Published: August 13, 2025
The anime "Water Attribute Magic" will air episode 6 not tomorrow, but next week.
This week, TBS has a special program lineup.
Instead, I will post:
"0881 Crown Prince Zorn and Explorer No. 3"
The morning of Crown Prince Zorn of the Bardale Principality begins early.
It starts before the sun rises.
He quietly gets out of bed so as not to wake his wife sleeping beside him.
He moves almost silently to the adjacent room and reviews the pile of documents he left there the night before.
He doesn’t call his attendants and progresses with his work alone.
“I am inexperienced compared to my father, and I cannot say I have a deep understanding of administration. I want to close the gap with my father even just a little,”
Zorn answered when one of the administrative chiefs asked about his early morning government work.
It is very like Zorn to prepare everything the night before to avoid troubling others.
However, Zorn knows.
Beyond the door, in the hallway, a figure already stands—or rather, an ice golem stands.
That golem somehow senses when Zorn wakes up and quietly appears in the hallway.
It doesn’t do anything special just by standing there.
It simply waits for Zorn to come out.
Later, many others awaken, breakfast is served, Zorn gives several instructions, reviews more documents, and then leaves the room.
It is for one of today’s major tasks: attending the chiefs’ council.
Of course, the ice golem is outside the room.
Its name is Assault Explorer No. 3.
“When I attend the chiefs’ council, No. 3, will you come along?” Zorn asks.
No. 3 silently nods.
Naturally, No. 3 doesn’t speak.
The ice tablet it holds never displays any characters.
The ice tablet given by Duke Rondo isn’t meant to show No. 3’s will but to inform Duke Rondo that preparations are complete.
Therefore, No. 3 basically carries it on its back at all times.
Along the way, when Zorn looks back, No. 3 is following behind his attendants.
At first, the attendants were uneasy, but now they even seem to feel camaraderie.
Honestly, Zorn himself felt uncomfortable at first—as if he were being watched.
That was true.
But now, it is completely different.
Even those who are rebellious recall who stands behind Zorn when they see the ice golem.
Who is backing him.
A fearsome water attribute magician.
Recently, the "War of Kingdom Liberation Song" has spread in the Bardale Principality, sung by wandering bards, and almost all the people have heard it.
It seems the first to sing it was a bard active in the eastern region, but good things spread.
Other bards eagerly sang and spread the song...
The water attribute magician praised there is Duke Rondo.
The ice golem created by Duke Rondo himself stands behind Crown Prince Zorn.
Duke Rondo defeated Kinme of the Refreshing Five Peaks in a duel and took Chief Battuzon captive.
To defy such a terrifying magician?
Unthinkable.
When Zorn returned to the Bardale Principality and began consolidating power, there was an assassination attempt.
When a deadly blade nearly reached Zorn, slipping past his attendants’ defense... No. 3 intervened.
Even after receiving the assassin’s sword strike, No. 3 remained unharmed.
With a swing of its right arm, No. 3 knocked the attacker unconscious.
In the end, the attack failed.
That incident strengthened Zorn’s power.
Powerful nobles who had opposed Zorn in the Bardale Principality were investigated as suspects and had their properties confiscated.
Loss of property in a chiefdom means loss of power and status.
Because of this, no one in the Bardale Principality can oppose Zorn anymore.
Furthermore, the strength of the ice golem protecting Zorn spread throughout the nation.
It spread at a strangely rapid pace.
Almost as if someone trying to consolidate power purposely spread the word...
Of course, Zorn has never revealed details.
The fearsome ice golem.
Its reputation spread not only within the Bardale Principality but also among the countries forming the Eastern Provinces.
The Eastern Provinces is both a regional and political term.
It is a union of dozens of small and medium states—a kind of federation.