Dream Life

29 October 2016 in Tria Calendar.

I'm reviewing a memo from a month-old site survey.

How many times now? It was so shocking.

On the night of October 16th we returned from the ancient ruins west of the village of Hallockwood to the accomodation town of Hollywell.

Though I've only heard a few stories along the way, I always pay attention to my surroundings, holding back as if that Zacharias Lockhart were worried about something. For that reason, even Lydiane, who constantly wielded a cheerful atmosphere when she was with him, kept her mouth shut.

If it was meant to be, their employer, I could ask him to report on the ruins. But I couldn't really encourage him to talk. He was haunted by such a harsh atmosphere.

By the time the sun tilted and we reached the inn, Mr. Lockhart had also become the usual bright smile. And after he finished his meal, he came to my room saying he was going to talk about what happened at the ruins. Of course, all his party members are with him.

When he started talking, I couldn't hide the excitement in its content.

My field of study is archaeology and it is my job to examine prehistoric civilizations. Why the high civilizational level ancients suddenly disappeared, because I was going to spend the rest of my life looking into it, even though.

And the answer was about to be figured out now.

Heard that the foundation of ancient civilization was a technique called magic engineering, which made magic extremely sophisticated, I was excited that my hypothesis was correct. My hypothesis was that the ancients had a highly developed magical civilization and were using magical artifacts that were incredibly complex in modern times.

But as I listened, the excitement slowly cooled.

"Was there something bothering you?

You worried about me, that's what he's been asking. I nodded small,

"Yep... it turns into something heterogeneous via the power of the Spirit. We don't know anything about the power of the Spirit, the mana they say... that's what scares me. I've always wondered when the same thing would happen to us... Why prehistoric civilization has perished. And why, there's no trace of it. Why can't I read the letters of the things we excavated from the ruins... Now I know why, how can I sort that out..."

"Right. Just what I asked, no proof, nothing. Besides, it's unclear if the Lord of that voice told the truth. If you think about it, isn't it more important now? I just got a clue."

As always, he shows so much calm that he doesn't think he's fourteen, but he couldn't afford to point that out to me.

At that time, what was occupying my head was the tragedy of the ancients and the fact that it would not come to us.

"Right. Maybe my research will help this world. The same thing could happen to us from now on. We need to get some knowledge to prevent it..."

When he snorts, he goes on to talk about what was once again a ruin.

"I don't think we can reproduce what they call magic engineering right now. Especially the advanced information processing system mediated by“ Mana "and the network system using the transfer gate Gate, even if it can be understood by reason, the theory is completely unclear..."

I do find the metastasis gates very useful. I can get to and from the city without passing through dangerous streets. I can't imagine how much effort can be reduced by the transfer gates, but this alone will change the world dramatically. The use of different spaces using the theory of metastasis gates will make a difference to the world if this is put into practice.

However, I do not understand the usefulness of the information processing system well.

"What does it mean that information processing systems are useful? What did the Lord of Voices say about it?"

He looked a little troubled,

"I don't know much about that either. Somehow, I thought it would be amazing if a lot of information could be processed instantly."

I was under the impression that there was some delusion in his tricks.

But I wanted to hear more than that. I didn't point that out and encouraged ahead. He gave a slight expression of relief and went on to talk further.

"... the“ Tria ”continent we have was, as its name suggests, the“ Third ”continent. In his story, besides this continent, there was the first continent, the Patria continent, and the Noum continent, which meant the new continent. I don't know if it still exists, but they were both heavily affected by the catastrophe, so they had no idea what was going on..."

(I want to see it. An unknown continent with its ancient civilization. How is it now perverted? Maybe he's miraculously survived. If I had a chance to talk to them......)

Mr. Lockhart's story continued afterwards.

In his story, the ancients entrusted their labor to the magic tools like the Golem and did not have to work. As the ancients have also acknowledged, it can be described as a kind of ideal home.

Further talk of witchcraft brings heat to Mr. Lockhart's voice.

"If magic is a simplified version of magic engineering, one day you might be able to produce“ magic engineering ”. It's also in a different way than the ancient things."

"Can you do that? You said“ he ”seemed impossible. Because we're incomplete."

"Yes, but because it's incomplete, technology develops to try to overcome it. So I think this world will be more user-friendly."

Seeing him like this still makes me think he's Professor Raspade's apprentice.

Certainly in his knowledge of magic props, he is already recognised as one who lines up with Professor Raspade, but that is not what I mean. He thinks his passion for new knowledge and technology is common to both of us.

When I told him about it, I slightly distorted my face and said something that I could take as a complaint: "I think I'm a normal person."

"Oh, you must think Dr. Raspade is normal about you, too."

When I say that with a laugh, he says nothing and sighs loudly.

(This girl doesn't know. How difficult it is to get Dr. Raspade to remember his name. Even the college researchers should have a very small number of them remembering their names. I'm sure because I'm often asked, "Who is that?" That kind of took me about two years to get my teacher to remember my name too... I don't even think this kid understands that, even though it's hard to get a young researcher to listen to me...)

I stopped teasing him and decided to return to the subject.

"Well, before you do, could you show me what you brought out of an ancient research facility?"

When I say that, Lydiane has interrupted the story.

"That's right. I want you to show me the" storage magic ”that you can use now. And, of course, what I brought out of the ruins."

He nods small and moves his arms in front of his own chest. The trick also seemed to take something out of the invisible bag. And then the tip of his arm slowly disappears.

At that moment, everyone but him, including me, was stunned and lost his voice.

"I'm sorry to surprise you. There's a different space ahead."

He activated “Storage Magic” without chanting.

He said he was making it unchanging because it was compound magic and he couldn't think of a spell. Besides, he also said that storage magic consumes less magic than I thought and uses little magic to maintain and get in and out.

He slowly pulled out his hand and took out the tools like a flat square box.

"They say it's an analyzer for trace elements. They said they could measure it once, but the indication didn't make sense because it was cod."

He takes out the tools one after the other. The look was like a legendary magician taking tools out of an invisible magic bag.

Storage magic itself, known magic because it often comes up in stories like the hero Tan. But there was no one who could actually use it, and it was thought to be the absurd magic that came out of the world of gaga.

"That's storage magic... how... could it be something we could use too?

He shakes his cover, clouding his expression just a little.

"This magic requires four attributes: light, darkness, wind and earth. Besides, it's difficult to theorize, so if you don't get taught directly, I don't think you'll understand. They used to have magic props that anyone could use for transportation, but they said they were wary of contamination and disposed of them."

I didn't think, "Four attributes... it's also anti-attribute to each other..." he muttered. And I was discouraged that I couldn't use it.

In addition, he will describe different spaces like the lab Lab.

"They say places like that lab need pretty complicated magic equipment. They say that different spaces are not environments where creatures can live in the first place. There is no air, of course, because there are no walls or floors. First, we need to put in a sturdy building where people can get in. Plus they need to improve the environment for people to live, as well as safety devices for people to get in and out of safely. My understandable story seems to be that the lab, as well as the magic of metastasis, is difficult. For once, I asked, I didn't feel like experimenting..."

He also heard the theory of metastasis, but he said this magic would be a big deal if it failed.

Originally, safety is ensured by making the entrance and exit transfer gates first, but when used as magic, it is necessary for the operator to connect with the exit side space without any markings just by his imagination while making the entrance. For this reason, if you connect in the wrong place, it can be in the soil or in the water, or if you break the connection, you will be trapped in different spaces.

"You should stop. At least if you can't reproduce it in a magic formation."

When I said that, he was nodding alot too.

"Either way, you don't seem to be able to do without all the attributes, like you. But please put that theory together. Of course, I'll pay you extra for that."

He heard my words and gave me a slightly melancholy look. I'm sure you imagined that Professor Raspade, an expert in demonic props, would catch you and ask you about root-digging leaf digging.

Then I put together my own results from hearing from Mr. Lockhart.

Approximately twenty thousand years ago now, the history of the ancients began.

Initially, as we are today, we used “mana", or "power of the Spirit”, in the form of magic. From that time on, they were able to use all eight attributes, and even more had the same lifespan as elves.

They were a talented race.

He showed talent in the processing of magic crystal stones and the making of magic formations, and gradually developed useful magic tools.

Approximately four thousand and five hundred years ago, they finally elevated their magic props to "magic engineering” technology. Magic engineering, he said, drew a line with previous magic props, and not only did it perform the given operations, but it empowered the tools to think, by what would be a logical circuit.

At the time the magic engineering blossomed, there were more than fifty nations on three continents.

The forms of state were varied and did not differ so greatly from those of the continent of Tria today, such as the state that lays down the kingdom, the state that lays down the system of consultation by the representatives of the people, and the state based on religion.

However, when the method of communicating the will between long distances using mana and the method of instantaneous movement by means of the transfer gates is generalized, the form of the state changes dramatically.

The ease with which information was communicated and moved between countries significantly changed people's views of the state. It is unimaginable to us, but it is not an uncertain means of communication that takes time, like the letter, to be able to communicate without time difference, regardless of distance.

Even more surprisingly, with the means to travel instantly and inexpensively, they were able to travel thousands of kilometers every day.

In other words, we were able to reach another continent with the feeling that we would speak to our neighbor's house, and the feeling of walking from home to work made it possible to commute as long as 1,000 km. This accelerated the exchange of people at once and made something called the state a little thinner.

As a result, in the course of about a hundred years, it transformed itself from a dispersed group of states into a coalition of states and into a moderate federalist state. In the meantime, he said, the powerful had plotted to maintain their own power, but they couldn't connect and stop people moving around feeling like they were moving to a neighboring town. Ultimately, tens of millions of independent states will disappear and, conversely, small communities (communities) will be more connected. It also doesn't just belong to a single community, it connects with various communities, such as professions, hobbies and regions.

This was possible because the cost to social capital was relatively small. It is significant that the maintenance of capital to sustain society, public facilities such as roads and walls, could be automated at low cost due to magic engineering. Moreover, spending on military spending was almost gone and taxes paid by people were staggeringly cheap.

There is another major factor.

Religion.

In their world, there was only almost a single religion. It was also a very tolerant religion. into that tolerance, and some aimed at religious power. But the clerics, religious leaders, were immortal, or close to it, and the sequence never changed at all. Some researchers were enough to make the hypothesis that the clergy was God. In other words, it is a religion that God directs, and that neither asks people for anything without interfering in secularism. However, as a base of mind, they said that religion existed. For this reason, there was no new religion and no corruption in generations common in religious organizations.

The religion supported their magic engineering. Demonic engineering has developed exponentially thanks to the active support of religions that are supposed to be conservative.

This dreamy world lasted about five hundred years.

In the meantime, the witness did not speak about whether people had been corrupted. At least the community he was in wasn't corrupt, he said, but I don't know if that was the case worldwide.

But things happened that seemed like God's judgment. Nor does it have any foretaste.

The first time that event occurred came from the First Continent, known as the Patria Continent. The Patria continent is the birthplace of civilization and has been inhabited by many people since ancient times.

First, a mysterious odd disease, named after the first city discovered, was the beginning of a disease called Kunaran syndrome.

The odd disease was horrible.

First, the invisible, that is, the gut slowly degenerates. That sometimes involved ill-health, but within a relatively short period of time, his health returned. And after that, my dietary preferences often changed.

Next, the effect begins to appear on the outside of the body. Those who become extremely hairy, those whose characteristics appear like fangs and horns, those with insect-like organs… the disease slowly but surely changed the appearance of the patients ugly.

In that state, some still left reason behind.

When the appearance changes stop, Kunaran syndrome becomes the final stage. The final stage was a change in memory and character.

Memories were not only unrecognizable as they were supposed to be so that they could be rewritten, but they were too big a change when it came to the confusion of memories that had absolutely nothing to do with them.

And it gradually changed about character as well. There were characteristics common to all patients with Kunaran syndrome for this change. They became extremely aggressive in character and, as they had lost their reason, used their nails and teeth to attack those around them.

Later, the witness discovered a presence that resembled the end of Kunaran syndrome. That was three thousand years later, when he connected his lab to the outside world.

existence that he thought was terribly similar, it was the many demons who were in the Saeum Mountains.

Man-type demons such as oaks and goblins were very similar to patients with relatively mild symptoms, and reptiles and insect-based demons were very similar to the end of patients with severe symptoms, he said.

When Kunaran syndrome started spreading, the ancients thought that the nature "We" was bad, but it was just a disease. If you look only at the symptoms, the decision was not a mistake.

But Kunaran syndrome was not a disease.

As with time when organisms change, including people, demonic props developed in witchcraft begin to go mad. It was a small malfunction "error" at first, as when it appeared to people. But gradually the functionality starts to go crazy and I can't use it at all.

What happened.

Write down the testimonial words as they are remembered by the informants.

'... thought that an alteration to the information had taken place. It's the same for people and organisms, and I guess the genetic information was rewritten. This crisis, what is called a catastrophe, was caused by the alteration of information…'

I don't understand what “genetic information” is. They say genetic information is like a blueprint for the body, but what I heard from Mr. Lockhart, the informant, I didn't understand.

This catastrophe instantly spread from the Patria continent to the Noum continent and further to the Tria continent. The community in which the testimony was given was a group of researchers called Life Engineering, which could seem to be considered a gathering of doctors. For this reason, treatment had been given to prevent the spread of the disease from the early days of the outbreak of Kunaran syndrome. That resulted in delaying their communities from being “polluted”.

According to the testimony, it became impossible to communicate with other communities in a year, leaving no information at all.

Fortunately, their community stockpiled large quantities of food. Assuming that an accident occurred in the course of life engineering research, he was able to live for about a hundred years even if he was out of contact with the outside world.

Because the witness feared that his laboratory would be contaminated and disconnected from any contact with the outside world, he received his own share of the food he had stockpiled and went to the laboratory. The lab he was in was where he set the flow of time slow. Looks like he was going back to earth after the catastrophic mess subsided.

Then sixty years in his physical senses and three thousand years in the outside world flowed. As a result, we have no idea how his community collapsed following. When he connected to the outside world three thousand years later, it was because the terrain had even changed and it had become a native forest that would not even retain traces of the time.

Three thousand years later the world gave him disappointment.

There are no traces of a highly developed civilization like witchcraft, and incomplete people continue to fight against organisms that look like descendants of Kunaran syndrome patients. People like poor and no pieces of upbringing...... it looked that way to him.

In disillusionment, he decided to begin his reflection on the collapse of the world, the cause of the “catastrophe”. He created a kind of golem so that he could investigate in greater detail and began gathering information, mainly in the northern part of the Caerm Empire. There were not many manas originally stockpiled, and he detached unnecessary facilities to turn mana to the Golems. For that reason, he abandoned his own body and enclosed his soul and memory in a machine.

And conducted a study that spanned decades. However, no evidence of any direct cause was found.

He decided to stop the investigation and carry out reflections by thought.

Twenty years of reflection, but he was finally unable to come up with an answer.

Perhaps I should have thought of some of the hypotheses, but never spoke of them.

Mr. Lockhart, the informant, had made one hypothesis from the testimonial story.

The information alteration was an invasion from other worlds.

Even God tried to destroy it by rewriting the logic of this world, The Proverbs. But the invasion was unsuccessful.

The rationale for his belief that the invasion had failed was that it remained incomplete but magical. Letters and the like were rewritten, but the composition of the magic formation, or magical reason, has not changed from the times of the ancients. Haven't you, then, failed to rewrite all the logic of the world?

Did God intervene? Did the ancients stop the invasion? Or was there another being? Mr. Lockhart did not share any further reflection without the art of proving that his hypothesis was correct.

I felt like he knew something.

He is a man who adheres very strictly to his contract. Since the contract with him discloses all information about the ruins, all the information you get from this ruin should be telling me. I don't doubt that point, but disclosing his considerations is not in the contract. Perhaps there is a more detailed consideration in his head.

The story changes, but I was stunned to hear the testimonial say he intended to speak to me at first. I was not chosen because there was Mr. Lockhart, who had all the attributes. When I heard the story, I felt so angry at him that I was willing to kill him.

For researchers, no further opportunities will ever be visited. I resented him for depriving me of that opportunity.

But as I listened to him, I realized that the ancient man who was a witness was right in his judgment.

Perhaps even if I had listened, I could not have gathered more information. If it wasn't for Mr. Lockhart, the Ancients wouldn't have talked this far either.

I realized that and on the contrary thanked him for the coincidence that took him. Seems like a ridiculous change myself, but I take it for granted to thank you because that was the best I could do as a result.

I have not yet published the results of this investigation.

I'm just leaving it in the form of a note in my research notes without putting it together as a paper.

It's a serious discovery that should be announced soon. But it's too shocking a fact, but there's very little to prove. Slightly recovered ancient demonic props cannot be evidence, as similar items have been unearthed in other sites.

Presenting it in this situation would probably be an absurd creation. Maybe Professor Raspade will defend me, but still few researchers will believe.

Another concern is because this fact is very dangerous.

It could even create inter-ethnic conflict. Because the demons and beasts exhibit the characteristics of Kunaran syndrome, while the human figure is closer to that of the ancients. From this it is possible to spread the idea that the legitimate successors of the ancients are human beings. Especially if light theism listens to this story, it should always try to use it.

As for this inter-ethnic conflict, it is not what I thought. Mr. Lockhart suggested it to me.

He taught me in the dark that if he were to publish, he should gather evidence and take care that the beasts would not be treated in the same line as the demons.

(As always, she's amazing. What I might have announced, whether the Society was confused or not. Instead of thinking about it so much, I can't even notice... but I definitely need to publish this fact. We need to gather evidence to do that. Well, how do we collect it? I can only think of enough to do a site survey in the tunnel...)

I asked my informant, Cy Furman, to gather more information on the site.

(It's something I can do because my budget has been lubricated by the reform of the College, but I also have to thank you, Mr. Lockhart, no, Zach...)