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"Huh?　What's changed in the atmosphere, Alphonse?"

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"You know what?　I was reborn to become a mercenary in the East, Brother Ars. Someday, I will become stronger and stronger to surpass you, Brother Arus.

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"Heh, stronger than me, huh? That's nice. That's what kids are supposed to be."

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　The day of departure for the East finally arrived.

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　I'm on a magic airship with my brother Ars.

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　From here, we will go to Dejima, and from there we will take a transfer magic circle to Valiant.

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　I have already said goodbye to my mother and the others.

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　I will not be able to see them as often as I would like, but I am excited to start a new life.

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　I wonder what awaits us.

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"Yes. And not as a parting gift. I'm giving you special permission to take the last name of Barca."

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"Barka's last name?　Is that okay?"

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"Yes, that's good. In the East, you can call yourself Alphonse Barca. It's probably not a good idea unless you've been knighted, but you're not going to the United Kingdom of Fontana. Well, I guess it's all right.

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"Thank you, brother Ars. I thought it would be easier if I had a last name, too.

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　Sitting next to me in the magic airship, my brother Ars suddenly gave me permission to take the family name of Barca.

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　This is really a big help.

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　I had been thinking that it would be difficult to work with just Alphonse without a family name.

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　In the United Kingdom of Fontana, those who are knighted by nobles and others are given a family name.

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　This way, it was clearly known whether a person could use magic or not, depending on whether he had a family name or not.

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　In the East, however, the situation is a little different.

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　Instead of obtaining a family name through naming, it is inherited from the parents.

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　In the case of nobles, the surname of each parent is taken by the child, so that it is clear to which family the child is related to.

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　Therefore, the kind of family name one has is very important for one's social credibility.

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　That is why I was told a lot of things in the House of Lords.

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　I had only the name of Alphonse, and no matter how much I explained that I had brothers who were kings, nobles, and knights, the people of Briaria did not understand me very well.

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　If I could call myself Alphonse Barca, I might not have to go through that hardship again.

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"Oh, and one more thing. I have to tell you something. About your birth."

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"About my birth?　Is there anything more?"

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　We're the only ones on the magic airship.

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　We're the only other people on board.

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　Maybe that's why.

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　My brother Ars mentioned something about my birth, which he has not talked about much since then.

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　But is there something else?

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"Your magic sword said this, didn't it?　He said you and I have exactly the same blood."

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"Yes, that's right. I keep telling you that my brother Ars and I are definitely of the same blood.

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"Let me ask you, how can parents and siblings be of the same blood?"

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No, that's not true. No matter how much a parent and child look alike, they cannot have the same blood. But there are some exceptions. Twins can be the same.

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"...... I suppose. That means you must be my brother after all. Maybe that means you're my older twin brother."

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　...... huh?

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　What's going on? Brother Ars suddenly started to say something I don't understand.

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　It doesn't make sense that they are twins because they are born at the same time, but not because they are older than each other.

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　What is he talking about?

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"What do you mean?　I don't know what you're talking about for a second."

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"It took me and Lilina a long time to have children after we got married. We were childless for years. And we had just started researching cloning technology for a different project.

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"What's a clone?　Are you sure you mean the technology to create the same person's body?"

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"Well, yes. A nucleus is taken from an undifferentiated fertilized egg in the mother's body, and a nucleus taken from a somatic cell of another individual is inserted into it. This is a technology to create a body with the same factors as the owner of the somatic cells. It is possible that the body thus created will have the same genetic background as the original body. In other words, there is a possibility that it could be the same blood.

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"...... means I'm still me?"

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"I checked with Meme. Actually, at the time, we were also doing a parallel study of IVF as a fertility treatment. Me and Lilina. We had cloned embryos made from the fertilized eggs at that time. He said that maybe it was put back into Lilina's stomach and she got pregnant."

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"Well, does that mean I have the same body as my brother Ars?"

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"I don't know. It is possible that they are genetically identical, but as I said before, there is no way to confirm this. Besides, we don't know if the genes in the nucleus are the only factors that make up the body. If there is another nucleus like mitochondria, it must be affected by Lilina's cells. If that is the case, it is possible that the genes are the same as mine but the cells are different."

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　...... I don't know what brother Ars is talking about for a minute.

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　I wonder what he means.

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"In short, you are unmistakably our child, born from the belly of Lilina. And since you and Alford came out at the same time, you are twins, and since we have the same genetic makeup, you are like a twin to me. In other words, you are both my child and my twin brother."

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"...... I don't know how to say this, but it's a mess."

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"Really. Well, that's why I'm here. Come along with me for the experiment."

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"Experiments?　What are you going to do?"

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"Hatch this. It's a zauberbiest egg. If you and I have the exact same blood... maybe we have the same magic. That means that if you hatch the Conjugate's egg you might produce a Valkyrie just like me. That's why I'm checking.

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　Saying this, Brother Ars handed me a messenger egg.

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　It is a small egg, but I have heard that it has mysterious properties.

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　When the egg grows and hatches after absorbing magic power, it will give birth to a completely different kind of beast depending on its magic power.

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　He wants to see if I can raise it and see if it will be the same as Valkyrie, his brother Ars's messenger.

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　Hearing this story, I felt that Brother Ars would not change until the very end.

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　I think that no matter how much he may have the same body as me, he has the absolute self that he is only himself.

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　But now it is the same for me.

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　No matter how much we have the same genes, there is a clear difference between me and my brother Ars.

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　We are definitely different because I made a contract with the magic sword Norn and was reborn.

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　This is how I received the family name and the beast egg from my father and brother Ars.

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