Hiel

It seems like there are too many types of items. Let's try again after reducing the number of types.

[Hiel]

It is said that the leaves from home tree have the length X with the average m and standard deviation of 4. If P(m<X<a)=0.3413 ... (Mumble mumble)

It doesn't look like I'll understand anything he says. Let's get out of here.

Hmm? What brings a human traveler to my room? This is not a room that anyone can enter.

Oh~ Someone referred you to me? Who was it? You better make sense, or I'll be sure to kick you out.

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Oh really? Give me a minute. I'm going to wrap up what I am doing and come back.

I don't know that person! Aren't you suspicious!

I don't really believe that you could have a normal conversation with the socially inept Clever, but I'll at least give you the benefit of the doubt. So, what did he tell you?

How uninteresting. I'm busy so why don't you go on your way.

I don't have much interest in the rumors about the royalty here.

I don't even know how this gossip is going to useful for me. Is this all you talked about with Clever?

The current name of the assistant chief of staff is not real?

I mean, even so, how does that matter to me? I'd rather just continue my research.

Hoh~ You really know how to find an interesting topic. As Clever may have told you, I have in my room a fragment of the dimensional rift.

Hie, super excited, showed me a weird container filled with rubble and talked on and on for 30 minutes.

This is... irritating on a different level from Clever. I have to somehow stop his nonstop talking...

Well, I am working on figuring that out. The past and the future. I just know for sure that you can trascend the conception of space and overcome the dimensional barriers.

If you can operate the rift fragment properly, it would not be very hard to meet historical figures of the past.

Not too long ago, there was a huge dimensional rift. Although, lots of Laphine soldiers are regulating the area now.

Very briefly, for research purposes, they allowed access to the area. That's when I slipped one for myself.

Of course, if this is discovered, I would immediately be jailed. So please don't let anyone else know.

Oh...

Hmm... (Deflate...)

You see, I tried everything possible. Haha... This rift fragment won't listen to me at all. It is essentially void of any reaction.

What I really desire is to witness with my own eyes the kind of chemical reaction given off by this metaphysical thing.

But it's not like I have the necessary resources or information... (Mumble mumble)

This guy's mood swings are insane!

How does someone get so depressed so quickly?!

I heard that you human beings have succeeded in combining the right materials to create a reaction with the rift fragment. Is that true?

I guess those cats were right.

Guys who regarded themselves as former cat merchants came by here to sell books containing the knowledge of Midgard humans.

At that time, they told me that they knew the contents of humans' rift experiments, so I called them liars and kicked them out.

Oh, is that right? I guess what they said was true. I'm really sorry to ask you this favor, but would you mind retrieving that information from them?

I would like to go myself, but as you can see, I have to continue my research... And... (Fidget fidget)

Oh, are you here to help me out? I guess what they said was true. I'm really sorry to ask you this favor, but would you mind retrieving that information from them?

Oh... I guess it was too much to ask for. That's too bad then.

Wow wow! Thank you so much! I'll return the favor by operating it together when the experiments are complete! In the meantime, I'll start preparing for material combination!

Cat merchants are stationed at various places in El Dicastes which is far east of Mora village. I am not exactly sure which of those really have that information...

Did you find something out?

I see, both Dark Debris and Gem Stone are unfamiliar to me. Could it be that my work was just impossible to begin with...?

I see, I guess changing the very physics is an impossible thing...

Would you do that for me?? If so, I have nothing more to ask!

Ooo, so this is what is called Dark Debris. I'm so glad that I can continue my experiments.

How ruthless... Saying that he won't give them after showing them to me.

Wow~ This will be a big step forward in the scientific progress among the Laphines. I pray for your home tree's blessings.

Upon receiving Scientist Hiel's blessings to home tree, you gained experience points and job experience points.

Wait, but where is the material you are talking about? I don't see it.

Hmm... But this is very strange. I arranged them exactly the way it says on the documents, but why isn't there any reaction?

Hmm. Is it this way? No, that's not it. Is it this way? Okay here. We'll put this guy over here. And there.

Ahh~ Why isn't this working! You, you have to react when I place you like this!! Ahh nothing is working! Whoa, it slipped from my hand! (CLASH)

Hiel, moving wildly for lack of reaction, dropped the Dark Debris to the floor. At this rate, it might shatter...

Hey, how can you handle something like this so carelessly! This is hard to find!

As soon as the Dark Debris was placed in the middle of Hiel's arrangement, everything went dark and a strange voice appeared out of nowhere.

[????]

Ok, let's say that you restore home tree first. Then what? What are you going to do about all of the energy it's going to suck from the land?

You might be right. To restore home tree, we will probably need a life force that is beyond our imagination. But even so, home tree must be revived.

Then what are you going to do about all the other living creatures? The land might grow barren for at least decades, or even centuries. Are things aside from home tree not even considered living?

Even if you sustain other life forms, it won't be for long without home tree. We have to tolerate the immediate losses. Don't you know that, Etran?!

Sure, it would be easy to restore the land after we revive home tree!

But do we even have the right to let all other life forms die while we wait until home tree revives?

I don't think anyone has that right! No one!

You are dreaming big, Etran. In any case, this isn't something that we can solve by arguing. I'm going to follow the decision of the Elder Assembly.

Did you see that just now?! The weird sounds. Ahhh~ I'm an engineer who does not believe in spiritual things. Is it because I haven't studied enough? How could there be such an illogical occurrence?!

Yes, what I heard was the same. I don't know what that was. And I never heard anything about reviving a home tree.

Ok, there's no other way. If it's not of our imagination, we have to confirm it again to identify what that sound really was. We have to make sure that it's just just some hallucinations.

Hiel took more time to rethe arrangements = but the rift fragment did not react to any of his movements.

Looks like whatever I do won't let it react. Do you want to give it a try yourself?

I don't think this is anything spiritual, but rather a moment from the past.

No, no, I have no historical knowledge. But I do have a friend who is truly an expert in that field. He's also the person you met recently.

Yeah, that's him. He really has problems with his social skills that left him in prison. In historical knowledge, he is truly unparallel.

If you want to figure out more about the content of that dialogue, it would be better to go and ask him. In the meantime, I'll analyze the arrangement of this.

If you would like to find out more about the dialogue heard in the reaction, go talk to Clever in prison. He is far better than I am in that field.

While you are gone, I tried constructing a portable rift reactor, but I think there is a slight problem.

Who in the world are you! How are you looking just like me? Answer me! Are you an imposter established by the Elder Assembly to be used after assassinating me?!

Excuse me, please calm down and listen to me. My name is Hiel and the Elder Assembly no longer exists in the world.

You see... This is very complicated to explain... Where do I start...

A Dona that looks surprisingly similar to Hiel (Although he seems so much more dignified...) is holding Hiel by his collar. Who could that Dona be?

My name is Robert.

I am a high-level Laphine Life Restorer. How are you related to this look-alike of mine?

Robert?... Is this the Life Restorer whose sillouette I've been seeing all this time?

[Robert]

Hmm, this is very difficult for me to comprehend. So you are saying that you are from thousands of years away? My head is beginning to hurt.

Yes, but if I were to let you know another thing...

The engineer scientist Hiel and Sir Robert are very similar in appearance, but the way he carries himself is extremely different. So please refrain yourself from stating that the two look alike. It hurts me to listen.

I thought I was looking into a mirror.

To hear that we are so different in quality, I am quite offended... At any rate, let me explain the current situation.

Hiel added his explanation of his research up to now. Robert seemed to follow most of the story.

That's the basic gist. Anyways, I'm having trouble remaining calm. I can't believe you, Sir Robert, really existed.

You are like a legend to all engineering scientists. It's almost difficult to believe a person like you existed in the past.

It's just so incredible how you were able to construct home tree in its amazing form by amalgamating the life and the setting.

home tree... I can't believe it grew back... It was nearly an impossible task. It has restored to its full form in the future of thousands of years later?

I thought it was impossible. In the end, it actually succeeded in the future. Please take me to home tree immediately! If you lied to me, I won't let you off easy.

His personality is like fire. If you would like to lead the way to home tree, please exit this place and go to the center of the plaza.

Hmm... I think this is the problematic area here. Darn, I should have had studied more.

Oh, that error. Hoh... Oh no! It's a problem that I did not anticipate.

Ahahhaa, no, it's not like that. I just found out a few minor problems while operating the portable rift reactor.

This thing is made portable, so the output is not very strong. In other words, the range of reaction is very limited.

To find Sir Robert, this machine's chronological frequency is set at the time right when we encountered him. We will be able to meet him many times over.

The only problem is that... it has to be at a designated location.

I think so, according to my estimation. Entities with life cannot communicate beyond the range of this reactor while inanimate objects are not affected the same way.

(Holding up a very worn out pen) The pen that Sir Robert was using is still here as proof even though we lost contact with him.

When did he steal that...

Theorectically, we could. However, we have to go to the location where he may have been. No matter how many times we operate this reactor here, we can only meet Robert.

We could expand this machine's output to increase the range, but at this time it's not possible. We can't do much else for now.

I don't know how long it will take. It would be difficult to meet Etran and Robert simultaneously for now.

You are not thinking of taking this out to Bifrost, are you? I think you are taking things too far. It's probably too dangerous.

No, I'm not worried about you. I'm worried that this precious reactor will break.

Who's worrying about you?

Hmm...

Arg...

(It is so obvious that Hiel is genuinely in a dilemma)

Surely, it is dangerous. But what you're saying is right. The engineer's blood that runs through me wants to test this machine out.

Arg. Well, it can't be helped! Please be careful with this! While I do have a spare, that's the only one with the correct chronological frequency settings!

Hiel's rift reactor was obtained. The energy from the reactor feels like it's channeling through the body.

You gained experience points and job experience points.

Please handle the reactor with care. That's the only one we can use at this time...

You're back.

Now the rift will react wherever you are at the speed of light. Also infinite data transfer is now made available. Ah, what should I call this?

Huh? Even if the reactor were to be very capable, it can't possibly do something like creating a home tree leaf. That just couldn't be. This is merely a communicator.

Hmm, even so, that's very difficult. Any action that harms a home tree leaf is illegal in Eclage. The consequence is immediate exile.

Besides, dried up home tree leaves don't just drop to the ground, but transform into life energy and spread throughout the land. It's impossible to even pick them up as dried leaves.

Hmm... I wonder if there's a way.

Hmm...Hmm...

Maybe...

This is just a maybe.

It won't be illegal if the creator of home tree himself hands you its leaf.

That's right. I don't know why I didn't think of that earlier. If it's Robert who gives you the home tree leaf, it would be perfectly fine.

Let's try channeling our way to Robert. Well... This isn't exactly to test out the machine's new functionality. (Hesitating)

Hmm, that's too bad. If you are thinking of attacking home tree, it's way too dangerous. You'll just be jailed.

Alright!! Awesome, awesome!

Now, shall we start our communication? Place your hand on the reactor here.

Focus on the rift reactor.

It always feels like looking into a mirror whenever I meet Sir Robert...

I only met him twice, and I feel really familiar and somewhat nostalgic when I meet him. I don't know how to call it. It's just a very familiar feeling.

Oh, anyways, don't you lose your focus on the reactor. It is currently connecting.

Hey hey~ Now it's almost complete.

The current range of this reactor surpasses Eclage and reaches Bifrost.

If I modify it a bit, I am sure I could even freely select the time point of interest.

Really? I'm glad... I would like to one day help Sir Etran and Sir Robert to reunite within this reactor.

Instantly, Hiel's smile reminded me of Robert. I must have been in the moment.

Oh, hello~ I'm busy as usual, ahah.

Well, there's really nothing else to improve. I'll let you,

Please come anytime to use it. I made it to reach a variety of time channels, but I don't exactly know what will come of it myself.

You mean Sir Etran's keepsake? I could try to utilize a special magic power stone to imbue the desired effects, but it is an expensive material costing 10 Splendide Coins...

Sure, let me know when you have them ready. I'll imbue the desired effects.

Oh ok, then should we try imbuing the effects? This process isn't my specialty so I'm a bit nervous, but... hahaha...

Sure, let me know when you have them ready. I'll restore its effects.

It looks like you don't have enough coins. I would like to take care of it for you, but the material is just way too expensive...

You don't seem to carry Etran's keepsake with you right now.

The effect was imbued successfully.

Hmm, what else should I fix. I should have had studied more...