At the time when an internal schism was about to occur in the southernmost point of Alpha, the opposite side of the country was quietly working to destroy the peace.

　The progression of demons was relatively slow in this land, which had built a defensive base at the northernmost point, compared to other countries. If we talk about the mortality rate of simple wizards, it's natural that the frequency of encounters is low.
　Although the skill level of the mages remains a little uneasy, the low mortality rate is a simple way to build military strength. Experienced mages were able to enhance the education of those below them as they were promoted and moved up in rank. This is because in this peaceful land there is often a need to cooperate with other nations. The tactical concept in this country is the same as the guilty pleasures of other countries.

　Of all the seven countries, the name Hydrangee is the most significant as a symbol of peace. In spite of its small size, the climate here is peaceful. Because of this, the city is reminiscent of the countryside, and the temperament of the people is so soft.

　It's been eighty years since this country was threatened by demons. Even the great disasters of the past had progressed in the south, so the people of Hydrangee were a bit removed from the day-to-day life of humanity's fear of demons, the higher species.

　No one in particular was superior. It is true that this is a country that prides itself on having many excellent people, but it is not blessed with people who are leading the way in other countries, especially the three titans like Alpha.
　No, such people may be born from putting themselves in a harsh situation.

　Nevertheless, this peace will continue because the army of the Hydrangees is still excellent.
　But they weren't excellent at anything.


''I suppose this is the right thing to do.''
'Yes, of course, Master Rafcenal. It's all necessary for the sake of prosperity, our.

　The young man with the black-rimmed glasses smiled softly behind the lenses.

　Inside the residence of the head of state, there is a heavily fortified room where they meet. It is a hidden room that is connected to the study of the Hydrangee's head, Rafcenar Cojodore.
　It was prepared to thwart all detection magic.

　Rafcenal was in his mid-thirties, but he looked young for his age. It's a good thing that you're not going to have to worry about the fact that you're not going to have to worry about the fact that you're not going to have to worry about the fact that you're not going to have to worry about the fact that you're not going to have to worry about the fact that you're not going to have to worry about the fact that you're not going to have to worry about the fact that you're not going to have to worry about the fact that you're not going to have to worry about the fact that you're not going to have to worry about the fact that you're not going to have to worry about it. He was the kind of man who had been raised to the fullest extent of luxury.
　That's why he doesn't always try to do the right thing, he judges based on what's right or wrong. And he was petulant enough to take advantage of other people's opinions about it.
　But he had a desire to wish for it, too. He may be a small man, but his blood is stronger than most. He was not your typical superior's vessel.

　Still, the reason why Hydrangee has been able to do this is because the people around him are undoubtedly excellent.

"I'm relying on you guys. You're right, we've made the preparations for this. It's almost as if it's a good thing Balmes managed to distract me, but I'm hoping that's not the case anymore. My stomach's been churning all the time.
'I'm sorry. They are both outlaws.
"You're going to make me do what I say or I'm done. And so will you.
I know.

　The young man became a servant with a big smile on his face. It took us a long time to prepare for this. I don't need to be told that now.

'Then I'll get ready for the show.
Wait a minute, wow, what am I supposed to do?
'I'm sure you'll be fine for the time being, so it's good to be extravagant. It's always the great people who see the big picture. It's good to have a lavish meal or to have a woman in your arms.　As you can imagine, we don't want you to look bad.
All right, all right. I'll pull the trigger.

　Rafcenar nodded with an embarrassed face after being sarcastic with a creepy smile. I guess it's an ugly part of humanity that you have a tremendous sense of smallness and yet you instantly become stronger when you are lower in rank than yourself.
　He is loyal to such greed, or rather, he can't even restrain himself from greed. This man had a bad reputation for calling women to the floor every night.　

　It would have been better if he was still trying to have a child, but not so much. Can we call it playing with fire, or nightlife? He was famous throughout the country for his bad habits.



　A young man had just emerged from the residence of the head of state.
　It's not as if he even cared to read the novel he had tucked away in his pocket, or maybe he was just jerking his head around and looking blankly ahead.

(It may be rare for a man to be this useless.)

　He feels useless towards the head of the state, but he is actually saved. The fact that he and his companions are still able to hide out like this is due to the head's concern.
　Of course, this is only possible because of the young man's temptation.

　As they passed through the huge gate, a nervous, choppy voice called out to them. The guards probably didn't think it was a good idea for this young man to go home alone. So, naturally, he tried to call out to him, but his voice trembled.
　The guard's intention was to immediately call a magic car to pick him up and drop him off. I tried to contact them without waiting for a reply, but before I did, I received an unexpected reply.

'I don't need it. It's quite a distance away, but I'll just run home.''
"--!　No, that won't do. I'll call for you in a moment.
I said no, twice.
Ha!

　The guard straightened his posture vertically and turned his gaze upward to the sky as Krokel lowered the corners of his eyes behind his glasses and told him so with a soft expression.

　There is no further exchange, and the young man still walks on the paved road, but he suppresses his desire to deviate.

　Even without a brain, the young man's heart would not be harmed to hear the requiem that would begin at this moment. The wait was long and early.
　Once he turned around and looked not at the mansion, but at the Tower of Babel in the distance.

　The head of state's mansion is located in the innermost part of the wealthy community, so there isn't even a soul in the area at first.

　The sound of leaves and grass scraping brings all sorts of information into the silence. He took off his glasses and hooked them in his breast pocket. These glasses would be strangely too conspicuous without them, but I no longer need them.
　Then he asks in what seemed to be an empty room.

'Are you ready?'
The grand gala is all set.

　Only a voice came from behind the bushes on the wind. The young man knew who it was, but the person and the sound of his voice seemed to be completely different. He could tell just by hearing the voice that the gender was different. It was a clear female voice, and he soon comes up with a reason for that too. I knew it was an unnecessary worry, but I couldn't help but ask.

'Have you changed again?　Do you think your favorite is in storage?
No, no, that was a bad idea for anyone in the know.
Isn't this character a little blurry?

　The reply was muffled, not only in words but also in voice tone.

'Perhaps it's because we've been diversifying so much lately that we've been so careless.

　This time it changed to a young man's voice and emerged from the bushes. Everyone could tell by the uniform he wore. It was the uniform of a Hydrangee soldier.

　The young man smiled bitterly and scratched his cheeks, as if to say, "Oh dear. It is a useful ability, so I feel a little guilty as the one who gave the instructions.

''Don't you forget who you really are?
'Haha, it's too late now. You forgot it a long time ago. If you don't remember, it was probably because your body wasn't fully used.
Does that mean you weren't talented in the first place?
''I don't know. At least it's special enough to have this unusual ability, but then again, the body is just a container in its ability to require blood.
You do remember the gender, don't you?
'Huh, was it a man or a woman? Either one is fine, but if you ask me, I can't remember, and it's kind of irritating that I can't remember.
You're pretty good at that, aren't you? I can hear in your voice that you don't feel anything. That's the only thing that hasn't changed, even though you've changed. For some reason, I have a feeling you're a woman.
'Induction, or so I'm told, I have a pretty good memory for women, so I'm starting to feel that way.
'Yes, yes ... and Mekphis ... that's it, isn't it?
I've been calling myself that for years.
'No, no, you have too many pseudonyms. I remember the last time I heard you say Inove.
'That one, well, it sounded good, but it takes time to penetrate, so I'm reverting to Mekphis now. And it's a woman.

　Crockel mends suspiciously with a sideways glance.

Mekphis' face changes sharply at the voice that says, "It's dangerous to say that in the form of a man, really... and let's leave the chit-chat for now." and walks a step behind him.
　He disguised himself as a single mage's valet.

'It's safe to assume you're ready, right?
It's a good start, but...

　I'm at a loss for words. Mekphis's face contained the concern of being here.

''Ilyce is backing out of this case, but...''
Hmm. Well, it's not so cohesive as an organization.
Do you want me to kill him?
'Hmmm, it's pretty bone-crunching.
Perhaps, in Ilyce's case, it's doubtful that the blood is even flowing.
'I suppose. And you're not going to interfere with that, are you?
I think we all know that inviolability is a given.
''Well if you think you're headed to Alpha by yourself at all, you'll do whatever you want, really.

　The young man with the strangely cheerful voice abruptly skipped the conversation without a hint of cloudiness.

'So did you get what you asked for?
'I made it up as you asked, but what good is this going to do?'
There are things even you don't understand, aren't there? You know so much more about this kind of thing than I do.

　He received a single test tube from Mekphis. The dark liquid was sticky and raw like blood. The young man looks at the tightly corked test tube with a satisfied look on his face.

''No, it's an unknown field as far as this is concerned. I can't share my knowledge of the current first-ranked magic information being missing, something I don't know about.
'I suppose. One correction: his magic is not a deficit, but the deficit itself is information.
...?
''Hmmm. How to say, the information contained in the magic is there for everyone, and it exists for him too. But in his case, the information is being destroyed right beside it being recorded. The blood has a will - in this case, I guess you could call it the magic power contained in the blood, it has a will.
'Interesting. But why are you telling me that...?　No, I suppose that's exactly the kind of question that's unnecessary.
'That's what I mean. So, to get back to the point, of course Mekphis has some interesting stuff in his blood, and this time it was just really lucky, but you and he had your blood purified into a form that could harmonize with each other.
So what good does it do?
'Just in case... well, just in case, I'll let Hazan have this and teach him how to use it. When he heard this, his trembling was such a sight to behold that it was as if an earthquake had occurred.

　A giggle and a reminiscent smile twitched the young man's mouth lewdly.

'Yes, sir.'
Any other members of the group who have dropped out...
'Of course not. We're a race that originally crossed the line we can always start the creation.

　With a grin, the young man lifted the corners of his mouth and ruffled his grayish hair. His blue eyes narrowed as if to foretell the future.
　A ruthless expression on his face makes a cold voice sound.

''Then let's begin, gentlemen.

　All the disintegration began to move slowly at the sound of his voice.
　Mekphis was already gone, not behind him, and he had disappeared. The cleansing and building that was about to begin was a means to avoid the crisis that the young man had envisioned.
　It was also the means to save this world.

　He thinks.
　We have to be selective about what we protect. It is only arrogance to try to protect everything. We must limit the number of people who can live in this world.
　Those who are chosen and those who are not. There must be a clear divide between the two.

　It's just that the young man has taken over the role of handing over the lead to the human race that is about to be destroyed by the demons and is not yet aware of it. As long as there is a limit to the existence to be protected, there is also a limit to the existence to be protected.
　That is why the world today is merely standing precariously on a broken pedestal. We must avoid a chain of failures that leads to everything.

　That is why it is a shame. There had to be a stronger threat than Krama for those the young man had chosen for himself to expose themselves to the surface.

'I'm sorry, Ars. I can't bring you onto the ark of the new world. In all times, heroes don't save everything, they only save the lives they can save. Only the weight of those lives makes a hero.

　Without needing to reclaim the memories he read about as a child, the young man thinks of the heroes in the stories he admired. The hero, who was a villain, had been saving people all along. But that evil hero killed a number of innocent people in order to defeat the bad guys.
　In the end, such a hero is shown to save the world by sacrificing tens of thousands of people to keep the peace.

　In most of the many creations, most heroes try to protect and defend everything. That's why they are heroes, but it's a dream in any favorable light. The reality is not made for everything to have a happy ending.
　That's why the young man was impressed by the fact that the evil hero is truly righteous.


　Now, it is about to come to fruition.