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In 3048, Philistius the Humorous is born.
In 3058, Delphina is born.
In 3129, Arnold is born.
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In 3130, Filicius and Delphina's parents have an accident on the road.
In 3146, Filius visits the clan territory of the
In 3148, Philistius begins to question the actions of his compatriots.
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In 3149, Filicius leaves his people and begins to build a secret base.
In 3150, Philistius transfers the knowledge and personality of his sister Delphina.
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On April 24th, 3151, the Magical War broke out.
On May 15, 3153, the <
In the same year, Phylicious divides the information on the
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In 3154, Arnold is forced to participate in a project to build a facility under Fort Rutgula.
In 3155, Arnold completes Chelle.
On September 29th of the same year, the Aether Stampede occurs. The War of Magic ends.
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On March 30, an investigation of
Arnold visits the area with Jin, and sighs in sorrow at the transformed land.
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Delfina also visited the area as Rorona's assistant, and wept over what her countrymen had done.
The two had something in common.
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Both were born shortly before the Great War and both knew their homeland before the Great War.
And both were automata created by the hand of Jin.
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Arnold was a technician who provided logistical support during the <
In other words, both of them are well aware of the reality of the <
In addition, both of them shared the fact that they did not like the
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So, both of them said they wanted to talk after dinner, and we ended up talking in Arnold's room.
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I was very pleased to see him.
"Greetings, I am Delphina, formerly of the
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I am Arnold, former technical officer of the Kingdom of Dinar.
They introduced themselves once again, and the conversation began.
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"I was shaken today when I saw what my people have done.
You are very kind. You did not do this to yourself."
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"No, I was manipulated by the Dexiconai as well. Fortunately, when my brother performed transinfo, the influence of the Aguch was not transferred at all.
Delphina had heard from Marikka about the history of the <
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"And the situation in the Nord Confederation at that time was a situation, wasn't it?"
"Yes. Marikka told me that the second generation of <
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At Marikka's place Delfina heard many stories and learned more about the time when Jin had come to the rescue.
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"It seems so. You also defeated the
"That's what I heard. And the person who played a leading role at that time is the automata (automata)...... that the Magecraft Meister of this generation is carrying with him."
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"You must be Reiko."
"Yes, Reiko. You are the world's best automaton that Marikka has set her sights on, aren't you?
That means she has no enemies.
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Invincible, isn't it?
I heard that it was not made to fight, but only to be improved and strengthened because you don't want it to break.
"That's a great story too. ......"
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But Delphina said that, as the creator, she could understand that kind of thinking.
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"You and I both know that this body was made by Jin."
"Yes, he did. I heard that my ...... brother Filius also wanted to make a body for me, but he gave up the idea because he was not satisfied with it.
"You were an engineer who made golems and automata, how do you see your own body?
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"Yes, I think it's a masterpiece that I could never make with my skills.
"I agree with you."
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Arnold nodded broadly.
"It has almost the same specifications as a human being. This is more difficult than building a strong body, isn't it?
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"Yes, you're right. I can't make it.
(Actually, the physical capabilities of the <
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Here Arnold changed the subject a little.
"...... I have secured a position and place as a lecturer at <
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"I ...... haven't decided yet."
"I see. I know Maricka and Zion from ...... and they are both reliable people. Wouldn't it be a good idea to ask them for advice?"
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"Yes. I'm trying to get accustomed to this world, but I'll talk to them about it sometime soon.
"There may be Nords who know about the time of the
Yes, that is one of the candidates.
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Arnold wished Delphina could join the
I am sure that Marikka will eventually come up with the idea.
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"But still, it's a terrible thing that you did with the heavy metal pollution.
"Really. Even if they occupied the land, what were they going to do with the barren land where it is impossible to grow crops?"
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Only the Dexiconai would know that.
"That's what we're trying to do now."
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At this point Delfina looked apologetic.
"I wonder where did you get the distortion that allows you to do such an outrageous thing?
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"Marikka told me that. It seems that the curtain had already been drawn on the tragedy when it was created in the first place.
Delphina seemed to have become quite knowledgeable.
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"But that doesn't mean that the deed is forgiven, though.
I agree.
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Arnold and Delphina seemed to be on the same page, and they seemed to be talking forever if I didn't tell them anything, so Chelle called out to them.
"Mr. Arnold, Ms. Delfina. I think it's time for you to go to sleep.
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An automata's body does not need sleep, but the mental fatigue does.
Therefore, Chelle recommended that they cut the conversation short.
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"Well, I think we'll call it a night.
"No problem."
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Thus ended the first conversation between Arnold and Delfina.
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