The hero magician wants to relax. He was too active and targeted for his life, so we'll start over.

Jin Amiwool, a force opposed to the current regime of the Empire, said.

The anti-imperial alliance is trying to stop the invasion of the Diggle Empire and put an end to this war.

Shade thinks so. Perhaps the Empire can't beat the army led by Jin Amiwool. The Great Empire must be destroyed by allies.

As a result, the anti-imperial humans who burn in vengeance will strip their fangs of the remnant people of the Empire.

As Jin Amiwool predicted, people are killed, countries are ravaged, and everything fits in with plunder and vandalism.

The end of the losing nation is miserable. Considering that, it was hard as a Great Empire man.

But Jin Amiwool had a different idea. While he has made Emperor Diggle and those who follow him his enemies, he does not intend to tolerate harm to unarmed civilians.

To do so, we will create a force of opposition to the current regime by the Empire. If they are part of an alliance against the Great Empire, this has an aspect of the Fatherland Liberation War and is expected to have the effect of weakening the alliance's sense of Great Empire = Evil.

As a result, it seemed that the damage to the people and the country would be reduced to some extent. The bond between those who fought together is stronger than anything else.

"I am, Shade-kun." I'm going to tell the anti-imperial alliance that the Shadow Fleet, which the Empire calls the Rebels, and the Allied mercenary Phantom Anger were created by those who opposed the current regime. ”

The mercenary armies that have fought to save the Allies have been rebels of the Great Empire - and their remarks have shocked Shade like he's been struck by lightning.

Since the rebels' armies were created, they've already struck stones. While battling the Empire, I was thinking of a way to reduce the sacrifices of the people of the country that would eventually be destroyed.

What foresight.

In contrast, I-- Shade holds his head. Jin Amiwool... he's a horrible man.

"... My Lord?"

With a soft voice, the shade returned to me. In the room he was given, there was a lieutenant, Cyrus.

Cyrus, who was going out to interact with the Magic Doll's brothers and sisters, returned.

"Oh, Cyrus. No, I'm sorry if it was Alicia."

I called it by my own name, but Shade replied. Her real name is Alicia.

Seras is fine, my lord.

The female mage, who was a second in command, sat diagonally in front of the shade.

I have a name for you, sir.

- But that's not your real name.

I thought about Shade, but I couldn't speak. When I look at a girl in her late teens with a worrying expression, I can't speak well.

"You've met your brothers, haven't you? How was it?"

……

Seras had a subtle expression.

“It does a lot for me. But I don't remember them...."

Brothers and sisters of the Magic Doll. Jin Amiwool told me about the past of Cyrus, but it wasn't easy for her to remember.

It would be troublesome to be told by strangers that they are family. I think that's true, Shade.

If that Kurfu Diggle says' I'm your father ', it'll be a bit confusing.

Born into a knight's house. I lost my father at a young age and was picked up by the Baron's house. I thought I had lived a life without the shadow of Emperor Diggle anywhere.

But it is said that he may be his hidden child. Honestly, I haven't pinned it.

“What do you think?...... Did you feel anything when you went out with her?"

"I don't remember, but when I talked to everyone, I thought they were really brothers.... I think so."

“For example?”

"We were able to have a conversation in the language of the Apollo civilization."

- I see.

The day Shade first met Ceras. It is a shade that did not understand her words. I don't know if it's the language of any country, but it was obscure. Thanks to Cyrus' memory of our words, we can now talk to each other, but that means we can talk to each other in a language we don't know.

I also played ball games.

"Huh. What kind of play is that?"

“It's a game where magic levitates the ball and bumps it into each other.”

Cyrus said, thinking for a moment.

"Is it an image of operating a floating terminal with magic power?" It's called play, but it also serves as a training for magical control. ”

It wouldn't be so difficult for you to handle the Devil Machine.

“Yes, my brothers and I were all good. However, when I was playing with it, I felt nostalgic for some reason..."

Seras laid his eyes down. The shade nodded.

Isn't that what was left in the depths of your memory that made you think so?

Fragment of a memory before she lost her memory. The fragments from the ball games with the brothers and sisters must have come back to life.

If we hang out a little longer, we might get your lost memories back.

"I..."

Seras stared at the shade.

"I want to care more about being with you now than about the memory I lost."

"Yeah..."

In Shade's hand, Cyrus layered his own.

"I have a debt you can't repay." But that's not all, right now... no, I want to stay with you. "

"... am I good?"

Words that have come out.

I feel like I like Ceras. But she had a family. There is nothing in the current shade.

Shade has lived a life of neglect. I wonder if the people involved will be unhappy.

I'm worried that I'll be able to make her happy.

"You're good."

Cyrus said gently. The words stain Shade's heart.

- There was a woman who loved me.

I thought it was a gift of help that she was following. Shade quietly shed his tears, which he never loved, even though he was hated by others.