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"Oh, there you are. I've been looking for you, brother Hector."

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Ars. What's going on?

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"No, there was talk of renovating this Barca castle, wasn't there?　This is the castle I built when I became a knight, but I decided to make it a little bigger to commemorate my becoming the King of the Sky. So I was going to ask you to do some work for me, but you've already been drinking.

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"Oh, sorry. I like the view from here, so sometimes I just sit here and drink in the breeze. What do you think, Ars?　Would you like to join us for a drink?"

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"Well, okay. I'm turning 20 now. I'll go with you, brother Hector."

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　The new year came and went, and my coronation was over.

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　After that, the festivities continued in Fontana for more than ten days.

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　People kept coming to the castle to greet me and the other kings.

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　And in the city there was drinking and dancing and eating and everyone was in high spirits.

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　Some time after that, I was back in Vulcania.

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　Now I am living in Balka Castle.

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　But this castle has to be modified a little.

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　I built this castle when I first became a knight, and at the time it had a reputation for being a magnificent castle for a knight with only two villages in his domain.

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　However, it is somewhat cramped for a castle where a king lives.

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　As a matter of external concern, the idea of making the castle a little more presentable came up.

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　I was looking for my brother, Brother Hector, to take charge of the construction.

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　Apparently, this brother Hector had a favorite room high up in the castle of Barca, where he could see the city at a glance.

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　There he was drinking alone and enjoying the view.

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　At his suggestion, I sat down on a chair near him and had a drink with him.

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　There is no rule in this world, but I have never been a drinker.

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　But now that I have turned 20 years old, I thought I might as well drink with him for today.

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　I pour a glass of Carlos, a strong distilled spirit, into a glass with ice, and stir it up.

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"Ah, it's a harsh liquor, isn't it? How can you and your brother Hector drink such a harsh liquor on a regular basis? Are you alright?　Be careful not to drink too much, okay?"

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"Thanks for the ......, Als."

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"Hmm?　What is it?"

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"No, I've been meaning to tell you for a while. It's a good opportunity to thank you again, Ars. Thank you. I appreciate it."

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　I was having a drink while looking at the scenery, when suddenly Brother Hector said to me, "I'm sorry.

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　I wondered what was wrong.

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　He looked at me with rather serious eyes.

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"Let's talk about the old days. You may not remember it, though. This was when I was a child, before you were born. The village of Barca had a very bad harvest. No, not just Barca. I heard it was the same in other villages, in the whole Fontana territory, and on other noble lands as well. Anyway, there was a bad harvest everywhere and there was nothing to eat for years.

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"I remember a bit of it myself, brother Hector. I remember when I was a baby.　I heard that my mother couldn't breastfeed because there was nothing to eat. I don't remember it going on like that until I was about three years old."

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"You remember it well. Yes, I do. I had a bad harvest that lasted a long time. But you saved me, Ars. You were just three years old when you suddenly started plowing the fields and things changed. From that moment on, we were no longer hungry and destitute. We wouldn't be where we are today if it weren't for you. I'm really grateful to you."

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"...... is a good thing, brother Hector. And I'm grateful to you for what you did, too, you know?　You know, your brother Hector was the one who convinced my mom and dad to come to the party, right?　I wouldn't have been able to go out in the field if you hadn't convinced the two of us when our three year old started talking about going out in the field to work in the dirt. And if I had, maybe there wouldn't have been any magic [to improve the soil] or anything like that."

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　Yes.

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　My father and mother were rather understanding and helpful, but even so, they were not at all reluctant to let a small child freely play in the soil outside the house.

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　It was my brother, who was five years older than me, who made it possible.

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　It was because of him that I was free to work in the field behind our house.

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"Of course I did. After all, I was the only one who knew you were not a normal child before you were born.

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"...... Indeed. I was born into this world because of my brother Hector."

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　Speaking of which, it's been a long time since I've talked to my brother Hector like this.

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　We used to talk about this.

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　We were born in a small poor farmhouse, and we used to sleep huddled together in a small house.

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　I used to talk with my brother Hector.

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　It's no accident that I came into this world with knowledge of other worlds.

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　My brother Hector.

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　He was the reason.

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　The eldest of the Barca brothers, Hector's magic.

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　That's how I came to be in this world.

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　The magic of rebirth.

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　My story began because of Hector, the most unique phenomenon among the Barca brothers, each of whom created their own magic.

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