"I'm sorry, Charlotte. I'm glad I invited you, but I can't offer you much hospitality. As a matter of fact, this variant castle was only rushed towards this spring."

"... that's right. By the way, can I ask you another question?

What is it, Charlotte?

Who is that gatekeeper standing by the castle gate?... is that going to work?

Of course. It's the gatekeeper.

"... I see. It moves, right? Does that mean that it's a magic weapon?

"Yeah, it's cool, right? The warrior of Atmos, Tanatos, wearing demonic armor and holding a dragon stick, was used as a reference."

Have you made a magic weapon with Atmos warriors in mind? But then you can't move, right? It was concluded that a magic weapon of that size was impractical in Japan, and it became a smaller standard than that. "

It's moving. Can I show you something?

A variant castle floating in the sky.

I got there and found something I had to ask again before entering the castle.

It's about a magic weapon I've never seen.

According to Ars, it was built with Atmos warriors in mind.

... did you make it?

What are you talking about?

A magic weapon?

That is a magical instrument finally created by the Brillian Magic Nation through years of research, and it should only be possible for us to mine Spirit Stones in Atmos.

That's why you made it?

How did you do that?

Where did the ingredients come from?

Could it be that you have reused the nucleus of the magic weapon you traded with us to acquire?

But it still doesn't fall into my heart.

The Magic Squad used on that magic weapon is encrypted with complex encryption.

I can't think of decrypting it and reproducing it.

But as if to make me laugh, I was shown the magic weapon in Variant Castle moving.

It's bigger than our magic weapon, has a structure that's unlimited to humans, and it moves like humans.

The huge, long stick in his hand is freely used, so the attack range is probably beyond our magic weapon.

... what should we do?

It's my failure.

Perhaps he should have refused to deal with Arus in exchange for his life when he was once taken to Barca to negotiate.

I agreed to the deal because there was nothing magical about Barca.

In such a short time, it allowed me to quickly create a better magic tool than ours.

Only regret spreads in my head.

Your body is losing its temperature, and your cold sweat is getting cold and wet.

Your breathing is shallow, fast, and painful.

What should I do? What should I do?

It's scary just to think about it.

What if a magic airship with a Vulcan magic weapon attacked the country?

The royal family will be able to fight even with this new magic weapon.

But it won't be possible for everyone else to fight it.

It has also been proven in experiments with the use of conventional magic weapons that we use.

It is impossible for a general soldier to fight it.

Would magic help?

Is it possible to resist any magic gained from dealing with Arus that can be used by anyone using the named Magic Faction?

No, it will be difficult.

Even if you say you can use magic, there are only a limited number of types of attack magic.

Magic weapons cannot be defeated with Ice Spear or Shotgun .

[Ice Spirit Summon] may help, but I also know that [Ice Spirit Summon] cannot be used unless the magic amount exceeds a certain value.

So how about we deal with the magic weapon before it's used?

For example, how about shooting down a magic airship as soon as it finds it flying?

No, that would be difficult.

If we're going to do that, we need to keep an eye on the sky and strike as soon as we find it.

Given the speed at which that magical airship travels, it will leave in no time, even if the attack is slightly delayed.

But is such an attack possible?

The magic airship was flying at a very high altitude while it was on the move.

If I could attack it, I'd rather be able to target a magic weapon.

You can't.

I have no idea what to do with it.

I'm sorry, Father.

Charlotte has committed a great sin.

Perhaps he was thinking somewhere in his heart, just like the barbarians who lived in the open land.

They are descendants of criminals who were once deported to the other side of the spiritual peak.

"...... Mr. Charlotte? Are you all right, sir? I've been looking pale for a while, and I don't feel like my heart is here."

Yeah, yeah, I'm fine. What is this place?

This is inside the Variant Castle. I showed you around the castle and now I'm on a break. Are you sure you're okay?

"I'm sorry, I was just thinking. Don't be offended."

No, that's fine as long as it's okay. So, as I mentioned earlier, what do you think? I really want you to think about it again. "

"Think? What?

That's why I married my brother Kyle. I think that smart Charlotte and Kyle suit you. Kyle is kind, caring, and my brother is nothing more. What do you think?

Married to Kyle?

Ars' brother.

I've met him before.

Sure, he was a nice guy.

The good news came from what I told him, and he also protested to Arus about me being taken away by Barca to help him with his work.

We must continue to have a good relationship with Arus.

At the very least, we need time for our country to learn about the secrets of the succession of the named magical factions and the magical airships, the new magical costume weapons, or the castles in the sky, and to counter them.

... maybe it's our last chance to make up for the malaise.

For me, the Brillian Magic Land is in great danger now.

To deal with it, I need to be prepared to throw my life at royalty.

Throw your life away.

In other words, I'll have to bet everything on myself.

I accidentally shed tears on my cheeks.

Faced down so that the tears could not be seen by him, I shook my head vertically at his suggestion.