Episode 512
What I sometimes feel is that the mind really follows the body.
When I returned to my younger body, I felt like I had lost patience in some strange way.
This problem has both advantages and disadvantages.
However, in my martial arts, the mind and body are inseparable anyway. Just as internal and external energy cannot be completely separated.
There’s no need to act like an adult just because you’re mentally older, and there’s no need to feel ashamed of doing something childish.
Putting it all together, it’s Luan Badnicker.
“What kind of guy did you think I was, Lise? Did you think I would back down easily if you told me to? No. I can assure you that from the moment I realized that I was a human being, I have never once accepted something that I couldn’t understand. Please convince me. What is going on here?”
“… … .”
Lise slowly closed her eyes again.
A strange silence fell, but I didn’t press any further.
After a while, Lise said.
“Unmanned, convinced… You really are good at covering up your stubbornness.”
“If you say stubbornness, it doesn’t seem like it exists.”
“That’s true. How much do you know?”
“I don’t know much about it. I came back to my family home after a long time and lay down on my bed, and oh my god, an iron bar fell from the ceiling. I thought the head of the family had finally gone crazy, but it turns out he had planned it all out.”
After that, he explained about Kayan’s caution, Asad’s warning, the note he found in the underground library, and how he couldn’t hold it in any longer and left the cycad party, only to encounter a group of black fairies.
“Other than that… … .”
I thought about it for a moment and then said.
“… According to information my subordinate obtained, there is no record of Kuset having been married to anyone or having children.”
“… … .”
In fact, from my perspective, it feels like only a few months have passed since I ordered Arzan to gather information… … .
In fact, Arjan has been doggedly researching Kuset for over two years.
Basically, Arzan is a meticulous and flawless person who is following in the footsteps of Keian and is taking steps as the next perfect collector.
Even a lightly submitted report would have clearly been cross-checked two, three, four, or five times.
That is, Kuset may not have really had children.
Then naturally something strange arises.
What on earth is Badnikker, who inherited Kuset’s blood, and what will happen to his daughter, Lise?
As it turned out, two people whose very existence was a contradiction were facing each other in this place.
“…What a capable subordinate.”
Lee Se hummed.
It is an indirect admission that Arjan’s findings are true.
“But you, and this Lyseradicos, clearly have Kuset blood flowing through your veins. Depending on the method, you can inherit that blood even if you are not a child.”
“What does it mean?”
“Well, you guess it.”
“hmm.”
I put my guesses into words with a serious face.
“…Kuset had a brother, and we are actually his descendants? Because the same blood flows through our brothers and sisters.”
“no.”
“Then, surely not a virgin… no, a virgin conception─.”
“Do you remember the other identity I have?”
“Another identity?”
I was silent for a moment and then thought back to the conversation I had with Lise in the past.
─There are five divine beasts that Badnikker has in his command: a green deer, a white rat, a gray sheep, a black snake, and a blue dog.
There, the one I chose was a black snake… … .
─I heard that since the Black Elf Kuset, no one has made a contract with a snake.
When I asked how to make a contract with the Black Snake after meeting Lise, this was the response I got.
─That’s right. I have no intention of signing a contract with anyone.
“Shin Soo?”
“That’s right. I see, that’s the essence of this Lisseradios.”
“What you call essence.”
“It means that you were not born as a black fairy and became a divine being, but rather that you were born as a divine being and then reborn as a black fairy.”
“… … .”
My head tilts involuntarily.
You can make cheese from milk, but you can’t make cheese from milk?
With a strange feeling of being dumbfounded, I couldn’t fully understand the meaning of Liseradicos’ words.
“Realizing my lack of understanding,” said Lise.
“In ancient times, when making a contract with a spirit or a divine being, it was usually made with blood as a token. In the process, the soul of the contract holder would strongly resonate, and eventually, it would be connected. The Black Fairy Kuset went one step further. She completely subjugated me, who was nothing more than a monster at the time, and gave me intelligence. This could be said to be the moment when the black snake was born as Lisera Digos.”
“hmm…….”
When I listened to it clearly, I understood a little bit what it meant.
This means that by injecting blood into Lise, who was just a monster, and subjugating her, she was reborn as an intelligent being.
If that’s true, then it would explain why Kusette’s blood flows through Lise’s veins…
The word daughter is not a lie.
It is also possible that the reborn Lisera Digos recognizes the contractor, Kusset, as his parent.
I asked with a bewildered face.
“Then, could it be that the ancestors of Badnikker were all like you, Risei? Were they all like divine beasts or monsters who were injected with Kuset’s blood and turned into humans?”
“No. Then you too must have had similar abilities. Like this Liseradicos can instinctively handle snakes.”
The moment she said that, Lise’s hair began to tangle and form into a shape.
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But in the end, it collapsed without forming a shape.
Lissera Digos shook his head.
“Unfortunately, I don’t think I can show you right now.”
“… … .”
“Anyway, Badnikkers probably don’t have these characteristics. It means that your ancestors didn’t base their lives on the divine like I did.”
“Then what is it?”
“It’s simple. You Badnikkers are the byproduct of the biological experiments conducted by Kusset.”
I shook my head briefly at the absurd words.
“Vivisection? The vivisection I know?”
“Is there another meaning to the biological experiment? It is a literal one. The Badnikers are a kind of artificial race that Kusset created after much trial and error.”
“… … .”
While I was speechless, Lise snorted.
“Have you ever felt that your bloodline is different? Natural strength, beautiful appearance, mana sensitivity, and even spirits you’ve never seen before show favor when they see Badnikker. There must have been too many outstanding features for an ordinary human to be considered normal?”
“… Wasn’t that a characteristic of the Black Elf?”
“Yes. But racial traits aren’t always positive. For example, the ancient black elves hated sunlight. Of course, it wasn’t as bad as vampires, but it was enough to make their skin sting if exposed to it for too long. But to today’s Badnickers, did you have such an allergic reaction?”
Of course not.
In the first place, I like to bask in the sun… … Of course, this preference came about while practicing the first salt technique.
Even before I met Baek No-kwang, I never really disliked the sunlight or had a negative reaction to it.
“It’s not like there’s nothing wrong with that. Your Badniker family’s past heads would have mated with historically superior partners and had children. Of course, nobles tend to be obsessed with such bloodlines, but Badniker’s perspective may be somewhat different.”
“… … .”
That’s true.
Even after Badniker had solidified his position as a great noble, he only looked at how many outstanding heroes emerged from his opposing families.
It means that he didn’t care at all whether they were fallen nobles, commoners, or slaves.
Even my mother, Lucia, is from a rural estate in the North called Colland.
The reason why the Iron Blood Duke was interested in the daughter of such a land was simply because the empire’s strongest swordsman had once come from that family.
“Only the superior factors were preserved, and the inferior factors were eliminated one by one. Just as good horses are cross-bred to produce excellent war horses.”
“… Just hearing it makes my head spin. How on earth did they conduct such human experiments hundreds of years ago? It seems difficult even with today’s technology.”
“Technological advancement is not necessarily proportional to the flow of time. In each era, there are areas that cannot be attempted because they are humanely and morally impossible, and even when everything is in place, resources may already be exhausted. In this case, this is the reason. In this era, there are no more resources left.”
“Resources?”
“There are hardly any black fairies now.”
Lise said with a smirk.
“Why did the black elves disappear into history? Was it simply because there were too few of them? Was it because they were born with a constitution that made them difficult to bear children? Or were they simply eliminated in the competition for survival with the fairies? All of this is wrong. The black elves were simply the most suitable material for Kuset’s experiments, and were quickly consumed.”
The word consumption made me laugh out loud.
Because it wasn’t an expression that could be used for a living thing.
“Then what about the dark fairies I saw on my way here?”
“It’s a failure. It can carry out simple orders and its physical abilities are similar, but it has fatal flaws. Its intelligence is inferior. Its lifespan is relatively short… However, it should be enough to serve as Kuset’s eyes and ears.”
“… … .”
“Even I don’t know how many more artificial life forms like that there are. It’s not just the Black Fairy. The entire Butterfly Forest is a huge testing ground. The strangely shaped monsters you’ve encountered from time to time are just failures.”
Is it because I talked a lot?
Lissera Digos closed his eyes with a tired face.
“Do you understand now, dear? The Dark Elf Kuset is beyond your reach. Your opponent is a madman who has been steadily producing troops willing to sacrifice their lives for a thousand years. A monster that even the show-off Imperial Archmage Asad can only bow his head to.”
“… … .”
“You are a badnik, so it is impossible to fight that monster. So forget everything you saw here today. Then nothing will happen. I deceived Assad’s eyes, and so did Kuset. If you just keep your mouth shut, today’s events will be buried in darkness.”
“Okay, I understand.”
I nodded and asked.
“But you didn’t answer my first question. Why are you here, Lise?”
“well…….”
Lee Se laughed heartily.
“It could be because it simply annoyed me… or maybe it’s a punishment. Maybe it’s a test subject, or maybe it’s thinking of using me for something else. I don’t really know. I can’t imagine what kind of feelings that being has for me.”
“… … .”
“Luan, I said I had few regrets in life. I mean it. But it’s also thanks to you.”
“What does that mean?”
“… … .”
Lise suddenly yawned slightly and opened her eyes slightly. Her face suddenly looked as if she was starting to feel sleepy.
“At that time… the day out in the desert… was quite enjoyable… … .”
“… … .”
“If I hadn’t had that memory, maybe… I might have been a little more foolish… … .”
Lise’s stuttering speech made it seem like she was recalling the past, or just having a good dream.
What was clear was that the curve of her lips proved that everything Rise said was true.
“So promise me… that you will never do anything useless.
“…All right.”
When you say it like that, I can’t help it.
“I will remain quiet. I will take Lise’s advice and never think of anything dangerous. I will never, ever think of confronting Kuset again.”
I said with a sigh of great burden.
“I swear, on my nickname, the Gold Fairy… … .”
