'Father, why did you send me to Rashausen? I'm not finished with you.

　Reinhardt was in a bad mood.
　His mind couldn't keep up.
　It was a question that had sprouted halfway through the last twenty years of hiding.
　Why was he alone, a small country, and why was he alone?
　The mystery was once interrupted by Amadeus, and the one who didn't care was the adventurer Nito.
　He plotted it reasonably well, even if it was half-heartedly.
　He had disappeared from King's Landing without anyone finding out, and then he was instantly found out.
　I was worried about the meaning of 20 years.

You have a fine personality too, Reinhardt. That's enough, don't you think?
Master Adolphe. I've done my part. You've wasted twenty years of my time. But I haven't been told what it was all for, or why.
All right. Don't be so hasty. But I'll give you a word of advice. "'Don't lie to me about 'wasted'. Your feelings are still very much alive in Radshausen.
'What do you mean?' said Ulanos.
'You don't need to know. This is his problem. You can tell him anyway.
Okay.

　Adolf urged Uranos to tell him the truth.

'Reinhardt. I sent you to Radshausen because that is where the brave were born.
'The birth of a brave... no, it can't be. Brave men are born only in Greberg. In fact, there are references to such a thing.
Not exactly. Even brave men have qualities.

　Reinhardt's eyebrows furrowed as he didn't understand the words.

'Do you know the art of the brave?
I'm sorry, that was explosive magic.
Yes, but that's only part of the story. But that's only the tip of the iceberg, the one who controls the five attributes and understands the golden vine. That's the brave that will be known to the world. But this is not a lie, but it is not true either. The brave man has a special magic called the heavenly attribute that is even more sophisticated than that.
"Heavenly attributes?
"Also known as the magic of the end.
''Demise...'' the name Abyss passed through Reinhardt's head for a moment. ''You have a similar name. Is it different from the Abyss?''
It's supposed to be the exact opposite.
"'Been'?　What's that all about?
It is said to be the dominion of the world. That is, control of the world, or so it is said, magic over all that exists.
'....You mean that what is being said is not accurate?
'Victoria has been studying this magic for many years. Victoria is an institution dedicated to the study of demons and the training of researchers who can study demons. But we don't know what the actual nature of end-of-life magic is. I don't know if it's real now. Regardless. Anyway. That's why I entrusted you with Radshausen.

　A brave man is born in Rashausen.
　Reinhardt rolled the words around in his head.

'One is said to be the influence of a dragon vein. No one has any idea what's flowing through it. Even Victoria has not been able to figure that out. The anecdote about the birth of the brave only in Greyberg is attributed to the dragon vein that flows directly below. The history of the Greiberg is long, and as you know, a number of brave men and women have been confirmed. And that country has done a lot of naturalization quoting.
What is it?

　Uranos speaks in a flowing manner.
　Reinhardt's eyebrows furrowed at the unfamiliar words.

''Hmm. The naturalization quote........ No, I see. That was it. It's a different name used outside of Victoria," Uranos said. 'What is the karma of naturalized quotations? The meaning is very different, but in modern times it's more akin to a heroic summons.'
'You mean the magic that summons heroes from the other world? It was done by Greiberg just the other day.
"Summoning heroes is one thing. That's not the same thing as a naturalization citation. It's a derivative of summoning heroes. I'll say that for now. It was said to be Adams' cardinal sin.
A mortal sin? He raised his eyebrows again.
Adams later regretted that he shouldn't have left behind any mention of the three or four acts.
'Father. I'm sorry, but there are so many words I don't know. What are the three or four actions?
Hmm? ...oh. I'm sorry. If I'm not careful, I tend to talk like I did when I was a student.

　Uranos lightly thrust his cheekbones into the elbows of the throne and reformed.

''Reinhardt,'' he said, ''I taught you the Oblivion. Reinhardt, one day I taught you Oblivion.
Yes. It was memory manipulation magic.
That's right. That's another one of the three or four jobs.
''Which means,'' said Reinhardt, trying to understand somehow.
'The karma of naturalization citation -- the so-called summoning of existence. The karma of attributional insulation -- "insulation (platoonyx). The karma of imitation of a ship returning home -- the creation of objects. This is called the Three Elements. And then oblivion is added to it, making it the fourth karma. All in all, there are three types of karma.
''I see,'' said Reinhardt, rubbing his fingers between his eyebrows.
'A heroic summoning is something that was later studied and created by someone who found a foreign object in Adams. We collectively refer to it as a naturalization quotation in Victoria because of its close proximity to the nature of summoning in naturalization quotations. But things are quite different.
Father, what is this magic for?　I understand the use of Oblivion Magic, but the rest I have no idea how to use it.
"The work of imputed insulation between body and vital information. In other words, it breaks the cocoon's connection and collects the cocoon. In the karma of returning to the ship, the cocoon is used to create an object. In other words, these two karma operations are magic to create the body of a living being. But this is nothing more than a vessel. It's empty inside. The karma of naturalized quotation is used to summon the object's existence into the vessel. In other words--
'So you're coming back to life,' Uranos nodded.
'That's what I mean. I'm sure you'll be able to find a way to make it work. It's a very advanced spell when you hear how it works, but it's really an easy spell that is a simplified version of the three hits. It's so easy that anyone can use it with a few tests. The only difference is that the target is fixed. You can choose the target for naturalized quotation, but the target for summoning a hero is limited to creatures of the other world. This is because it is so built into the magic formula beforehand. Furthermore, if you use a human as a medium, you can narrow down the types of creatures and summon a human like Greberg. It's a magic that is friendly to those who are unfamiliar with the study of witchcraft and magic formulae. Anyone with a vast amount of magical power and a medium can do it.

　Ulanos laughed, "Prankster magic, Amused.
　It was admiring, but Reinhardt had no idea what the point of this laugh was.

'I digress. As an aside, it is said that the boon is also influenced by the dragon vein. It was already considered common knowledge in Victoria. The summoning of brave men doesn't have that much potency. It's a dragon vein that even gives benefits, but what the brave need is above all the root of it. Reinhardt, do you understand what I'm saying?
...Rathhausen?
''That's right. The root of the dragon vein is not located in Grayberg, but right below the royal city of Razhuisen. The only true heroes are those who were born under the influence of the root source. That's why it's not Gracelk.
'Kagetra was also born in that place where the present Rashausen is located. He was born there on a trip and that's a long time ago.

　Adolf seemed to be staring somewhere in the distance.

'So that's why you sent me to Razhuisen? But ... what was the point?　Watching for the brave men who could be born?
"It's almost a gamble," said Adolf. I was puzzled when Uranos told me, too. Unless you're from Victoria, you don't know about it. I think people misunderstood what was going on, and I'm one of them. I'm one of those people.
Haha...." he replied in a token way.
"I'd like to remind you that I let you go because it was important. I was going to kidnap a true hero and throw a punch to Victoria. Uranos will never be allowed in that academy again.
Can't even Master Adolphe get into that?
Yeah. They say you have to be invited to that school. That's the way it's designed. There are gates and you can see the gatekeepers and even talk to them, but you can't see anything else. You can't see the grounds at all. You should go there. You'll understand a bit of why I'm so obsessed with Victoria. There's a magical truth to it. I suppose. I don't have any Uranos, I'm told.
'At least there is no magic that can bring a person back to life. I have checked all but a few of the facilities during my time at the school. I don't recall any such magic.
Some of it is quite disturbing. And what is it, the Voice of Heaven?
Yes, sir.
Uranos says that the scholars study daily according to a broadcast called the Voice of Heaven. Like slaves.
'Father. Isn't it possible to bring a person back to life by using the Three Returners?
That's theoretically impossible. At the moment of death, existence ceases to exist. If there is no subject being, you can prepare a vessel, but you cannot bring a person back to life.

　Ulanos dropped his eyes with a grim expression.

'Or, if you're like me, your existence will remain, though. Just as Zephyr did.
...Oh, I see.

　Reinhardt looked terribly disappointed for a moment.

''By the way. Why is Victoria studying the magic of the endgame?''

　A question suddenly occurred to me.
　Adolph smiled slowly, "I asked you the same question," he said happily, "I asked you the same question.

'I don't know,' said Uranos, 'I have no idea. 'To me, who knew only the magic of Rickman and Victoria, everything in Victoria was commonplace. I was a naive person and did not question time and space. And the school office had saved my life. There I could get food, knowledge, stimulation, and everything else I could ever desire.
Then why is your father here now?
...because I met Gaia.

　Reinhardt's gaze falls at those words.

'I escaped once, out of spite.

　Uranos showed a faint smile that he doesn't usually show.

'Uranos, I'm sure you're ready to go. Let's get going.
Yes.

　Uranos left the throne and each of them later moved to the underworld of Sigma Deus.
　The Empire was left empty, and afterwards, articles were published by a magical correspondence asking for the truth.

''Master Adolf. I'll be on my way later, first.
Beast country.
''Yes. Only the Beast King knows that there are White Cat prisoners here. I don't like to think of you as having betrayed us or anything.
''It can't be helped since they aren't cooperative to begin with. But if we can't get any more beastmen, we'll have to look elsewhere to make up for it. Well, there are plenty of ways to do it.

　Uranos bowed his head deeply and transitioned from the spot.
　And when the light of the transition converged, what he saw in front of him was the main gate of the Beast Country.
　Just take a disturbing feeling at that point.

''The gatekeeper...'' isn't there.

Uranos showed his frustration and kicked the iron lattice-like gate in a furious manner.
I'm not going to be able to get a good idea of what I'm talking about.
But I already understood the current state of this country, including the state of the city.
There was no magic power of any kind.
There was no sign of beastmen in the city, and not even a shred of them had any magic power.

　Then he arrived and opened the gates of the throne.

''........you.

　It was empty.
　Ulanos turned his attention to the left end of the hall.
　There was no sign of the iced Anna that should have been there.

''Amadeus......... d*mn it, what the hell is Amadeus!　You've got to be kidding me!

　In the heart of an empty country, Uranos was furious.