An old automaton began to move and speak. It was supposed to be a witness to history.

"Your name is Anne and I am your master.

All I knew was that the automata's name was Anne, but I didn't know anything else,

"I'm sorry, but I can't tell you how to do this.

I was told. I wondered if this automata had been erased of important information. If there was a possibility that the automata might have fallen into the hands of the enemy, it would have been a natural thing to do.

"Hmmm... I don't think we will find anything more..."

concluded Reinhard, who was examining the room where the golem had been.

"Then, what should we do with this golem and its automata?

At that moment, a voice echoed from the passageway they had entered.

"Ha-ha-ha-ha!　That's great!　Excellent!　Thank you very much for your hard work!

It was Lukor, the self-proclaimed archaeologist we had met earlier in the day.

"Lukor!　What are you doing here?"

Reinhardt asks, and Lecore laughs again.

I told you I'm examining these ruins. <

"The Unified Party!

Lukor was an agent of the Unifilers.

"During the day, I thought he was a pirate, so I sent a pigeon to report him. And in the evening, I received a reply. "Surprise, surprise, Reinhard and Jin, both of you are the ones that our Unification Party (Unifiler) has been looking for!

Lukor was so excited that he started babbling on and on.

"With this discovery as a souvenir, you too can pledge your allegiance to the Unification Party (Unifiler)!　Ha-ha-ha-ha!"

Lukor laughed like a madman.

At that moment, Jin turned around when he felt a tug on his sleeve. There was the automaton, Anne.

"The person's house is very funny...is............"

It was hard to hear and her voice was low, but Jin listened to what Ann said.

"............"

"I see. You've been very kind. Thank you, Anne.

When Jin had finished listening to Ann, Lukor was still laughing and shouting.

"Ha-ha-ha-ha!　Come on, you two, come with me!"

To Lukor, Jin said something to him.

"What the hell!"

"What?"

At the sound of Jin's cold voice, even Lukoil stopped laughing and looked at him strangely.

"What did you say?"

"I said, 'What a b*tc*,' you fanatic."

Jin then followed up with another attack.

"The Unification Party?　Do you really think you can do that?　Then you're not even a fanatic. You're just a fool."

When he was told that much, Lukoil's face turned red and he became angry.

"What, what, what?　Do you know what you are talking about?"

Jin replied coldly,

"Unify the continent?　In the first place, the Kingdom of Dinar ruled only a small part of the continent. Even then, it could not sustain itself due to population decline and went bankrupt and became a small group of countries.　That's ridiculous. Oh, the Unification Party (Unifiler) is a comedy group?

Reinhardt's eyes widened at these harsh words, which did not suit Jin, but Lukoil was even more astonished when he was told.

"What, what, what?"

"Don't make me ask you again, you have a bad memory?"

You're f*cking with me!

Yes, I am.

Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey!

"You're like a boiled octopus. ...... Oh, you wouldn't know it if I told you. Yeah, like a boiling kettle.

"Ugh!"

"Oh, hey, Jin?"

Reinhardt called out in concern at Jin's unusual behavior. Jin answered Reinhardt in a whisper.

"Shhhh... Just wait a little longer."

"Ah, ah..."

"So the Unifilers aren't wizards, but a bunch of idiots."

Woooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!

"Until..."

Anne's voice rang out and Jin unleashed his magic.

"<>"

"Gee!

And Lukor crumpled to the ground.

"Well, it's over."

Reinhardt asked Jin as he exhaled.

"Jin, what was that magic?"

"Oh, is it stun?　It's an application of lightning magic, a magic that paralyzes an opponent with an electric shock for a real moment. It is very effective against humans.

When Jin explains this, Reinhardt is impressed,

"Hmm, is that another benefit of ?　I'm more and more interested in learning science from you, Jin.

"Yes, I'll find an opportunity."

Jin is getting more and more involved.

Let's start with this one.

He uses his robe to tie up the unconscious Lukor. As I was tying him up, Reinhardt asked me a question curiously.

"Jin, you were very provocative toward him earlier, did you have a reason?

Jin answered in the affirmative. Then he asked Reinhardt a question in the opposite direction.

"Didn't you feel that his reaction was somewhat strange?

"Hmm?　Yes, indeed. But fanatics are like that, aren't they?

Reinhardt replied, but Jin said no. "Remember.

"Remember. Remember how Dominic was like that after he revealed himself?

Reinhardt thinks back to that time. And it is true that the same thing could be said about the unusual state of excitement.

"Well, you were excited to the point of being a little crazy, weren't you?

When I answered that, Jin nodded his head in agreement.

"I say that it might have been the effect of <>.

"Hypnosis?　What is that?

It's a magical version of hypnosis, if you will. But where did he get such information?　Reinhardt must have wondered. Then he noticed that there was an automaton by Jin's side,

"Could it be that this automaton?"

Jin laughed and nodded his head. Jin smiled and nodded his head,

"Yes. Anne here taught me that.

Jin answered, "Yes. I thought that Anne was going to start explaining the details, but it was Reiko, who was standing next to Anne before I knew it, who spoke up.

"People think that hypnotic magic can control the subject at will, but it is not so.

"What?"

Neither Jin nor Reinhardt had ever heard of this before.

"In the case of hypnosis (hypno), it is impossible to control all of the subject. What you can do, then, is to direct the subject's behavior. In other words, in the case of Lukor, it is to let him continue his investigation of the ruins.

We both agreed.

"Ah, so that's why we've been here for 10 years despite the lack of success.

Normally, you don't spend 10 years in a place where you can't find anything. The two feel better now that they know why.

"And I'll have the Unified Party (Unifiler), which is backing up the site, report back to you every step of the way, that's about it.

"I see. So how did you know he was under hypnosis?

Reinhardt asked the most important question,

"When you are hypnotized, you become mildly aroused when you have something to do with the person to whom you have given the <><>.

He explained. Jin nodded his head.

"I see. That's right. Dominic was like that at that time.

Lukor was not in a state of mild excitement, though.

Reinhardt's question was also answered.

"It seems that the more forcefully an order is imprinted, the more aroused it becomes."

"I see. So it seems that Lukoil was not originally a Unifiler. But why did he stir things up like that?

Reinhardt's question is also valid. Jin was only asked by Ann to provoke him at that time. The answer to that question is,

"When you give a shock to a person at the peak of his excitement, he may wake up from his hypnosis.

Anne explained through Reiko.

"So there is a possibility that Lukor is now awakening from hypnosis. Okay, let's wait until he realizes it.