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　The carriage rumbles and rocks as it makes its way to the destination.

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　We had returned from the magical labyrinth to Charles's mansion in the royal capital.

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　I wanted to stay in the labyrinth for a long time, but it was almost the end of this year.

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　As expected, I can't greet the New Year in the labyrinth.

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I'm home.

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"Oh, welcome back, Alphonse. How was the labyrinth?

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"It was fun, brother Ars. I've fought a lot and I've gotten stronger."

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"I guess so. Tell me more stories."

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　Then my brother Ars welcomed me.

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　It seems he's been here the whole time I've been hiding in the labyrinth.

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　I didn't expect him to stay so long in Brillia.

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　I think it's quite unusual.

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　But I've been itching to talk to him about my time in the labyrinth.

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　I'll tell him a lot of things at dinner tonight.

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（Hey, Alphonse. What's this guy?)

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（What the hell is this? This is my brother Ars. He's my brother. He's the king of the sky kingdom.)

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（The Kingdom of the Sky?　I've never heard of this country. But this guy is the king? That's crazy.)

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（What?　Brother Ars is always nice to me.)

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（Really?　Well, maybe that's because you're one of us. It's rare to find someone who smells so much blood.)

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（What's the smell of blood? I mean, how can a sword know the smell of blood, Norn?)

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　I was meeting and talking with my brother Ars.

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　Norn interrupted me with a thought.

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　I responded to his words with a thought.

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　It seems that Norn is interested in Ars.

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　But he said something strange.

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　I don't think I smell blood, but I don't know what he's talking about.

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（Idiot. Who do you think you are? No one knows blood better than me, Alphonse. I assure you. This guy is bad. How many people do you have to kill before you can smell blood in the air?)

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（Well, Brother Ars has always fought on the battlefield. He's never lost a battle.)

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（I'm sure. This guy smells like trouble. But that's not important. I'd rather drink this Ars's blood. Then maybe my magic power will be restored...)

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"Hey, what's going on, Alphonse?　What's wrong?　You stopped talking all of a sudden."

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"Uh, oh, I'm sorry. Well, actually, I have a rather strange favor to ask of my brother Ars: ....... Oh, it's totally fine if you don't want to do it."

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"A favor?　Sure. I'll do whatever Alphonse asks."

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"Really?　Well, then, will you let this sword suck your brother Ars' blood for a moment?"

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"What about ......?　That's scary. What's that?"

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　It seems that the exchange with Norn had delayed my response to Brother Ars, who was standing right in front of me.

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　He asked me what was wrong.

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　He makes a sudden request to Brother Ars.

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　He asked for blood for his sword, a request that even he did not understand.

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　If someone suddenly said such a thing to me, I might have thought he or she was crazy.

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　I will explain the situation a little more to my brother Ars who is surprised to hear my request.

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　I found the magic sword Norn in the labyrinth.

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　It has been left unattended for many years, and Norn's power has been weakened.

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　And that taking in blood will restore its power.

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"Wow. There are strange swords. It's okay. I'll take as much blood as I can get."

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　Saying this, Brother Ars slashed his own wrist with his sword.

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　The sword that was hanging from Ars' waist cut his wrist with a slash, and blood was pouring out.

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　He is too bold.

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　I was surprised at the sight, but I let Norn's sword catch the blood spurting out from his wrist, and let him suck the blood.

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（Hey, hey, hey! What is this? This is great, Alphonse! This is the finest blood! The quality and quantity of the magic are both excellent! I haven't had blood this good since. It's good. Too good!)

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　The magic sword keeps sucking the blood that keeps coming out of Brother Ars' wrist.

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　It was a strange sight.

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　The blood that touches Norn is absorbed rapidly, so the floor is not as wet with blood as it looks.

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　It seems that Norn is sucking the blood, not wanting to miss even a drop.

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　And the norns continue to scream with delight.

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　He drinks the blood all the while, saying it is delicious.

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　With that, a change appears in the sword.

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　Norn's sword blade, which had been reddish-black in color, turned a bright red.

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"Is this what you want, Alphonse?

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"Thank you, brother Ars. That's more than enough. I mean, are you sure you can get that much blood out?"

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No problem. Recovery. Woohoo. Yes, you're back to normal now.

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　After bleeding for a while, Brother Ars decided that enough was enough and used [Recovery].

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　After casting the spell, the wounds on his wrists disappeared in a flash.

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　Perhaps the lost blood was also restored.

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　Normally, the wound would not recover to that extent, but I heard that Brother Ars is good at this [recovery].

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　And the blood on the floor was also cleaned up by the "washing" spell of the life magic.

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(Phew. It was delicious! The finest nectar is exactly what I'm talking about.)

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（Well, good for you, Norn.)

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（Yeah, thanks to you too, Alphonse. But I had no idea you knew someone like this. I knew he was a bad guy at first glance, but I never expected this much.)

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（What kind of a jerk? Brother Ars is a good man.)

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（Really?　Then why is he lying about you being his brother?)

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(...... Huh?　What are you talking about, Norn? I'm really and truly your brother Ars.)

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（You're lying. You're being deceived, Alphonse. He's not your brother. I've drunk enough blood to know. I assure you. He's not Alphonse's brother.)

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(Come on, man, come on?　There are good jokes and bad jokes. Besides, what if he's not my brother?)

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（Yes. Your original source, if you will.)

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（The source?　What do you mean?)

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（The blood of Alphonse and Ars is identical. He made you, didn't he?)

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　......What is he really talking about?

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　Made?

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　Me, Brother Ars?

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　Suddenly Norn said something unintelligible and I stopped in front of Brother Ars again.

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