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“It might sound a little strange, but. “I wanted to be a woman.”
Richie seemed in good spirits. Maybe that’s why he was talking bullshit, and Richie’s bullshit sounded weird, like he’d told him beforehand. Not a little, but a lot.
Lee Seong-min, bound in chains, had his back against the wall. No matter how much strength I exerted, it was impossible to tear off the chains holding my limbs.
“To be precise, it’s not a woman… I wanted to become a body that could give birth to a child. Oh, of course men can have children too. Strictly speaking, it is not about giving birth to a child, but it is about helping to give birth to a child.”
I don’t know what the difference is. Seongmin Lee was unable to answer or ask questions. He wants to open his lips, but they won’t separate. It was that kind of magic.
“I tried various types of magic. There was no way to change the gender I was born with. The only thing that can change gender is the polymorph magic of dragons who were born asexual from the beginning, and humans cannot use polymorph. Do you somehow know? “It’s because of causality.”
Causality, causality. I had heard this a few times, but I could never guess what it was. Richie continued to move amid Lee Seong-min’s enforced silence.
“In the end, I despaired of the limitations of magic. So I became Rich. A curse that forces me to sacrifice my soul and body to gain eternal life. But, well, I was satisfied. The path of magic is endless, and I have been walking it for quite some time, but I still can’t see the end. Walking an invisible path… It’s scary but enjoyable. It’s good to be absorbed. “It’s a lot of fun.”
Richie chuckled. I don’t know what happened to Zeon and the other S-class mercenaries. They were restrained and thrown into another room, and Richie paid them no more attention. Seongmin Lee came to this room with Richie.
“I walked the path of magic for a long time, and the wish I had longed for when I was human has never come true. Because I lost my body. Even if I could perfect the magic to become a woman, I wouldn’t be able to use it. Kkkkkk! It’s contradictory to say this. But that’s not necessarily true.”
Richie, who had been laughing for a while, looked at Lee Sung-min. There was no emotion visible in the blue light visible through the gathered darkness. Nevertheless, Seongmin Lee could feel the madness in Richie’s voice.
“Even if I can’t give birth, there is a way to make a child.”
Seongmin Lee continued to try to move his body. Moving his arms, moving his legs. I tried to open his lips. But he doesn’t move. The magical restraint was too powerful. This is a lich who treated Zeon and Vern, who were SS-level mercenaries, with contempt. I don’t know its name, but the overwhelming power the lich showed was far beyond common sense.
“Chimeras are an attractive research topic.”
The voice, crippled by madness, was filled with an incomprehensible warmth and kindness. Of course, that was just what Lee Sung-min felt, and even in the midst of such feelings, it was clear that the emotion in Richie’s voice was not directed at Lee Sung-min.
“Creating a completely different life using a life that already exists… This fulfills what I have longed for since I was human. Even though it is not from my body. what. There is no difference, right? “If it is a life that I created, then it is a child that I gave birth to.”
The lich stopped moving. The magic circle that covered the floor felt ominous even to Lee Seong-min, who did not know much about magic.
“The law of causality cannot be resisted. All normal human beings are swayed by the inevitable law of cause and effect. “Going against it means that you have reached the edge of transcendence.”
Richie muttered that and turned around. Seongmin Lee, who was tied to the wall, glared at Richie’s face. The warning that Kim Jong-hyun had given lingered in Lee Seong-min’s mind. Kim Jong-hyun was right. Seongmin Lee should not have come to this dungeon.
“Today is a very good day. And very… It’s a lucky day too. The guy I saw before, whose causality was twisted similar to yours, was a monster I could do nothing about… ”
Lee Seong-min’s body trembled greatly at Rich’s words. Lee Sung-min moved his lips as he struggled to somehow make his voice sound, but his lips did not move. Because even the conductive sound was blocked, the question only lingered in Lee Seong-min’s mouth.
“If you sacrifice your soul, my wish will come closer to completion.”
Richie raised both his hands as he said that. The magic circle carved on the floor gave off an ominous light. The spells the lich was chanting sounded like they were not from this world or from Eria. Just hearing it makes my mind tingle and my vision becomes distorted.
I wanted to scream as loud as I could, but my clogged lips were so heavy that I couldn’t open them.
The long-running order has been completed. The magic circle no longer glowed. Instead, an icy chill engulfed the room. The exhaled breath turns white and frozen. Lee Seong-min’s body trembled like an aspen tree as the cold seeped into his bones.
It took a form that could not be seen with the naked eye. The darkness seemed to have gathered together, and it also looked like pure white fog. When I wondered if it was in that form, it became a man, and then a woman again. Depending on what Lee Seong-min thought, it changed its appearance endlessly, and Lee Seong-min’s mind was shaken by the sinister cartoon.
fear.
Seongmin Lee felt fear. Fear is not unfamiliar. He had felt fear several times before. But the fear he felt now was fundamentally different from the fear he had ever felt. Something unknown that I know nothing about. Just looking at that unknown being was giving me a fear that made me feel like I was going crazy.
“I will offer it.”
Richie raised both arms and slowly knelt down. The lich, who was showing off his power beyond his common sense, was on his knees and lowering his head in worship.
The presence’s gaze turned to Lee Seong-min. When their eyes met, Lee Seong-min thought his head had exploded. The headache Lee Sung-min felt was so terrible that he wished the illusion that his head had exploded was real.
“… yes?”
After a moment, Richie made a noise of surprise.
“Now, wait a minute. What do you mean by that? something… No, that can’t be true. That can’t be possible, right? why… ?”
To have a headache. Breathing becomes rough. Every single cell froze in fear and my heart beat slowly. Die. that… She felt the mood. Just from that look alone, Seongmin Lee imagined death.
“that… does not make sense… ”
Richie muttered in vain. The gaze of the being looking at Lee Seong-min was withdrawn. Heh, heh. Lee Seong-min took a deep breath. Thump, thump. The heart that had stopped beating so slowly makes the sound of beating again. Lee Seong-min’s body trembled.
“no… Oh, no. I will offer other offerings. okay… therefore… ”
The warlock was flustered. He quickly searched inside his sleeve and pulled out a large jewel. As the warlock placed the gem on the altar, the being’s gaze looked down at the gem. Darkness and fog swallowed up the jewel.
And then the being faded and disappeared. The magic circle drawn on the floor completely disappeared. Richie looked up into the sky blankly, and then sat down, probably because his legs were weak.
“Sacrifice… “You refused?”
Richie muttered in a defeated voice. Richie, who had been looking up into the air for a while, suddenly stood up. Richie turned his body to glare at Lee Seong-min and his shoulders trembled.
“you… “What is this?”
That was actually something Lee Seong-min wanted to ask. I don’t understand what happened.
“Even if the causality was distorted, it would have value as a sacrifice… no… On the contrary, because the causality was distorted, it would have been even more important as a sacrifice. Why on earth do you say I can’t receive it as a sacrifice?”
Richie muttered in a confused voice. Richie staggered and approached Seongmin Lee. Richie’s wide open hand was directed to Lee Sung-min. Seongmin Lee’s body, which was tied to the wall, slowly flew towards Richie.
“Show everything you have!”
Richie shouted. Blue eyes glowed in the darkness. An invisible magic overtook Lee Seong-min’s mind. It was a magic that forcibly extracted memories through a powerful mental ban. Although it was effective, it had the side effect of turning the opponent into an idiot.
What would it feel like if ants were crawling over the brain cortex? Lee Seong-min’s body trembled and trembled. Lee Seong-min’s eyes turned white. It was a sign that Lee Seong-min’s mind was about to collapse as his memories were forcibly read and his mind subdued through magic.
It should have been so.
“Kaaaaaak!”
Richie screamed. His body trembled as if he had been struck by lightning, and he staggered greatly and fell to the ground. Lee Seong-min’s eyes were still open. Trembling, Richie raised his hands and tried to grab his non-existent head. It was the first headache I had felt since becoming a lich.
“ah… Ahhh! “Keuuuu!”
Richie, who collapsed, screams. As the lich’s mind was shaken, the magic binding Seongmin Lee’s body disappeared. Lee Seong-min, who fell to the floor, lost his strength and collapsed on the spot. Richie, who had been moaning for a while, flailed his hands and widened the distance between him and Lee Seong-min. Richie, half out of his mind, had no idea what to do with Lee Sung-min. He just wanted to run away. Richie didn’t try to understand those feelings and impulses. He just did what he felt like and ran away. Richie’s body disappeared from the room.
It wasn’t long before the light returned to Lee Seong-min’s eyes. The pounding headache had already disappeared. Lee Seong-min, who was lying on the floor, staggered and got up.
“… what… what?”
What happened? Seongmin Lee couldn’t understand. The magic that had been binding his body disappeared. Richie is nowhere to be seen. … Where did it go? Seongmin Lee quickly looked around. There was no Richie in the room. He searches his memory. Richie extends his hand… next. I don’t remember anything after that. The moment he felt a strong headache, he couldn’t bear it and fainted for a moment.
What happened while I was passed out? In the room where he was alone, Seongmin Lee thought blankly. No, that’s not what’s important now. Although his body didn’t have much strength, Lee Seong-min took a deep breath and placed his hand on the wall. In the corner of the room, the spear that Selgerus had given was lying around. Seongmin Lee took his spear and approached the closed door.
I didn’t know where the warlock had gone, but it was important to escape from here first.
fantasy,
