119 – No one knows what this is! # 4

119 – No one knows what this is! # 4

「Yuda, today we will continue the endurance test. Since we will measure the limits of the endurance of the body, there may be some painful points.”

El Cladeco’s voice came from the speaker.

As for the endurance test… , Is it that the ferocious monsters jump out like last time?

Chwiyiyi-.

Soon, gas started pouring out of the exhaust vents installed in the laboratory.

It was purple in color and it stung my eyes, nose and throat.

“Is it a neurotoxin?”

“It is Venom Viper’s high-pressure gas. If it were an ordinary person, all nerves would be paralyzed and limbs would become stiff as stone upon contact… , It seems there is no problem with you.”

It was.

I had a tolerance for poison.

It was because I had picked up and ate this and that in the forest where I wandered around when I first fell into this world.

At the time, I didn’t know what poisonous mushrooms were or berries I shouldn’t eat, so I was busy putting anything in my mouth.

After that, even after becoming a thief, there were so many things to be poisoned, so it was safe to say that I had complete immunity to almost all poisons because my body had a lot of antibodies.

Fire, fire—.

Soon sparks flew from the purple smoke that filled the laboratory.

it’s on fire

“It’s hot.”

“Above 700°C. It’s a temperature that even burns bones, isn’t it okay? Let’s raise the temperature even more. 800. 900. 1000… .”

I could feel the heat getting hot.

I felt a little drowsy, probably because of the lack of oxygen in the closed laboratory, but I didn’t feel like I was going to die from the heat.

It was still hot, so just when I thought I was in a good mood, beep beep beep—beep beeps began to sound.

“The laboratory won’t be able to withstand this scorching heat. It is a level that can be considered perfect even for flame resistance. Judas, today you are much stronger than yesterday.”

“is it?”

I didn’t really do anything yesterday or today.

I just read a book and go for a walk, and Naru says “I’m asking for pocket money to buy a ribbon…” !” and handed out some pocket money to the children.

It was good to see that he hadn’t done anything related to the battle.

By the way, today’s me is stronger than yesterday’s me.

“Can you?”

Chwaaa-.

I asked while staring at the inside of the laboratory where fire extinguishers were being sprayed.

Then, the speakers in the laboratory were silent for a while.

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Jijik-.

“Maybe I should revise my hypothesis. Judas, I thought you were moving towards transcendence. But now it seems as if transcendence is pulling you in.”

“What are you talking about?”

I couldn’t understand El’s explanation.

Then the speaker on the other side beeped, and this time the voice of the saintess was heard.

“Your condition, Judas, is like a rock rolled from a high mountain. A rock that starts rolling once accelerates toward the floor and rolls.”

Right.

It was easy to understand because there was an analogy.

In other words, my body began to move at full speed toward level 50, receiving experience points on its own even without any training or training.

“I see.”

Even if I tried to avoid fighting and live a peaceful life in order to prevent reaching level 50, I was told that in the end I was destined to be pulled toward that deep bottom.

“That El Cladeco predicted that the remaining time would be at least one year… . Judas, your body has already reached a state where it cannot be considered human.”

It seemed like that even when I thought about it.

Even though I was soaking in the bone-burning flames, I felt as hot as if I had just entered a sauna.

If I end up being taken over by Nocturne… .

Is there any way to prevent it?

Chow ah-.

Slightly concerned, I stepped out of the lab with the door open.

Then Saint Iris handed me a gown.

Trying to put it on somehow made my nose tickle.

“hehehe!”

“… … !”

Then El Cladeco looked in my direction in surprise.

Like a cat that saw a cucumber while eating, I was surprised by the pom that makes its hair stand on end.

L asked with wide-open eyes behind his glasses.

“Judas, sneezing?”

“I know. What.”

Do you have a gown allergy?

I rubbed my itchy nose roughly with my finger and approached the water tank.

In front of the tank, Brigitte was pacing left and right, looking at a chart full of difficult words, but her expression was quite serious.

“Brigitte, how about the artificial demon lord? Do you think it will take long to complete?”

“no. Look at this. The shape of the bowl changed from the shape of waves to the shape of water droplets. I don’t know why, but the experiment is working properly.”

indeed.

Come to think of it, there was a single watermelon-sized water drop instead of a wave in the tank where there was a gentle wave.

It was just a drop of water.

However, seeing the movement of Brigitte from side to side as it roamed from side to side, I felt that these water droplets were just like living creatures.

Cheek-.

Brigitte waved the pen she was holding from side to side in front of the drops of water.

The fact that the water drops move left and right according to the movement of the pen seemed like a breeder taming an unknown creature.

Brigitte said, biting the pen tip with her lips.

“Why did it suddenly change form? It is said that Cecily was in the laboratory on the day the form changed. Does it have anything to do with children… . In fact, this guy reacted greatly to the children’s voices… .”

Brigitte seemed deep in thought.

“The homunculus… , is it built to respond to children from the start? Even though I made Aru when I was young… .”

Brigitte began chewing on the tip of the pen.

Brigitte in this state cannot hear you even if you speak to her.

* * *

This is the upper level of the laboratory.

“ribbon!”

Naru said to the children in the empty hallway.

Then Hina rummaged through her bag and took out a red ribbon.

“… ribbon.”

It was a ribbon tied with string.

It seemed like a good way to tie the children’s hair, but it was Hina’s favorite thing.

Naru said soon.

“Sugar and spice!”

This time Cecily moved her hand.

He took out a small glass bottle like a child’s palm from the bag, and inside it was full of colorful powder.

“Sugar and… Spice! I got it from the kitchen in the lunch room.”

There were many obstacles until Cecily broke into the kitchen with cat steps and took sugar and spices from the kitchen, but… . It didn’t matter very much.

“Huh… .”

Naru thought for a moment while looking at the sugar, spices, and pretty ribbons.

Then he asked.

“Cecily, are these the things Molu asked for?”

At Naru’s question, Cecily fell into thought.

The other day I put sugar in the water tank the other day.

The water drop that was born in the tank called itself Molu— and said it wanted to eat more sugar.

And seeing Cecily decorated with pretty ornaments and ribbons, she said that she also wanted to have pretty things like ribbons.

Snip, snip-.

Naru again filled her bag with junk.

“Then, let’s go!”

Naru raised her hand high.

The children cautiously made their way out of the labs and into the basement.

A familiar step now.

There were no adults.

Bubble bubble-.

Water droplets bubbling in the tank.

Seeing that, Naru’s eyes widened.

“Ow, shack… ! It’s a real drop of water… ! Is this Molu?”

Bubble bubble-.

Water droplets moved along the faces of Naru and the children.

It looked like a dog’s tail waving from side to side or bobbing up and down.

“Cecily, don’t these bells look like cats?”

“is it? It looks like a puppy to me.”

At that time, Hina asked as if she was slightly nervous.

“For adults… . Should I tell you… ?”

now.

Hina was well aware that they were about to do something irreversible.

Perhaps a lot could go wrong.

However, Cecily shook her head.

“You have to work behind the scenes. And I don’t know why, but I don’t think this is the first time this has happened. What? Didn’t we talk about this sometime?”

“… … .”

Hina thought for a moment at Cecily’s question.

Come to think of it, I felt as if I had done something in the laboratory without the adults’ knowledge.

It was then.

Beep-.

When Naru pressed the red button, the drawer mechanism attached to the bottom of the water tank opened.

Naru opened the bag and took out junk items from inside and put them in the drawer.

“Sugar and spices. And with the ribbon… , A heart-shaped pebble picked up by Naru… !”

widely-.

Beep beep-.

The machine works again when the drawer is closed.

Things Naru put in came into contact with the liquid in the tank and began to disintegrate.

Sugar and spices and all the beautiful and precious odds and ends the children had.

Boggle, Boggle-.

Cecily spoke as the water bubbles bubbling in the tank made strange noises.

“Ah, then I remember. There was a time when we accidentally dropped a doll into a water tank while playing in the laboratory. I even put sugar in it!”

It was a sudden memory.

Cecily realized that she had encountered this bell before.

It was the same with Hina and Naru.

“Ow, shack… ! I remembered! We’ve put things in a tank like this before!”

pat-.

Someone lifted Naru’s body.

It was Brigitte.

“What do you remember? what do you put in? Rather, what have you guys just done! You messed with the water tank! What are you doing… !”

Brigitte was shocked.

The experiment, which was going well after a long time, became a mess due to children’s pranks!

“What the hell are you doing!”

It’s literally foaming at the mouth.

However, like a seasoned researcher, Brigitte was able to grasp the situation right away.

“The numbers… it’s stabilizing What? The color of the water droplets became brighter. Although the body is still unconstructed… , Mind waves are already at the level of a stable creature.”

Shuk-.

Brigitte lowered Naru back to the floor.

Then, in order to meet Naru’s eye level, she slightly knelt down and looked at Naru’s face and the tank alternately.

And then there was a clap of applause.

“Let’s say a child makes a homunculus… The materials that can be obtained are limited. In my childhood I… .”

Brigitte recalled her childhood when she struggled to make Aru.

It reminded me of the ribbons I stole from my sister’s room, the sugar I stole from the kitchen, the spices, and the pretty pebbles I picked up from the garden.

“I’ve been collecting things like broken glass bottles and glass beads stolen from crow’s nests.”

Of course, now that I think about it, they were actually just junk with no magical ‘meaning’.

Because that’s what children’s experiments are like in the first place.

but.

As a result, Aru moved.

Also, the water droplets in the tank were reacting greatly to the junk that Naru and the sisters threw in. Seeing that, Brigitte realized one thing.

‘Is it concentric… ? Does pure innocence of wanting to have friends have a big impact on the creation of homunculus? It’s a reasonable enough hypothesis.’

‘Mind’ means ‘will’.

And in magic, ‘will’ has always been important.

‘You can tell just by looking at how Enkidus and Garot fought against the Grand Master this time. The mind exerts a transcendental power beyond imagination.’

In particular, the hearts of children had a naive corner unlike the will of adults.

It was good to see that the will worked a little more innocently.

“Aru… .”

Brigitte used the teddy bear she had cherished for her homunculus experiments.

A ‘treasure’ that children cherish and put their hearts into.

When the thought came to that, Brigitte’s head seemed to flash a flash.

“Naruya, could you bring me more of the same junk? It must be something valuable in your opinion! The more the better!”