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"You look like you can't believe it."

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"Well, you know. What do you mean my daughter is alive after supposedly dying of an incurable disease?

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　Inside the wreck of a house.

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　The building is closed up, and a fine dust is falling from the ceiling.

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　It was as if the house was filled with the stagnant air characteristic of an impoverished neighborhood.

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　However, Galius, sitting across from me in the middle of it all, looks very serious.

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　He does not seem to be lying.

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"Do you know about the forbidden curse, that you do?"

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"Forbidden spells?　I've heard of it. I think it's the magic used by the Church, isn't it?"

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Magic or sorcery. There may be many ways to say it, that there are. The Soma cult, which believes in a god and is ruled by that god, has been handed down forbidden magic, that it is true.

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"Master Alphonse, what is a forbidden curse?"

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"Hmmm. I've never seen it either, but I did learn it at the Academy of Nobility in Briaria. The Soma cult is dedicated to the god Soma. And there are priestesses who serve him. I believe there are forbidden spells passed down to these priestesses, or something like that.

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"That is correct, that it is. And among the forbidden spells, there is this one, that it is true. It is something that makes a person's body live longer without dying, that it is.

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　Is it true?

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　It is said that there is indeed something similar to magic called a forbidden spell in the Church.

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　I heard such a story at the House of Lords.

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　However, it is said that the Church is surprisingly difficult to leak information to the outside world.

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　The Church of Soma, along with the Brillia Magical State and the Empire, is considered a powerful country or a great power in the East.

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　However, it is said that they do not invade other countries as much as the Empire.

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　But there is of course a reason why they are regarded as equals with the empire.

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　They have repulsed every attack from the empire so far.

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　Even when the empire has attacked with considerable force, they have not been able to destroy it.

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　But that is not all.

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　Most of the soldiers who invaded the territory to attack the Soma Empire died and never returned.

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　However, there were some exceptions.

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　However, they are not safe.

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　Many of them were destroyed.

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　They were found in a crippled state, both mentally and physically.

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"Well, there are exceptions to everything in this world. Some of those who were found as cripples, fortunately, recovered. And after listening to their stories, I've put them together, and it seems that the Soma cult uses a kind of magic called 'forbidden magic'.

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"Isn't that magic?　What's the difference?"

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"Basically, magic and sorcery are manifested only by magical power. There are people in Brillia and other countries who use magic even if it is not magic. They may be members of noble families who have acquired their own magic through training.

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"Like me, you mean, like making fire?"

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Yes, Hannah. There are sorcerers from noble families and knightly families who are active on the battlefield. But there's a difference between that and forbidden spells. And, of course, with magic tools and such.

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"...... wait a minute, that I will. Did Hannah learn to use any magic, that she did?　I know about Hannah and Mee's deceased parents, that they were poor people, that they were nothing special."

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"It's the result of Hannah's efforts. Anyway, it seems that forbidden spells aren't only based on magic power.

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"Well, it seems that the children have grown up a lot in the short time I've been away. Well, anyway, the boy is right, that he is. Forbidden spells use a catalyst when they are activated. Or rather, the catalyst is the important thing, that it seems. It seems that you use a medicine called a catalyst.

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"Medicine?　Does that mean that the old man bought the medicine from the Soma cult?"

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Well, that's what it means, that it does. I bought a medicine that was made by using a forbidden spell in the land of Soma, that I did. To save my daughter who was on the verge of death, that I did.

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　The story of Garius reminded me of this.

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　I remembered that there was such a story about a mysterious medicine in the Soma Kingdom.

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　As I recall, there was a medicine to prolong one's life.

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　It is a medicine used for people who are mortally wounded and dying.

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　No matter how close to death they are, they are alive as long as the life-prolonging drug is working.

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　There must have been such a drug.

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　It is said that it is a very rare drug that is not widely publicized and even people in the House of Lords are not sure if they can get it or not.

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　I think Cecily told me that it was terribly expensive.

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"...... Are you in this favela, by any chance?"

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"Huh?　What are you doing here, Mr. Alphonse?"

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"It's the Soma cult. A potion that can keep a girl with an incurable disease alive. Even if it really exists, you can't go to the Church of Soma that often. If it were possible, Galius would just have to stay over there. That would mean that there must be someone in this place who can get that medicine, wouldn't it?"

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"......Wow, you're good, little man. He really is not a child as he seems, that he is not. That's right. There are people from the Church of Soma in this favela, that there are. I contacted that person and obtained a medicine that prolongs life, that I did.

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"I guess the quid pro quo is your technical skills, huh?　I don't know what kind of goods you might bring into a place like this, but you seem to do a lot of dangerous things, don't you, Galius?"

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"Well, something like that. Well, that's about all I have to say, that I have. Anything more is out of the domain of children, that it is not. Now you understand. I cannot leave this favela, that I cannot.

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　Galius tries to end the conversation with these words.

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　He claps his hands to indicate that it is time for you to leave.

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　But the conversation is not over yet.

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　Knowing that he is a person whose technical capabilities are highly valued by the Soma Church, I would like him to come to Barka Village even more so.

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　Thinking this, I stood up and spoke once more to Galius, who pushed Kiku back.

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