Marie looked at Erica, who was bloody and blue-faced, and put her hand on the wound and used her healing magic.

'Why. Why aren't you reacting!''

　Marie screams with tears in her eyes.

　The magic she had trained in vain was ineffective on her dying daughter.

　I couldn't handle it well.

　On Marier's back, Rion calls out to her.

''It's useless.''

　Turning around, Marije glared at Leon.

　At Marie's form, Elijah said, "Hee! And he shivered with a blue face.

'--Why? Why would my brother kill Erika?!

　Clenching her hands, she ran towards Rion and bumped into him vigorously.

　Slamming his fist into the ground again and again, Marie looked up at Rion.

　His face had a very cold look on it.

　His eyes were also scary, but it didn't matter to Marie now.

'I believed my brother would help Erica!

　Leon had a smile that sent a chill down his spine.

'Did you trust me?　Stop making jokes that aren't funny. I don't owe it to you to live up to your expectations.

I won't allow it. I will not allow--

　The grip of the gun struck him on the head, and Marie held his head with both hands as it was.

　She still stared at Rion.

　Such was the confusion of Elijah, who was pushing his wheelchair to approach Marier and Rion.

''Um, what are you angry about, Marie-san?''

　Marie was annoyed with the carefree Elijah.

'At what?'　How can you be so calm?　If you don't get him to marry Erica, you're going to have to...

　Pulling and shaking, Marie is surprised to see Erica sitting in her wheelchair.

　Her chest was moving slightly, despite her blood-stained clothes.

　She is breathing.

''--Why, why!''

　To Marier, who doesn't understand the situation, Rion pulls the magazine out of the gun and throws it over to her.

　Receiving it, Marie saw that the shell casings were engraved with the fact that they were magic bullets.

''This,''

It's a sleeping magic bullet I had Luxion make. It also gives off gore.

　Rion took the magazine from Marie and looked at Erica, who also put the gun in her pocket.

'You guys knew that!

　Elijah is more surprised.

'What?　Rather, why don't you know that, Marie?　Or maybe you're my brother.

　Rion laughed like a fool.

'It's going to make the act more powerful. Erica could believe it, too.'

　With that, Rion called Clairele.

　Creare comes to the rooftop with a group of work robots in tow.

　Creare, who came in, sees Erica who is sleeping and gives her instructions.

I'm going to take the princess to the medical capsule as soon as possible. Carefully carry her to the medical capsule. If you hurt her, the master will shoot you to death.''

　Seeing Cleare joking, Marie crumbled to the spot.

'Go ahead and tell me!

　Seeing Marie crying, Rion laughed at her, saying something like, "You can't help it," he said.

　But the smile bothered Marie.

'Brother?'

What?

Are you mad at me?

I'm just mad at my pathetic sister. Here, take Erica's side. Because by the time Erica wakes up, we have to get this all over with.

Uh-huh.

　He left the rooftop with Elijah.

　But Rion remained on the rooftop, watching the imperial delegation move away from him in the distance.

　That back was different from the back of Rion that Marie knew.

''--brother,''

　Marie tries to talk to Leon, telling Elijah to take Erica first.

　But Clairvoyant stops her from doing so.

'Where are you going?'

Because my brother...

　Clutching the wire fence, Leon began to cry as he collapsed from his knees.

　Marie had never seen her brother like that before - including in his previous life.

'D-Do away, my brother!

"This is not your job, Marie-chan, this is not your job.

What?

　Claire's words were colder than usual.

　They heard the sound of people running up the stairs.

　Angel and Livia had come to the roof, accompanied by Luxion.

　They walked past Marie.

'Rion!'
Miss Lyon!

　They approached Leon and then began to comfort him.

　As Marie was about to say something, Noel put his hand on her shoulder.

'Marich, we'll take care of the rest, go to Erica's place.

　Having said that, Noel also headed to the roof.

　Luxion was going to tell Clairvoyant about the future.

''-- Our friends are waking up. They are launching an attack towards Arcadia.''

Did you call out?

'He is ignoring our call. The destruction of Arcadia is your top priority.

Did you really talk him into it?　--I'm going to call out to you.'

　The weapons of the old humans had awakened and started attacking the revived Arcadia.

　Even though they had lost their masters, they were probably able to activate it again because it was a top priority order.

''Eh, ah--''

　Cleare left and Luxion looked at Rion in the distance.

　Noel was rubbing Rion's back.

'Hey, what are you going to do?　My brother--I've never seen him like that.

　When Marie mutters this, Luxion tells her.

''War. The Master has decided to go to war with the Empire.''

"-What?　So, but the Empire is Mia and Finn!

That's why I'm in so much pain.

　Luxion informed Marie of the current situation.

'What's that? I'm not listening to that!　I don't know!

This is the reality.

　Luxion also conveys his painful feelings in an electronic voice.

'For the sake of Erica and the child to be born in the kingdom from now on, the master is about to break himself.' --A country like this should have been destroyed immediately.''

　He sounded frustrated and seething.

　As Luxion went to Rion, Marie turned over as she watched Luxion go to Rion.

''--brother,''

　Looking at Rion's battered back, Marie clutches at her skirt.

'Wow, it's my fault. Brother, I knew you'd be overwhelmed, but I spoiled it for you with Erica.

　Rion's back, which had done everything for her since she was a child, now seemed to be scarred and crying to Marie.

　Then Marie remembers.

　He said that he was the cause of his brother's death in his previous life.

'What. 'I see. I must have--'

◇

　--a few weeks later.

　Charging towards Arcadia in the skies of the Empire was an artificially intelligent plane with one eye on the sphere.

　It flew between the airships and charged towards Arcadia.

　The hull of the ship has rust and shells on it, as if it had sunk into the sea.

　It's also behaving strangely.

　Still, it was heading towards Arcadia.

'Stop him!'
I can't keep up with him!
"Whatever it takes...

　Shaking off the chasing Imperial armor, the fighter exploded as it hit Arcadia.

　However, Arcadia was unharmed.

　The pilots complain from the imperial armor.

''How many times do we have to do this!
"These mechanical one-eyed bastards are ignoring us and charging at Arcadia!
"If it doesn't hurt, I don't see a problem...

　As they were having this conversation, they looked at the distant sky.

　There was a rusty, three-hundred-meter airship floating in the sky.

　When they realized that a light had been emitted, they evaporated and disappeared.

　The airship that continued the attack - it was a cruiser of the old humans.

　It must have sensed Arcadia's resurrection and emerged from the sea.

　When the Arcadia was hit by an optical weapon, it was blocked by the shield.

　The Imperial airship tried to block the front as the rusty cruiser tried to make an assault.

　There--.

'You guys stay back!'

"You'd better destroy it all at once, bud!

　-- A brave-clad Finn appears.

　The rusty cruiser puts up a barrage of bullets to intercept him, but to no avail.

　Finn dives through the barrage and cuts both sides of the rusty cruiser.

　He then muttered as he watched the sinking cruiser.

''There are still so many old human weapons left?''

　Brave replies.

'They've been asleep in their master's absence, I suppose. But it's tricky. When the numbers gather, even Arcadia can't handle it now.''

　Finn returns to Arcadia.

◇

　The audience room was built inside Arcadia.

　Sitting next to the emperor, Bartolt, was Mia, who was wearing a dress.

　When Finn appeared in the audience room, Mia looked up and wanted to say something to him.

　Ignoring that, Finn kneels down in front of them.

''Your Majesty, I'm very sorry to be here during the ceremony.

　Bartolt didn't blame him for that.

'No problem. It's the people who insist on ceremony that are to blame.'

　There are some heavyweights around.

　They let their gazes drift away as Bartolt glares at them.

　These are the knights lined up in the audience room, but they are some of the finest knights in the Empire.

　They are knights who have been given a number - a special rank - according to their abilities.

　Beside them are floating cores in the same magical clothing as Brave.

　A core similar to Brave's was also floating near the boy knight who was ranked third in the hierarchy.

''Your seniors do their best~''

　Finn goes to the front of the knights.

　Bartolt stood up.

'Finn Ruta Herring--allowing him to return to first place in the pecking order.

Ha!

There is a hero in the Kingdom of Holfert who has risen to the rank of Duke in a single generation. We'll leave that one to the strongest knights in the Empire here.

I won't let you down.

Of course.

　Mia was looking down with a very sad look on her face.

　Finn couldn't look directly at Mia's face like that.

　Finn, the strongest knight in the Empire, muttered in his mind.

(Rion, I'm going to have to fight you.)

　Bartolt raises his fist.

''The core of the complete body, the magical armor, has also gathered to join us. No matter how much the weapons of the old humans may wake up, as long as Arcadia is around, our victory is unshakable!

　Until now, only Brave was the complete body of the magical armor.

　It was now spread across all twelve knights who were elite.

　Brave, who was next to Finn, was happy to have more friends - but he looked complicated.

　With the twelve magic-armored knights assembled, the interrupted ceremony resumes.

　Then the soldiers would arrive in a hurry.

''Please excuse me very much during the ceremony!　Your Majesty, another airship that appears to be a weapon of the old human race has shown itself!

　Bartolt narrows his eyes.

'You're here again. That's a lot today.'

　One of the stalwarts advises.

"Your Majesty, we need to put the ceremony first here, and when it's over--

Cancel the ceremony. It's a spellbinding device. I'll show you what I can do with it.

　The knights salute and quickly leave the audience chamber.

　The heavyweights try to stop Bartolt, but he ignores them and walks away from Finn and the others.

◇

　Back on the battlefield again, Finn thought he was busy today.

(One airship after another. How could he have slept this long?)

　Wherever they had gathered from, the weapons of the old humans were charging towards Arcadia.

　Some of the weapons jumped on the rampaging magic armor and were trying to hold it down.

　But--.

''Hahaha!　Do you think that's the extent of what you can do?　'Old human weapons aren't much of a stretch!'

　The third boy knight in the rankings was fighting in a magical armor.

''Your senior is so cunning to be able to fight with such amazing armor!

　Fighter jets, legless armor, and various other former human weapons gathered together.

　After defeating them all, Finn looked at the spaceship.

'So he's the only one left?

...partner, he's making a move.

　The spaceships that had been trying to force themselves to charge, were suddenly dispersing their attacks.

　Without breaking the Arcadia's barrier, it just moved to just hit the attack.

''What are you doing?''

"I don't like it. Let's hurry up and drop it.

"I know.

　The weapons of the old humans who had been making the assault so far had suddenly changed their movements with some purpose.

　Drones were flying around Finn.

''What is it?''

　They kept their distance and did not attack.

　It was the same for the other magic armor.

''--These guys are searching for something. ''Go away!''

　The drones explode and fall into the sea as Brave releases his magic around them.

　Other magical armor was destroying the spacecraft, and as Finn looked for any other enemies - he saw a small boat in the distance.

　It was leaving this battlefield at once, and it was difficult to chase it.

'Did they get away?'

　That was strange to Finn.

　Like Luxion, the artificial intelligences had fled, as if in a fit of excitement.

　Brave was worried too.

'What's going on?　Let's go after it, buddy!

　Then the boy knight approaches.

''Senior, you are ordered to return, sir.''

"No, but--

'Don't worry about the guys that got away. We'll deal with them when they come.

Okay.

　Finn is worried about the escaped old human weapons, but he follows his orders to return.