No, My Paddak…! 4

Currently, Alice’s body is quite peculiar.

At first, she was an android tin can that had to pathetically cling to oil and lubricant.

After absorbing the troublemaker of the Dunhill Family, she became a half-organic, half-mechanical android.

And now, after the fusion with countless false gods and hell energy from the Enchantment of the Fallen layer, she has become even closer to a human.

Of course, she can’t actually be called a human.

How can you call something human when a single cell is made of metal and inorganic matter, a gene-level sorcery lifeform with magical engineering added?

However, Alice’s body no longer creaks.

There’s no need to replace rusty parts, and there’s no need to artificially tighten the synapses and screws engraved in her body.

Although the cells have become metal, and formulas and systems are packed into them one by one, Alice is now clearly an organic lifeform.

To put it bluntly, a mechanical Demon King.

Of course, to borrow Theresa’s words, she used to be called a human Demon King.

In any case, Alice can now clearly use the characteristics of an organism and the characteristics of a mechanical inorganic substance as she pleases.

The number of mechanical tendrils that can be extracted from her body has also increased, and those mechanical tendrils are no longer made of hard metal, but have mutated into biological tissues with a moist and soft texture, like the tentacles of an octopus or monster.

However, even in this state, it was still possible to plug into a code, connect to the internet world, emit a wide range of electromagnetic waves, or mutate the ends of the tendrils to equip surgical electric saws, scalpels, blades, tongs, and thorns.

Anyway, with a more versatile and flexible body and racial characteristic values, the first thing Alice tried was to mutate the bodies of others.

That is, the 48 executioner uncles who swore allegiance to her.

The surgery was carried out very secretly and quickly.

The executioners didn’t need sleep because they were full body prosthetic body recipients, but they still had about 3 hours of rest and sleep time during work hours.

Originally, they would take turns sleeping and adjust their physical balance during that time, and perform internal system checks through sleep, but Alice ordered the executioners, “Everyone’s on vacation! Go to sleep quickly!”

Well, from the executioners’ point of view, they thought, “The boss suddenly gave us a break? There’s no reason to refuse,” and fell into a deep sleep. The executioners who had received full body mechanical prosthesis fell into a sleep state as if the power was turned OFF.

And a black shadow approached the bedrooms of the 48 sleeping executioners.

Wielding dozens of terrifying and bizarre tendrils, and holding the bio-decomposition magnetic field that she often used during her Demon King days in her hand.

“Heeheehee, surgery start!”

As Alice grabbed the bio-decomposition magnetic field, she began to neatly decompose the bodies of the executioners at once.

Of course, there is no pain.

Theresa had already infiltrated their brain systems and seized control of all nerves and self-awareness devices, so the surgery was carried out quickly and efficiently.

“First of all, they’re too tall. Everyone should be reduced to 150!”

-Kieeeing!

Alice’s tendrils cut off their legs all at once.

The severed legs and the formulas in that area were dismantled all at once and absorbed into Alice’s body.

[Bio-decomposition magnetic field]

Now that they’re 150, it’s time to reassemble.

As the light of Alice’s bio-decomposition magnetic field passed, all parts thought to be ‘flesh’ evaporated and were absorbed into Alice’s body.

The absorbed flesh is stored in Alice’s body and receives data about the body that Alice wants.

Meanwhile, Alice scatters hundreds of tendrils throughout the bedroom.

Executioner.

No, 6 tendrils are allocated to the body of one middle-aged man.

Since there are 48 of those men, there are at least 288 tendrils.

Alice, who generously scattered 300 tendrils, began to remodel their original bodies, which were only metal skeletons, all at once.

“Hehehe, isn’t it nice to see, Theresa?”

【Well, it is an objectively universal fact that the appearance of a young girl is more beautiful than that of a human male in his 40s or 50s. I don’t know what they’ll think, though.】

“How can they not welcome it when they can become beautiful without any side effects?”

The remodeling process was simple.

The tendrils create the frame, and when Alice flicks her hand as if conducting an orchestra, beautiful magic formulas are arranged in the air.

Even theory was unnecessary.

The magic and formulas that she instinctively used during her Demon King days are being redistributed.

The executioners had received complex mechanical prosthesis from the Ark, but Alice was able to weave new threads by almost instinctively understanding this, not by understanding it with her head, thanks to regaining the body of the Demon King.

As a result, their bodies were soon able to achieve a new reconstruction, and Alice now raised her hand to their heads as if a saint was bestowing blessings and baptisms on believers.

When she raised her hand to their heads, which were only metal skeletons, the flesh that had been absorbed into Alice’s body was distributed to the skeletons with a lot of data.

The distributed flesh and data bubbled and assembled into the shape that Alice intended and wanted, and in this way, Valet became the first girl with a height of 150, long black hair that reached her ankles, and a doll-like beautiful face.

Except for the black hair, the appearance itself was quite similar to Alice.

Of course, while Alice’s appearance is in her early 20s, these children looked only about 13 years old.

“Wow, pretty.”

【Haa, wasting power on such useless things…】

“Pretty is useless! Pretty and beautiful things have value in themselves, Theresa.”

【As you wish.】

How can you not love a girl who is clearly younger than Alice and has an innocent appearance, lying quietly in bed without a single thread on her body?

Alice smiled and pressed her hand against the girl’s cheek.

‘Squishy~’

Very squishy.

I can understand why Saya Guild’s Sohi is so crazy about the immortal girls, including Marlang.

Just looking at the outside, it doesn’t even look like they’ve had prosthesis, they’re just pretty girls.

But what’s inside is an old man?

Totally funny.

Fun.

Imagining their expressions when they wake up and see their bodies makes me tingle inside.

I don’t even remember my first human life anymore, and I don’t even remember properly whether I was a man or a woman, but usually the mind follows the body, so if you make the appearance like this, the mind will eventually become a girl.

Now, 46…47

48th person.

Complete.

48 squishy girl executioners have been completed!

“Hehet, now I have to tell them to sleep well~”

【…Seeing how wicked you are, it seems like you’ve returned.】

“What, are you complaining?”

【Ha, no, Human.】

Alice left Theresa’s words behind and went back to work.

Now, in a few hours, the harmonious chorus of screams from the (former) middle-aged men, (current) girls, will echo through the dormitory.

Until then, let’s finish the piled-up paperwork.

As Alice was managing the Enchantment of the Fallen’s governing documents for a long time, she suddenly realized.

I can handle the paperwork without Theresa’s help?

Perhaps because she regained the body of the Demon King, solutions to administrative or governing-related matters were immediately visible.

Of course, it’s easier if Theresa is there because she can see documents that would take 10 minutes in 1 second…

‘Well, my second life isn’t over, it’s been continuing until now. Someday I’ll have both the body and mind of the real Demon King that Theresa so desperately wanted.’

For now, I should just fine-tune the Demon King’s body and hunt down those mosquito bastards who are targeting me.

In fact, I have to deal with not only the mosquito bastards but also the many calamities that are targeting the Ark.

At least the peaceful era I wanted… no, wait, when did I ever want a peaceful era?

Was that roughly what I, as the Demon King, wanted?

‘Well, peace is good. I like peace, I like it.’

Some people say that they feel struggle and pleasure through fighting, battles, and the clash of blood and weapons, but that’s all bullshit.

Those bastards usually turn their eyes away from those who are overwhelmingly stronger than them and become intoxicated with ‘a sense of accomplishment close to an illusion that I have achieved something great because I am subtly weaker than me, fiercely and evenly matched, and eventually I win.’

Those who like fighting should all die.

I like to increase my strength because peace exists because of strength, but in the end, the goal itself is peace and a peaceful life.

Whether they are humans or demons, if they are entities with personalities, it is extremely normal and natural to live peacefully and enjoy life while mingling with people they like.

‘Paperwork done~’

Alice put away all the tendrils that were looking at the documents.

The ends of the tendrils had eyes to review the documents, but my eyes hurt a little because I was expressing dozens of tendrils at the same time.

“Oh, but wait a minute. Theresa.”

【What is it, Human?】

“I almost forgot, didn’t I receive something called Code Liberation from that central administration?”

【…You mean you forgot?】

No, I may have been that android machine Beep-boop, but I can’t always remember everything.

I’m definitely more of an organic lifeform now…

In fact, Alice can remember all the data she experienced with her body, just like Theresa.

However, Theresa deliberately set her mental age to the early to mid-20s in human years to prevent the burden on Alice’s mind.

There is a reason why Alice, who had experienced the life of a Demon King and the life of a human, which were full of all kinds of experiences, shows strangely foolish and lacking behavior.

However, Theresa made a misjudgment, thinking, ‘Still, if she’s a human in her early to mid-20s, she’ll live rationally and reasonably normally,’ and Alice was showing unpredictable behavior that was more ridiculous than Theresa imagined.

Well, it’s not like she’s done anything seriously trolling, but it can’t be denied that she’s impulsive in everything…

“Anyway, I received Code Liberation, so shouldn’t I try using it once with a bang?”

【You have regained the body of the Demon King through fusion with Hell-Demon King’s domain. Do you really need the power of the Ark?】

“Ahaha, I have to know about it, right?”

Code Liberation is a type of sorcery system connected to a huge energy source installed in the central administration.

The central administration connects the Overseer who received the code to this energy source, bearing the enormous burden of resources, formulas, and calculations on their behalf, and the person performing Code Liberation receives this enormous energy source and unlocks their own unique and inherent abilities or new abilities.

Even once a person receives the code, they cannot cut off or interfere with the code once it is connected, even if they are dismissed from the Overseer or receive an execution order, and those with talent may even increase this code connection to unlock a number of new abilities and abilities.

The Third-class Overseer named Rosa, who picked a fight with Alice before, had a reason to be so arrogant.

It is unimaginable for someone who has received the code to lose to someone who has not, and the world they live in is at a different level, almost greater than the difference between an ordinary person and a combat Awakened.

To put it simply, it’s similar to a 2nd job change or 2nd awakening in a game, so how proud would Rilstia have been of Alice when she heard the news that that third-class Overseer Rosa had been defeated by Alice even after receiving the code?

At the same time, Rilstia and Oriana were horrified at how terrible that third-class Overseer Rosa was.

“Therefore, let’s try Code Liberation once.”

【…Well, I understand.】

Alice closed her eyes.

She had already been granted Code Liberation authority by Rilstia.

Code Liberation authority is, of course, the authority to connect to the source of the ‘huge energy source’ in the central administration.

‘Code Liberation.’

Code Liberation was so natural that it was smooth.

Just as it is difficult to theoretically explain how a person moves their arm, Code Liberation was also accepted as a very natural part of the body.

It just happened.

I just realized it was connected, and when I realized it, I saw the source of the enormous energy.

“…Huh?”

And Alice’s face instantly hardened.

It was connected to the enormous energy source without any obstacles.

I could use Code Manifestation right away.

But even so, Alice couldn’t unfold her face.

Because the source of Code Liberation.

The identity of what I climbed up to the end of.

“This is fucking my body?”

【…….】

It was Alice’s body from her Demon King days.

That’s right.

The central administration was using Alice’s second life, the human Demon King, as a medium for the authority of Code Liberation to protect humanity.

“No, fucking my body…!”