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'Coming in. ...... what are you doing?"

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I looked at the door and saw Uliga looking at me, puzzled.

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Well, I guess I would be.

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And, as expected, I'm embarrassed too.

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I didn't expect to be seen in front of the mirror, stretching out my wrinkles .......

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I'm old, I thought, and when I looked in the mirror, I saw a face with wrinkles, well, in its own way.

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The wrinkles are quite deep because I have lost a lot of weight during the years I was bedridden.

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So, just for the heck of it, I stretched out those wrinkles. ...... I didn't expect to be seen.

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I gently put my hand down and sat down in a nearby chair so as not to look at Uliga.

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'Ahh, why don't you sit down?

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'Yes, I would. Head ...... no, it's nothing."

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'Nothing, I'm not mad.

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'............ I see.'

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What's the pause?

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But if I saw a scene like that in Uliga,...... well, don't worry about that.

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Even if he denies it.

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I shouldn't have done it.

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I went to church."

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I'm glad you deflected, thank you.

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How was it?

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"It reminded me of many things. I think it all started when Bishop Gupinas came to this village.

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Bishop Gupinas?

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Who was he?

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You don't remember?　I remember him coming to greet us at the guild and at the vigilante station.

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Bishop Gupinas. ...... Oh, he was a bit of a gloomy fellow, wasn't he?"

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Yes, he was.

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I had a bad feeling about him when I saw him.

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I didn't get that impression.　I didn't feel that way.

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I nodded my head at Uliga's words.

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Could it be that he was remembering a different person?

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I'll check with Bishop Gupinas later.

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'He's in a vigilante cell with a slave ring around his wrist. His fellow priest Salifie is in the Guild's jail.

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A slave ring?

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They haven't been convicted of their crimes yet. Why did you put a slave ring on them?"

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After the crime is confirmed, there is no problem to put a slave ring on them, but they have only been captured.

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If they were then subjected to slave rings, it could cause problems later on.

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And you know that, so why not?

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'It's possible that the jutsu could be triggered in response to the word, right?'

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'Oh, sure it could. That's something we can look into right away, so it won't be a problem to remove the slave ring.'

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In a crime I once handled that used magic circle, the culprit died because my words triggered the magic circle's jutsu.

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But now it is possible to find out immediately if you are under the spell or not.

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Even if they were caught in the jutsu, it doesn't matter as long as they don't let you hear it.

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The jutsu is not triggered by showing the words in question.

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Therefore, the jutsu is less dangerous than it used to be.

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However, there are many uncertainties in the method of solving the jutsu, so I can't say that it is safe.

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"Belly and back."

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Hmm?"

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Uliga's words made me nod my head.

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The backs and stomachs of Bishop Gupinas and Priest Sarifee were carved with magic circles.

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What?

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The magic circle was carved on their backs and stomachs?

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What? Carved?

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Really?

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"Yeah, I noticed them when they were trying to change my clothes after they put me in jail. I didn't know what would happen, so I used a slave ring. With that, he wouldn't be able to do anything.

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Certainly the person in question would not be able to do anything.

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He would certainly not be able to do anything, because he could use the slave ring to restrict all his actions.

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But if it was someone other than the person himself, wouldn't he be able to activate the technique?

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Ah!　Is that why they are in separate prisons?"

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'Oh, I didn't know what they would do if I kept them together. We put a slave ring on the Salifee priest, too."

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As far as I'm concerned, a slave ring is appropriate.

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If it becomes a problem later, I can explain it.

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Well, from what I've heard, it's going to be handled behind the scenes.

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And the guy who pushed me into the magic circle is former guildmaster Chemanta.

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What?

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I think I just heard a funny name.

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"The ex-guildmaster Chemanta is involved in this.

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Uliga looked at me and smiled sadly.

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You are sure about this?

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Yes, I'm sure.

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Chemanta is the former guildmaster of this village.

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He loved this village so much that he had practiced magic on the people of this village?

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But looking at Uliga, I know he is not lying.

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I mean, it was probably Uliga who was the most shocked.

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Chemanta is Uliga's mentor.

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'I see. Chemanta, huh?'

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What's going on?

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Chemanta became a guilmouth shortly before I became the leader of the group.

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We drank together and worked together on the problems of this village.

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I thought I had worked so hard to support this village.

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And ......"

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What's more?

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'This village was apparently used for experiments.'

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Uliga said and produced a large quantity of papers from his magic bag.

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He pulled out one of them and checked its contents.

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It describes the magic circle that was activated and the results that followed.

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After reading a few sheets, I found the word "death".

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Could it be about the dead body hidden in the cave?

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Suddenly, I found a different kind of paper among the mass of papers.

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I pulled it out and read it. It was a letter from someone giving instructions to Bishop Gupinas.

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The paper with the results of the experiment we had just seen and this letter.

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It sure looks like an experiment. And someone directed them to do it.

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I have only briefly checked, but the handwriting seems to be that of one person, so it must have been one person who was giving the instructions.

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Uliga pulled the letter out of the paper.

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Then his face contorted.

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With that at his side, he looked through several sheets of paper.

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All of them described in detail the damage caused when the magic circle was activated.

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Why does it cause damage when it is triggered?　Isn't it when you keep activating it that the damage is done?"

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Come to think of it, I didn't explain the magic circle to Uriga in much detail.

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I didn't want her to get involved.

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'If they keep activating, they'll go crazy, that's for sure. The reason there's damage when it's activated is that the words are different. If even a single letter on the magic circle is wrong, the power goes out of control. So the letters written on the magic circle must be exact."

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It seems as if you could create a magic circle in any number of ways by combining words, but in fact, this is not the case.

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In order to create a magic circle, one must first choose the right words.

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However, the choice of words is very difficult, and depending on the combination of words, the power can be uncontrollable and cause damage.

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Not only that, but depending on the combination of words, unexpected results may occur.

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In other words, it takes a considerable amount of time and damage to complete one magic circle.

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Oh ...... Chemanta must be fascinated by magic circles."

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In the margin of the top section of the paper summarizing the results of the experiment and improvements to the magic circle was the handwriting of someone I knew well.

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It was a habitual handwriting that I had seen many times over the dozen years we had worked together, so there was no way I could have mistaken it.

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This was the handwriting of Chemanta.

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'Appas, are there many who are enchanted by magic circles?'

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Uliga traces the magic circle on the paper with his finger.

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Not many, but not few. Not a few of our researchers have been so fascinated that they have run amok and had to be disposed of.

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I see.

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Those who were fascinated tried small, undetectable magic circles at first, becoming more daring as they got better, and finally resorted to dangerous magic circles.

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This Chemanta, do you know where he is?

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Tomorrow we are going to search this village. Maybe he is not in this village already.

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That's a big possibility.

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If we think about where this village is going, it would be better to leave and experiment in a new place.

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If he still has his sanity.

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Do you have any idea who sent this letter?"

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At Uliga's words, I looked at the letter.

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The letter is beautiful and unmistakable.

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It is a beautiful letter, without any features, a model for others to follow.

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I'm sorry, but I don't recognize it.

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I don't know. Maybe it's from the ...... church."

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Uliga nodded at my words.

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As long as the bishop and the priest were involved, perhaps the whole church is suspicious.

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The camaraderie there is so strong that it feels abnormal.

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You don't feel it as much when you are closer to the capital, but in villages far from the capital, the church is still very powerful, binding the villagers with useless teachings and sacrificing someone to strengthen its centripetal force.

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What are you going to do?"

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'Now that the churchmen are out, we'll have to report to the royal family. Does Uliga know about this?

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The church and the royal family?　I don't know the details, but I've heard they have a bad relationship.

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I see. The two are not such half-baked relations, though.

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Is the ...... magic circle involved?

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Yes.

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