Overview
Irlan is the sacred tech land within Ainomori — a place where magic and advanced technology converge. The secret corps to which Tensi belongs is stationed here, charged with protecting the safety of the forest.
Everywhere else in Ainomori, everything is organic, fluid, as natural as breathing. Irlan is different. This is the only place in the forest where you can hear the turning of gears — the only place where cold metal has learned to have a heartbeat.
The Fusion of Magic and Technology
Irlan’s core technology is an achievement that sounds impossible — converting Love Crystal energy into mechanical power.
Titan’s root system extends beneath Irlan, forming the energy foundation of this city. Over the long ages, Irlan’s artisans and scholars discovered a method: drawing Love Crystal energy from the roots, amplifying and channeling it through precision mechanical circuits, and ultimately letting the power that springs from the source of all life drive their creations.
This is not mere “exploitation.” The Root Network’s own records make it clear — the entire city of Irlan is an extension of the root network, only in the form of gears and circuits. What flows through those mechanical devices is still Titan’s pulse.
The most astonishing result of this technology is the birth of mechanically augmented angels.
Tensi and Mechanical Augmentation
Tensi is the most successful product of Irlan’s augmentation technology.
His body has been precisely modified, with Love Crystal fragments embedded within, allowing Titan’s life energy to flow through mechanical circuits. This is more than simple enhancement — that crystal fragment is the link between him and Titan, and even across a thousand miles, that distant yet steady heartbeat has never ceased.
His energy weapon, the “Verdict of Light,” is the crystallization of this technology. Love Crystal energy, amplified layer upon layer through mechanical circuits, becomes a precise and powerful beam of light. On the battlefield, Tensi goes all out — that light is not the gentle kind. It is the resolute kind, the kind that refuses to go out.
But off the battlefield, Tensi is a charming little angel who proudly identifies as an otokonoko. He has light pink shoulder-length hair, androgynous and delicate features, and loves dressing up in cute and fashionable ways. This contrast is a perfect microcosm of Irlan’s spirit — beneath the cold metal shell, a warm heart still beats.
The Secret Corps
The secret corps stationed in Irlan is Ainomori’s armed guardian force.
In a world built on emotion and life energy like Ainomori, the existence of a “corps” seems out of place. But the forest is not without threats — the Day of Blue Tears proved that much. There are forces that gentleness alone cannot withstand, and some forms of protection require something harder.
The corps’ mission is to protect the forest from external threats. Its warriors undergo mechanical augmentation, converting Love Crystal energy into fighting power. Tensi is among the most accomplished warriors in their ranks — not because he is the most powerful, but because his resolve to protect is the most absolute.
The corps exists in secrecy — not because their work cannot bear the light, but because in a forest whose very essence is peace, the existence of military force is itself a heavy thing. They choose to guard from the shadows, so that the forest’s inhabitants may continue to live in peace beneath the indigo light.
Architecture and Atmosphere
Unlike the natural landscapes found elsewhere in Ainomori, Irlan’s architecture is a hybrid of organic matter and machine. Titan’s roots penetrate up through building foundations from below, intertwining with metal conduits to create a unique aesthetic — as if a tree decided to sprout gears, and the gears learned to put forth shoots.
The city’s power core sits at its deepest point, built directly atop Titan’s main root. From there, energy is distributed to every corner of the city. On quiet nights, if you press your ear to the walls of Irlan, you can hear two sounds woven together — the hum of machinery, and the pulse of roots.
That is the heartbeat of technology and life, playing in concert.
Impact of the Day of Blue Tears
The Day of Blue Tears struck Irlan in a unique way.
When Titan’s energy spiraled out of control and the root network became a conduit for the backlash, Irlan’s mechanical circuits bore an enormous shock as well. Love Crystal-powered devices overloaded and burned out one after another, and the entire city lost most of its power supply in a single night.
But Irlan did not collapse.
The artisans severed the damaged circuits in the shortest possible time, preserving the core infrastructure. This is the character of Irlan’s people — when disaster strikes, they do not wait for miracles as other forest dwellers might. They get to work and fix things.
After Titan’s awakening, Irlan was among the first areas to resume operation. The energy rekindled by the root network flowed once more into mechanical circuits, and devices that had been silent for years restarted one by one. The city’s heartbeat had returned.