Once Upon a Time in Lugunica Part 2

Once Upon a Time in Lugunica Part 2 (Once Upon a Time in Lugunica 後編) is a side story featured in Monthly Comic Alive. It takes place 15 years before the main story.

Summary
In the battle between Roswaal and Marcos, who are having a martial duel, with Roswaal thinking if he could use magic for this battle, he could win easily. After exchanging some blows, Marcos eventually is defeated when he appears distracted for a second, but Roswaal believes there is more fight yet in him.

A small timeskip then happens, with Roswaal complaining about his victory, refusing to accept he had won, due to Marcos giving up instead of being truly defeated. Due to being defeated, Marcos abides by the agreement to return Roswaal's ornament. After some interaction with some minor members of The Brotherhood, Roswaal comments how the group is becoming a bunch of outlaws, only being held together by their hatred of the Golden Wing Faction. After some dialogue on why Roswaal cannot be apart of the Golden Wing Faction, he asks why Marcos would be running a gang like this. Marcos responds by saying he never enjoyed his job, locking up poor, starving slumd wellers and disliking the class division. After hearing this, Roswaal comes up with a scheme, with him asking Marcos if he would like to be his accomplice.

We then get an introduction to the leader of the Golden Wing Faction, Fareed Ibsen, with his motivations being patriotisms for his country, with him acknowledging discrimination, increasing hostilities with Vollachia, and increasing class disparity. Fareed is interrupted by Russell, who asks for some of his time. Skipping ahead, we see a meeting between the top 5 members of both The Brotherhood and the Golden Wing Faction in a former tavern owned by Roswaal J Mathers. Roswaal claims he wants to solve the issue between the two factions, as escalation of the conflict between them would harm the capital. An argument arises, however Roswaal silences both parties, pointing out on their own, they can make no difference due to their lack of power. He then proposes a business idea on the production and sale of Meteors to provide jobs and giving more power to both factions, and providing jobs to slumdwellers. With this the meeting ends, with Marcos agreeing with Roswaal. After the meeting, Marcos tells Roswaal he is going back to the Royal Guards, noting he feels odd about the decision, but not upset with it.

A small skip occurs, with an unknown figure (presumably Russell) talking to Belmont, the boy who stole Roswaal's ornament earlier. They discuss some business to do with the Golden Wing Faction, before the topic shifts to asking if an incident of mind control was detected. The figure then look towards the manor at the edge of the aristocratic district, The Astrea Manor.

We shift to the Astrea Mansion at night, with Heinkel being awoken by a strange presence. He wonders if Reinhard has woken up, thinking to himself due to the lack of Louanna, he was not very familiar with fatherhood, thinking he wasn't doing enough, with a lot of the slack being picked up by his parents and the elderly servants of the mansion. He notices an open window, before being threatened by a sharp and glassy voice. The voice claims Heinkel is under suspicion of a civil disturbance. Heinkel thinks to himself it's probably not only him, but Reinhard and Louanna being held as hostages as well, before asking if there is any way to clear suspicion surrounding him. The figure then says "The Divine Protection of Mind-Changing" has been sensed around him, with the figure claiming it had been used of Marcos Gildark. Heinkel asks what the protection did to him, with the figure replying it made him re-join the Royal Guards. After this Heinkel dashes away from the figure, heading straight to Reinhard, before grabbing him and asking if he was responsible, which Reinhard claims he was. Heinkel assures Reinhard he isn't angry with him, however begs Reinhard to never use the Divine Protection of Mind Changing again, yelling so the unknown figures in the mansion can hear him. He then begins begging saying "I'll tell my son about his power! He will never use it again! So please! Reinhard is good! He's a sweet boy! He's Louanna's boy! He's a treasure to me and Louanna!" He begs for them to not take Reinhard due to himself already losing so much, sobbing as he does. After the presence in the mansion disappears, Reinhard says "I've erased it", with Heinkel assuming he just turned it off, before Reinhard asks to be able to sleep with Heinkel. Heinkel agrees and suggests sleeping together in Louanna's room. As they leave the room, Reinhard sees a figure by the window, and sees the figure mouth "If you care about your family, do your best to serve the kingdom".

In the final section of this story, we see Roswaal saying farewell to Fareed and The Brotherhood's new leader, Leno Rex. Roswaal thinks to himself how fruitful this experience was, with him gaining contacts with Russell and Marcos, and having a good connection to factions in the capital. With all this in mind, Roswaal smirks and begins his journey home.

Characters

 * Roswaal L Mathers
 * Russell Fellow
 * Marcos Gildark
 * Reinhard van Astrea
 * Heinkel Astrea
 * Belmont
 * Fareed Impusen
 * Leno Rex
 * Adnell Impusen (mentioned)