We've killed a lot of people. That must be the poison.
"Do you have a memory too?
"......
Silence, but affirmation.
I see...you have inherited more memories from a queen who evolved with intelligence.
I knew evolution had to stop here.
We can stop it now for a win-win.
Don't worry, it's called the Philosopher's Stone. I made it this morning. There's no poison.
"Philosopher's Stone ......?
It's a kind of Philosopher's Stone. The Philosopher's Stone is one of several effects that a sorcerer pursues. There are three main effects of the Philosopher's Stone.
I reach out and hold up a finger and explain, "Eternity and immortality.
"Elixir of life and immortality, and not being hungry.
Hearing my explanation, the pillbug muttered with a sigh.
It's like a dream: "It's like a dream ......
Yeah, it's like a dream.
"And ...... maybe the real ......
You know?
"Yeah, great energy
Well, that's a typical pillbug criterion.
The Philosopher's Stone, the sorcerer sought three main effects on it.
The generation of gold, all knowledge, and immortality.
Among them is immortality, which has been pursued and dreamt of by all the powers that be as nonexistent.
I made it.
With SSS-ranked magic I was able to make the Philosopher's Stone that could make a worm immortal.
Evolution passes from generation to generation and the moment we become immortal our evolution stops.
What are you up to?
If you become immortal, I'll live.
"......
I'm telling you the truth, I'm not lying. Now, accept this.
I take it further to a still-questioning, pensive pillbug.
Pillbug stares at me for a moment.
A heartfelt, sincere feeling.
I wonder if he knows that, and he gradually takes a bite of the philosopher's stone I offered him.
Pillbugs love high-energy artifacts and evolving hasn't changed that.
The pillbug whipped up the Philosopher's Stone in the blink of an eye.
The next moment after taking it all inside, a blinding light shot out from inside the pillbug's body.
I covered my eyes with my hand, blinding my eyes.
''What? Want to become immortal? I can do it because I'm S-rated.
In the light, I thought I heard a voice.
It was just like the voice I heard in my dream--no, not like that.
It was the voice of the angel that assessed me, before I was born again.
There's no doubt about it, I'm sure of it in the light.
I know it was an angel's voice, and I know what it means.
I realize that the pillbug in front of me is an S-ranked person who did good deeds in a previous life.
At the same time, I was convinced that I had succeeded in making myself immortal with the Philosopher's Stone.