After the joy of reunion, everyone gathered in the hall of the mansion.

<'s control were preparing for the banquet.

There were drinks and food that were comparable to those from the island of Horai.

"Well, first of all, let's have a toast to our reunion!

declared Reinhard as he opened a bottle of white wine, Erlich's 3454.

"Cheers!"

"Cheers!"

The party was passing ...... in harmony with all the old friends gathered.

"...... please explain to me what the hell is going on."

Jin, still in a state of excitement, interrupted.

"I think it would be best if you explain it to me, Hannah-chan.

"I guess so. Hannah-chan, please.

Elsa and Saki as well as the other members nodded their heads, and since no one objected, Hannah was asked to explain.

"Well, let me explain. As I'm sure you're aware, you're all ."

"Yeah."

"Well, I originally started working on them when my grandma got sick, but with the help of you, 700672, and Jack. I managed to make it work with the help of the old man, Mr. 700672 and Jack.

"Oh, I knew it."

The old man, Mr. 700672 and Jack were all in danger of developing "Master Loss Syndrome".

They must have realized it and spared no effort to avoid it.

"But you know, there were a lot of problems."

Hannah explains: .......

In order to create a homunculus, you will need a . Since this is finite, they had to decide until the last minute who to create the homunculus with whom.

"Indeed."

Jin does not realize it now, but 400 years ago Jin and Erza must have had twin children.

The fact that those children are not here ...... must mean that.

I'm really sorry about that.

Hannah bowed almost to her knees.

"Don't blame her,...... Jin-brother."

Erza interrupted.

"Yes, that's right, Jin."

It took me ten years of struggle to come to that conclusion," Goose said.

"First, we decided on a sort of unwritten rule that <>."

Now Reinhardt began to explain.

"At the same time, we all decided that the <> would be limited to the <>."

"...... What do you mean?"

"Yes, let me explain it a little more step by step. The homunculus completed by ...... Hannah and her family was reborn in the order of those who had reached the end of their lifespan, of course. Is that right?"

"Well, yeah."

"At ......, Martha and Milowina, these two were the first to become homunculus."

Jin agreed that this was probably true in terms of age.

"Milowina-san was begged by , but Martha-san was not."

"Yes, she did. I was surprised to see how young you've become."

Martha interrupted.

"I don't blame Hannah for that.

In her later years she had accepted her fate and thought there was no need to prolong her life, but once she was actually born again, she decided to leave it at that.

But you can't keep living in the village of Kaina after being rejuvenated, can you?"

It is strange that a person who is supposed to be dead is young again and alive, and it would be bad to tell the truth. Not everyone can become a homunculus.

That's where the previous statement "If a homunculus is reincarnated, it is forbidden to have any contact with a living person" comes in, Reinhardt said.

"So, if we reincarnate the homunculus in the order in which they disappeared, that would be the 17 people here now, except for Marikka."

They decided to wait for Jin with these 17 people.

"We had to give up on the children," he said. Elsa, Beena and the others, and all of us ......."

The homunculus body could not be prepared for the children born out of wedlock.

So, to be fair, they gave up homunculus for their children.

But you know, I still missed my children.

So, what to do?

"After discussing it among ourselves, we decided to use your Amnesia.

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Using this, the memories are first backed up at <> level 10.

Then, the memories of the main body are erased and restored to the memories before the birth of the child.

After that, the old man edits his memories, and if he decides that it is necessary, he has <> put back by <>.

This allows him to keep his peace of mind.

"I know that to adjust my memories and continue to exist in this way is an act of spitting in the face of the world's reason."

Reinhard.

"But we had to do this to protect this world."

There was no guarantee that the old man and Reiko would not run amok after Jin was gone, in fact, there was a greater chance that they would.

"Well, I mean, this world is in danger when I'm gone. Is that why you're all here?"

"That's a pretty short list of reasons, but I guess that's what it is."

Jin sighed.

"...... I'm saving the world, but I'm also in charge of the fate of that same world?"

"What the hell is going on?

You'd think that would be obvious considering the forces on Horai Island.

Reinhardt and Goose say toothlessly.

"I see. ...... that's right."

Jin, who had just recently been crying to Reiko, understood exactly what they meant.

"So, the old masters have arranged to have the first reunite once again in this time period."

"What?　What do you mean?"

"...... First of all, we knew that Jin would appear in Ars again in 3899 by the returning Jin."

"Yes."

"So the old man wanted to copy Jin's memories and create a homunculus of Jin with <> memories after Jin returned 400 years ago."

Jin, who had returned 400 years ago, had a vague memory of the world 400 years later, perhaps due to the power of time correction.

"That's why we are here to support him.

I see.

So it's good that you became a homunculus, but you've been dormant longer.

He had been asleep ever since he decided to wait for Jin.

"......I may be a little incoherent in some of my explanations because of the alcohol, but do you understand me?"

Reinhardt laughed.

The homunculus' body can be intoxicated by alcohol.

"No, some of it was hard to understand, but I understand what's going on."

Jin was forced to realize how dangerous he had been.

Still, it was an unexpected pleasure to be reunited with this .