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Eiren's gaze followed mine to the notebook where I pointed. After quickly scanning the text, he nodded.

"Yes, this was the biggest issue."

The organs crafted from magic stones required an increasing amount of magic stones over time.

The exponential increase in demand made it impossible to commercialize the technology.

'The Ephecl Marquisate's mine is one of the smallest.'

According to Eiren’s calculations, ten years from now, maintaining a single heart would require half the annual output of the Ephecl Marquisate's mine.

‘If only the mine’s yield hadn’t decreased, we might have found a way...’

But the situation had changed.

‘The mine’s output is indeed dwindling.’

Considering how much the Marquis of Ephecl cherished Leshua, it was understandable that he might have been driven to madness.

Especially after witnessing Leshua collapse before his eyes.

The Marquis couldn’t have been in his right mind. Rational judgment would have been difficult.

This isn’t to say his choice was right. But it cannot be denied that he made the decision for Leshua’s sake.

‘But I still don’t understand.’

In the original story, there was no mention of the magic stone yield decreasing.

In the later parts of the story, magical tools became commercialized, and securing the magic stones needed for their production was a crucial issue.

If there had been a problem, it should have been mentioned in the original narrative.

‘It must be related to something that has changed from the original story.’

Starting with Darcy’s presence and the village for magicians, the world I live in now has significantly diverged from the original.

‘One of the lingering mysteries.’

If there’s anything still unexplained and suspicious, it’s the whereabouts of the magicians.

Why, despite his deep-seated hatred, did Kyes fail to exterminate all the magicians?

“There is one thing I learned while researching magic stones for a long time,” Eiren said, breaking the silence.

“Our magic is very similar to magic stones.”

“…Magicians and magic stones?”

“Yes.”

Only magicians can craft magic stones. It might be unsurprising that the two are so similar.

‘The number of magicians has indeed increased.’

After breaking free from mind control, Darcy secured a refuge for magicians, which reduced the number of deaths.

“There was something I wanted to ask when I met a member of the royal family.”

Eiren turned towards Darcy, immediately asking his question. His furrowed brow and contemplative expression made him look like a scholar deep in thought.

“I always thought it was strange that our magicians were periodically released and not all of us were killed.”

It was something I had always found odd too.

“Why did they spare us? I believe it was your own decision driven by your conscience, wasn’t it?”

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