Nah, that was just me misremembering and forgetting Zect, mostly because he pops in and out of the frame seemingly randomly.
When Rakan first shows us the Mage of the Beginning, Zect is inspired by Nagi's stubbornness to quit and offers to assist him, even though Rakan himself is
"feeling the power that man (MoB) invokes in his very flesh", which suggests it's not a duplicate or illusion of some kind. Presumably, what Nagi
doesn't want to discuss with the princess is the death of Zect at the end there. Rakan notably glosses over on how Nagi won beyond the Shoryuuken, and Zect
has yet to have any role in the final battle flashbacks, so it's possible the circumstances of his death will show up later(though seeing the final battle
from the end to the beginning is a little confusing)
Which leaves us with an odd number of Fate looking folks.
We have Zect, who is a normal(?) human and Nagi's master, we have Averruncus #1(killed by the MoB in the final battle), Averunncus #2(mentioned as being
hunted down by Ala Rubra after the war by Rakan) and Fate Averruncus, the 3rd one, who is active now. Given Rakan refers to him as being "the Averunncus
of Earth" and Fate's demonstrated aptitude for Earth magic, it's entirely possible that they're elementally themed....except Fate has a habit
of vanishing into puddles, and the one that replaced the Prime Minister in the flashback destroyed the place with an immense stone spear spell. It's
possible that their "theme" only extends to specialties (ala Fate's Pillars of Hades spell and petrification magic).
Of course, this leaves the question of "who was the 4th Averunncus?" if they do indeed match up to the typical Earth, Fire, Water, and Air cosmology.
Every time Akamatsu answers questions, he creates more....
---
"Oh, silver blade, forged in the depths of the beyond. Heed my summons and purge those who stand in my way. Lay
waste."
When Rakan first shows us the Mage of the Beginning, Zect is inspired by Nagi's stubbornness to quit and offers to assist him, even though Rakan himself is
"feeling the power that man (MoB) invokes in his very flesh", which suggests it's not a duplicate or illusion of some kind. Presumably, what Nagi
doesn't want to discuss with the princess is the death of Zect at the end there. Rakan notably glosses over on how Nagi won beyond the Shoryuuken, and Zect
has yet to have any role in the final battle flashbacks, so it's possible the circumstances of his death will show up later(though seeing the final battle
from the end to the beginning is a little confusing)
Which leaves us with an odd number of Fate looking folks.
We have Zect, who is a normal(?) human and Nagi's master, we have Averruncus #1(killed by the MoB in the final battle), Averunncus #2(mentioned as being
hunted down by Ala Rubra after the war by Rakan) and Fate Averruncus, the 3rd one, who is active now. Given Rakan refers to him as being "the Averunncus
of Earth" and Fate's demonstrated aptitude for Earth magic, it's entirely possible that they're elementally themed....except Fate has a habit
of vanishing into puddles, and the one that replaced the Prime Minister in the flashback destroyed the place with an immense stone spear spell. It's
possible that their "theme" only extends to specialties (ala Fate's Pillars of Hades spell and petrification magic).
Of course, this leaves the question of "who was the 4th Averunncus?" if they do indeed match up to the typical Earth, Fire, Water, and Air cosmology.
Every time Akamatsu answers questions, he creates more....
---
"Oh, silver blade, forged in the depths of the beyond. Heed my summons and purge those who stand in my way. Lay
waste."