Volume 3 Chapter 21 Independence
Edited by: Kanaa-senpai
This town had managed to repel the raiders, and I liked to think our contribution—namely stealing their Golems—had played no small part in that outcome.
Naturally, the fact that we had arrived at the exact same time as the raid made us look suspicious. On top of that, having a Mage who just happened to know how to pilot Golems was almost too convenient. From their perspective, it must have looked as though we were hiding some deeper scheme.
Honestly, I could not blame them.
We were promptly tied up and hauled before the local Lord, and I could not help noticing the familiar, uncomfortable rhythm to the whole process. At least the guards surprised me. Rather than charging recklessly at the Golems, they had used oil to disable them, and even the barricades showed a clear understanding of the machines’ limited operating time. For a remote frontier town, these guards were remarkably competent.
That said, they had chosen rope as our restraint. If they genuinely believed that was enough to hold a Mage, they were in for a disappointment.
When we were finally brought before the Lord, he sat atop a raised dais in an oversized chair that seemed determined to emphasize his authority. He looked to be around sixty years old, which counted as a respectable age in this world.
A man who appeared to be a civil official sat to his left, while a military officer occupied the seat to his right. Soldiers lined the walls, and a lone cleric stood off to one side, looking as though he had wandered into the wrong room.
”×+〇〇＜, ※●＞＞”
I understood none of it, but Pamela reacted immediately. The official seated on the Lord’s left leaned forward and addressed us in Schweilitz.
”Can you speak Schweilitz?”
Pamela, Thomas, and I nodded together.
”As the guards mentioned, this town trades with ships from Schweilitz, so that was not particularly surprising.”
”Why have you come here at this time?”
His wording was blunt, likely because he was speaking a foreign language. Thomas flicked his eyes toward me, silently indicating that I should handle the conversation.
As his employer, at least on paper, that responsibility fell to me.
I answered slowly in Schweilitz, explaining how our salt caravan had originally numbered more than ten people before a bridge collapse split us apart. The three of us had ended up stranded in the marshes between the Rus border town of Velysk and the Polotsk Principality’s port of Bryachislavichi. Hoping to reach the port from the south, we had attempted to circle back through Velysk, but the heavy snowfall had eaten away at our food supplies until we finally followed a set of tracks that led us here. It was mostly true. The fewer lies I told now, the less trouble I would have if they later dragged in a Level 4 Mage to conduct a proper interrogation.
The official translated my explanation for the Lord and the officer.
For the record, the Lord was Algirdas Yogis. The official was his eldest son, Rolandas Yogis, while the officer was the considerably younger third son, Darius Yogis. For a town of roughly a thousand people, it seemed the family handled nearly everything themselves.
”Lord Luigi de Calimen, where did you learn to pilot Golems?”
He was using the name from my travel papers. Since nobody in Rus territory had ever bothered checking them before, I had grown accustomed to being called Larry.
”In Schweilitz, I go by Larry. If you would be so kind as to call me that, I would appreciate it. I am perfectly happy being Luigi when speaking Pannonian or Harmonian.”
I could not actually speak either language, but since Thomas and Pamela already called me Larry, I wanted to establish that habit before questions started.
”Understood, Larry-dono. Where did you learn to pilot Golems?”
”Due to certain circumstances, I served during the Vod Fortress campaign between Schweilitz and Kiridal. I received instruction from Major Sonya, commander of the Kingdom of Schuberitz’s magical battalion.”
That much was true. The day she had left me with a deeply unfortunate trauma involving my own anatomy was also the day I had inherited her memories and, with them, her understanding of Golems.
The moment Rolandas finished translating, Darius’s attention sharpened. He immediately began firing questions at his brother, and although I could not follow the conversation, I caught the words “Golems” and “Christina.”
”Larry-dono, are you acquainted with former Second Lieutenant Christina?”
Former Second Lieutenant Christina?
The name meant nothing to me at first. Thinking she might have been someone Thomas knew, I glanced over, only to find him equally confused.
”Do you know her full name?”
”Christina Meinecke-Debritz.”
This time Darius spoke directly.
Debritz? As in Michel’s wife?
I had never met her personally, but I knew she had commanded one of the Golem battalions.
”She should have given birth shortly after the Haritz Rebellion. Did you know her before then?”
The moment I answered, Darius strode down the dais, cut my ropes, and offered his hand.
According to Rolandas, Christina had arrived in Bryachislavichi two months earlier to teach local lords how to counter Golems. Although most of the Haritz family had been captured during the rebellion, several members had escaped by sea and attached themselves to an ambitious lord roughly sixty kilometers north of here. Using Golems, they had steadily expanded their influence over neighboring settlements. In response, the Kingdom of Schuberitz had dispatched Christina to deal with them.
The country must have been in complete chaos if they had called her back into service so soon after giving birth.
Thanks to her efforts, the Haritz faction’s advance had stalled. They lost several Golems and kept quiet for a time, but about a month ago they returned, dragging another Golem with them. After demanding the town’s submission and causing trouble, they withdrew. Today’s battle had ended in a decisive defeat for them.
Since I had a connection—however indirect—to the former Second Lieutenant, our restraints were removed.
”The Lord wishes to reward you. Please name your price,” Rolandas said, sounding faintly apologetic. Judging from his expression, this frontier town was not exactly overflowing with spare funds.
”In that case, could you send us to Velysk tomorrow? Food and fodder for the journey would be greatly appreciated as well.”
I thought it was a modest request, yet the expressions of the Lord and his sons darkened immediately.
’They think the raiders are coming back tonight, so no no,’ Thomas murmured.
’If we mention that, won’t they probably not let us leave even after winter ends?’
’High probability.’
”Does this town have a Mage?” I asked.
Rolandas shook his head.
That explained everything. If the Haritz remnants learned two intact Golems were sitting here unguarded by a Mage, they would return sooner or later.
There really was only one option. In a town this large, someone was bound to have the aptitude.
”I have a proposal.”
Thomas lowered his voice into a growl that somehow sounded even more threatening than usual. Given that he was built like a professional wrestler, his mere posture was enough to make Darius tense up despite the goodwill he had shown moments earlier.
”I am a former officer and instructor of the Kingdom of Schuberitz. Surely this town has second and third sons with no inheritance waiting for them. Let me train them.”
The Lord and Darius immediately leaned toward one another, and from the way their expressions tightened, they were seriously considering it. A moment later Rolandas joined them, and the discussion grew increasingly grim.
”Regarding your proposal…” Rolandas finally said. “We appreciate the offer, but this is frontier land. Even second and third sons are important workers for their families. We cannot simply take them away.”
”I understand. Then what if it is only for the winter?”
The three men conferred again, though this discussion ended much more quickly.
”And what exactly do you expect them to accomplish after only one winter of training?”
”Obviously, we are going to strike back at the people who attacked this town.”
I stared at Thomas.
This middle-aged man was proposing something completely insane.
”And if you fail?”
”If we fail, I will pull whatever strings I must to mobilize the Kingdom of Schuberitz’s army.”
The three huddled together once more before Rolandas turned back to us.
”If that happens, would the Kingdom of Schuberitz not occupy this land?”
”Well, if the Haritz remnants are still around, they will come anyway. What happens afterward, I cannot say. If they remain, it becomes their territory.”
”Do you believe the Empire of Rus will simply remain silent?”
”So you think it would lead to a war between Schweilitz and Rus?”
Rolandas answered Thomas’s question with a silent nod.
”It will not.”
”Why?”
”Haven’t you heard? A nomadic tribe called the Boltechino has invaded the Caucasus region of Rus. The situation has become serious enough that they are conscripting soldiers and requisitioning food. Prices are climbing across the empire.”
The three men stared at us.
”It is true,” I confirmed. “You can verify it yourself in Velysk.”
Their shoulders sagged.
”Do not look so gloomy. If we win, none of that becomes a problem. Give us trained soldiers and Golems, and we will manage.”
Thomas, you reckless fool. You were making promises without knowing the first thing about the local situation.
”But what do you gain from this?” Rolandas asked.
”If we can take control of the territory the Haritz remnants currently hold, that will be reward enough for a while.”
”I see.”
I was not entirely sure what that response was supposed to mean, but after another round of whispered discussion, the three accepted Thomas’s proposal. I followed by requesting permission to test the town’s children for Mage aptitude. To my surprise, they agreed immediately and asked us to begin as early as the next morning.
The conversation reminded me of Barsheni Village, Marie’s home. Back then, I never would have imagined that spiteful girl would one day carry my child.
For that matter, what had become of Kenze? Had their ship already departed? If they had been forced to spend the winter here, they were probably worried sick.
Once the meeting concluded, a banquet was held in our honor. The meal included fresh mutton from a sheep slaughtered that very day, dried fish that resembled saury, assorted pickles, and even salt-cured whale meat, which was a rare luxury this time of year.
The drinks ranged from a crisp lager to a distilled spirit that felt capable of stripping the lining from one’s throat.
Since there was a good chance the enemy would return sooner rather than later, Pamela and I excused ourselves early to replenish the Amber powering the Golems.
”Still, Rolandas was absolutely desperate to marry his daughter off to you.”
Pamela smiled as she poured mana into the Amber. According to our travel papers, she was listed as my Primary Wife. Rolandas had spent the entire evening trying to separate me from her so that I could spend time with his daughter instead. The girl was only nine. That seemed a little premature, did it not?
”I hear the widow of Rolandas is the eighth princess of the last King of Larland,” I remarked. “He told me she married into the family just before the country was annexed by the Rus.”
Pamela shook her head, her expression softening. “It is a tragedy. In another life, she might have lived as a princess of a great power, perhaps even the Queen of Schweilitz. That she should have to settle for the eldest son of a small frontier lord like this… it is truly heart-wrenching.”
Heart-wrenching, was it? Maybe she had been sent to this territory specifically to ensure a princess of a fallen nation didn’t meet a worse fate.
”I already have three wives back home and two mistresses who have borne my children,” I replied. “If she knew that, I doubt she’d be so eager to push her onto me, but it is a problematic situation, nonetheless.”
For now, I was merely playing a role. It had been nearly two months since I left my country. I was no salt merchant from Pannonia. In truth, I held the position of Associate Professor at the Magic Academy of the Kingdom of Schuberitz. I was also a self-sufficient farmer, with a wife, a home, and land of my own back in my homeland. No matter how much they might ask, come spring I was going home—no matter what. Assistant Professor Eida would likely have a mountain of complaints for me, but I was going home regardless.
”Speaking of which, what did you think of Thomas’s proposal?” Pamela asked.
Her question left me slightly perplexed.
”He’s called a muscle-head, but the man is a Major in the Royal Army. It isn’t just his physical strength; he seems to have a real knack for looking after his subordinates. If he gathers enough people and trains them, he could probably build a decent force. But what happens after that? That part is a little unclear to me.”
”Hmm, I see. Which leads me to wonder: do you think he’s considering independence?”
”Independence?”
”I mean, the idea of becoming the lord of these lands.”
”Honestly, who knows. Without a proper strategist, I don’t think his shallow planning would keep him afloat for very long.”
I couldn’t rule it out entirely, but I doubted even he thought it was feasible. For instance, if Thomas teamed up with Second Lieutenant Sarah, they might be able to swallow up a fief or two and carve out a life as minor aristocrats.
”What about you?” she pressed.
”Me? Being Thomas’s strategist? No way. Why would I go through all that trouble? If I could, I’d head back to Strock Village and live a quiet life of farming and reading.”
”You’ve got no ambition, have you?” Pamela sighed, sounding truly exasperated.
Two weeks passed. The town was named “Yoghess” after its lord. With no formal census, the population was hard to determine, but it stood at roughly a thousand people across some two hundred households. About fifty households made up the district housing the lord, his family, relatives, and the town guards. Another fifty were engaged in commerce, industry, and fishing, while the remaining hundred or so were serfs who worked the land.
Thomas had moved into the lord’s estate—the “castle”—and was drilling thirty local youths every day. Pamela and I were living in the home of a former town guard, posing as a married couple. We left the care of our carriage to the guards, but I had moved the fixed-wing drone, along with all my tools and parts, into our house. I spent my time performing maintenance on the Golems stored in the castle hangar while monitoring the Mana of the local children.
Both of the captured Golems were Type 20 models. The inscription “Manufactured: Kingdom of Schuberitz Military Arsenal Bureau” was etched on the lower back of each, confirming they had been brought in by remnants of the Haritz forces. Incidentally, the one I had taken down with a German Suplex had its nerve-set destroyed. It was beyond repair, so I used it for parts. I didn’t know how many Golems they had brought, but considering they had launched three separate raids by the end of the year to recover these units, it was clear their reserves were running low.
Among the children, one twelve-year-old girl named Iri—the eldest daughter of a fisherman—possessed Level 4 Simple-type Magic. She was a dangerous girl; if I let my guard down, she would instinctively reach out and touch my consciousness. Then there was Tiele, who was nine and showed potential for both Simple and Complex-type Magic. Unfortunately, she was the eldest daughter of that bureaucrat, Rolandas. She was already at Level 3 in Simple-type Magic and could use Telepathy, though her Mind-reading was still lackluster.
Since she didn’t speak Schweilitz yet, she only communicated with Pamela, but she was learning at home with her father, so I’d likely have to deal with her directly in the future. Most precious of all was an eight-year-old boy named Bernard Saponis, the eldest son of the town guard commander. He was a Complex-type user at Level 2 or higher. With Complex-type users, it was hard to pin down a level until you determined the specific volume of Mana they could manipulate.
There were a few other children with potential, but they were all under six—far too young to train. So for now, I limited our group to these three. Iri was clearly a Simple-type user, but her parents seemed to think that because they received a stipend from the lord, they had effectively sold their daughter to me. She was at our house all day, every day, unless she was sleeping. Every morning she brought fish from the harbor or her basket traps and cooked breakfast for us. She did the laundry, cleaned the house, and didn’t head home until after she had finished cleaning up from dinner.
Since she was at our house all day, she didn’t just learn; she absorbed the Schweilitz language. Pamela, naturally, liked to fill her spare time by teaching her all sorts of “weird” words. She kept her hair cut short, making her look like a boy, but her figure was slowly starting to shift into a young woman’s.
”Master, when are you going to ravish me?” she asked, bright as you please.
She’d definitely picked that up from Pamela. The problem was, if I claimed I had absolutely no interest, I’d be lying. Whenever we sparred, even at twelve, she would twist her body with a suggestive groan. And because she was a Level 4, she had significant Mana control. More than once I’d realized she was probing my mind and reading my baser thoughts.
(Master, ravish me, it’s fine,) she would project through Telepathy, blatantly flaunting her developing desire.
(I am your Professor, not your husband,) I’d retort.
When I tried to evade her by using the defensive barriers I’d learned in the Golem Battalion, she would deliberately let out those lewd, breathless noises to provoke me. I’d scolded Pamela about it, but she showed no signs of stopping.
To make matters worse, Tiele heard those sounds and decided she wanted to spar with me too. I suspected her parents were priming her with the belief that she was destined to marry me, which made the situation even more precarious. As if to taunt her, Iri would press her small chest against my arm while Tiele watched. Where did they even learn this stuff?
Regardless, I knew for a fact that if they tried this on me three years from now, I wouldn’t have the willpower to hesitate. I was grateful they were only twelve. Setting that aside, Iri’s Mana level was on a different order of magnitude compared to the others. It was even higher than mine. When I had her create a fireball, she couldn’t keep the center white-hot yet, but it had enough output to melt iron. When I tried synchronizing her with a Golem, she couldn’t move it, but she managed to share its visual input on the very first try. By the start of the new year, she was ready to make it move.
When the new year arrived, just as I’d anticipated, she was able to make the Golem stand and walk. The first time I ever piloted Louise’s Type 95 in Garao Village, I couldn’t stop it from charging forward once it started moving, but she maintained control perfectly, even if she lacked raw speed.
Then, at the end of January, we were hit by the fourth raid. The enemy consisted of one Golem and forty men. At the sound of the lookout’s warning from the tower, Thomas and his thirty subordinates, Iri—who was piloting the Golem—and I, wielding Excalibur, rushed out to meet them. I instructed Iri to pin down the enemy Golem’s movements. Our formation was a wedge with the Golem at the apex while they stayed in a single line with their Golem in the center.
There was no posturing. Both sides collided immediately. With our heavy center eliminating the soldiers surrounding the enemy Golem while Iri immobilized it, I used Excalibur to temporarily paralyze its nerve-set. I opened the hatch on the back of the Golem’s neck after it lost control and collapsed, drained its Mana to reset it, and then overwrote its intent to take command.
Once the enemy realized their Golem had been captured, their line collapsed instantly. The cavalry in our rear captured their supply wagons and apprehended the Mage inside. It hadn’t even been fifteen minutes since the initial engagement.
We returned in high spirits. After interrogating the Mage, we learned that the enemy had two Golems left. One was at their base in Cain, and the other was in the town of Cresar, which sat on the defense line between us and them. By interrogating the other prisoners, we began to piece together an accurate map.
What Thomas had suggested at the very beginning—a counter-raid—had effectively evolved into a plan to conquer the enemy’s base. That would have been fine, but three days later, Thomas contacted me to say the map was finished, so I went to the room he was using as an operations center. Thomas was alone in the room with a map spread out over the table.
”If we conquer the two towns, Cresar and Dapa, and take their base in Cain, the rest will be small fry. They’ll fold on their own,” he said, asserting it with complete confidence.
”And what do you intend to do after that?” I asked.
At Pamela’s question, Thomas fell silent for a moment before he opened his mouth.
”Why don’t we declare independence?”
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Summary:
The protagonist Larry, along with his companions Thomas and Pamela, are interrogated by the local lord and his sons after defending a town from raiders. Larry secures their freedom and earns the town’s trust by demonstrating knowledge of a respected officer, Christina. Thomas negotiates a deal to train the locals to fight back against the remaining raiders, while Larry agrees to screen children for potential Mage aptitude. The chapter concludes with a banquet, leaving the long-term consequences of their military intervention and the political maneuvers of the lord’s family unresolved.
The protagonist discusses local political tensions in Yoghess with Pamela, noting Thomas’s naive ambition for independence. They continue their work maintaining captured Golems and training select children with mana potential, despite some disconcerting sexual advances from the young Iri. After a successful fourth defensive raid where the protagonist captures another Golem, Thomas presents a strategic map aimed at conquering enemy strongholds. The scene concludes with Thomas explicitly proposing that they declare independence, leaving the protagonist to confront the dangerous implications of this path.
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Trivia:
The town guards are described as having a high level of competence, particularly in using oil against Golems.
The Lord is Algirdas Yogis, his eldest son is Rolandas, and the third son is Darius.
The Boltechino is a nomadic tribe currently causing significant instability in the Caucasus region of the Rus Empire.
The protagonist recalls his traumatic past training with Major Sonya, which granted him his Golem-piloting instincts.
The protagonist holds the title of Associate Professor back home.
The Type 20 Golems originate from the Schuberitz military.
Iri is Level 4 in Simple-type magic and can share visual Golem input.
Tiele is the daughter of the bureaucrat Rolandas.
The town of Yoghess has no formal census.
The protagonist has three wives and two mistresses back home.
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Translation Notes:
Notes:
• Ho – Ho, a comrade of the protagonist. A member of the military unit that defended Garao Village and was slaughtered alongside Marx-san.
• Schweilitz – A kingdom possessing an advanced magic academy and military arsenal. A person or entity whose current situation is deemed unfavorable by the protagonist, leading to fears of execution.
• Pamela – An arrogant yet composed petite Elf mage, academy student, and Larry’s teasing Primary Wife. Hiding her ears and a slave crest under elegant white Gothic Lolita fashion, she has an aristocratic bearing and speaks in a refined samurai register. As a loyal companion, mediator, and Arsenal Bureau logistics head, she uses high magical aptitude, memory manipulation, and mind-reading for Golem operations and interrogations. Highly assertive, possessive, and blunt, she challenges Larry’s boundaries with historical anecdotes while fueling rumors of being his slave.
• Thomas – Thomas Bauer is a hulking, middle-aged Schuberitz Major with a wrestler build, red face, and scalp burns. Serving as a pragmatic mercenary and spear-wielding commander under a suspended death sentence, he oversees Valfin logistics and balances tribal dynamics. Cold, calculating, and manipulative, he acts as Larry’s intermediary and handles diplomatic groundwork to influence local politics. He now leads an offensive to consolidate Cain territory, consulting Larry’s group on his ambition to declare independence and establish his own lordship.
• Principal – The mother of Line and the administrative head of the institution. She exercises authoritative control over research assignments and seeks to trade Larry for Ilse Klein due to interpersonal conflicts in her laboratories. The mother of Sabrina and Rhein who intervenes during Rhein’s violent corridor assault to break up the confrontation.
• Rus – A nation that annexed the Kingdom of Larland.
• Algirdas – The Lord of the frontier town, approximately sixty years old, wearing traditional authoritative attire.
• Rolandas – High steward and civil official of Yoghess, this articulate, cautious bureaucrat is the Lord’s eldest son and Tiele’s father. Tasked with diplomatic and political concerns regarding the frontier, he serves his region by mobilizing the town guards for a rescue operation after his daughter is abducted.
• Darius – The third son of the Lord of Yoghes, this callow yet impulsive military officer has grown into a seasoned commander. He leads the local militia using heavy harpoons, balancing a keen interest in military expertise with his evolving duties to his family and people.
• Roland – he younger brother of Queen Cecile and the heir apparent to the Canaria throne. Clean, golden-blonde hair, same color as the Queen, innocent, beautiful face that could be mistaken for a girl but dressed in a boy’s formal wear.
• Al – Alberto (Al), a massive red‑haired man recently wed to Mary, lives near the Dish Basin. He’s a companion of Hans, helping intimidate and rally elders as a villager and leader.
• Luigi – An alias used by the intelligent and pragmatic protagonist to pass checkpoints by posing as a Venetian merchant alongside his father, Roberto. This carefully crafted identity allows him to skillfully navigate military operations while managing his relationships with others under a false guise.
• Larry – A 14-year-old Japanese reincarnated soldier, Golem pilot, and cynical Schuberitz academy associate professor masquerading as salt merchant’s son Roberto de Calimen. Dark-haired and resembling an infant Griselda, this pragmatic, overworked Fifth Sage candidate commands a frontier carriage party. Married to Marie, acting as Pamela’s companion, and facing political proposals, he hides vulnerability behind tactical detachment.
• Harmonia – A sixteen-year-old girl working at a fabric shop. She has tan skin and a foreign facial structure.
• Major – A commanding military officer with a sadistic inclination toward interrogation. She orchestrates the sessions and utilizes Telepathy to coordinate with her subordinates.
• Sonya – Former Schuberitz Kingdom Major Sonya is a sharp-eared, petite, muscular elven commander who led magical battalions, including the 101st Golem Battalion against the Amazoness. Now Larry’s Golem combat instructor, this top-tier pilot benchmarks the protagonist’s power. Masked as a cheerful talent scout, she hides a cruel, sadistic “gal” persona, using mind-reading and painful mana injections to toy with him.
• Christina – Energetic Student Council President and fifth daughter of Marquis Sabaski, she renounced her inheritance due to her maid-born status. Now using the surname Meinecke-Debritz, she is a former Schuberitz Second Lieutenant and Golems Battalion member turned experienced combat instructor and mother. A charismatic telepath, she is Michel’s wife and the Fourth Sage’s half-grandniece who runs student wagers.
• Meinecke – A family name associated with the Dean of the Simple-type faculty.
• Debritz – The family name of the human lineage in Strock Village, headed by Bours and including his wives and eldest son Michel.
• Michel – The son of Bours and a Lieutenant responsible for falling the enemy castle.
• Haritz – A town associated with a specific type of guard Golem used during a rebellion led by a now-deceased figure, whose remnants recently attempted to hijack the Cain estate.
• Marie – Larry’s sharp-tongued Strock Village partner is a Magic Academy student, lab employee, and postpartum manager on maternity leave raising her child in the Royal Capital. Ange’s mother, Darina’s peer, and Manuela’s former Bizan Magic School friend, she keeps hair as a talisman. She issued the request for Kenze to kill the protagonist, who is actually her husband sharing a close, affectionate bond.
• Mar – A battle‑hardened veteran, clad in worn armor, uses door panels as shields and captures enemy crossbows; Larry’s comrade who teases him about his sister‑in‑law’s pampering, known as Martin to his companion Edmond.
• Kenze – Denis is a muscular, agile former Tashkurgan intelligence agent wearing a niqab and slave crest. Traumatized by her homeland’s ruin and Boltechino, this emotionally unstable archer and crafter is fiercely attached to her master Earnest and Larry, but was tasked to kill the protagonist, likely by Marie. Left at the collapsed bridge, Earnest now wishes she were present for tactical assessment.
• Amber – An object or entity that receives mana infusion from Pamela, serving as a vital source of Mana to power the Golems.
• Larland – A fallen kingdom with a royal lineage of eight princesses.
• Eida – A 28-year-old Assistant Professor from Ulm Village with short dark brown hair and a mother of two, she wears civilian clothes off-duty. Serving under the Associate Professor at the Academy, she manages finances, scheduling, and research, and supports Larry. She uses a tough-love approach, frequently scolding the protagonist, whom she expects to return home by spring.
• Sarah – A heavily pierced Elf Mage and Second Lieutenant who commands the Magic Corps and controls specialized golem labor. Identifiable by her facial piercings, pointed ears, and long dark hair, this disciplined tactician and skilled pilot restrains Kenze and partners with Thomas in his strategic ambitions, despite having previously insulted Thomas’s intelligence by labeling him a brute-headed brawler.
• Sara – A woman with numerous gold piercings in her ears, eyebrows, and nose, often wearing thick, aggressive makeup. She serves as the Second Lieutenant and Commander of the First Company.
• Yoghess – A frontier town of about one thousand residents, named after its ruling lineage. Its current lord, who shares the family name with his third son Darius, is a local ruler in the region. He maintains a strained relationship and is currently on bad terms with both Cresare and Mustobe.
• Mana – A non-commissioned officer and liaison who previously had their mana drained by Larry.
• Tiele – The nine-year-old daughter of the high steward Rolandas and granddaughter of the late Lord of Cain. Recognized alongside Sanna as a future wife of Larry and a primary regional figure, she stays by Iri’s side. Bright and capable of complex-type magic, she is learning the Schweilitz language from her father and Mana control from Larry and Pamela, though a rogue mage cursed her with a status ailment.
• Iri – A thirteen-year-old fisherman and steward’s daughter sold to Larry, who considers settling down with her by the sea. Soft-featured yet physically developing, she lives at Larry’s base, learning mana control (Level 4 potential) while navigating awakening desires. Highly persistent about staying by his side, she trains with Yoghess’s local defense forces to maintain fishing tools and pilot golems.
• Bernard – An eight-year-old boy dressed like a nobleman’s son, departing in a carriage. As the eldest son of the town guard commander, he possesses Level 2 or higher Complex-type Magic potential. He shows a deep interest in the mysteries of Mana, relationships within the adult world, and his connection to his family’s status.
• Saponis – The family name of Bernard.
• Louise – A female South Bohemia Lieutenant and Magic Armored Division member who operates a top-tier Type 95 Golem, setting an operational baseline for the protagonist. Reminiscent of Elga, she is expecting the protagonist’s child, taught him a military salute, and provides poll tax war exemption info.
• Cresar – A town on the defense line housing an enemy Golem.
• Cain – A town serving as the enemy’s home base.
• Dapa – A town marked for potential conquest by Thomas.
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