family.

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　He said that he would do anything to get close to him.

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　I remember that when the king asked him how he could have such a man in his pocket, he said it was because he needed him now.

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　On my way back to the capital from Fontana, a great incident occurred that I will never forget.

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　The assassination of King Dorren, an unprecedented event.

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　This was the greatest blunder of all for me.

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　Why couldn't I save him then?

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　Save the king.

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　That was my mission. It was such a great failure to do so.

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　And for that I returned to King's Landing and was held accountable.

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　Although the royal house of Doren has declined, there is no doubt that it still has a great deal of influence.

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　In the capital region, a number of noble families are trying to get close to the king and to get into a position where they can manipulate his power.

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　Even the prestigious House of Grated may be kicked out.

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　And it was becoming a reality.

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　I had failed to protect the king, and I was reduced to a position in the king's entourage and given a quieter post.

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　I could not go on like this.

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　The House of Grated must not fall in my generation.

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　I must do something to make up for this.

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　I thought so, but perhaps I was already too old to keep up with the times.

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　The world has changed so much in just a few years since then.

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　The Fontana family, to which I had once belonged, became independent from the Doren royal family and took on the name of a new royal family.

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　The Kingdom of Fontana was established, and even the Risorte family, once the dominant aristocracy, followed suit, calling themselves kings.

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　This was an impossible situation.

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　There was only one king, King Dorren.

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　This has been true throughout history and will remain true in the future.

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　Everyone in the metropolitan area would have thought so.

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　Therefore, I also think that the judgment of the leaders at that time, when they ordered the nobles to defeat Fontana, was not wrong.

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　However, it may be that they were facing the wrong opponent.

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　The army of the Noble Confederacy, which aimed at Fontana with overwhelming numbers, collapsed without even being able to enter the territory of Fontana.

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　It was the boy knight who did it.

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　It was hard to believe, but it is true.

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　Although he came from a peasant background, he united the other nobles and knights under the leadership of the young head of the House of Fontana, Lord Garrod, and defeated the army of the Confederation of Nobles.

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　At the time, I had no idea that this would lead directly to the devastation of the royal city area.

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　Memento's army, which was supposed to have led the army of the United Noblemen, went out of control and marched toward the capital while attacking various places, and not only that, they attacked the capital.

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　This is impossible.

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　What on earth were they thinking?

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　But there was nothing anyone in the city could do to prevent it.

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　Rather, it was unthinkable for anyone in the city area to attack the city ruled by the great King Dorren.

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　Even when they heard that Memento's army had attacked several fiefdoms of the northern nobles, the leaders in King's Landing thought that they would stop when they were satisfied.

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　But Memento's army did not stop.

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　King's Landing fell.

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　Once again, a major incident comparable to, or even worse than, the attack on King Dorren occurred.

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　And then the king of the time, the previous King Dorren, went missing.

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　The absence of a king.

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　Many unforeseen things happened one after another, but this is another completely unexpected situation.

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　It is said that the previous King Doren was trying to secretly escape from the city that was attacked by Memento's army.

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　But we do not know whether he succeeded or not.

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　No, I guess he did not succeed.

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　Because after that, we have lost all communication with them.

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　As Memento's army occupied the capital and took away many historical treasures, the nobles in the capital area began to rumors that the previous King Dorren was dead.

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　However, if that were the case, the throne as king would have passed to the next king, the first in line of succession.

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　However, there is no sign of that.

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　There was always the opinion that he might be still alive somewhere.

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　But in fact, the previous king did not return anytime soon.

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　In this emergency situation of the king's absence, the capital tentatively decided to recognize the first prince in the line of succession, Sigma Doren, as the king for the time being, and to take charge of the political affairs.

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　I welcome this decision wholeheartedly.

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　I welcome this decision with all my heart, for this King Sigma Doren was the son of a daughter of the House of Grated.

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　The previous King Dorren and the daughter of the House of Grated had wed and given birth to the first prince in the line of succession.

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　However, in order to ostracize the disgraced House of Grated, there was a strong possibility that the throne would have been passed to someone else if the king had lived.

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　However, since we do not know what happened to the previous king, it is only logical that the first born should be the king.

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　The House of Graced had not yet been abandoned by God.

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　Now they would have another chance to serve the king by coming into the service of the royal house of Dorren.

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　This opportunity must not be missed.

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　At all costs, he must protect this King Sigma and ensure the prosperity of the House of Grated.

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　More difficulties followed, but Memento's army, which had devastated the city, was defeated and returned to its territory.

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　In their place came the Reinsatz family.

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　This seemed to be a relief, but a new problem soon arose.

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　The reason was that a new magic had become available.

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　One day, all the nobles in the royal city area who were named by the Doren royal family and had magical connections with them suddenly became able to use magic.

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　And it turned out that the magic was the magic of the Reed family in Fontana.

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　The Reed family.

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　I had heard of them when I was in Fontana.

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　I believe the brother of the boy knight had his own house.

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　The Reeds must have been the ones who used [speed reading] and [automatic operation].

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　The magic of the House of Reed is now available to all noble families with ties to the House of Dorren.

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　But, of course, Sigma Doren, the provisional king in King's Landing, was not named by the Reed family.

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　If that is the case, does it mean that the person who holds the title of King of the House of Doren was named by the House of Reed?

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　Perhaps the previous King Doren is still alive?

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　I just had to find out.

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　And the opportunity presented itself in an unexpected way.

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　One day, the Reeds suddenly appeared on the site of the Holy City, seized the land that had been outlawed, and established the Reed Domain.

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　Moreover, they even had the permission of the church.

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　Although I could not move immediately, I still judged that the situation had stabilized, and I visited the new territory of the Reeds right after the New Year.

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　To meet the head of the Reed family, who would be here, or the boy.

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　And what I saw there I will never forget again.

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　The holy city, supposedly destroyed by the divine enemy Naja, had been transformed into a huge lake and its surroundings into a land of fertility.

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　Furthermore, the city of Richard is surrounded by high walls and is connected to the holy lake by waterways that run in all directions.

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　How could they have completed such a city in less than 6 months after taking the land?

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　Unbelievable.

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　But the unbelievable continued.

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　It was Ars Barca who greeted me at my sudden visit to the town of Richard and talked to me.

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　Many years have passed since then.

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　He must be 19 years old this year.

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　But the boy looked the same as when I saw him in the past.

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　I was convinced when I saw him appear as the boy he used to be.

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　This man is now out of the realm of human beings.

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　An apostle of God.

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　Those who have attained the secret of immortality who once existed in the divine realm.

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　I am told that when the divine enemy Naja attacked the world of the gods, all of God's messengers died.

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　And the rumor that this boy is the only one who has attained the secret of immortality that can be an apostle of God is probably true.

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　After all, there is no one who can freely come and go in the divine world and communicate with God except this Ars Valka who calls himself the Shield of God.

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　Ars Valka, the Shield of God, said.

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　He said that he can restore the succession of King Doren.

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　Is it true?

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　No, I can't think of any reason to lie here.

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　There is no need to go to such lengths.

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　And what was demanded as the price for restoring the succession was reconciliation with the Kingdom of Fontana.

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　It is true that the Fontana and the royal house of Doren were enemies.

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　No doubt many nobles are still aware of it.

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　However, the reality is that the Fontana Kingdom's control over the lands is so strong that the Dorians no longer even have the means to regain it.

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　If this is the case, then this proposal is a godsend for us.

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　The question is who will take back the throne as King of Dorren.

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　What would happen if the title is not passed to King Sigma as interim king, but to someone else who has the right of succession?

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　The House of Grated may lose its position again.

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　Such a thing must not happen.

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　We must persuade them at all costs.

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　Thus, after I returned to King's Landing, I tried in every way I could to persuade those around me.

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　But they did something unnecessary before my efforts bore full fruit.

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　They had to spread the news of the reconciliation widely before we could reach an agreement through the radio.

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　This is a problem.

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　We cannot afford to have our efforts to settle the case undermined.

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　With this in mind, I visited the town of Richard again, only to be surprised by something in the shape of this boy.

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　A magical transfer magnet that could move me from one place to another in an instant.

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　Using it, I was led to a flying place called the Cemetery of the Sky.

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　The sudden change in environment made me feel sick, and after I recovered, I was led to the body of the previous King Doren.

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　I don't know what it means, but this man was insisting on something quite reckless and selfish, such as making this place a graveyard and holding a funeral ceremony.

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　Why are the bodies of the previous kings here?

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　Perhaps this person was involved in the death of the previous king.

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　Or maybe he had a hand in it from behind the scenes.

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　The funeral may have had some kind of a purpose.

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　However, I could not say anything back to them because they have shown us so clearly how different they are from us.

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　A being that can make the earth float in the sky so that we can live there permanently.

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　Amazingly, this sky cemetery is self-sufficient in the sky like this.

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　And from here, they can send as many people as they want to the ground using a transfer magic circle, and can also lift them up into the sky.

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　Such a thing must be an act of God.

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　We should not resist Him here.

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　If this is true, it is necessary to pursue more about the death of the previous King Dorren and to retrieve his body.

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　But I have never been able to do so.

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　Rather, I thought that if I resisted, I would never be able to return to the earth again.

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　This boy is either God or the devil.

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　I thought I heard a cracking sound of loyalty to the king, of which I had been so absolutely sure.

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　As I wept over the body of the previous King Dorren, I continued to search in my mind for a future in which my House of Grated would survive beyond this time.

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　And I have come to a conclusion.

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　I bowed my head to the King and asked for his approval of the funeral and the secure restoration of the throne to King Sigma, the interim King.

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