At 5:00 p.m. local time, the <> has returned to the capital city of Esia.

First, everyone heads to the small conference room for a summary of the day's events.

"First of all, thank you, Mr. Jin, for the maintenance of <> and its underground facilities. ......This is the list of the rewards."

The king thanked him and handed him the promised list of rewards.

"Thank you for your cooperation, Mr. Arnold and Mr. Chell. I hope you will continue to help our country and the world.

"Of course, Your Majesty.

I will only follow Master Arnold.

And now, I would like to bestow the title of honorary citizen upon Lord Arnold and Mister Chelle.

This proves that you are citizens of the Kingdom of Celluloid, but you do not have to pay taxes.

"Thank you, Your Honor."

"Thank you." "It's an honor."

The identification card will be issued the next day, because of the formalities.

"Now, Mister Arnold, you said you knew of some ancient bases on your way home."

"Yes."

The Prime Minister asked, and Arnold answered in the affirmative.

"One of them must have been just west of Mount Onouni. The other base I know of was located near the center of the , but it seems to be gone as well.

"The Plain of Borolon?　Are you talking about the Bororon Wilderness?

Oh, yes. At that time there was a lush green prairie, but it seems that the soil was contaminated during the War of Magic.

"What a ......!"

"Mm, I see. ......"

The Prime Minister was astonished, and the King also frowned.

"Actually, I don't know much about the <>. The reason is that there are not many records of it. Even if we include the long-lived <>.

"Is it because they died in the Aether Stampede?"

Arnold questioned at King Bozar's words.

"That would be significant. All that was left were the records of the war to suit themselves."

"Yes, I can understand that. The military of the Kingdom of Dinar at that time was, how shall I say it, ......"

Arnold is at a loss for words, but King Beaux-Arts throws him a straight line.

"...... corrupt, you say?"

Yes, well,......

"It seems that every now and then, long-lasting regimes become corrupt. ......

Hence the need for a revival by those who have a heart, Beaux-Arts says.

Indeed, the kingdoms of Cerroa and Franz four hundred years ago ......, Jin, who was listening at the side, recalled those days.

"Well, let me go back. Probably, more detailed and accurate records were only kept on the battlefield. I wonder how many people thought to write about the <> for posterity in the first place. ......"

"Hmmm, is that so?"

"Yes, Your Majesty."

So Arnold remembered, not saying it out loud but in his heart, that he too had almost despaired.

"Then you are a witness of the , are you not?"

"No, I know very little about the early days. It was only in the later stages that I was recruited."

"Hmmm, I see. But still, you must have valuable information. If you have a chance, could you give a lecture at <>?"

"<>?　...... Uh, it was the base of the <>, wasn't it?"

"Oh, you know. Oh, you knew that. I would appreciate it if you could be a temporary lecturer there. And at the same time, you could put together a text book for us.

"Yes, I'll do it."

"Oh, you'll do it?"

"Yes. Yes, but I think it will take a little longer.

"Yes, that's fine. ...... we'll start with a survey of the remaining underground bases, right?

Yes.

The day is then dismissed.

Arnold and Chelle, as well as Jin and Reiko, are to stay at the castle.

King Bozar said he would like to talk to them again in the morning of the next day.

* * * *

"Oh, the bath feels so nice. ......"

Arnold was alone enjoying the bath in the room assigned to him, which was a guest room with a bathroom.

Chelle, of course, was in the same room, but this time she did not go into the bathroom to avoid disturbing Arnold, but waited outside.

"Gin ......? I wonder if the course of the war would have been different if there had been engineers like him at that time. ...... Or maybe before that, the war would never have happened."

However, there are no "ifs" in history.

We all have to live in the present.

Arnold enjoys a relaxing bath and thinks about the future.

* * *

"The bath here is huge, isn't it?"

Jin also stayed in the guest room with Reiko.

Naturally, he enjoys taking a bath.

"Father, may I wash your back?"

"Yes, please."

Unlike Arnold, Reiko is in the bathroom with him.

"...... come to think of it, we don't really know the whole story of the <>, do we?"

In short, it is only because the parties who were fighting were wiped out by the <>.

"Elena might know a little bit about what happened in the previous period, but I don't know if it's ...... possible.

At that time, Elena was known as the and she just kept on destroying golems and automata regardless of friend or foe.

There is no sense of being at war.

"<> is the same, ...... because all the parties involved are dead, ...... and they don't even have time to keep records."

There was a smaller-scale <<> by the <> a long time ago, and Jin and the others were there, so they understand how disastrous it can be.

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If you can deploy a powerful , you can barely survive.

"<> don't seem to keep detailed records.

Perhaps it is a characteristic of the Nordic people, but there were not many records of the past in the Nordic Federation, and Jin felt regretful about this.

"Ah, perhaps the longevity of the people is another reason.

If there are many people who know about the past without recording it, they may think it is enough just to pass it on.

Because of this, the <>, caused by <>, wiped out all the radical clans, and the history that they should have known is lost forever.

The radical clans would have been active in the front lines during the <>, so they should have been familiar with the reality of the war.

I thought it would be interesting to summarize the <> with the participation of the northern tribes and Elena.

"Well, I guess Vivian will be the one to summarize it then. ......"

Maybe that day is near .......