In the midst of the <>, the <> Filius was troubled.

His only living relative and beloved sister, Delphina.

She has gone crazy.

And perhaps the same thing was happening to her compatriots.

"War with the Laurentians is ...... ridiculous."

Resentment begets resentment, hatred begets hatred.

And it drives both races to endless war of extermination.

That's what Phyllisas analyzed in this battle.

"And it's a set-up war.

Filicius has been building and , as well as surveying the mines on the western side of the Gondorian continent.

Of course, this was a small-scale, individual effort, but he had discovered several promising mines.

"We could buy food in exchange for these resources. ......"

The current cohort, whose only thought was to < us, was insane by any stretch of the imagination.

So, I selected a few of them and secretly used a spell, and found that they had foreign bodies in their brains, just like Delphina.

"This is a sure thing now. ...... foreign body in the brain is the cause of madness."

And my guess is that the foreign body is what manipulates the victim.

"...... d*mn."

Phyllius felt a pang of regret when he thought that Delfina had probably been killed while he was in the clan territory of the .

However, he is saddened by his helplessness, as there is nothing he can do now.

It is unlikely that he will even be able to safely remove the foreign object.

"Someday, I'll let you go. ......"

Phylicious swore to himself. .......

< occurred.

This phenomenon, which transforms the free magic element (ether) existing in the space within its range into light, engulfed most of the Laurentians and Gondorians, who never returned.

Delphina was among them.

And Phylicius, too. .......

* * *

I'm ......

<, a consciousness awoke in a underground.

It is an elaborate magical brain.

The name of the personality that resides there is called .

He had entrusted his personality data to the mage brain in case he was attacked.

However, his emotions and self-preservation instincts were restricted so that his decisions as a magical brain would be logical.

What year is it now ......?　The clock seems to have stopped temporarily, I don't know. ......

The clock, which is powered by magic, had also temporarily stopped due to the <, so that the exact year and month were no longer known.

...... A sudden drop in the concentration of free magic element (ether) has occurred, I hear. As expected.

Phyllius had feared that such a weapon would be developed, but in reality it seems to have cost many lives.

I had vaguely expected it, but there was nothing I could do to stop it. It's a shame.

The magic brain (Phyllius) decided to gather information first.

Fortunately, the 10 golems under his command were activated without any problems.

However, none of the scouting golems that had been released in various places to check on their compatriots reacted, and Philistius concluded that all of them were lost.

It's no use. I have plenty of time now. Let's take it easy and be careful.

I thought about making my own body and Delphina's body and becoming an automata, but I decided to hold off because I would never be able to make a satisfactory product.

I wish I had the skills of a ......<>, but that will never happen.

But that is not possible even if we wanted it to be.

Philius decided to keep Delphina's data in strict custody and control, with a glimmer of hope for the future if such an engineer emerged ...... in the future.

First, I divided the personality and knowledge data into five parts and stored them in magi crystals, and had five golems store them.

The appearance data is also stored in one of them.

Since there are 10 golems under my control, I have the remaining 5 golems store the same data as backups.

That's it. If you can recombine and deploy this data, you are at least as skilled as I am or Delphina is.

I will also set passwords and unlock keys for each of the 10 golems.

The unlock keys will be set in a that has nothing to do with the golem.

It is a facility that I built when I was human and left unbuilt.

It is no longer needed by the current magic brain (Phylicious). We have decided to reuse it.

If there is someone who can clear all these settings, we have to bet on ...... that he or she is the one.

The magic brain (Phylicious) decided to bet on that who will appear someday ...... in the future.

* * * *

Someone who may appear someday.

Not willing to rely only on such an uncertain future, Phylicious has decided to try another method as well.

It is to <>.

Phylicious has an unlimited amount of time compared to other living creatures.

Using that time, he began to spend his days improving his skills in <>, with the goal of someday acquiring skills that would rival, ...... or even surpass, those of <>.

Being a magic brain, he never gets tired.

He can continue his research day and night, for hours, days, months, and years at a time.

The useful information that came to light in the process was saved in the magical crystal, a recording medium, as needed.

* * * * *

In the process of research, Phylicious produced several golems and automata.

Most of them were unsatisfactory and were recycled, but some of them were preserved because they might have some use.

Even with this kind of workmanship, they could at least protect Delfina.

The three giant golems are left as they are.

They are also not so bad, so I'll leave them here.

I decide to leave the twenty technical golems in place for the upkeep of the facility.

Now we can make a golem to oversee this place in my place.

Phyllius did as he was told.

It is basically an autonomous golem, although it can be piloted by me.

"Okay, your name is .

Yes, my name is Phil.

Listen, in the unlikely event that a golem or automata with the mind of Delphina comes here, I'm going to entrust you with everything in this facility.

"Yes."

"I hope that day comes. ......

The magic brain, Philelicious, was at the bottom of the facility and kept dreaming of the day when he would be reunited with his sister, which he did not know when.

It was almost 100 years later that the research team visited this place, <>. .......