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Kaito and the others were going to join us at school.

''What kind of enemy is coming to rescue Seigo?''

'Lots of chimeras, white giant homunculi, golems with armour and weapons. That, and several assassin-like NPCs with mysterious rathbones.

The three of us pulled back when we heard that. More importantly, they were invisible enemies, even with my identification skills, but let's not freak them out.

In the morning, I texted Kayo and the other sisters and they texted me as soon as I joined. They told me that others would be joining too. The reason for their participation was clear.

'If you don't participate, the level gap will widen!

Well, will it? Anyway, we're going to get our forces together. All we need to do now is pack up the plan.

School's over and I'm logging in. I'm going to talk to Mr. Cain at the Beast Demon Guild.

It's amazing that you've found your hideout already. But why did you talk to me about it?

'I've heard that the enemy behind this one is trying to wage a war between Fretia and Elixir Lapis.

”...well, I guess I will. So?

'I'm sure the enemy has something naughty in mind. I don't think that bad thing is aimed at the Sandwall Desert.

Cain thinks.

'Because you tried to get Fretia and Elixir Lapis to go to war with you, right?

Yes. If it's just my imagination, that's fine. Would you at least prepare for it?

Oops. That's a bad idea. It's my job to take the blame. I'll tell the Order of the Fleetia what to do.

Please.

Afterwards, I take the elixir lapis to Mr. Einstein's laboratory.

''Sorry to bother you. I'm Takt.

Come in.

Mr. Milese let me in. Mr. Einstein was thinking about something. Will he make some great invention or something?

”...why do men look up when they see a skirt on the stairs...

You're lying! Einstein is a physicist! Operation! This is too much!

Master, you have a visitor.

Huh?　Oh!　Tact!　What's the matter with you?

Actually...

I'll explain what we've been up to.

'I see... that's a fair apprehension... wait a minute... Newton, Tact would like to talk to you. Come at once.

Then Mr. Newton came in really quickly. I'll explain again.

'That's all right. Let's talk to Edison about this one, too, and get ready to move with Fretia.

Thank you.

It's only right that we do. That chimera you talked about, the homunculus, was definitely the work of an alchemist.

The armed golem was the work of a researcher.

Huh? So is the chimera. I knew the homunculus was an alchemist... but I'll take the information.

'There are two types of chimeras, those summoned by summoners and those created by alchemy. The ones summoned by the summoner are not a problem, as you know.

Chimeras created by alchemy are forbidden by law. The method of forcibly alchemizing monsters can produce a variety of chimeras, but they run amok and quickly lose their lives. They can run out of control and quickly kill you.

What!

'It's something I can understand if I think about it. If you force the brains of multiple monsters to stick together and move animals with completely different bodies... it's easy to imagine that if you do that, their brains will reach their processing limits with each other and they'll soon die.

I've heard that some chimeras are rarely adapted to this state of affairs. That must be what Takt saw.