Part 2 Episode 47
Experiment
The next morning.
Elric headed somewhere under the guidance of an attendant.
It was a room located deep inside the house.
When Elric entered, the servant closed the door with a short greeting and quietly disappeared.
Inside, maps of the continent were drawn all over the walls.
Guy was sitting in front of the round table in the very center.
“Are you here?”
“This place… .”
“As you can see, it’s a great place to have a chat. “If I have something important or something to talk about in secret, I come here and share it.”
It definitely felt more solemn than anywhere else in the Neresta family home I’ve ever seen.
“Sit over here.”
As I sat down in front of the table, the newspapers placed there caught my eye.
Elric let out a laugh.
This was because all the newspaper headlines were about the battle that took place in the concubine villa that took place all night long.
‘It looks like they don’t know anything about what happened at the main inspection office.’
No newspaper had mentioned anything about what he and Magic Tower had done.
Elric picked up a newspaper without thinking.
<The great evil ‘Lilith’ is revealed in the imperial palace! Is it okay like this?>
The day before, the Great Demon King Lilith appeared at the concubine villa. Lilith is the great evil of known history who ruled the continent a thousand years ago… (syncopation)… .
… It seems that after persistent pursuit by the Royal Guard, he could not endure it and revealed himself.
As a result of this battle, the Rose Palace collapsed, and several messengers and inspector generals from the Lion House who had provided additional support were seriously injured and were rushed to the rear hospital.
Although ‘Lilith’ was missed on the spot, most of Lillim was subdued, and the imperial family announced its position, saying, ‘For the safety of the people, we will definitely catch the escaped Lilith.’
『This is shit.』
Mephisto stopped reading the newspaper with Elric and snorted loudly with his arms crossed.
[I guess the wounds from Mephie haven’t fully recovered yet?]
“joy! It sounds obvious.』
[You will have a hard time for a while, right?]
『Everything. It’s like becoming a toothless tiger, so even if you run away, it won’t feel like you’ve run away.』
[In times like these, we have to chase and catch them more clearly… .]
『Lilith has always been able to hide whenever she wants, and no one has followed her. Perhaps it would be better to give up for the time being.』
Mephisto, who said that, also looked quite disappointed.
That’s because it seemed like he could regain the strength he had during his prime if he could just properly handle Lilith.
It is possible to escape from this horrible state of floating.
However, although Elric was disappointed, he thought this was not a bad thing.
The deeper Lilim hid, the less influence he had on the empire, and the more easily the strangeness that had been plaguing the Hungry clan could be eliminated.
“Lift it first. “We’ll talk about it later.”
It was then that Guy offered me tea and spoke to me.
“thank you.”
Elric picked up the teacup and lightly smelled its scent.
Fragrant peppermint scent.
I felt like the lingering effects of battle that had been in my body just a moment ago were completely relieved.
As I took a sip, the warmth of the tea cleared my mind.
It seemed to be peppermint with magical effects.
Seeing Elric’s satisfied expression, Guy followed suit and smiled as he drank tea.
widely!
Gai put down his teacup and opened his mouth.
“As you can see, we were able to find a lot of very interesting things throughout the night.”
Guy lifted the papers from under the table.
These were taken from inspector general agents.
“This is one of them.”
He took out a document and held it out in front of Elric.
The phrase written on the cover caught Elric’s eye.
<Demon Research Plan: Research on physical art based on magical clues about the old tiger king of the beast people>
Elric’s frown narrowed when he saw this.
『Why are you doing that?』
[this… This is my thesis.]
A study of Gangseojutsu using the clues of the Tiger King.
At one time, it was a subject of research so dangerous that it was classified as a banned book in the empire.
This also meant that Elric was suffering from arrhythmia at the time.
『What are you talking about Mervinger, and you even wrote an undergraduate student’s thesis?』
Elric quickly flipped through the documents and looked at the contents.
It seemed that the Inspection Bureau had conducted several studies on how to utilize the power of demons, focusing on Elric’s thesis.
“As you can see, they seem to have done all sorts of things behind the scenes to get the results they wanted.”
Guy let out a laugh as if it was absurd.
“It was full of crazy things.”
Most of the experiments were conducted on criminals taken from prison.
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“Seal transplantation using strangeness, human grafting experiments to create half-human and half-demon that had only been rumored, fairy tales of demons, or humanization of demons… “There was even a case where the seed of a male demon was fertilized and implanted in the womb of a female test subject?”
There were also photos along with the research report.
Everything was clear, and success factors and failure analysis were described in detail.
I frowned to the point where I started to feel nauseous.
『The King said this. It is you humans who are infinitely more vicious than us demons. They don’t even release this much.』
I wonder if Mephisto would say something like this.
“It’s full of crazy things like this and that. But among them, there is one that is by far the best.”
Palak, Palak-
Elric continued flipping through the documents.
The more he did, the more his expression hardened.
Then his hand stopped at one point.
Click!
Guy, who noticed this, quietly put down his teacup.
“You stopped at the same place as me?”
“This is crazy!”
Elric, whose hands were shaking, threw the documents down on the table and shouted.
The unfolded part read as follows:
<If a test subject is created by transplanting the body of a beastman trained with rigid body techniques and the seal of a demon specialized in combat… .>
<Using strangeness for control… .>
<To ensure the safety of the test subject, only use in certain areas… .>
Homunculus.
An artificial life form that can only be created through extreme use of alchemy knowledge.
In short, the Inspector General was trying to create a biological weapon!
『I really don’t know whose brain it came from, but it’s a truly ingenious idea. Fusing the beastmen and demons into one? under!”
Puhahaha!
Mephisto burst out laughing.
Of course, it wasn’t a genuine laugh.
I could never have known the deep contempt that lay beneath it.
『You humans truly do not view the same life as absolute life! Don’t you even have the slightest honor or pride that you inherited from the Creator?
However, there was something else that was even more shocking.
“… “It appears that this experiment has already progressed to some extent.”
Guy nodded.
“It appears so.”
“How far did it go?”
Although the document only stated that the experiment had progressed to some extent, it did not contain any information about recent progress.
It seemed that once the experiment reached a certain level of maturity, it was transferred to a more specialized area.
Maybe to the imperial family. I didn’t know it might have flowed into country 0.
“I’m not sure, but my guess is that the experiment is almost over, but only the proof stage remains.”
“… “That means.”
A slight shadow appeared on Guy’s face.
“It means that only mass production remains. “Maybe it’s already in progress.”
“… !”
Elric’s face also became more serious than ever.
What Guy meant was that the Inspection Bureau could mass-produce homunculi at any time if it wanted to.
“And if that happens, the balance of power that has been a tense standoff will completely shift to the Inspector General and then to the imperial family.”
“… .”
Even now, the Inspector General and the Imperial Family are crossing all boundaries.
What would happen if the absolute emperor was also given power here?
Guy looked like he didn’t want to even think about it.
But Elric felt his heart sink in a different direction.
‘If things continue like this, the beast people will become dangerous.’
I had no idea how many beastmen they would sacrifice to create the homunculus.
‘I can’t leave it like that.’
Although he was young, King Belleche tried to become a good king.
And Norus, a loyalist who assists Belleche, and his daughter Irina.
Besides this, others who were there passed by Elric’s head.
Like his grandfather, Usden Mervinger, who protected the beast people as ‘friends’ without any compensation.
Elric also helped them end the war and bring laughter to the Antromorphs.
However, the actions of the inspection bureau were nothing short of an attempt to completely take it away.
It was impossible to allow them to become biological weapons that might not even have a proper sense of self.
‘But fortunately, it doesn’t look like they have started hunting the beastmen yet in earnest.’
Of course, that didn’t mean it was easy to think about.
Antromorphs may not be the only country of the beast people.
“Do you think you know where these experiments are being conducted?”
“I’m sorry, but I’m not sure yet.”
Guy sighed and said regretfully.
“But don’t worry.”
“… ?”
“We are mobilizing all the power of the Magic Tower to search for them, so we will be able to find them in the near future.”
“… All right.”
The sooner the better, but it is not something that can be done by rushing. Because it hasn’t even been a full day yet.
And above all, it wasn’t anyone else, it was Gai himself who was directing the search, so as he said, time would solve the problem.
Elric’s eyes turned to the documents again.
His eyes sank, colder than winter.
* * *
Cromhel’s villa, Heuksagung (黑獅宮).
“… “This is it.”
“… .”
Cromhell looked down at the agent kneeling on one knee with emotionless eyes.
and.
Squeak!
As soon as the report was over, he cut off the agent’s head with his sword without hesitation.
Degurrr-
A face that doesn’t even know why it died.
Cromhel looked away from the filthy corpse and swept his head up.
“Everyone, let’s say it again.”
Living that encompasses the entire room. Just looking at his voice, it wasn’t that noticeable, but you couldn’t help but notice the annoyance underneath it.
“What are you doing? No one speaks properly. I think I heard wrong. Come on guys. Please explain in detail.”
Cromhell urged again.
However, the inspector generals gathered in front of him could not make a sound and only lowered their heads.
“Or is it true that what I heard is true?”
When they felt the sharp gaze, their bodies faltered and trembled.
“Not only did you miss the release, but you also stole the secret matter from the Inspector General and lost it all? “And to none other than Magic Tower and Mervinger?”
Wow!
As soon as he finished speaking, Cromhell swung his sword again. This time he was Director 13, who was closest.
Whoosh, whoosh… !
The body fell and blood splattered on the faces of the other directors.
But no one even thought to frown or wipe their faces.
If I did that, I could have been next.
Of course, with their skills, they might be able to easily dodge at least one sword. However, if that were the case, the three families might not have been safe. That’s how incredible Cromhel’s anger was.
‘rather… !’
‘Maybe the stupid abandoned prince would have been better off… !’
That’s what the directors thought.
Maybe the 4th prince, whom they tried to make into a puppet, was actually so violent that they couldn’t do anything about it.
“I guess everyone is just dumb.”
Cheer up!
Cromhel cursed, threw the bloody sword on the floor, and sat down in his seat.
I didn’t know that the wrinkles between my eyebrows would soon go away.
‘If he continues like this, his weaknesses will be discovered even before he becomes the crown prince.’
He thought as he pressed his throbbing temple.
Wasn’t he a strong candidate for the crown prince until the Hyo Ri incident occurred?
But after that day, the situation did not get better day by day.
How can something happen every day?
If he was not careful, he would end up being dethroned not only from the throne of emperor, but also from his position as crown prince.
But bygones are bygones.
I felt like I had to deal with the fire that had fallen on my feet first.
First, the confidential data taken by the Magic Tower.
We had to know what they had taken so we could respond accordingly.
“So, what did you catch?”
Everyone looked puzzled at Cromhel’s question and began to look at each other.
Then, Director 6 cautiously opened his mouth.
“Once we figured it out, it was related to biological experiments.”
“… “Biological experiments?”
Cromhell’s eyes narrowed.
He asked me to explain in detail.
Wizard who swallowed talent
