Chapter 17 (2/2)

”Onii-saiant creature theory……”

”Oh, there are several folklores that supports it”

Edward-oniisa for a moment

It was a gentle smile as ever, but a little bit of sad atmosphere had been weaved into it

”Alchemist Jaconius, as what recorded in Aurelia's family's official history - there were differences between the story of the Philosopher's Stone and the solitary Zaratan, and the story that was circulated in the ancient Aurelia's family”

”I only knew the story of Zaratan that appeared in the fairy tale”

”Yes Actually, it is a hidden legend that is conveyed to the dukes of Aurelia In the legend of our faic that drops a star, but in the official history that Erica has yet to learn, in the end he was killed with a knife while he was sleeping”

I was surprised

Certainly, that hat Zaratan hiap when he was exhausted and slept

For Aurelia, killing Zaratan should be a taboo

That truth becae

”I have a friend who loved that story first At first I was helping him, but before I noticed, I was completely absorbed in the story more than hi for their distant descendants……so?”

”Onii-sama, do you knohat happened to Zaratan?”

”It is not perfect because the folklore was being scattered and ultimately lost, but–”

With that preli

Our ancestors lived beyond the shi+ning and distant seas of the stars

But, due to a disaster or some other reason, they were driven out from their home land

An ancient alcheanism at sea

The name of the creature was Zaratan

Zaratan grew to the size of a huge island after a long period of ti shi+p

A city was built on the shell of Zaratan and the bones of Zaratan beca star crystals and star steels

After a long voyage, in which leadershi+p had changed, they arrived at Ichthyes

However, the alchemist as the leader at that time killed Zaratan as a hter of Jaconius

It was said that they did it to obtain the Philosopher's Stone which was thought to be hidden in the body of Zaratan

But no matter how much they dissected the body of Zaratan, they couldn't find the Philosopher's Stone

The alcheretted their sins

They buried the child of Jaconius carefully in the depths of the body of Zaratan

The alchemists made a deep labyrinth that nobody could approach its deep, while still being a tomb

Do not let anyone interfere with the sleep of Zaratan along with the child of Jaconius

The youngest brother of Jaconius who survived and the daughter of the leader got married and became the new head of the Visitor's Clan

That was the beginning of the Duchy of Aurelia

”The alche Zaratan, an artificial creature, but I don't know yet what that contract was”

”It's a sad story……”

”I don't know if everything was true, but I think that the truth is hidden somewhere in this story and it may be the role of us who are the descendants of Jaconius to unravel it……that's how it is”

Onii-sahtly to cheer me up

”In my hypothesis, I think that they were not only buried, but they were enshrined as Gods I believe that the faith of the God2 Bren wasthe clan of Jaconius and Zaratan”

”Zaratan, a God……”

”If the altar of Bren faith was found at that ruins, it will support my hypothesis……If the labyrinth collapsed, I wonder how ation…”

Ah, so it was like Sugawara no Michizane3 or Taira no Masakado4, huh

Even though he bore grudges against humans, he had been made a God by humans, huh

Betrayed, killed, and to appease him, worshi+ped—

I thought that I could empathize with him somehow

Defined unreasonably, loved selfishly, unreasonably killed, wasn't that the same as me?

He was also a companion as beaten by a blunt weapon

Well, a crowbar couldn't coh

”By the way, Erica, that golem……made of star steel, huh? When did you make it?”

Oops!

I panicked and looked at my feet

A large stuffed toy-sized, steel body, full-ar quietly

When did he followed arden!?

”Ah……that, yesterday, I reused Onii-saolem's core……”

”Haha…I don't olem as I want”

”I will appreciate it if you say so”

”But, I thought that it was a golem made of star steel Because it will deforanism's natural movements”

”Y-yes! That's right!”

”It's quite interesting–……Oya? Perhaps, this is a two-layer structure?”

”Hii! It's a top secret technology that is still under experiht now!”

”I see–, too bad……Oops, it's already this time……”

I was already atover the questions!

As I thought that, an to check his watch

Y-yosh!+ I seee the bullet!

”I will return to my room at once Erica seemed to have completely devastated my supplies”

”Uu”

”Let's talk about that necklace when you have cal about it Then, later, Erica”

That said, Edward-oniisama went back to his room

When I looked at olem

In truth, it was not a golem

A certain so a small armor made of star steel

”Why did you follow me?”

『I decided that I'm interested』

”About what?”

『Why did you make use of me?』

”Pity, maybe?”

『I dislike cos』

”That's true”

『But, I also heard good things』

”The story that Onii-sama just told us?”

『Aa』

Tears were spilling from the black cavities

『I was not only betrayed by him He also killed me 』

”Looks like it It is a thorough folklore”

『I—』

”Yes”

『May I cry for him too? 』

”Yes”

Last night, after the ceremony of the solution spell, I was handed the bottle where Klaus sealed Zaratan

'You can do whatever you ith it,' he had said

So I ie of that and take up on his offer, and unsealed him

”I think that your revenge is justifiable, and I want to fulfil the contract that my ancestors had with you”

『Why is that?』

”Cos”

The Zaratan that was unsealed got even sic by Klaus

An anoon with the size of a cat

That hat he was now

Black scales like a night sky Tisted horns like a ram

Sharp saw-like fangs were lining in lines like those of a shark

Short and sharp claws for all of his ten fingers

The scales on his back were particularly thick and coalescing, and they looked like a shell

Perhaps he was taking shape as his juvenile fore while his upper arms and tail were small

The balance was exactly like a teddy bear

He could be called a fish due to his scales and web-feet, and could be called a turtle due to his shell

Called the Philosopher's Stone, called a God, called an evil spirit

But in the end, they couldn't give him a name to call himself

There was only one lonely anoon in this world

I ht

The ical power and changed its shape as much as we liked

The spell was physically carved and built with a hunting knife

I was one of the few alcheic

And then I released his soul inside the armor

One of the reasons was to disguise hiolem

The other was so that he could infinitely expand the cage of his body

『……My revenge is over』

”Is that okay?”

『I thought I killed you once

At that ti would matter

You look like that guy

I did not care about Aurelia

I only care about killing him

Only he was special to me

Therefore, it is good That guy has already gone』

”The truth is, you wanted to kill hiht?”

『……You understand well』

The se of over six hundred years laughed happily from the inside of the armor

”If I can, I will carry out the contract in the behalf of my ancestors”

『My wishes have not change even noish for a friend, and then, I wish for a new name』

”Is it okay with just that?”

『……That's right』

I bent over and touched the black dragon Zaratan's clawed hand

”Then, I will give you a new name–”

At that tis came home with a lot of roses

A refreshi+ng wind blew through the flower-lined Spring Palace

In this way, the curtain for my first adventure had fallen

”Coive a new na5”

1 Referring to the idio in his/her direction': expressing that we are grateful for what that person has done for us In japan, showing our feet is an act of disrespect, so conversely, if you don't show that person your feet, you are showing him/her respect

2 The God here is actually referring to an ancestor that orshi+ped as a deity

3 Sugawara no Michizane was a scholar, poet, and politician of the Heian Period of japan Today he is revered in shi+nto as the God of learning, Tenman-Tenjin (source)

4 Taira no Masakado was a saest insurgent forces in the period against the central government of Kyoto He became a deainst the central govern the need to appease his malevolent spirit (source)

5 Tír na nÓg is the name of the Proy and folklore (source)

If you reraved on the transfer gate was:

“Coive a new name to the Promised Land over this sea”

In this chapter, the words Pro on top of them, and I tried to incorporate it like what is shown in this chapter

If you don't get it, the new na But for later chapters, the author wrote it as Tirnanog