4-10: Verbal Onslaught (4/4)
I see. Soul Transfer allows a person to continue on existing without the body, but that also ans to say that if the mories arent also copied onto the soul, ones ego wont necessarily be retained. Moreover, once the soul begins to degrade, even that will reach its limit, and the recollection of trivial things would prove impossible.
That was the issue that plagued Johann now. Not only was Soul Transfer difficult, the immortality achieved through it was also defective for it possessed a fatal flaw, especially so for soone like him who treasured his daughter to the point of depravity.
I know, I know! But even then, it should have lasted for sixty years. I was certain that with that much ti, I would have been able to find a way, and yet
Fool. How many people do you think have aspired to bring back the dead? If achieving it in such a short period were feasible, then it wouldnt have been sothing that even the gods themselves deed futile.
Was he overly confident, or did he rely underestimate the difficulty of the task at hand? Regardless, Shinichi dismissed his efforts.
I suppose that too is simply another example of human foolishness. Well, in a world where the idea of cloning is barely there, I do have to hand it to you for being able to create a genetically similar body even with your half-assed efforts Well, thats all you managed to accomplish, though.
Cloning You an a perfect replica? Ah, so thats why Johann attacked us? He needed a woman that has inherited the royal blood to prepare a suitable body for Grand Aunt Wait!
Princess?
Dont tell !
As Lilisha muttered to herself, she suddenly looked at the maids. So of them were puzzled, while others were nervously looking at Shinichi.
She had known those faces for as long as she could rember, but when she looked at them again with a certain suspicion, a chill ran up her back.
There was an impossible familiarity in those faces.
Why would you even want to resurrect the princess?
anwhile, Shinichi wasnt done trashing the old man just yet. With a look of exasperation, he cast a disdainful look at him, as if to imply that he didnt even have the right to desire such a thing.
What was that?
Lets say you do manage to bring her back to life now Dont you realize how pitiful she would be? Her brothers and friends have already passed, while her beloved father has fallen into depravity, a criminal that has caused so much trouble for his descendants, and on top of that, the man himself has no idea how many laws hes broken. Worst of all, he doesnt even rember her anymore. Then after knowing all that, she learns that the reason all of that happened was because she died. Thats basically t*rture.
Huh?
Until now, Johann had been too taken with shock from being unable to rember his daughter, but when Shinichi pointed that out, a different kind of shock filled his face.
That was not because he didnt understand what he was saying but because he didnt want to understand.
Shinichi scoffed and mocked him with a derisive snort.
Youve been yapping on and on about your beloved daughter, but this whole ti youve actually been trying to put her into a situation where shed just kill herself. Did you really think that your daughter was going to look at you lovingly and say, thank you, father, even after hurting her so much? How dare you call yourself her father while hurting her so much!
No! Thats not true!
Shut up! Dont speak of her, you selfish fake of a parent! Your daughter left this world with words of gratitude, and yet you sullied all of that! You mistook your own selfish desires for love and brought pain upon your child. No one told you to do that! You did it all on your own, so dont you dare push your sins onto your own child!
With an intensity that allowed no room for rebuttals or excuses, Shinichi unleashed a storm that criticized him for deceiving himself. It was only natural for a parent who has lost a loved one to feel despair, but the way Shinichi spoke with such strong emotions was just like that of a child, and to a parent, nothing could be more unbearably painful.
I
This was not bla through logical reasoning, not a search for amusent through tornt or exposure, and neither was it an attempt to corner him to uncover sothing, the boy before him was simply and purely angry as a child in a similar position.
Look Shes angry too.
Huh? Ah
Shinichi forced Johann to look into a certain direction, and at the sa ti, illusion magic activated, but Johann failed to notice it.
Filia!?!?
A fearful cry escaped from his lips, and he looked at the girl at the end of his sight as though to seek forgiveness, but the girl just looked at him with exasperation.
Shinichi is even more rciless than usual, huh.
All he did was get her to let down her hair and change her appearance a little, and yet
No one said it out loud, but Johann had clearly mistaken Stella for Princess Filia. That was made clear by his eyes, expression, voice, and above all else, his words.
No, its not true! Please, dont look at like that! I I just wanted for you to Ahh Please dont look at like that Smile for as you always do I beg you At least just once more Dont look at like that Forgive , please Forgive
Johanns eyes trembled, his complexion turning paler than white, and with a trembling voice, he pleaded and sobbed fearfully. It was actually enough to pity the old fool.
The Princess Filia before him did not resemble one bit that of a daughter looking at her father.
Hey, Stella, wont you at least smile at him once? Lilisha said.
I refuse, Stella said.
It was unclear why she refused, but rather than smile at Johann, she looked at him with displeasure. That was an unusual expression for her to make given that her face was often void of expressions.
However, that shouldnt co as a surprise considering how much this man had brought her and her sisters suffering.
AHHHHHHHH!!!
But for Johann, who saw her as Filia, the result of such an expression was all too easy to imagine, and in the next mont, a cry that sounded as though the world had ended filled the place.
Johann collapsed with a limp, his eyes vacant as he repeated begged for forgiveness from his daughter.
Shinichi watched all of that in silence as he looked down on him with cold eyes.
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