October 2022 Translation of Megabura’s Q&A with Hajime Kanzaka
I don’t feel that either the DeepL or Google Translate did this one justice, but here goes.
@krokodeilo kindly pointed out that I’d confused Zelas with Xellos. This has been corrected.
1. The assassins hired by Alfred in "The Battle for Saillune" were supposed to be professionals, but they did not seem to know about Zuma, the leader of the industry.
It may have been because they were not very good quality assassins who were recruited based on headcount.
Kanzaka: No. Assassins, as a profession, don't have social gatherings or anything like that.
You may have heard their names in rumors, but it is unlikely that you would know them or be familiar with them."
2. I think priests and generals are created from their confidants and named by them.
However, for middle and low class demons (from the human point of view), it seems that they are naturally (?) generated by carpet-bombing seeds. I wonder if their names are self-proclaimed.
Also, did Shabranigdu give the names of the four members of his inner circle directly?
I am a little curious that only Zelas Metallium has a last name.
KANZAKA: "Basically, in many cases, the creator of the animal has given it a name to identify it.
In the case of those born in the wild, most of them are named after themselves.
The exception to this pattern would be those that started taking that name because they were called that by a human being.
This rule also applies to the four members of the family.
The reason why only Zelas Metallium has a surname-like name is because Shabranigdu was in that mood when he named him. I'm sure.
● Mr. Kanzel had a prominent, or rather, cross-shaped scar on his cheek.
Naturally, Alfred and the others would ask him what happened to that scar. What kind of story did he prepare for that case?
Kanzaka: "As for Kanzel, if he was asked, he was going to say something like, 'Please don't ask about this guy,' or something like that, but Alfred didn't ask him at all."
