Chapter 183 – Reporting
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When Cleon put his clothes back on, he could see the group returning to the room, guided by Mercury.
Sasha’s blushing face, Aruru’s teasing smile, Layla’s never losing her composure as a winner, and Quon’s faces are like ‘wow…’.
In Amelia’s case, she just tilted her head with a question mark above her head, perhaps thanks to her ears and eyes her being covered due to the consideration of her adults her.
“What… If you have something to say, say it.”
Cleon looked at the party, but no one in the party opened their mouths.
“Then, Cleon. Now that the readjustment of your viewing rights is complete, we will start delivering the information requested to be disclosed.”
With Mercury talking like that, if he starts manipulating the instrument panel and illusion of magic in the room…
A huge ‘sphere’ in the center of the room, with magic flowing along the ground, ceiling, and walls. Its diameter is larger than the height of a typical adult male.
It begins to flow into a ‘sphere’, a magic tool of unknown material surrounded by several metal rings.
“This is the database of this research institute. The Record of the Sage created by Tris Megistos.”
The gigantic orb infused with magical power slowly cracks open as if it were a sealed sphere, revealing what is hidden inside.
A soft green light flowed through the gap, and the sphere took on a shape similar to the frame that completely covered the main body.
In the center of the room, a huge slab of emerald color floated, ignoring gravity.
Like the sphere, it was taller than Cleon’s.
The surface is a language of some kind—probably the language of the ancients.
Repeated embossing and intaglio, the language of the ancients was written on the entire stone slab, and magical patterns or figures were engraved here and there.
It on both sides.
Even if you are a skilled jeweler, it will take a lot of effort and time to write this much.
Looking at Iona, she opens her mouth and opens her mouth, thinking that it is an astonishing perfection.
“This-“
“Emerald tablets [Inscriptions in beryl]…”
And, it was revealed that the name came out of Lila’s mouth hers.
“Yes. This is the Emerald Tablet of Tris Megistus. It is a gigantic conceptual information storage organ that serves as the source of all replicas.”
Mercury nodded at Lyla’s words and pointed her hand at the huge slab.
“Speaking of—a recording device.”
“Yes. Using a magical concept, it is not simply a physical record, but an object that can store information by creating a world of small areas only for storing information inside.”
“Awesome…! If this is the original, it means that it contains the blueprints of almost all magical tools developed by Tris Megistos, as well as all the magical concepts and theories he discovered!”
When Layla raises her voice in excitement, it’s like an ‘Ohhh…’ As if Aruru and the others can understand the meaning.
“Hey, this-!”
“Sorry, but we don’t lend it out. When a person with first-class viewing rights requests to disclose information. Only to deliver that information, the seal on the Emerald Tablet will be released.”
To Layla’s words her, Mercury shook her head in response, and Layla raised her voice with an ‘ugh’, but she soon nodded her head as if she could n’t help it.
“…But I can’t read this.”
“This is not something that can be read physically and obtained information through visual means. Cleon, the information you want. The amount of information related to ‘Lesia’ is too large for this entity to convey through voice or text.”
Mercury said so, and once again operated the machine in the center of the room.
Then, some characters on the tablet began to glow, and the light began to shine toward the metal tiles on the walls, floor, and ceiling of the room.
When a tile is irradiated with light, it reflects it to another tile.
Repeatedly reflecting from tile to tile in turn, the light from the tablet soon began to envelop the entire room.
“Therefore, I will use the ‘illusion magic’ so that the information possessed by the tablet can be displayed directly in your eyes.”
“You mean showing the past as an illusion…”
“If it tells you what happened, it will most certainly show it.”
When Aruru said that, Cleon also nodded.
“While the illusion is playing, your brains are limited in function other than seeing the illusion to process information. Are you ready?”
Cleon shuts up for a moment.
If you watch this video, you can see what happened after Lesia went to the original world.
The following can be seen from the Memoria Cube opened at the academy.
“…Yes. Please.”
“Then… I will move your consciousness to a small area within the tablet… I hope you can get the information you want from there.”
Finally, when Mercury moves his hand her to complete her spell, the consciousness of Cleon and the others is gradually enveloped in light and becomes blurred.
To be precise, the feeling that the soul is being separated from the body. When it was completely wrapped in light in front of my eyes, a completely different scenery was unfolding in front of me.
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A gray-haired man in a white coat was operating the machine with a mug filled with a black liquid that looked like coffee placed on a desk cluttered with papers.
The Emerald Tablet, arguably her own finest invention. It would be surprising if others knew that the liquid was placed on the desk leading to the control panel of the magic tool.
As if he didn’t care about anything, he, the producer himself, puts a cup full of cups on top so that they don’t overflow, and searches through the drawers.
The drawers, like the desks, were almost unorganized, but a man managed to find the blue file folder he was aiming for and take it out.
Academician Tris Megistus.
Researcher, sorcerer, alchemist, teacher, doctor…
The titles he held were numerous, but a man who later, for all his knowledge and achievements of his, would simply be called the ‘University’.
In his personal life his, he is lazy, hates being bothered, has messy hair, wears square horn-rimmed glasses, and doesn’t properly tidy up his beard.
He was a man in his late 30s who could be found anywhere.
Also, on the ring finger of his left hand his, he was wearing a ring, albeit in an unusual shape, so it was clear that he was married.
“Wait a minute… I think I wrote it down here somewhere…”
As Triss did, she apologized to the girl sitting in the chair in front of him.
Sitting in front of Triss was a young child with black hair, dark eyes, and skin like white jade.
Wearing a black dress that matches the color of his hair and eyes of his, he waits patiently with both feet on the ground.
She may be around 10 years old, and although she has an air of immaturity yet, her expression is calm, and it feels more mature than Triss’ hurried movements of her.
“It’s okay, sir. And, as far as I remember, the file you saw the other day wasn’t the blue one, but the green one next to it.”
“Huh? Ah, ohh. I did. Indeed. Haha, Lilith is smart as expected.”
Triss shyly and gently returned the blue file, and took out the green one instead.
“It’s also green…”
Tris muttered such an incomprehensible excuse, and as she pulled out a piece of paper from her file folder, she herself sat down in her chair.
“Okay… That’s the result of the last test. Just like the previous test results, there are no major problems with the body. Neither magic-induced transformation nor diseases have been tested. If there is a problem, it is that the Nutrients ingested are slightly tilted. Is this going to happen. If I eat unbalanced, I won’t be able to become an adult like Lecia, right?”
“…Oh, it’s amazing. Can you know that far just by going into a coffin like that?”
“In this world, that’s an ordinary skill… Don’t turn around. Eat vegetables and meat in a well-balanced way.”
Lilith shook her head, embarrassed that her trick her didn’t work, but Tris only smiled bitterly at her.
“Miss Triss, this side is also finished. What about Lilith’s test results?”
At that time, a platinum-haired woman came in as she opened the door.
Wearing a comfortable suit with the holy sword ‘Kaladbolg’ on her waist that emits a faint golden light, she was dressed in a comfortable light outfit, but it wasn’t too strange to see people from the era of Cleon.
To Triss, she looks pretty old-fashioned, but for good reason.
Lesia is a being from a different future than this primitive world.
In the future, after their world is once destroyed, mankind will start to prosper again.
It seemed that they had succeeded in recovering to the civilization level of the ‘Middle Ages’ in the primitive world.
I would have liked to hear more about it, but knowing more about the future than necessary would definitely bring bad results.
That’s why Tris did n’t ask Lesia anything beyond her needs her, and she cooperated with her.
In this world where Tris lives, humanity has passed its heyday as a species and is slowly going downhill.
Pollution of the environment, depletion of resources, and ideological conflicts caused by disagreement of religion, ethnicity, and interest.
It wouldn’t be strange no matter when the war started, a situation like a powder keg spread across the continent.
A time had come when humans did not believe in humans, except for unusual species like Tris.
Besides, people with blonde hair like Lecia were said to be of slave blood in this world from long ago.
Does Lesia, who roams the land freely, think of her as a runaway slave somewhere?
Triss, who happened to see her guards her moving in order to capture her, became interested in her and saved her.
It was working with her as she traveled back and forth between her cave and this lab where she was hiding, allowing her to return to her original future world.
“There was no big problem. Lesia, if you are picky about Lilith, be careful.”
“Ah, haha. Yes. I see.”
In terms of physical age, Lecia, who is over 40, is younger than Tris, who is in her late 30s.
However, Lecia’s body her stopped aging in her prime her due to the power of her holy sword her, and she stopped in her mid-twenties, so Lesia was younger in her appearance her alone.
And, out of her respect for the person who saved her, Lesia was showing her respect to Triss.
At that time, I heard a rumbling sound in my stomach.
The girl, the owner of her voice her, brings her hands to her stomach her, blushing in embarrassment.
“Haha, it’s growing up. It’s okay, it’s proof that you’re healthy. Mercury. Take Lilith to the cafeteria in the lab. Today’s lunch is omurice.”
[All right. Lilith, please follow me.]
A group of lights that appeared in the air moved like a dance and guided Lilith.
However, Lilith was looking at Lesia even as she stood up from her seat her.
“Lesia has a little something to talk about with me. Don’t worry, I’ll finish it soon and follow you.”
“Yes. I’m going first.”
After Triss and Lesia talked about it, Lilith nodded her head and left the room following the artificial spirit Mercury.
After she left her room, and the door closed automatically, Triss took another look at the green file she had been looking at and sighed, ‘Hmm…’.
“Are the test results out?”
“Yes. If you say it as expected, it will be. Looking at it like this, it’s a little… Hard to believe.”
Triss caressed her prickly chin, wrinkling her between her brows as if embarrassed.
“Tell me.”
“…Okay.”
When Lesia spoke like that, Tris nodded her head, threw her files on her desk, and met Lesia’s eyes her while talking.
“Lilith is your daughter. The genetic test results of the two of them say so.”
“Genes…As I’ve been told before. Something within the body passed from parents to offspring.”
At Lesia’s answer her, Tris nodded her head once more.
“I don’t have enough time to explain that in detail, but I think you can just recognize it that way for now. Of course, the technology to artificially create humans using human genes… Although I invented ‘Adam’, … Don’t worry. Lilith is a pure human being who hasn’t been manipulated like that… In other words, I think you can think of it as her own daughter who was born four times.”
“…My child…”
In reply to Triss, Lesia murmured, putting her hand on her belly her without even realizing it.
“How is this possible? I… Let alone childbirth experience… A man and a body…”
“Isn’t this a similar case to you? You said that you met her while wandering through the dimensional rift after being thrown into a dimensional rift from the future. In the 2D rift, the order of time is originally jumbled, so a person from the future is a person from the past. So, there are times when people from the past fly into the future.”
Triss said that and shut her mouth for a moment, giving Lesia time to accept her truth.
“Then… Did Lilith enter the dimensional rift like me from the future? Because she was banished?”
“Only she knows that part… But she doesn’t remember it. Nothing except her name… But. It’s probably thanks to you that she has resistance to magic from another dimension. The resistance you built up while wandering through the gaps in the dimension is It went on with her too.”
In reply to Triss, Lesia quietly placed her hand on the handle of her holy sword her.
Great Holy Sword of Light. Caladbolg. With this sword, she can defeat countless enemies and obstacles. And finally, she slashed her own nemesis her, the Demonic Sword Emperor.
However, as he entered the rift of her dimension her, Carla de Vol her he gave up her own self her to protect her, entrusting her with the power her to resist her her other-dimensional magic her.
Thanks to that, she herself was able to be safe, but…
“But, a black-haired, black-eyed girl born to a mother with blonde hair… That part is a little bit tricky. Did you say ‘the dark horse clan’?”
“Yes. In the future, those with such characteristics are called that. The ability to handle dark magic is superior to other humans… Most of them have special swords called ‘magical swords’ that are different from the holy sword I own. “
“It’s dark magic… It seems to be symmetrical with you…”
While Triss said that, she looked at Lesia, whose complex feelings were revealed on her face.
“…Don’t think too deeply. If you think the other way around, Lilith will be proof that you can return to your original world. You will marry a ‘Dark Horse Clan’ that does not exist in this world now as your husband and raise a child. Giving birth is only possible in the future.”
At Triss’ words of encouragement, Lecia slowly nodded her head.
“…Yes. Thank you, Mr. Triss.”
“What. This side too was in a state where research was blocked by walls in many ways. With you guys appearing, those walls are gradually disappearing. This encounter must be God’s guidance.”
Triss smiled even as she spat out non-scholarly words.
Triss wanted to believe that an encounter with a visitor from the future, an object of constant interest, would surely bring out wonderful results in this world.
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“Kuh… Ha ha…!”
Two years have passed since Lilith and Lesia opened the dimensional rift and fled once again in order to escape from the pursuers.
Triss, who was arrested and tortured on suspicion of helping them, was finally released after two years and returned to her laboratory in consideration of her contributions to her humanity.
In the meantime, Triss’ wife and children were confined at home, but I heard that the measures would be lifted.
Triss wanted to see the two of them as soon as possible, but he had work to do before that.
The machine that had been neglected for nearly two years was dusted off and called by name.
“…Mercury!”
[…Check the voiceprint. Welcome back. Are you okay?]
A cloud of light appeared, and magic returned to the lab that had stopped operating.
“Yeah… I had chips implanted in my body, and I was tortured here and there, but I came back intact like this…”
[It seems to be a bit far from the state of being ‘all right’… Okay. Command.]
With his trembling arms her, Tris examines the desks that the guys who arrested them swept away before talking.
“Do you have any data on the Holy Sword?”
[Sorry… It has been retrieved.]
“Shit…!”
The reason they were targeting Lecia wasn’t simply because she had a slave-like appearance.
The humans who noticed the power of her holy sword were aiming for it.
To use that power as a powerful weapon that can be utilized in war.
[And some of Lecia’s genetic data.]
“They have an ‘Adam’ that I developed. They’re trying to use that gene to create a human who can handle the holy sword efficiently…”
Tris slammed her desk hard with her fists clenched.
Everything she gained from her encounter with her was about to be used for war and fighting.
If it goes like this… Because of that, a great disaster will blow upon the world.
As much as that, if you don’t block it.
Triss slowly glanced at the papers scattered on the desk and lowered her head.
“Adam’s prototype – ‘Eve’ will still be around.”
[Yes. 2GB… They said that if there was Adam, Eve, a defective item, would not be needed, and they did not retrieve it.]
After hearing Mercury’s answer, Tris struggled and began to calculate the formula to use Eve.
“Both sides, prepare for operation. If these guys misuse the power of the holy sword and bring a crisis to the world, then we have to think of countermeasures accordingly.”
[All right… However, Eve has a side effect that defects may appear somewhere in humans created through it.]
“…As a developer, I know that best. But, right now, I don’t have enough equipment or time to make Adam again. They’re already… Cool…!”
Then, as he coughed and covered his mouth, blood came out on his hands. Dark red blood. No matter how you look at it, it wasn’t a normal body.
[Check the subject for hemoptysis. …Severe physical abnormalities identified in the color of the blood. We recommend that you start treatment right away.]
“Haha… Haha. It’s a side effect of drinking a lot of cheap medicine to tell me this and that… I’m sorry, but I don’t have time to treat it. If I use Eve here, I don’t know when they’ll come again.”
Tris muttered that for a while, then went to the machine and entered the dimension jump value.
“The use of ‘Eve’ requires the power of the ‘collective spirit vein’ [Elemental Cross]. There are two research institutes that I temporarily set up aside from the one they are using.”
[I checked the coordinates.]
“Move Eve there and start manufacturing based on the genetic information I entered. One female object, one male object… The two laboratories are quite far apart, but in order to efficiently leave offspring and continue the species, both sexes are required. I need an object of .”
[Check input… This is the genetic information of Lilith.]
Tris nodded her head and busily moved her hand to finish everything she could while she was still able to move.
“The power of the holy sword is divine magic. What can counter it is, of course, ‘dark magic.
[…All right. Named the project as ‘archetype type B’. Please enter the initial object name.]
Triss’ hand her, which was moving quickly, stopped.
And-
“The female-type entity is ‘Lilim’. The male-type entity is ‘[Unable to confirm due to data deterioration]’.”
[Input received. 666 seconds until ‘Eve’ leaps to the next dimension. Start counting. Please be careful of shock.]
“And… I’ll hand over all authority of this lab to you. Just in case, later… If the people we created come to visit. We’ll give them level 2 access so they can dig up the information … And find out the truth.” You can adjust their viewing rights if you want.”
When Triss struggled to continue her voice, Mercury was silent for a moment before answering again.
[Recognize that command. The institute’s authority has been transferred.]
“…”
Next moment-
The sound of something heavy falling to the ground.
It was at the same time that all values were entered.
[…Confirmed that the target’s vital activity has stopped. It was an honor to have you. Tris Megistus.]
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[Manufacturing record.]
[Report. Eve Unit 1. Completed manufacturing of object name ‘Lilim’.]
[EMP on the ground. There were quite a lot of troubles beyond expectations, such as runaway magic in the spirit vein, so more than 30 years have passed since the scheduled date of manufacture…]
[Currently, there is no environment left for humankind to survive on the ground. Hibernate that object. Hibernating scheduled 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, years. After. After. After.]
[…Check for serious errors. This entity can no longer carry out commands normally. Therefore, I will choose self-destruction.]
…
[Report. Eve Unit 2. Completed manufacture of entity name [INFORMATION EXPUNGED].]
[Similar to the report of Unit 1. Approx. [Cannot be calculated] Elapsed from the scheduled production date and time]
[Confirm the appearance of mankind on the ground. It is confirmed that [Adam], Who is operating by self-judgment like us, has regenerated mankind. Since the conditions for human survival have been satisfied, the object is sent to the ground.]
[Check the instability of the object. Although he has the ability to cast magic swords, he has a tendency to be easily swept away by negative emotions and run amok. Judged as an unsolvable problem. Inject the ‘reincarnation’ factor into the object.]
[The first entity of Unit 2 with that factor. Afterwards, whenever he physically dies, he is ‘reincarnated’ as a being that inherits the next reincarnation factor. We plan to improve the above problems little by little each time.]
[Every time the object is reincarnated. This entity will record it.]
…
[Report. Eve Unit 3. It was independently produced by Mercury.]
[An experiment was conducted to produce sub-species with various abilities. A C-type beast. A D-type dwarf. E-type elf… All of them were excellent achievements, but repeated failures to solve the ‘flaws’ unique to Eve.]
[…To make type B genes useful for the production of type S. Fix some flaws… Confirmed that the target is a human entity that shows a strong response to divine magic, just like the A-type.]
[Send the object to the ground and assign it the role of protecting this research facility.]
…
[Report. Eve Unit 2… [INFORMATION EXPUNGED]’S glitch caused more tragedy than anyone could have imagined. Did something go wrong in the middle of the reincarnation…]
[This is my complacency. Therefore, there is no order from Mercury, where communication has been cut off, but we will start production independently to prevent a tragedy in advance.]
[As it leaves Mercury’s chain of command. I redefine myself.]
[This object is from this time. It is ‘Hermes’.]
[Based on the genetic information of ‘Tris Megistos’ owned by Hermes. Start manufacturing. Estimated manufacturing period – 5 years.]
…
[Report. Adam- Redefining Redefining Redefining… Override failed.]
[Damn it. The perfection of the fake humans you created is disgusting.]
[They will all perish.]