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"So that's how it is. There are so many secrets in this world, but because they involve the various true gods, you cannot speak of them freely..."
"Yes, Your Highness Hidden Sage. We Seven Lights of the Spirit World came into being at the beginning of this era and have witnessed many, many changes."
"You have no authority, but you are important symbols of the Spirit World, closely connected to the real world..."
"Yes. Some years ago, we even designed the blueprints for a second-generation Difference Engine."
"Roselle mentioned that thing before-not a second generation, but a new concept that came after the Difference Engine. It should be called an Analytical Engine. However, he was a Knowledge Emperor at the time and had neither the time nor the intention to design an Analytical Engine..."
"An Analytical Engine? Your Highness Hidden Sage, please tell us more about it."
The Hidden Sage's enormous eye hovered beside the seven bands of light, forming a rather surreal scene:
"No problem. Then there is something I would like to ask you. Just what was the resurrection contingency the Phoenix Gregrace supposedly hid in Calderón? How closely was the destruction of the Phoenix race connected to Gregrace herself? The Sefirah known as the River of Eternal Darkness exists in Calderón. Was she trying to resurrect herself through the imprint she left in the River of Eternal Darkness?"
"Gregrace has been dead for two epochs, so we can address her by name, can't we? Could you clear this up for me?"
The seven bands of light intertwined, exchanging information for a second-if imagined as humans, they would probably have looked like a group of old men in different-colored clothes huddled together and whispering-then the red band spoke:
"We do not know much about Ancient Gods who