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"Hey, Mom. I need to ask you something, okay?"

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"What's wrong, Alphonse? I'm a little nervous to be asked so openly. What is it?

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"............ I'm not my mother's child, am I?"

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　At the dinner table in my parents' house, I broached the subject with my mother, who was sitting across from me.

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　My nervousness must have been felt, because my mother was listening to me intently.

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　So I was finally able to ask her something that I had never been able to ask anyone before.

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　But she doesn't answer.

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　No, you can't answer?

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　He stopped with his hand over his mouth in surprise.

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"Tell me the truth. Am I really a child of this family?"

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　So I asked again.

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　But this time it was a little different from the previous question.

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　The first time I simply asked.

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　But this time, I also used intimidation.

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　At the same time as I asked the question, I shot a sharp, pointy needle of magic at the location of my mother's heart.

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　I originally created this intimidation to fight, but by doing this, I thought I could put psychological pressure on her to answer.

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　And it seems to have worked.

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　Mom, who had been shaken, opens her mouth and speaks out.

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"......What makes you think that?"

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"Because people told me. But they didn't seem to be sure and I didn't know if it was true or not. That's why I couldn't ask my brother Ars. Because the story was that he was deeply involved."

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"Yes. I thought maybe one day this would happen. That one day you would know the truth. But I never thought it would be so soon. ......"

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"So you knew it?"

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Wait. Do you really want to hear the rest of the story, Alphonse?　You don't know what's going to happen to you if you listen to this, do you?"

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"...... want to know. Tell me the truth, Mom."

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"Okay. Okay, I'll tell you what. You are the child of Ars.

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"...... what?　A child?　Brother Ars?"

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"Yes. Alphonse is the son of Ars. But for some reason I could not raise him as his son. So he was given to us. He asked us to raise him as his own brother."

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　Huh?

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　Is that so?

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　I don't know, it doesn't sound like what Norn is talking about.

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　Well, it's quite a big shock to know that I'm the child of my brother Ars.

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　But more than that, I don't know what to say, because it's different from what I had expected.

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"Really?　Are you sure I'm Brother Ars' child?"

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"Yes, I am. To be honest, I wasn't going to tell you this story. But you asked me so seriously that I felt obliged to answer. But you know what, Alphonse? I need you to trust me on this. We all love you. We have never neglected you, and we have never separated you from your family.

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"Oh, yeah. That's fine. ......"

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"Really?　You don't have to force yourself. You are still a child, and I think it's important to cry when things are hard. No, it's okay to be angry.

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"No. No, it's okay. Okay, child. I wasn't your brother Ars, I was a child. ......"

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　What the hell.

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　I was really worried when Norn said that.

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　To be honest, I was surprised, but I'm still more convinced that you're Brother Ars' child.

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　I see... I am that brother Ars' child.

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　Strangely enough, I felt those words seeping into my body.

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"Oh no, I'm sorry, Mom. I must have been mistaken. Or rather, I was deceived. I heard that I was made by my brother Ars.

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"Made"?　What do you mean, Alphonse?　A child is a gift, not a creation.

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"Yes, that's right. They said I'm the one who made a body exactly like your brother Ars's body. I'm surprised, aren't I?

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"Of course not. There's no way that's possible. It's not possible.

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　My mother laughs when she hears my words.

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　......But I got caught up in hearing her laugh.

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　Can't you really do it?

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　Because the eye is set on that as a no-no.

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　I am sure of this.

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　Then, as I thought before, there must be a way to create the same body.

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　But you don't know it.

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"What if it could be done?"

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"What?"

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"There's a way to make the same body, it seems. And that's something that my brother Ars and my brother Kyle know."

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"...... wait a minute. That's not a lie, is it, Alphonse?"

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"Yeah. I'm sure of it."

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"Okay. Let's go to the castle now. I'll go talk to the boy. Follow me, Alphonse.

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　This is going to end peacefully.

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　That's what I thought, but then my mother stood up after my words.

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　Her face was serious.

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　She roused my father, who was sleeping in the bedroom, and immediately started preparing to leave for Barca Castle.

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　Thus, we headed for the castle with my mother in the lead, who looked like she was going to ask me questions that I couldn't ask her myself.

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