My name is Fuyuya Mochizuki. I am Fuyao Mochizuki, the king of this country Brunhild. You're Noir's brother plane, the White Crown 'Albus', isn't that right?
How do you like Nemo?

　Albus looks at me and replies. Apparently we're communicating properly.

''What is your current master's name?''
"Arthur Elnes Belfast. Nali, King of Belfast.
Wha...!

　Belfast⁉︎︎, hey, hey, it's a hell of a name to start with!

What do you mean?　So the King of Belfast, or whatever the hell the King of Belfast is, is this kid's master?
No, no. The current king is Tristowyn Elnes Belfast, I believe. It's a different man.

　I return it to Norn, who folds his arms and twists his head. He's going to be my father-in-law, at least I remember his name. Maybe.
　That Tristowin has only one brother, the Duke of Ortlinde who is Sue's father.
　Currently, there are four people in Belfast who have the name Belfast and, to put it plainly, they should be the only family in Umina's family.
　They are his father, Tristwin, his mother, Yuel, his daughter, Yumina, and his son, Yamato. I've never heard of Arthur.

"This Arthur is your master?
How about this. How do you like it, my dear?
"Denial. I, the Lord, Norn Patraxe.
...De Arca.

　Noir denied Albus's statement. In response, Albus only replied with a word.
　If it's as Albus said, that Arthur person was accompanied by both the 'Black' and 'White' crowns. So why was "White" the only one at the bottom of Palette Lake and "Black" in the mines of the underworld?
　No, why were the golems created in the underworld in the surface world in the first place....... d*mn, it's getting messed up.




''It's true that there is a king named 'Arthur' in the Belfast royal family. That's right, it's a thousand and nineteen years ago now.''

　1019 years ago.........
　On the other end of the phone, the King of Belfast seems to have discovered the name in the family tree scrolls. About a thousand years ago would be the Heian period in Japan. Fujiwara no Michinaga's time.
　If you think about it that way, the civilization here doesn't seem to have developed very fast.... Is it about half as fast?　I wonder if there wasn't any civilization development due to war, but it's a world where magic is flying around with a bang.... Maybe the magic culture has developed.
　Maybe we shouldn't lump it in with our world without spirits and magic, though. If you can use small fire magic, you don't need a lighter, and if you can use light magic [light], you don't need a flashlight. But there's Cantera, this world........ Well, Japan also used lamps until the middle of the Meiji era, so I guess that's about it.

Do you know anything about this Arthur?
''That's right. That's right........the underground ruins that Fuyadono found. He is also the king who moved from that old royal capital to the current royal capital.
I knew it.
''But that's about it for Arthur, and again, there is no record of the 'crown' or the attack of the Frays. What in the world does this mean...''

　The King of Belfast groaned with a mmmm. Why didn't Arthur, the master and king, try to tell future generations about it? I guess he doesn't know the reason.
　For a moment, I thought it was the effect of the 'reset', but... If the attack of the Fraise was 'not', the old royal capital would not have been destroyed. There's another reason.
　At any rate, I thanked him and hung up the phone.

''How did it go?''
It's confirmed. King "Arthur" did exist. But it was a thousand years ago.
I see. So your master is already dead. Unless you're a long-lived species.

　

''What on earth happened a thousand or five thousand years ago........ Can you tell me more about it?
Without the master's permission, we are unable to fulfill his wishes.
'No, your master died a thousand years ago, didn't he?　That's not possible.
It's impossible to get out of bed.

　The doctor cowered his shoulders and turned his attention to me. What do you mean, it's over?　Are you stony-headed for a golem, or do you not understand the concept of human death?　How could it be?
　In the midst of the lame duck mood, Engineer Elka opened his mouth.

I guess we'll just have to register as a submaster.
Submasters?

　What's that?

"A golem is basically a man who only takes orders from his master. But guess what?　What if the master died in the battle and Golem was the only one who survived?
I mean, the master is dead, right?　But the registration remains intact so you won't take orders from anyone?

　That kind of stray golems, they're just annoying. But if it's not like that........

''Yes. Submaster registration is a function for such cases. Only Golems themselves are aware of their master's death, and only their master's blood relatives can register as a temporary master of the Golem. Golems are property. Some planes will be passed down from generation to generation.
Oh, and I don't suppose Robert's brother Blau...
"The blue 'crown' of the Panachez royal family. If someone in your bloodline adapts, they'll be a real master, not just a temporary one. Prince Robert is a master, but the master before him was his great-grandfather. So his grandfather and his father were submasters.

　I see. 'So it's been passed down from temporary master to temporary master, and then one day you get a real master from your descendants.

Of course, this is only for the special golems. Of course, this is only for special golems. Normally, there is no such thing as an adaptor; most golems are passed on from father to son. It's normal to erase the previous master's registration after sub-master registration and then register as a proper master.''

　That's right. When my father dies, I inherit my father's golems. The golems rejected him, which is probably not normal for a golem.

'What's the difference between a master and a submaster?
First of all, you can't use Golem's ability 《skill》. Your performance will drop a notch.
'So, for example, if Norn dies and Noir is passed down to his daughter, you mean that if he's a submaster, he can't use the Golem skill that pays the 'price'?
'Don't give me an unlucky example. Bump you?

　The Norn glared at me, twitching at my temples. Oops, I slipped up.
　


''Correct. I can't say for sure, since I've never tried to see if a blood relative from a thousand years ago could be a submaster, but maybe, just maybe. And with a royal family, I don't think their blood is that thin.

　If Engineer Elka is right, if it's a direct lineage to the royal family, there might be many cousins and other close marriages.
　As I recall, I heard that Yumina's mother, Queen Yuel-sama, also married from a marquis family with royal blood if you go back to the past. If the blood isn't that thin, can it be done?　But it was a thousand years ago, after all. How many generations ago?

You don't think there's any danger, do you?
''There is none. Even if Yumina-chan was an adaptor, if she didn't register as a legitimate master, she would only be a temporary master. The 'compensatory' ability will not be activated.

　Then it's all right. In the meantime, let's get Yumina over here and explain. I hope this makes sense to you.




"Open.

　Once again (three times if you include the time before it was 'reset'), Albus's chest is opened and the G-cube is bathed in sunlight.

'Are you sure about this?'

　With the magic power flowing and the chest open, Yumina turns around and checks with the Elka engineer.
　Only a master can open the internal hatch of a golem that isn't normally dormant, because the golem's self-defense system works. This is because the Golem's self-defense system kicks in. To be more specific, it resists like crazy.
　However, there were two exceptions to this, one of which was the cancellation by the creator, the Meister, and the other was the cancellation by a blood relative when Golem had lost his master. The other is the cancellation by a blood relative when Golem has lost his master.
　In other words, when Yumina opened it, Albus acknowledged that his master died a thousand years ago and recognized Yumina as his blood relative.

'Well. What do I do after this...?
'Don't take out the G-cube, just put one of your hairs in it. That will end your registration with the submaster.

　Just as Engineer Elka had told her, Yumina inserted the golden hair into the glass sphere containing the G-Cube. Without resistance, the hair was sucked into the G-Cube and the glow increased.

''Well you didn't refuse. This makes Yumina-chan the submaster of Albus.

　I had been bracing myself for the 'reset' to be triggered again, but Engineer Elka's words made me relax from my entire body.
　This meant that the white "crown" was passed down from the master a thousand years ago to his descendants a thousand years later.
　When the chest hatch was put back in place, Albus awoke with a quiet driving sound.

The Crown Series, format number CS-01 'Illuminati Albus', is reactivated. Please register your tentative submaster name.
Um, Umina Ernea Belfast, sir.
"Registration is complete. Submaster Registration Complete. Master authority temporarily transferred from Arthur Hernes Belfast to Umina Ernea Belfast. Reboot Simas.

　The eyes 《Camera Eye》 opened and Albus stood up again. His eyes were looking straight at Yumina. Yumina is also short in height, but Albus is smaller than that. The posture is such that she naturally looks up.
　Eventually, he got down on one knee like a knight and spoke in a different voice than when he registered.

'White crown, Illuminati Albus. From now on, I will follow you. Douka permission, Master.
'Yes. I'm not sure, but I'm looking forward to working with you.
"Will.

　Standing up, Albus nodded.
　Then, with a pang, the Doctor clapped one hand and opened his mouth with a smirk.

'Well!　So now you, Yumina, are the master of Albus. Let's get right to it, but I want you to tell me everything that happened to Albus and Noir a thousand and five thousand years ago!
Straight to the point.........don't get too excited.
'You say that, Mr. Winternight!　As far as I'm concerned, this could clear up some of that mumbo-jumbo from 5,000 years ago.　Why did the invasion of the Frays suddenly cease that day? Why did a world that was on the verge of ruin connect with one another by the skin of its neck? The answer is right there. It's impossible not to get excited about it!

　Well, from the Doctor's point of view, yes. How on earth did the 'White' and 'Black' crowns get rid of the Frays.......


Crom Ranchez. The maker of the Crowns is the High Master of White and Black.
I knew it.

　Engineer Elka must have expected this. Five thousand years ago, the master of the White and Black was the ancient genius of the Golem Master, Crom Ranches, the master of the underworld.

''What on earth did Crom Ranches do five thousand years ago?''
"Crom Ranches uses the powers of Black and White to travel across the world. Yes.

　The truth about the "white" crowned albs. I will try to arrange the contents of the story in my mind.
　First of all, Crom Ranches, with the White and Black crowns in his arms, used his two abilities to jump beyond his own world. It was a transition from the back world to the surface world.
　This seems to be mainly due to Noir's power to manipulate time and space. It's the same power as my [Cross Space Transition].
　It's the opposite of Lelios Parellius, the founding king of the Primula Kingdom, who was transported from the surface world to the back world. I see, if he had met Crom Ranches, Lelios Parellius might have been able to return to the surface world.......
　It was Crom Ranches who had jumped across the world, but of course, the cost was terrible. When he reached the surface world, Crom Ranches, who was an old man when he reached the surface world, was said to have been rejuvenated to the form of a boy. So if he made a mistake, he was so rejuvenated that he could have lost his life.
　Why he left his own world and leapt to another, I don't know. Did he seek new knowledge and skills, or did he have other reasons.... Even Albus didn't know. I don't think he just wanted to be young again.
　Anyway, Crom Ranches had drifted to the Demon Kingdom of Xenoas five thousand years ago, as it is now called.

I'm sure you'll be able to find out more about this. I'm not as good as the Holy Empire Parthenot to which I belonged, but it was a pretty big country with a high level of technology," he said.

　And the doctor gives us a supplementary explanation.
　Anyway, Krom Ranches settled in that country and learned the wisdom of an ancient magical civilization. The golems were recognized as mini-robots of the Doctor's own, and apparently they fit in without any particular fuss.
　When Krom Ranches had spent a decade learning to use magic as well, a visitor named Despair suddenly appeared in that United Kingdom of Piraithra.
　It was the appearance of the Frays.