I stand whispering to myself, “Well, she probably won’t die or become a demon.”
This day, I wore a slave’s uniform as I took a leisurely stroll across the island.
The patches of holes on the slave’s clothes were extremely eye catching. Both my hands and feet were bound by thick chains which were paired with a sturdy metal collar hanging by my neck.
Turns out the AI had deemed the chains and collar as a part of the clothing.
As I took my favorite stroll, my chains clinked as they dragged along.
(For some reason beyond my comprehension, the new humans don’t turn into demons after losing their magic organs.
This may have something to do with how their bodies are a natural magic power emitter and so they will have some level of resistance even without the organ.
I would love to look more into this but I’ll need to dissect their bodies if I do.
… Well, it’s not a matter which I’ve really needed to look into, so I’ve left it alone. Additionally, as I expected, that homunculus girl isn’t affected by magic. Since the beginning of the study, I’ve been watching the homunculus, but in the end, she wasn’t able to become a “living creature”.
If I were to describe that girl… I would say that she is ‘a robot made with living parts’.
Although she is astronomically close to a living creature, her existence would still be categorized under ‘items’… That is who that girl is.
Since she is a ‘thing’, she won’t be affected by mana remnants either. Even if she can breathe and her heart can beat, she could technically go on without such movements.
At the moment, while her internal organs accurately mimic that of a human’s, but only just that—they only imitate them, and serve no function.
Her source of energy is magic power.
It would be more obvious if we cut her apart, but inside of her is a high efficiency mana stone. She is running off the magic power inside this mana stone.
Counting the magic power left in the supply facilities, there’s still enough for a few decades so the girl should be able to continue for a while.)
I think to myself as I drag my thick, clinky chains.
(When she wakes up, the world will change.
While she hasn’t completely reached the truth of the mystery of the world, the answer she’s come up with wields enough power to turn the world on its head.
Everything they’ve known will change and this new knowledge will replace the old knowledge as facts. Those in power will lose their authority and the oppressed will rise…)
I stop and take another deep breath.
(Things are about to get interesting.
Their daily lifestyle will disappear and people will have to learn to live with these facts.
I’m sure they will shine even brighter in this ever changing world.
Only when people fall into a challenging situation can they display their strengths.
Sigh, I’m quivering just from the thought of it.
How will the future of those students studying about the Goddess’s religion turn out?
What about the future of the priests who belittle everyone else?
What will the people who have been oppressed by religion so far choose to do?
My heart is thumping.
I’m excited.
Yes!! I can’t!!
I can’t keep it in anymore!!)
And I, in that moment, broke into a dance, jumping around. However, the long, sturdy chains entangled around my feet and I fell on the spot.
I ended up wrangling with the chains around my feet for a while but I emerged as the victor against the broken chains.
The demonified cats ran off somewhere.
The luggage courier was in an excited state, and just like the cats, also ran off.
The homunculus anxiously helped the unbelievably stiff female scholar onto a wheelbarrow and pushed her back home. Once settling the woman onto the bed, the girl then rushes to boil water.
The girl was dedicated.
She removed the scholar’s sweaty clothes, wiped her down dry with a warm towel, and put on new clothes.
It was difficult to feed her.
No matter how much food the girl spooned, the female scholar never opened her mouth.
Therefore, the girl was forced to feed the woman by mouth.
The girl carries the food into her small mouth over and over again, and then pours it into the mouth of a female scholar.
Occasionally, she included water in her mouth and gradually let the female scholar drink it.
Whenever the scholar was in a messy state, the girl would arrange fresh sheets and change her clothes.
When the female scholar’s hand gave a light twitch, the girl would gently hold it with her own hands. When the woman’s face cramped up, the girl would tightly hug her head against her own chest.
This devoted care had continued for a week.
During this time, the woman had a dream.
It was a nightmare.
She was inside an infinitely wide and dark world.
The air was tainted a rusty black and not a single blade of grass could be seen on the barren ground.