episode_0157

Late afternoon.

It’s time for me to return to my original quarters, but I’m now surrounded by soldiers and heading to the castle.

First of all, he told them to come very politely, but judging by the soldiers he sent like this, he must have been trying to prevent them from running away.

There’s no need to do that since I have no intention of running away.

From the main entrance to the Royal Academy, walk around the wall. The grounds of the palace and the Royal Academy are adjacent, but there is no passage between them.

Rather, there is a heavily guarded military base between the palace and the Royal Academy, so it is a long walk from the main gate.

That’s what I mean when I say walk. I take a car and head to Wangseong.

For reference, it’s a vehicle similar to a limousine. The powertrain seems to be related to horsepower, but overall, the usage is similar. It has wheels, a cockpit, and a place to ride.

When I think of royalty, I think of carriages, but here they use vehicles.

It’s not like there aren’t any animals in this world that pull carriages, but they’re only used outside of cities or in places where the poor live.

Of course, I also saw the slums I visited. There were only carriages carrying goods, not people.

As we entered the castle, we were immediately guided to a room.

This is where King Hypion works.

“Hello.”

“Still a greeting without any emotion. Okay. Come and sit down.”

The king pointed to a table in front of him, so I went over there and sat down.

A look of disgust crosses the King’s face. It is impolite to sit down first. Aurora’s memory contains information about such etiquette, so she should follow it, but she doesn’t.

Because, there’s no way I’ll be able to learn something like that, right?

Assuming that every moment I meet someone is being watched, I don’t have time to learn that. In fact, it’s weird to know that.

So I sat down first and looked up at him, and he came and sat down too.

By the way, he doesn’t make an easy-to-read expression.

There was no change in facial expression, to the point where I wouldn’t have been able to read it if I didn’t know people’s emotions well.

But the memories of someone who has died a violent death are sensitive to other people’s emotions. They shine as they tear apart each and every one of them to a terrifying degree.

What can we know from that?

Are you feeling uncomfortable looking at me right now?

“You treated a lot of people yesterday. But the location is the Bright Shin slums. Isn’t that a dangerous place? At least tell someone before you go to a place like that.”

Brightshin slums.

That’s the official name. I knew that the harvester had so many different names that I didn’t know which one was correct.

Anyway, it may sound like you’re worried at first, but in reality, you’re not worried about me at all.

Rather, it’s full of annoyance as to why I’m moving around on my own. I don’t think I’d just head to that place without saying anything.

“Yes, I understand.”

After the harvesters in Bern City caused an incident, I nodded obediently, since there was an option to go somewhere else if their numbers were to decrease too much.

“If you get hurt, it’s a big deal.”

I’m adding this as if I just thought of it. Of course, I’m not worried at all, so it’s just words. Hmm?

It would be best to just accept it here, but that would be a repetition of the previous world.

Just a little more this time.

Let’s try to push forward.

“No. I won’t die unless something happens to me. Even if my arm is cut off, my heart is pierced, or my head is cut off.”

Then I point to my head with my hand.

“This is just a simple meat bowl.”

It’s an appeal to the fact that I’m not human. It’s to show that I’m not human, so that people will treat me badly. People can easily become cruel to non-humans.

So if it becomes something easy to use, you can dig deep into their minds. That’s how cults cling to those in power.

I know your dirty parts. Come on, tell me. I will help you. Your desires will come true.

A sense of homogeneity is an important factor.

And the second one.

This is what Sorindigas told me.

There’s a witch who put a curse on this royal family, and when she realizes that the curse has been lifted, she’ll most likely attack me.

They’re going to use me as bait.

Oh, come to think of it. The day I headed to the slums, there was a possibility that a prince or a king’s man followed me. I don’t have enough memory to find them among the onlookers.

There are a few people involved, but I don’t remember enough to be able to find them right away.

They are measuring their athletic ability in the lab, or attaching various things to their bodies and testing them. So I was able to see how much the harvester was strengthened.

It was fortunate that we were able to see the results, as there were some patients with quite high scores.

If you listen closely, your athletic ability will increase by more than 2 times on average.

However, the amount of magical power did not increase.

However, the skill to manipulate magical power has increased.

This is probably due to the fact that I am smarter. This world does not yet have the technology to measure intelligence.

No, I got it wrong, but basically, I saw the actual production of the harvester.

It is important to act according to the facts to avoid creating lies.

“As far as I know, it’s impossible for me to die.”

It means that you can use it freely to contact the witch.

The king stares at me.

“Why did you go to the slums and treat them? Haven’t you done anything so far?”

They don’t ask boring questions like, “Are you human?”

Yeah, at least at the point where I’m clearly aware that I’m some kind of monster.

“That’s where the people who needed me the most were. There were a lot of people who couldn’t do what they wanted to do.”

So, if there’s even a little bit of light shining, people will come running like fools.

A person who has no room left to contain his leisure.

The king asks me.

“What do you want them to do?”

That question is wrong.

“What they want to do.”

If you ask me that, I would answer like this.

“You are like a god from a long-ago story. A god who comes to those who are deeply despairing and gives them the power to take revenge. That god is also depicted in purple. It is the same in every country.”

iced coffee.

Yes, there is one here too. Almost every world has traces of me. Traces from the days when I hunted for light that came close to sleep.

“Is that you?”

There are right answers and wrong answers.

“I am not God. I am not omnipotent, but rather a monster full of deficiencies.”

So, I say that it is not true, that it is not true.

Cover it up with the word monster. How does Hypion react to this answer?

“Okay. Then, can I ask you this? Are you the monster who comes to those who are deeply despairing and gives them the power to take revenge?”

Yeah. He’s smart. He doesn’t get caught up in wordplay. Is the king the king?

In an instant, the truth is dug deep. At this point, you would normally think that he is not a god.

Let me correct that again.

“I don’t think about revenge or anything like that.”

Other than that, that’s correct. That’s the kind of answer I meant.

Hypion leaned back in his chair, covering his eyes.

“Why did you appear before us?”

It’s a strange way of speaking that seems to know me so well. Is there something you know about me?

I’m starting to worry that Hypion might become a harvester.

If I had known this would happen, I would have just used the Nene Vending Machine. Then I would have been able to get the memories.

It’s too late to regret, so let’s go forward in this world confidently!

“You asked the wrong question. I always show up when someone calls me. That’s what I should be asking.”

Easy to understand.

“Did you call because someone was there to give me something?”

You were the ones who called.

I passionately assert my desires. I declare that I am here solely for that. You can hear me calling you. You can know that I really want it.

Anyway, I just need to get some warmth.

“That’s so damn resolute. The nameless gods in mythology weren’t gods, so they didn’t have names.”

myth?

Even if you look through Aurora’s memories, there is no such myth. There was a pantheon myth of a hunting god, a river god, a shepherd god. There were such myths, but they were all forgotten over time.

“There is a god. I’ve been beaten up. But I’m not a god.”

The first world’s holy spirit. I couldn’t reach it even when I was attacked directly. I want to get warmth from that side someday. Daegon and Wonshicheonjon are gods, but since I took their warmth away from them, let’s say they aren’t gods.

Because God must be greater.

Omnipotent. I should be able to know everything and do everything. I am neither omnipotent nor omniscient.

Therefore, it is not God.

“Can’t even a monster defeat God?”

“Yes. It didn’t reach me. I just got hit unilaterally.”

Instead, I took all the warmth of the world with me. But defeat is defeat.

You’re not stupid enough to deny that you lost. You have to admit defeat and figure out how to win.

“You’re trying to paint everyone with your colors.”

“Wrong. I can’t handle that many people. I don’t have the ability, so I’ll only give myself to those who come to me.”

There are so many people that the world cannot handle, and the world with so many people cannot sustain itself.

I’ll just omit some parts, but tell you the truth. So that you can understand that I’m a monster with mediocre abilities.

“What would you do if I forbade you to use your powers?”

“Would you like to sign the contract?”

Now, the opportunity has come and I asked him absentmindedly. It is King Hypion who obviously knows something.

We’ve already created over 20,000 harvesters.

At most 200 years. It’s okay if you don’t make a harvester during that time.

Since he’s going to beg me to make a harvester before the contract ends anyway, it’s okay to make the contract with a ban as a condition.

Just like it was for Aurora.

“No, that’s fine. You’re just giving it to someone who wants it, so I, the recipient of the benefit, have no say in what I do.”

I thought it would be a bit more restrictive for the sake of the country, but is it because I said I couldn’t handle too many people?

If there are restrictions, it will be controlled automatically, so I can understand if you just leave it alone.

It’s a shame to see the atmosphere, but next time.

Since I have a lot of time, I should take my time and wait for an opportunity. Since it is a technology that I have had success with, I am confident that I can do well in the future as well.

After that, we moved on to everyday conversation.

What’s the Royal Academy like, what do you do in your spare time, and other trivial things.

Hypion asked questions and I just answered them. He gave me a chance to ask questions, but I said I didn’t have any.

Pretend you’re not interested at all.

It’s easiest to hunt when you don’t know there’s a hunter next to you. Of course, there may be a twist where you think you’re the hunter, but you end up being the prey.

I’ll think about that when it comes.

Both he and I have a lot to hide, and we have plenty of time.

And the King, who said that I would have an escort from now on, sent me back to where I was living.

Escort… … .

I’m worried if I can get along with Victoria.