There is a cause for things to happen. It is the turning point of events, without which subsequent events would not have occurred.
'Huh...'
''For example. If you hadn't met Duke Ortlinde through Mr. Su, you would never have met Mr. Yumina. Isn't that right?
Yeah, well,

　And since Duke Ortlinde was the king's brother, he was able to get to know Yumina.

''I wouldn't have met that Su-kun, too, if it weren't for the trip to the royal capital from the town of Rivlet. Moreover, it's also Yae-kun. Just because one cog has shifted one cog, you're not here now.

　No, if I hadn't said that, I would have been a high school student in Japan in an ordinary way if God hadn't made a mistake.　What? No way....

Does that mean.........that you can change history?
'Yes. It's close to that. However, this 'ability 《chikara》 is a little different from rewinding time. It's overwriting a part of that event by 'not happening'. It's a little different, but this time it would be easier for you to understand if we called it a reset. Of course, it doesn't extend to "our" perception.

　Uncle Kosuke glances at Anubis. It is normal for Anubis. I'm sure he doesn't feel as much as the dew that something has happened.
　It's not so much that time has been rewound, but rather that we are in a new time...?
　Like the reset button on a game, for example. Reset when things go badly. Reset the game over and over again. Is that the power of the white "crown" albs?

''No, if you just go to a parallel world at a different juncture, then only the white 'crown' or its master will end up transferring to a parallel world. It has nothing to do with us. Rather, we're going to pull and 'paste' the 'certain events that happened' in 'this world' with the 'possibilities that didn't happen' in the parallel world. Just as you would apply a cloth to a pair of pants with a hole in them, or graft on a broken branch. And both the torn trouser cloth and the broken branch are 'not there'. Naturally, subsequent events will change as well.

　Black "Crown" Noir's ability is the power to attract what he wants from the parallel world.
　The white Crown, Albes, is the power to cut and rewrite ... overwrite the events of that parallel world?
　─ ─ Speaking of which, the blue 'crown' at Prince Pumpkin Pants' place, Blau said.

The white crown "albs" is a special crown. It is the counterpart to the black crown "Noir" and the end. The Fool who makes everything go to waste.

　It's true that this is the power to reduce everything to nothing........to nothing.
　It is true that the power of white and black are similar, but they are different. The 'black' that attracts all possibilities and the 'white' that renders all possibilities into nothing.

The 'white' that makes 'possibility' nothing. That white 'crown' refused to be removed by Fuyao-kun to remove the G-Cube, and the 'reset' may have occurred. It wouldn't have that much power in a dormant state, so it would have 'reset' to a minimal......perhaps to the point where it wouldn't be discovered by you. It didn't make sense to the gods (us), though.

　I heard my uncle Kosuke's story and hurriedly called the King of Belfast.

''Oh, Fuyao-dono. What's the matter?''

　The unicorns had already been taken down at Lake Palette in Belfast. And as my uncle Kosuke had said, nothing had been found.
　When I listened to the story in detail, there was one thing that differed from what I had been told by the Duke of Ortlinde.
　The horns of the unicorn shark were not broken. It was because that horn was broken and fell into the lake that one of the knights dove down and found Albus. So that's the event that was rewritten into the white 'crown'.

'Dive into the lake and you will find the white 'crown'. You'll find a white 'crown,' and if you don't even try to take out the G-cube, I don't think the 'reset' will happen. Well, I don't think you'll have the power to 'reset' anymore.

　Following Uncle Kosuke's words, we transitioned to Palette Lake with [Gate].
　The people of Belfast seemed to have pulled up with another horn shark and there was no one around.
　I tried to check the lake with search magic, but there was no response. Why is that?
　But surely there should be a white 'crown' lying here.

''The [Prison]

　A cube blue-white translucent barrier is built around me. Of course, I've set it up so that water doesn't pass through, but oxygen does.
　I walked straight into the lake.
　As expected of the "City of Lakes" and the capital city of Arefis, Palette Lake is a very transparent lake. You can see pretty far.

I can see it, but it's so big...." "I can see it, but it's so big.... I don't know where I'm falling. I should have asked His Majesty the king where he dropped the horns of the unicorns before they were reset. Oh, that's right.

　Using summoning magic, he summoned Coral and Black Sun from Brunhild. The turtle and snake divine beast was still floating in the air, puka-puka, as usual.

''Can you ask the fishes of this lake to look for the white golems... or something like them, that sink to the bottom of the lake?''
"Will.
"No problem.

　The corals swept out of the [Prison] with a swish, and as I thought they shouted something, countless fishes immediately gathered. Oooh. This is the king of the scales! He's good.
　Coral and Kuroshio shouted once again, and the fish all scattered at once. I don't think it was because I thought, "That looks delicious........
　After waiting for a while, some fish came over to us and stopped in front of the corals.

I think I found what it looks like. It's over here!

　That was pretty quick. At any rate, we walked down the lake bottom with a few fish leading the way in the direction of the black sun pointing at us.
　Eventually, I saw something sticking out of the ground on the bottom of the lake beyond.
　Looking at it, it's hard to tell. It appeared to be a rock with algae growing on it. It was a strangely shaped rock.
　However, when I touched it with my hand, the algae and dirt fell off and a white body appeared in the water from inside.
　Quickly brushing away the algae and soil, it protruded from the bottom of the lake and was undoubtedly a white 'crown', an albs.
　That's why the search magic doesn't work in this state. The knight who found it before the reset must have also found it by accidental touch.
　However, it seems to be in pretty good shape for being neglected for so long. Is it because the water in Palette Lake was so clean?
　Lake Palette is not a closed lake like Lake Mashu in Hokkaido, where there is no river. Despite that, maybe it's because of the spirits that the water is so clear.
　For now, I pulled up Albus at [Levitation] and returned to Brunhild at [Gate] with Coral and Kuroshio.




''Definitely a white 'crown'........ I didn't expect to have been swept away to this world.......

　Seeing Albus, who had brought it to Babylon's 'laboratory', Engineer Elka muttered with a gulp in his throat.

''Hmm. It's certainly a golem just like Norn's noir. Well, let's open it up for now.

　He grabbed Dr. Babylon by the collar as he tried to reach out to Albus, giddy as if he'd just gotten a new toy.

'Geez!'
'Wait a minute. If they 'reset' you again, you're in trouble. You'll have to listen to me first.
"'Reset'?

　Both Dr. Erca and Engineer Erca looked at each other incomprehensible, but when I told them what I had just experienced, they both thought about it in a huff.

'The ability to rewrite events..... It's definitely similar to Noir's ability. This one, though, if you use it incorrectly, it could be a terrible thing.
Outrageous?
Okay?　There may be a few conditions to actually use it, but it makes 'what happened' 'never happened'.... In other words, it's an ability that can cancel any attack, or more importantly, it can even pretend that the fight never happened. If it were to be activated against an individual or a country....
Maybe it could be that the person was 'never born' and the country was 'never founded'...

　I was horrified by Engineer Elka's musings. It's a common story about parents who don't get married in a time machine or something.
　I'm sure you've heard the story of how the father and mother met and pretended it never happened. The child would never have been born.

'However, this is all the ability I have. I don't think it's possible to rewrite events that far apart.
'I agree. Besides, since this Albus is also a 'crown', there should be a 'price' to use that much power. I think the power of "Reset" is over as long as that master is not there. It's not just a matter of time before you get to the point where you're going to be able to get a good idea of what the "white" price is. In Noir's case, it was his master's 'time lived', but.......

　Perhaps the cost of the white 'crown' is not a fragile one either. Isn't it something that could cost you your life once you use it?　If you're looking for a noir counterpart, "Time to Live"... or "Life Span"?

''By the way, how come that 'reset' took place and you remember it, Fuyao-kun?''

　Chill. I'm sure you'll notice something else first.
　I don't tell people about God's relations except for Yumina and other fiancées. It's not a good idea to fool people.

It's not a good idea.
Hmmm......................

　The doctor turns his half-eyed gaze to me. He's definitely suspicious, isn't he!

Well, that's okay. But if that's the case, "White," what should we do?

　Hmmm, you could destroy it before it gets into trouble, but I'd rather not do that if at all possible.
　Perhaps, though. Five thousand years ago, or even a thousand years ago, it was this white 'crown' albs that fixed the breakdown in the world's wards.
　The fact that the warding was 'torn and broken' must have been 'never happened'.
　If I can use that power again, I want you to restore the broken boundaries of this world.
　Right now, this world is defenseless. There is no guarantee that another invader from another world like Frase will come at any time.

'Is it possible to reactivate it without touching the G-cube?
'It's probably protected so that it doesn't erase the data from the previous master. So unless you register a new master, it's not impossible to reactivate it. But that means that there is no master to control the golems. If it goes out of control, there's no compulsory command [command] from the master...
So you're going to have to stop him by force or worse, destroy him.

　The "runaway" in this case would not be a runaway of the resetting ability, but in the purest sense of the word.
　It could be perceived as an "enemy" at any moment and could even be attacked. And there's no master to stop it.

''At worst, I'll seal it with my [Prison], though.
Yeah. I guess that's the safest way to go. Well, it's not like it's set to go out of control.

　The Doctor gave a small nod.

'Well, let's reboot it then.'
'No. Before we do that, let's call the Norn and have them bring Noir to us. It might serve as a deterrent against Albus.

　I see. The "White" and the "Black" will meet for the first time in a thousand years, shall we say?
　We couldn't invite the Norn to Babylon, and it wouldn't be good if anything happened to them, so we moved to the large training grounds in the northern part of the castle.
　While explaining the situation to the Norn who were summoned, we proceeded to reactivate Albus.

''d*mn it, how do you expect me to pick up a new 'crown'? It doesn't make sense to me.
...white.

　Norn mumbling in a dumbfounded manner, and Noir standing in front of Albus, as if he had no memory of it, but had something on his mind.

''Open,''

　Engineer Elka opens the chest of Albus, just like I did before the reset.
　It was exactly the same as before the reset, a G-Cube spinning slowly inside a transparent sphere, emitting a green phosphorescent light.
　Without touching the G-cube, Engineer Elka pulled out a small bar-shaped part that was behind it. It's shaped like a fuse.

I'm sorry, but can you pour some magic into this? It'll take some time if it's us.''
In this?　Well, okay, but....

　With his thumb and forefinger, he pinched the fuse handed to him by Engineer Elka and let the magic flow.
　It flowed slowly at first, but eventually a good amount was poured in, and a small light lit up in the center of the fuse.
　Apparently enough was enough, so she returned the fuse to Engineer Elka, and then she returned it to Albus again
　Finally, I pressed what looked like a button in the back with something that looked like a screwdriver. For a moment, the G-Cube spun faster, but then it went back.

'That's it.'

　Engineer Elka closed the chest of Albus and let the magic flow again.
　Then there was a low activation sound, and a small "click" or "click" sound leaked out of the Albus.

"Crown Series, format number CS-01 'Illuminati Albus', reboot!

　Suddenly, I thought I heard such a mechanical voice from Albus, and then, with a click, my eyelids opened and my eyes 《camera eye》 moved and began to observe my surroundings.
　Albus raises his upper body and slowly stands up. His gaze was directed at the noir in front of him.
　Albus was about to take a step towards that noir, but he was caught by his own feet and lost his balance.

'Ah.'

　In front of our eyes, the white 'crown' vigorously crashes face first into the ground.

"....falls over. I haven't been able to return to full function yet. It's a shame.
...just after the system reboots. It's perfectly natural.

　While falling to the ground, Albus speaks out and Noir responds to him.

It's useless. I'm going to hurt your heart.
Copy that.

　 Somehow.