episode_0041

“So… you’re saying that you lost the experimental subject that you had finally succeeded in right before your eyes?”

In a closed room where not even a sliver of light could enter, a man with a large build looked down at the trembling man kneeling before him and spoke.

“I’m sorry! I couldn’t check because the test subject used his powers to make himself transparent..! So please forgive me…!!!”

The man who was kneeling and bowing his head in front of the large man was trembling all over.

His true identity was that of a man who barely managed to survive on the day when No. 21 escaped the laboratory and purged everyone there.

Everyone else there except him was brutally murdered by No. 21, and he also temporarily lost consciousness due to No. 21’s attack, but was able to survive thanks to miraculous treatment.

But he was in danger of death right now.

The man who barely survived was begging for his life from the large man looking down at him.

The large man who had been angry until just a moment ago asked at the man’s words.

“Are you saying that the test subject used his powers of his own volition?”

“Yes…Yes! The No. 21 I saw that day was quite excellent in combat, such as understanding the flow of battle and changing his abilities to attack. The power of a monster that was originally unleashed only when pushed to the limit… The test subject reached a stage where he could use it when he needed to..! If you give me one more chance, I won’t make this mistake next time..!!”

When the man who was glaring at him showed interest, he did not miss it and told him all the information in order to survive.

The man smiled as if his plan had worked.

‘Did…it succeed..?’

The man looked at the smiling man carefully and thought that if he did well, he might be able to survive here.

As if to prove that such a man’s expectations were not in vain, the large man spoke in a much more generous voice.

“You’ve made much better results than I expected. Originally, I was going to kill you here for not fulfilling your duty, but I changed my mind.”

The large man stood up from his seat and approached him step by step, speaking.

A smile spread across the man’s face as he came closer to him.

‘I survived…! I survived…!!’

The man couldn’t hide his joy, as if he had expected that he had survived.

Seeing the man’s expression, he smiled and opened his mouth.

“You’ve worked for me much more than I thought. As a reward, I’ll give you a gift.”

The mysterious man looked at him and said.

The man who intuitively felt that such a man lived by his words showed an ecstatic expression.

[Puk–]

Within seconds of the man letting his guard down, his back was pierced by something sharp.

The man, unable to dodge the sudden attack, lowered his heavy head and looked at something that had pierced his body.

It was a moment when he was too busy to even react, so he was attacked without even feeling any pain.

He smiled happily as he looked at the man with red blood flowing out of his forehead.

“I will make you a special nutrient for the new paradise I will create. Be grateful. Both your body and soul will become the nutrient for the new paradise I will create.”

He said as he looked at the man who was vomiting blood.

Having been pierced through the abdomen, he was unable to speak easily and just looked at her with resentful eyes.

He had his abdomen pierced by something unknown and disappeared somewhere.

The man smiled creepily at her appearance.

“I didn’t know it would grow this fast..”

And he spoke softly from where he was left alone.

He found himself smiling at the thought of Number 21 having succeeded in his experiment.

How many sacrifices and how much time have been wasted to bring about this day?

He couldn’t help but be happy that he had finally buttoned up the first button he had been waiting for for a long time.

“Although the test subject escaped… I’m glad he didn’t die. Rather than let precious test subjects die, it’s better to let useless guys sacrifice themselves.”

The man said so and sat down.

He sat down with a mean smile.

The once quiet place was soon filled with the sounds of pain from the man who had been dragged away.

***

The next day, Aion and the girls were able to wake up together.

Normally, Aion would wake up a little earlier and make food while they were asleep, but now that they had sealed his limbs, he ended up waiting until they woke up.

As time passed, they woke up one by one, rubbing the two snowballs they had swollen with their hands.

“Huh…? Sir, are you awake..?”

They began to open their eyes one by one, rubbing their sleepy ones.

Aion greeted them with a smile and headed to the kitchen with them.

“Haam…”

The girls sitting at the table were yawning with their mouths wide open, as if they couldn’t come to their senses easily.

Aion said as he placed a cup of water in front of them.

“It might take some time before the rice is ready, so drink some water and calm down.”

Aion said as he placed a bowl of lukewarm water in front of them.

At Aion’s words, they nodded and drank the water in their cups.

‘Hmm… what kind of food would you like to make?’

He looked at the remaining ingredients and thought about how to minimize their waiting time.

A moment later, he placed a steaming bowl of food in front of them.

“I made a lot, so eat as much as you want.”

Aion said as he carefully placed the freshly made food in front of them.

Hine saw this and quickly wagged her tail in joy.

Even though her body changed from a dog to a human, she couldn’t do anything about her basic instincts. When something good happened, she would wag her tail from side to side, and when something bad happened, her tail would wag downward.

So, judging from her current condition, Hine must be in a very good mood.

Aion rested his chin on his hand and watched them eat with a pleased expression.

He was looking at them without saying anything because he felt full just by looking at them eating.

“Sir..Ah..”

Frega, who had been watching Aion, gave Aion some food.

Frey tried to feed Aion, who was concerned about Aion not eating and just watching. Aion smiled at Frey’s actions and ate the food she gave him with relish.

Aion finished his peaceful meal. He gathered his thoughts while eating the food they had left behind.

I was out of my mind yesterday and couldn’t think straight, but what was happening now was definitely not something to be taken lightly.

After organizing his thoughts, he thought that the history that was supposed to flow as it should have had changed because the country’s existence intervened in the past, and that the butterfly effect caused the future that was set to go in a different direction.

In the original history, in the case of Danawa and Fre, Fre, who could not withstand the severe torture, eventually died in front of Danawa, and she became a vengeful spirit who lived only for revenge.

And number 21. One day, they were going down a bad path by killing humans, but thanks to Aion’s intervention, the tragic events they had to go through were all gone from the beginning.

Of course, I had no regrets about my previous actions because I did these things for their happiness and the future of this place.

‘There is a risk that unexpected variables may arise.’

His actions could have caused even greater disaster than what they did.

Originally, the only person who obtained the power of the goddess was the protagonist.

There were those who attempted the trials of the Goddess of Ecstasy even though the work had not yet begun in earnest.

There was no way to know what would happen if he passed the Goddess’s trial and obtained her power.

After gathering his thoughts for a long time, Aion stood up from his seat.

He spoke to them with a smile on his face, so that they could feel at ease.

“I’ll go check something out.”

Aion greeted them and left the house.

He started walking towards a village that was some distance from his home with a determined look on his face.

The village he chose as his destination was a rural place that was relatively different from other villages because people did not visit often.

The reason for going to such a remote place was simple.

‘I just need to go and check how the main character lives.’

Aion was worried that the protagonist’s past might have changed in the subtly changed history, so he ran to the village where the protagonist was.

Aion left his nervous mind behind and ran to the village where the protagonist stayed as a child.