‘All these ADNACIELS here, it's late considering the incident that just happened,’ ‘ Tamayo said to himself after seeing all these intimidating forces

. The ADNACIEL was a man in his fifties wearing a gold-adorned suit of armour reminiscent of ancient mythical times, under which were insignia of mythical creatures. He addressed the colonel: ’Colonel Tamayo, I see you've had a hard day. ‘

- ’And I can see that your day has been too easy, far from the draugr and the infections, I think." Arima replied, as he was not at all happy with their inaction or their concern for the victims.

. ‘Far from the mess you caused here, anyway. And the next time you speak to me like that, I'll slit your throat,’ Arima threatened.

"My dear Tamayo, I am delighted to see you in one piece today. " said an intimidating woman with long ash-coloured purple hair and a magnificent figure. Her beauty was so intimidating that everyone thought they had seen a goddess. Her voice was so beautiful that it was like hearing the sirens of the sea singing, and her eyes were well proportioned with multi-coloured irises reminiscent of the universe. But when you got close to her, you could feel the powerful, colossal, and devastating energy of her arcane power.

- "Lady DOROTHY? Is she the one they sent here?‘ asked the colonel, intimidated by Lady Dorothy

. ’Hey, Colonel, I didn't know there were women in the ranks of the ADNACIELS,‘ whispered ARIMA.

- ’Idiots, she's not ADNACIEL, and yes, there are also women in this branch of the royal guard. ‘ whispered the Colonel.

- ’I see, but then who is this lady? She's tall, taller than me. I'd say she's about 1.88 metres tall, just a little taller than me,‘ asked Arima

- ’ARIMA, the one standing in front of us is the DAIMIO of this kingdom.

‘Wow, she's the DAIMIO?’ Arima said, sounding very surprised.

TAMAYO: ‘Yes, and as you can see, she is undoubtedly the strongest DAIMIO in existence. It has even earned her the nickname “the scourge of the arcane”.

ARIMA: ’So she's the most powerful daimio?

-DOROTHY: An incompetent colonel, two dead sergeants, and an entire building on fire with an infection alert in the city because you transported an infected case to the capital, and one of your sergeants was an INUN. Do you realise how badly you've done your job? I'll have to punish you, TAMAYO!

-ARIMA: Hey, stop calling us incompetent. It was unforeseen, and we risked our lives for those people.

-L'ADNACIEL: Shut up, you wretch. The high DAIMIO has not given you permission to speak, and let this be the last time we have to tell you that.

-TAMAYO: Sorry about the infection. We transported our patient here because we knew that this was where the best doctors qualified to treat his emergency were, and it was only in the operating theatre that we found out about it.

-DOROTHY: What are you telling me, Colonel? You only found out in the operating theatre? Have you forgotten that after fighting a JENGU, it is unwise not to be examined in quarantine? And it costs us explanations to the other kingdom.

-TAMAYO: And it wasn't INUN who lost his life, but one of our citizen soldiers.

-DOROTHY: Ohhh, I'm glad it turned out that way.

-ARIMA: No, I must be dreaming. Glad that it could turn out that way? I lost LIDE, my best friend, today, and you like that?

-DOROTHY: I was told he was talented, but to the point of being fooled by draugr, it shows that he didn't belong among us.

-: You're annoying me, and take back what you just said about IZUMO and LIDE. He took a knife and jumped on DOROTHY, concentrating all his strength, but as he approached her, he felt his limbs stop immediately in front of DOROTHY. Dorothy wanted to touch him after that, and Arima felt in danger, a danger he had never felt even in front of a draugr, and suddenly...

The colonel came before DOROTHY and begged her to stop, lowering Arima's head.

-TAMAYO: Please excuse this recruit's overstepping of his bounds. He is still in shock, which has caused him to lose his reason. Please forgive him, Lady DOROTHY.

‘Hmm, I also see that you have failed in the training and education of your young soldiers, Colonel,’ said Dorothy, stopping after trying to take Arima's life.

TAMAYO: He's a little upset.

-DOROTHY: I've heard about you, TENBATSU, and be careful that this is our last meeting.

-ARIMA: Believe me, we'll meet again next time, and our positions will be reversed. "What the hell happened? What spell did she use? Immobilisation? Gravity? I felt as if she had imposed herself on my soul. Damn, the gap is still enormous.

-DOROTHY: If it's any consolation, you're still alive, so you have the right to dream, and I'll be there forever to wake you up.

-ARIMA: Hmm.

-TAMAYO: Please, can we see the remains of iZUMO and LIDE? We would at least like them to have a funeral.

-ADNACIEL: Both? The one that was in the morgue, the entire underground level caught fire and everything was burned to ashes.

-DOROTHY: I can't do anything for you about that, and since the area will be quarantined, there's nothing left of him.

I just came from inside with ADNACIEL, and this is all we got from what was left of your friends.

-TAMAYO: I see. Thank you.

-ARIMA: But are these his fingers?

-DOROTHY: Only two fingers could be removed from his body, which exploded and mixed with iron filings.

-TAMAYO: Thank you very much. Can we go now? I have to return this body to the family of the deceased boy.

-DOROTHY: Also, TENBATSU in FEORIS, I heard that you had a child with you when you returned after the incident.

-ARIMA: No, we didn't see any, just as we came with no one in our squad.

-DOROTHY: My men confirmed that you were not alone.

-TAMAYO: By the way, Lady DOROTHY...

-DOROTHY: I asked Tenbatsu that question, not you, Colonel.

-: Damn, she knows that if the question had been asked to me, I would have handled it better, and she must not know about the kid. Besides, ARIMA has already gone up, and I don't think he'll be able to protect the kid. It's not for nothing that she showed us the rest of his remains. Dorothy is too sadistic, and now this boy's future depends entirely on us, but I'll take responsibility for everything, Arima. You've endured too much today for someone your age.

-Arima: By the way, there was one person we took with us.

-TAMAYO bowed her head at ARIMA's words, and suddenly...

-ARIMA: The area where we fought was deserted. We found nothing but ruins. Only this child, INUN, was still there. When we met him, the young boy said he was still waiting for his parents, who were certainly all dead given the large number of draugr in the vicinity. So ZARUBA NIKAN insisted that we take him with us. The colonel assumed he was doing it out of patriotism, so he let him come with us. That's how we decided to take him.

-ADNACIEL: Take him with us? What if he was a child spy?

-TAMAYO: I took responsibility for him, and I would never leave a child prey to predators.

-ADNACIEL: You say you found the population exterminated by draugr in the surrounding area. The passage of draugr should have raised an alarm, especially in an area like this, and no witnesses came out except for this boy you took in?

-ARIMA: Just like you, it was a surprise to us and cost us two sergeants.

-DOROTHY: Hmm, I see. Otherwise, I'll keep an eye on this child to make sure there's nothing suspicious about him and that he doesn't bring us any infection, since you came from the same place.

-ARIMA: He's fine. Dr Nisha already examined him before starting IZUMO's treatment.

-*NISHA? Going so far as to mention her name in this story, you're such a good liar, and this is the first time I've ever been proud of a lie,* said Tamayo.

-DOROTHY: Okay, if it's from NISHA, I trust her skills, otherwise you can leave, Colonel.

-TAMAYO: Thank you.

*Arriving outside the hospital*

-ARIMA: Chief, I...

-TAMAYO: Stop it, you can call me TAMAYO.

-ARIMA: What? But I can't.

- TAMAYO: I thank you for what you did for me today, and I will take care of Hiruko and try to find out why IZUMO cared so much about him until his death.

-ARIMA: Thank you too, boss. By the way, are you going to tell his family about what happened to IZUMO? I'd like to do it myself, as I often picked him up from his house before going to training during our military training.

-TAMAYO: No, that's already too much of a burden for a superior like me to ask of you. I will go and tell his family myself and return their bodies to them. I remind you that if IZUMO and LIDE hadn't stood in front of me or supported me, I would be lying in the rubble of that hospital. It hurts me the most, you have no idea, ARIMA.

-ARIMA: All right, Chief, but don't put so much pressure on yourself.

-TAMAYO: Otherwise, I don't know where he lives. I only know that he lived with his mother and older sister. Didn't he have a father? Was his father already deceased?

-ARIMA: No, IZUMO told me that his father was an alcoholic and had abandoned them when his mother gave birth to him, and shortly afterwards they were forced to leave their home for the suburbs. It was only after Izumo joined the coalition army that his family moved to the city, and he gave all his wages to his family because he did everything he could to ensure they had a good life, but alas.

Here is his address. I will go and offer my condolences and tell them that it was all my fault because I could have done better.

-TAMAYO: ARIMA?

-Yes, boss.

-TAMAYO: I've already told you that you can address me informally. But anyway, you told me that you had ambitions to become the most powerful being the world has ever known?

‘Of course, Colonel, and I will become that before I die,’ he replied, looking at him with eyes full of conviction and confidence.

-TAMAYO: Then you'll have to train harder than you ever have before, master all the spells in the world, and be three times, no, ten times stronger than DOROTHY if you want to change things, because I know that IZUMO didn't die for nothing.

-ARIMA: I promise you, SIR.

* Back at the barracks *

-TAMAYO: I'm not going to beat around the bush or interrogate you, but rather I'm going to give you two choices, and your answer will decide whether we let you live or kill you, because even though ARIMA has pleaded for you, the final decision rests with me alone.

-HIRUKO: I'm listening, sir.

-TAMAYO: What is your goal, or how can you be useful to my ambitions?

-HIRUKO: I know I'm not quite right in the head yet, but when I woke up, I heard a voice telling me to follow the path of grace wherever it might lead me. That's all, and if I can help you achieve your ambitions while following my path, I'm in.

-TAMAYO: ‘Agreed, then you will enlist in the army and for the next seven years you will do everything you can to become a good soldier and you will be able to enter the ARCANIC TOURNAMENT TRIALS, as we all saw in Féoris,’ said the colonel, opening the BOUNBREAKER that bound HIRUKO's hands and magic. ‘So I see that you have mastered magic without even needing arcane stones or ANIMA. You will put them at my service, and if you dare to go against our agreement, I will kill you with my own hands.’

-HIRUKO: Let's just say that I will have fulfilled my dream before that happens.

-CASPER: Oh, I almost forgot, I'll find you a name.

-ZARUBA: A name for him? Indeed, it would be more prudent for a cover during the years to come. A name like INUN or ZACHESH would be perfect for him, or why not H'AZAD?

-CASPER: Yeah, maybe that would be perfect for him, and it goes well with his skin, doesn't it?

-HIRUKO: I don't want it.

-CASPER: And you think you have a choice?

-HIRUKO: When I woke up, I knew nothing about my past except my name, so I'd like to keep it. This identity is the only precious thing I have in this new life you've given me.

-ZARUBA: I also promise to stop you if you ever show hostility towards my companions.

-CASPER: Okay, you can keep that name, but in that case it will be...

****7 years later, registering for the arcane tournament****

‘HIRUKO KOSUGA’ HIRUKO in front of the tournament registration officer.