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"What is the name of the person you are meeting?"

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"Elizabeth. The Vandenburgs are countesses, and this is their daughter. She was a good friend of mine at the House of Lords."

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　I finished my conversation with Banagher at a mansion in the capital of the Orient.

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　Seeing this, it was Zion who spoke to us.

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　One of the chiefs who lead a group of assassins called the Shadow Men in the Thracian forest near the city-state has somehow taken up residence in my house.

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　He was curious, so I explained to him about my fiancée.

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　The bride-to-be of the Vandenburgs is a woman named Elizabeth, whom I had known at the House of Lords.

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　Elizabeth is older than me.

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　Usually, at that age, it is normal to be married or engaged.

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　But it seems that they are not yet.

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Is there a reason for this?　If she is a countess, wouldn't it be normal for the head of the family to decide on a partner from an early age as a political marriage?"

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"I don't know. I haven't met Mr. Banerjee directly, but he doesn't seem to know the reasons for this. However, he is sure that they have stayed in the territory without ever marrying. In the case of Brillia, there are cases where sons and daughters from various noble families gather at the House of Lords in the royal capital to study hard and look for marriage partners. Something might have happened after I left the House of Lords.

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"Shall I read your fortune?"

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"Divination?　Can you even know that, Zion?"

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"Well, I don't know. I can't say if I can tell you why you are not married, but I can tell you if your marriage will work out or not, Mr. Alphonse. Would you like to try?"

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"Yes. Hmm. No, I don't think so. I can't break off the engagement even if I get a bad reading. Sometimes it's better not to know the future, isn't it?"

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"Hmm. Maybe so. I was out of line. Please forgive me."

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　As one would expect, we can't break off a just-decided engagement based on the result of a fortune-telling reading.

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　I would not be able to give a satisfactory explanation to Banerjee or to the Vandenburgs.

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　If we do so, they will resent us.

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　But I am curious about it.

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　Elizabeth seemed to be a popular girl at the time.

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　When I was talking with Elizabeth, an older boy named Clément stared at me.

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　He seemed to be obsessed with Elizabeth, I wonder what happened to him?

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　Even if that were not the case, Elizabeth, who had a lot of magic power, would have been in great demand if she had grown up like that.

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　There must be a good reason for her to come to me in the Orient.

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　No matter how much the power-plated ship was a trigger, it's hard to imagine that she would marry him just because of that.

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　Children of noble families with high magical power are important treasures for the survival and further prosperity of their families.

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　If there is a reason, it would be good to find it out.

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"Maybe I should write to Cecily..."

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　Remembering Elizabeth, I also thought of another schoolgirl, Cecily, who used to sit next to Elizabeth.

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　Cecily must have been a daughter of the same count family as Elizabeth.

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　And they were one year older than each other.

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　She might know something about Elizabeth.

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　So I wrote a letter to Cecily for the first time in a long time.

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　I wrote to Cecily for the first time in a long time.

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"I see. I see. I see why you decided to marry me."

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"That's a letter of reply from Briaria, isn't it?　Is it from Lady Cecily, whom you mentioned the other day?"

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"Yes, Theon. After all, it seems that Cecily was still in touch with Elizabeth. And she knew why Elizabeth was not married. I can't disclose it openly, but she found out that Elizabeth and I were about to get engaged, so she told me about it.

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　The letter I sent to Cecily came back unexpectedly quickly.

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　When I received the letter, I immediately checked its contents.

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　This helped me to understand the current situation of Elizabeth.

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　Elizabeth had graduated from the House of Lords with high honors, and it seemed that her popularity had increased with age.

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　However, she had some problems behind her.

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　But she had a physical problem, that is, an illness.

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　Apparently, he had a serious illness.

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　The disease was life-threatening, and there was no way to cure it, not even in the great nation of Briaria.

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　But the Vandenburgs did not give up easily.

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　They could not leave their daughter alone as she grew weaker and weaker.

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　After graduating from the House of Lords, Elizabeth returned to the Vandenburgs to recuperate.

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　For this reason, the family had so far refused all marriage proposals to the outside world.

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　However, even during such a period of recuperation, Elizabeth's body did not get better.

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"Are you ill?　Did the Vandenburgs decide to use their short-lived daughter for the benefit of the family?"

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"No, I don't think so. No, apparently not. It's more like he was trying to cure his daughter's illness.

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"To cure you, sir?"

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"Yeah. I've been making a name for myself lately. Some of them are [miracle child] who can heal any injury. Besides, I think the story that I cured that incurable disease has been passed on to the other side of the world.

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"......May I ask if your illness, Elizabeth, is a heart ailment?　Is this the same disease that Master Alphonse pointed out as being toxic to the cosmetics of the Soma religion?"

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"Sounds like it. Apparently, Elizabeth has been using cosmetics made in the Church of Soma for a long time. The Vandenburgs have land by the sea, so the products from Soma must have flowed in. In Orient, they banned the distribution of those cosmetics because they were dangerous, but not in Briaria, so it seems that the countermeasures were taken too late. It seems that even now they are discussing whether there is a causal relationship between the disease and the cosmetics or not."

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　Galius' daughter Marlon also suffered from the heart organ disease.

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　However, the curse is characterized by the fact that the symptoms do not appear immediately after the use of cosmetics, but only after years of prolonged use.

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　Perhaps this is why it is still considered an unknown and incurable disease in the magical land of Briaria.

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　It seems that the Vandenburgs, who have been giving him medical treatment for many years, were in the same situation.

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　However, they happened to hear about me, learned about the powered iron plate ship, and gathered information to learn more about it, and they got the information that I had cured their incurable disease.

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　And besides that, he must have learned that I was also called a "miracle child" who could heal defects that could not be seen anywhere else using [recovery].

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　So, from their point of view, it's not just a political marriage, but also a story to save my daughter's life.

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　However, I can't tell from Cecily's letter whether the curse of the Soma Church is really the cause or not until I actually see them.

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　Maybe it would be better to see her once.

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　At the same time as sending a letter of thanks to Cecily, I decided to send a letter to Elizabeth asking if I could meet her as well.

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