＜Infinite Dendrogram＞

□ Royal castle/infirmary

On the first floor of the royal castle there is an infirmary stocked with large quantities of medicines.

The castle was built shortly after the wars in the West and the [evil god] strife, so the cage castle for times of need was similarly equipped with Royal Castle installations, underground evacuation compartments, and [Velcross] preserved underground.

The raid destroyed most of the Royal Castle's equipment, but this infirmary remained safe without damage, as the equipment using magic was to the extent of a drug vault.

…………

In that infirmary, Liliana stood.

Numerous coffins were placed around Liliana, each containing one human at a time.

It seemed as if it contained the dead, but the contents of the coffin were filled with medicinal solutions such as [a degraded soothing panacea], in which more than a dozen [holy knights], including Sir Lindos, rest.

They're still alive, but they can't all get out of this coffin.

They are [Holy Knights] relative to [Alanea Idea].

Their struggle destroyed [Alanea], but at a great price.

They contaminated their bodies with the fierce poison unleashed by [Alarnair] and the massive amount of poison that overflowed from their bodies at the final moment.

It's not a transient poison, but a large amount of poison that's causing somatic cells to mutate. It is a form that has been poisoned and has led to a serious illness that cannot be cured by medicine alone.

Therefore, he is now reducing the progression of the medical condition by a coffin filled with [Degraded Pleasure All-purpose Psychotropic] and reducing the pain by cutting off consciousness with the use of sleep magic. (Magic is used because sleeping pills cannot be administered to repulse with [Degraded Pleasant All-purpose Psychotropic])

Liliana was watching one of those guys... his buddies.

Someone pounded her shoulder like that from behind.

"You look dark. Liliana looks good, so she looks good on her worried face, but here she looks like she was just before she left the coffin, so she brightened it up a little bit."

The person who told such an uninteresting joke......

"Integra......!

"Long time no see. Ever since I embarked on a journey to spread the word... for the first time in two years?

"You're going to be so..."

He was a [Great Sage] Integra, Liliana's childhood tame and friend.

Liliana, who was the daughter of the Knights Commander, Integra, who was the youngest imprisoned brother and successor of [the Great Sage], and Ultimia, the princess.

These three people have known each other since childhood and were, taken together, one of the few best friends that each position was special.

"... underground thing, thanks. Is that you? And the handling of poisons scattered on the ground floor."

"It's okay. I returned to the King's Capital a while ago, but sensed some unusual magic underground. When I left, there was a [Fire King] on the verge of suicide bombing. You were in a hurry to do something. Oh, and the poison."

Not long before Integra said it was actually 'a few weeks ago', but Liliana didn't look particularly aware of it either.

She should also have been seriously injured in the explosion of "Supernova" underground, but now there are few visible wounds. Most of them had recovered with her own healing magic and rare items in hand.

"I'll get back to it, but I guess the reason you're so worried about your face is because you mean them sleeping here?

"... yes. I couldn't do anything this time..."

"Hmm? I heard you were looking for His Royal Highness Teresia.

"Yeah. But while my people were diving the dead line, only I, their current commander... ended this crisis without a fight. I hate myself for that."

"As a result of prioritizing what needs to be prioritized, I don't think I have a choice."

While I comfort my friend by saying that, Integra thinks inside.

(... Actually, neither Liliana's search nor protection would have been necessary for that one. [Evil God] and “incarnate”)

Integra... [The Great Sage] knows that Theresia is [the Evil God], and he also wears it around that the Dormouth is not a degraded “incarnation," but something that will take him to his original “incarnation”.

Once upon a time, an earlier generation of [the Great Sage] has confirmed that fact in the kidnapping of Teresia, in which the present [Destroyer King] and [Criminal King] were involved.

(It is clear from the record that the incarnation has so far erased [Evil God] as a disturber. And now he's trying to protect and delay completion because he can't kill even if he directs Tian anymore. In fact, if you're single rider even in a combat super position, you can afford to pay back)

Engagement with the motor was also monitored by Integra.

It was intact because of its properties as [evil god], but even if not, the results would have been the same.

(The only thing that was at stake was the final depths of [the Flaming King]. If you decided you could kill me with that explosion, you couldn't read how to act)

In fact, the “incarnation” with Theresia did not evacuate the castle, nor did it put up a “black vortex”.

And because we decided it was dangerous, Integra went underground then.

(No approach from the other side after that. There was also no obstruction when I was stopping the final depths. It doesn't mean 'I really want to keep [evil gods] out here', it means' I wanted to, if it's possible '?... I don't get it. Even though there is a record of behavior for 2000, I still don't understand it.... Though I don't think I can understand alien species)

Stopping the thought that way, Integra returns to conversation with Liliana.

It was a long thought, but not even a second has passed in real time. Fast thinking is not just Integra, it's the basic technology of a superior magic job.

Without noticing the thought of Integra, Liliana revealed her troubles.

"I... can't help anyone all the time by myself.... because I've been helped all along, including myself"

"Well, okay. Fortunately, they're still alive here. Ultimia… If the rumored [pope] accompanying Her Majesty returns to the king's capital, her recovery magic will cure her."

"Right...... That's... that's really saving."

While encouraging Liliana, Integra had a slightly less serene feeling in her heart.

(Accompanied by the Master,? The master should have made it difficult for the kingdom to set up a joint front with the Master... It is also significant that the control was interrupted because my master died and I was not in the kingdom either. Besides, unlike his predecessor, Ultimia has not imprinted his master with his thought policy. Even with the influence of her predecessor, her conclusions are different.)

Either way, I am not willing to differ on that if the Kingdom already has a joint front.

Together, he decided to watch the movement of the “incarnation” while still observing the problems between the kingdom and the empire that had joined forces with < master >.

(I guess I should get some information from the Master as well. So is the target a top group called Super? Or it was the starting point for Ultimia's policy shift......)

Look up at Liliana's expression on the side as she ponders her future course of action in the corner of her head.

I consoled her with all my heart to be an integrator, but I can see perfectly well by the look on her face that her regrets and concerns have not been dispelled.

It grieves the status quo, but what underlies it is her anger at her own weakness.

She is weaker than Ultimia, which should have been protected for a long time, and only to such an extent that she can contribute little to solving the cases that have occurred this time and so far in the Kingdom.

As a result of combining them, Liliana is clouding her expression.

To the extent that I could see that...... Integra was best friends with Liliana and Ultimia.

Even knowing that a master equal to his own father is responsible for one stick of the cause of his two fathers' death... the two are best friends to Integra.

The death of the two fathers in war is also a necessary sacrifice and disconnect, as is the death of the master... but there is certainly a feeling of hindsight.

That's why......

"If you regret that Liliana couldn't fight, there's nothing you can do to help me. But if you regret your powerlessness, there are things you can do to help."

"Huh?"

That's why Integra cut out such a story to Liliana, independent of her plans as [the Great Sage].

"In the knowledge I have acquired, I have the means for you to be strong. If Liliana can put it into practice, she can definitely be strong."

"Is that...?

"Liliana"

Integra continues her words as she looks up at both of her best friends with different back lengths.

"- [Heavenly Knight of Celestial], do you want to go for it?

Integra spoke of the name of the super position once held by Liliana's father.

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□ Royal City/VIP Room

Tsanron woke up on a bedside with a canopy.

Trying to wake up your body, you only learn to weigh slightly on your left hand.

When I looked at the right hand that moved, it was back in a person's body.

Then I felt the weight. When I looked at my left hand,

"... su, su..."

There was an appearance of Elizabeth falling asleep holding his left hand in both hands.

If you look out the window indoors, the sun is already falling and dark.

It's been hours since the battle in the basement. In the meantime, I guess Elizabeth kept holding his hand sleeping on the sleeping table.

If Tsanron explored the signs outside the room, there were signs of a knight across the door.

There is only Elizabeth here now, because she herself asked for it.

…………

I lost my mind during the explosion in the basement, and when I realized it, it is now.

What is certain is that...... Tsanron and Elizabeth live together.

Tsanron woke up quietly and reached right into Elizabeth's head... worried a little... and stroked her hair.

"Munya......"

Elizabeth twirls her body, but she keeps sleeping with a calm sleeping face somewhere.

"A lot has happened and you're tired..."

Tsanrong thinks.

Underground, and about this raid itself. There are many uncertainties.

But now I want to rejoice in myself and the happiness she is surviving, ….

"... when we wake up, let's talk. There are so many things to talk about, so many things to talk about…"

Thus, Tsanron gently stroked Elizabeth's hair.

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When Tsanron woke up and a little time had passed, the sound of a knock echoed indoors.

It was a modest, small sound, so Elizabeth would never wake up.

"Go ahead."

When Tsanron said so, the door opened... a giant rodent glanced at his face.

"I'll Grandpa"

A giant rodent...... Dawmouth went indoors with it and greeted her with a small voice so that Theresia on its back would not wake her sister.

"Your Highness Teresia?

Tsanron wondered why Theresia had visited here.

When I anticipated that I would have come to pick up my sister, Elizabeth, because it was too late for my visit......

"I'm sorry I took the blame off."

"Huh?... Oh"

To the abrupt words of Theresia, Tsanrong recalls that today was originally a tea party.

That tea party cemented Elizabeth's determination to daughter-in-law the Yellow River, was meant to bring Teresia and Tsanron together.

To teach Teresia who she decides to spend the rest of her life with.

To teach Tsanrong his beloved family.

In the end, the two barely spoke at the tea party, and they fell apart after that big incident.

The case is over, and it's finally face to face again.

"Daw."

When she says just one word, the Dormouth, who was carrying Theresia, lowers her and walks away outside the door.

That's how the only thing left in the room is Elizabeth sleeping with the two of us... the silence seems short and fills a long time.

…………

Tsanron did not ask Theresia, but waited for her words.

Theresia exchanges her gaze with Tsanron for a while... and transfers that gaze to her sleeping sister with Tsanron's left hand in her grip.

Then like Tsanrong earlier, gently stroke my sister's hair...

"Give me the lady."

Slowly open your mouth,

"Give him the lady."

In short words, that's all I told him.

…………

That must have been a sincere word she uttered, hard to see emotions.

She's come this far to say this.

Or all the time during the tea party... the opportunity to say this word... I guess I was trying to make up my mind.

Because that's a goodbye word.

Because it was a word to entrust someone with a sister who was no longer within his reach.

Tsanrong guessed it.

"… I will protect you"

So did Tsanron... I took an oath with all my heart.

Whatever happens, whoever you're dealing with, make sure you keep Elizabeth safe.

That's how Tsanron and Theresia... [Dragon Emperor] and [Evil God] exchanged promises.

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■ Laboratory of the Royal Castle and [Great Sage]

Late in the night the raid took place.

Integra was in a room where the walls were filled with books when those moving within the royal castle became the only guards on late night shifts and those who looked after the seriously wounded.

That's the [Great Sage] of her predecessors... the room her master used for the lab.

in a room that nobody has used since the death of their predecessors and rarely even entered.

Integra, who is due back today, was to use this room as a matter of course.

Because a letter from Integra had been received, it was also because Ultimia was measured to do so if Integra came in his absence.

"Totally... it's been a rough day."

That's what Integra said and exhaled as she sat deeply in the chair the master had always used.

In fact, it was tough.

Everything happened exactly as she expected, but the details are quite different.

Integra has also met Claudia in the Empire before sending a letter to Ultimia.

It's a form I cling to in exchange for some knowledge I know as a flagman.

Most of all, Claudia reacted with certainty to her secret (...) against Integra face-to-face as only the new [Great Sage].

(That's dangerous. Sure, the high end of our time. Unlike [the King of Champions] and earlier generations [the Dragon Emperor], you have the impression that the parameters are shaken more on the brain than on the battle side.... Well, it seems like a lot of personalities are going bankrupt for that. King, individual, high end. All purposes are not mixed as an individual purpose. I'm about to ruin everything trying to get it all together. I don't know if the person is aware of the discrepancy... I don't know yet.

Together, Integra knew that Claudia would trap a pageant like that, and that she would take action in King's Capital to match it.

The trend, however, exceeded Integra's expectations.

Both of the biggest reasons...... by.

(Though a hard victory, the kingdom defeated the battle of the Reconciliation Conference... by winning the battle against [the Beast King] who killed his master. A weapon of the tian body called [Idea] that appeared in this king's capital. Both unexpected. The latter seems similar to the "incarnation of blasphemy," but something else. Even when it comes to the deterioration of the “incarnation", the reality is a thousand different and partly surpassed.... I knew I hadn't been able to measure the power of the Master yet. The “incarnation” capability speculation has progressed considerably over the past 2000, but the increased number of people is too diverse. Keep going with the plan...... tough)

I put my finger on the comet and distorted her expression terribly... she pounded her tongue.

(Tough... then you can't. The increase must mean that “incarnation" is moving forward with a new plan. Might not be my next one anymore. I have to integrate everything my masters have built up so far and defeat the incarnation...)

The last Flagman with no temporal respite...... Integra Flagman made many, hundreds of thoughtful conclusions in herself.

(I can... should. She (Crystal), who remains in Cardina, is preparing to launch No. 1 and searching for No. 2 and No. 4, which were taken. In the marine plant, development has also resumed after number six, which had been interrupted. More and more people in the kingdom also take up [Brilliant Cavalry] as planned. If the overall Authority exceeds the prescribed value (...), it should be in time. Besides, it's unexpected that No. 3 was also destroyed by Ultimia, but it was a complete victory over "The Incarnation of the Beast”. Showdown weapon reaches… "incarnation”)

Integra reconfirmed the progress of the plan that had been underway and inspired herself that 'there is a winning eye'.

Otherwise, it was going to break my heart.

"... ugh."

Unexpectedly she feels a headache and holds her forehead by her hand.

She doesn't know for herself whether it's something spiritual, or whether thoughts have put a load on her brain.

(... Let's record (...) today's contents for now. Though I don't know if my next [Great Sage] is there)

That's how she starts activating one skill.

[Great Sage] can use the magic of all attributes.

Those who are talented outside the standards can use even the depths of other magical superiors such as [Flame King].

But they are not the depths of the [Great Sage].

[Great Sage] Deep Righteousness of itself. That's what......

"Great Library", "Startup"

Immediately after naming her skills, her consciousness moved away from the real space.

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Shortly after she spoke of her skills, only her naked spirit was countless...... at the heart of a space like infinitely lined with books.

That was similar to [the Great Sage] 's lab, but huge and enormous enough not to even compare.

"Transcription (Copy) & Overwriting (Overlight), [Flagman No 10]. Subject is full memory. Save alias for verification of storage operations if there is a previous existing memory and a"

When Integra declares so, countless books emerge from the library and begin to circle around her.

Some of the books were described and others blank, but all scan her like a scanner, while copying something.

What is being photographed was... the memory she had.

How long has that been going on?

All the information in the brain was recorded in the book, including the events Integra found out about today.

"End of processing. Return to Real Body"

When she chanted that, the infinite library could not disappear.

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That's how her spirit came back to the lab.

I would have spent a lot of time scanning my memory in that library, but not even a minute on the indoor clock.

"Huh..."

Integra exhaled, remembering the sensation of her brain twitching.

It is the library to which her spirit went that is the depths of the [Great Sage], the Great Library.

[The Great Sage] arbitrarily records his knowledge and memory in The Great Library and is free to withdraw them.

And that doesn't change if...... [The Great Sage] replaces it.

I can bring out the knowledge that my predecessors [the Great Sage] left behind, like my own.

Skills to take over knowledge. It can be said that the [Great Sage] deserves his name.

Originally, however, this skill was a skill for entrusting incomplete magic theories and the like to the next generation, as well as a skill limited to that extent.

But not from the first Flagman.

The first Flagman modified the skills themselves, increased the recording capacity to the limit, and also removed the limit of knowledge to be taken over at one time.

There are too many problems in the first place, such as copies of all human memories.

There is no danger whatsoever of undermining humanity and personality, ranging from small issues such as privacy to the immense problem of the crushing of the human spirit that has taken over to vast memories.

Close to one feature of [Evil God], but very different from that one where sanity is guaranteed by Job.

If the intolerable used The Great Library as the [Great Sage], they even risked becoming obsolete.

Conversely… Historical flagmen continued to choose the talented who they thought could withstand as their successors.

The first Flagman to the skill he modified up to that point, and the historical Flagman - left behind all his lifelong knowledge (...).

All the activities that have continued to destroy the prosperity of civilization, the threat of "incarnation" and… "incarnation”.

Too much resentment and a history of plotting and research.

It continues uninterruptedly to Integra, the tenth generation flagman.

Integra, the contemporary [Great Sage], has taken over all of the knowledge of all [Great Sage], including his own master... Flagman.

I know Flagman's eagerness.

I understand the hope that kept me raising and entrusting my successor.

It bears the meaning (...) of the previous nine flagmen for the year 2000.

With the purpose of "reclaiming the world that should be destroying the incarnation".

"... we (Flagmans) are unbeatable."

The little [Great Sage], who carried the year 2000, grumbled so as to inspire himself again.

To be continued