No One Knows What This Is! (4)
Judas, today well continue to test your endurance. Well be asuring the limit of your bodys durability so there may be so pain involved.
I heard Elle Cladecos voice through the speaker.
If its an endurance test will there be feral monsters like last ti?
Fwooshhhh
Soon, gas was released into the testing area from the exhaust pipes that were installed there.
It was purple-colored and stung my eyes, nose, and throat.
A neurotoxin?
Its a high-pressure gas from the Venom Viper. Normally it would have instantly paralyzed the nerves and body upon contact but it doesnt seem to affect you.
Thats right.
I have resistance against poison.
It was because when I first ca to this world, I ate whatever I could find in the forest I was wandering.
At the ti, I was busy stuffing everything into my mouth, not knowing if it was a poisonous mushroom or an inedible fruit.
And then, after I beca a thief, I was poisoned so much that my body built up so many antibodies; it was safe to say that I was pretty much immune to almost all poisons.
Spark Flicker
Soon, the purple smoke that filled up the room started to spark.
It was catching on fire.
Hot.
Above 700. Its hot enough to burn through bones, but do you not feel it? I will raise the temperature a bit more. 800. 900. 1000.
I could feel the heat getting hotter.
Because it was an enclosed space, the lack of oxygen had a bit lax but it wasnt like I was dying of heat.
Still, it was feeling pretty nice when the alarm went off.
The testing area cannot handle any more heat than this. We can conclude that you also have complete tolerance to heat. Judas, you are much stronger today than you were yesterday.
Is that so?
I hadnt done anything particular yesterday or today.
I just read so books, took a walk, and when Naru asked, I would like money to buy a ribbon!, I gave the kids so allowance.
Nothing combat-related took place, basically.
But, saying that I was stronger today than yesterday.
Is that possible?
Fshhaaaaa
I questioned as I watched in disinterest the room being extinguished.
Then the speaker in the room fell silent for a bit.
Bzzzt
We might have to change our hypothesis. Judas, I had thought you were advancing towards transcendence. But, it may be that transcendency is pulling you to it.
The hell is that.
I couldnt understand Elles explanation.
Then the other speaker beeped and this ti I heard the Priestess.
Judas, you are like a rock that is tumbling down a tall mountain. Once the rock starts rolling, it accelerates towards the ground.
I see.
The analogy made it easier to understand.
Basically, without any particular training or practice, without combat even, my body started to gain experience on its own and was racing towards level 50.
I see.
It ant that no matter how much I avoided fights and pursued a peaceful life to prevent reaching level 50, I was set to be pulled into the depths.
I, Elle Cladeco, expect that there is about a year left. Judas, your body can no longer be considered human in nature.
I thought so, too.
To feel like I was only in a sauna despite being in a fire that could burn bones
If I were to be taken over by Nocturne in this state.
Was there a way to stop it, even?
Fwoshhhh
A bit concerned, I stepped out of the testing area through the opened doors.
When I did, Priestess Iris handed a gown.
As I put it on, my nose tickled.
Achoo!
!
At that, Elle Cladeco started and looked my way.
The way she bristled like a cat who had seen a cucumber while eating had surprised.
Elle, eyes wide behind her glasses, asked .
Judas, you sneezed?
I know, right? What is it?
Did I beco allergic to gowns?
I rubbed at my itchy nose with a finger and approached the tank.
In front of the tank, Brigitte was looking at a chart with a bunch of hard words written on it and walking back and forth, her expression rather serious.
Brigitte, hows the artificial Demon King side going? Will it take long to finish?
It wont. Take a look. The vessel changed from an energy wave into a water bubble. I dont know why it happened but the experint is progressing properly.
Indeed.
Where there had been a gently pulsing thing of energy inside the tank, there was now a waterlon-sized water bubble instead.
Just a water bubble.
However, the bubble moved back and forth, mimicking Brigittes movents, which to felt like a living creature.
Swish Swish
Brigitte waved the pen she was holding in front of the bubble.
The way the bubble moved to follow the pen, it looked like she was a tar taming an unknown organism.
Brigitte bit on the end of the pen and spoke.
Why did it suddenly change forms? The day it happened, I heard Cecily was inside the lab. Is it related to the children? Actually, this thing reacts strongly to the kids voices.
Brigitte seed lost in thought.
The homunculus was it originally made to respond to children? I did make Aru when I was young, too.
Brigitte started chewing on the tip.
In this state, she wouldnt hear anything that was said to her.
* * *
The deepest area of the lab.
Ribbon!
Naru said to the others in a vacant corridor.
Then Hina dug through the bag and pulled out a red ribbon.
Ribbon.
It was a ribbon tied with a lace.
Good for tying up the childrens hair, it was a favorite of Hinas.
Naru then spoke.
Sugar and spice!
This ti it was Cecilys hand that moved.
She pulled a small vial the size of a childs hand, and the inside was filled with colorful powder.
Sugar andspice! I brought it from the cafeterias kitchen.
There had been so challenges in sneaking the sugar and spice after breaking into the kitchen with her Catwalk but. That wasnt important.
Hmmm.
Naru looked at the sugar, spice, and the pretty ribbon and thought for a mont.
Then she asked.
Cecily, are these what Molu asked for?
At Narus question, Cecily fell into thought.
Yesterday when she put the sugar inside the tank.
The bubble born within the tank called itself Molu and said it wanted to have more sugar.
And seeing Cecily dressed up in nice accessories and a ribbon, it also ntioned wanting pretty things like a ribbon, too.
Swoosh Swoosh Swoosh
Naru repacked and filled up the bag with the items.
Then, lets hurry!
Naru lifted her arms up high.
The children carefully left the lab and headed into the basent.
The path was now familiar.
There were no adults.
Blup Blup
A bubbling water bubble inside the tank.
Seeing it, Narus eyes widened.
Wow, holy shh! It really is a water bubble! This is Molu?
Blup Blup
The bubble moved to follow Naru and the others faces.
It was like an excited dogs tail, shaking back and forth, up and down.
Cecily, this bubble, isnt it like a cat?
Really? It looks like a dog to .
Just then, Hina spoke nervously.
Shouldnt we. tell the adults?
This mont.
Hina knew well that they were about to do sothing that couldnt be undone.
It could be sothing that ruined many other things.
But Cecily shook her head.
We have to do this without them knowing. And I dont know why, but it doesnt feel like the first ti weve done it. What is this? Did we have this conversation before?
.
At Cecilys question, Hina briefly wondered.
Co to think of it, it did feel like they once did sothing in the lab secretly.
It was at that mont.
Beep
Naru pressed the red button and opened the drawer beneath the tank.
She opened the bag and pulled out this and that, putting them inside the drawer.
Sugar and spice. Then the ribbon and the heart-shaped pebble that Naru found!
Tak
Beep Beep
The tank reactivated after closing the drawer.
The items Naru put inside started disintegrating when it touched the solution.
Sugar and spice, and the various, precious items that the children had carried.
Blup Blup
As the bubble bubbling inside the tank made an unusual noise, Cecily spoke.
Ah, I rember now. We were playing inside the lab and accidentally dropped a doll inside the tank. And sugar, too!
It was a sudden mory.
Cecily realized that she had t this bubble before.
It was the sa for Hina and Naru.
Oh, holy shh! I rember! Before, we put a bunch of things inside the tank!
Whoosh
Soone lifted up Naru.
It was Brigitte.
What did you rember? You put in what? More importantly, what have you guys done? You ssed with the tank! What did you!
Brigitte was horrified.
The experint that had been going well was now a ss from the childrens mischief!
What did you do?!
It was alarming, enough to make one faint.
However, as an experienced researcher, Brigitte was able to imdiately grasp the situation.
The numberstheyre stabilizing. How? The bubbles hue has beco more brilliant. It still hasnt developed a body but its mind is already one of a stable being.
Swoosh
Brigitte safely put Naru back down.
Then she bent down to Narus eye level and looked between her and the tank.
Then she put her hands together.
If, I, a child attempted making a homunculusthe ingredients would be limited. As a child, I.
Brigitte recalled the way she struggled to make Aru when she was young.
A ribbon stolen from her sisters room, sugar stolen from the kitchen, spices, and pretty pebbles found in the garden were so of the things she rembered using.
I collected things like broken glass and marbles taken from a crows nest.
Of course, in hindsight, none of those things had any aning, magically speaking.
Such was the experint of a child.
However.
Looking at the result, Aru had co alive.
And the bubble in the tank was strongly reacting to the various items that Naru and her sisters had put inside. Observing this, Brigitte ca to a big realization.
Is it childlike innocence? Is the pure innocence of wanting a friend influencing the growth of the homunculus? Its a sufficiently reasonable theory.
To have a mind ant to have a will.
And in magic, will is an important factor.
You can tell from the incident with Enkidus and Cariote fighting against the Grand Abbot. The mind allows an exhibition of extraordinary strength beyond imagination.
And unlike the will of adults, the will of children especially carried a note of innocence.
The will applied in a simpler way, one could say.
Aru.
Brigitte had used her precious teddy bear in a homunculus experint.
A treasure holding the precious heart of the children.
As her thoughts reached there, sothing flashed inside Brigittes head.
Naru, can you bring more objects like those ones? It has to be sothing you think of as important! The more, the better!
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