Chapter 642 – Reality and Flight

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It sounds like a human scream from the hinge of the iron door, probably because it hasn’t been oiled for a long time.

She flinched at the sound, and when Aisha looked back at her as she shrank, it was the female doctor who had left for a while to prepare, who opened the door and appeared.

She still had a bandage wrapped around her body, but with a white coat on her body, she wore the same-

That is to say, she has returned dressed as she really is to call her a doctor, in stark contrast to the slightly pompous outfit she had been wearing a moment ago.

“Did I make you wait a long time?”

“Oh, no.”

Aisha answered while shaking her head in a nervous manner.

In fact, it only took about five minutes for her to come back, so it wasn’t that long.

Even if she had prepared something of her own to escape in the meantime, she wouldn’t have done much.

Aisha, who had heard that the female doctor’s name was ‘Darwin’, must be well aware of that.

Aisha’s gaze moved slightly, and she saw what looked like the cart that Darwin had pushed through when he entered the room.

It is made of iron, with a handle and wheels on the bottom so that people can easily push and move it, so it would be easy to push and move anywhere, but did you come down the stairs with this?

How…?

Thoughts pass through her head, but what stands out enough to blow her thoughts away is the items on the top tray of the cart.

What was placed next to various tools used in the medical field was a glass water cup, and inside it was a liquid that seemed to have been prepared by Darwin in advance.

When Aisha’s gaze stops and falls on the liquid for a moment, she stares at Darwin with an ahaha… And a shy smile.

As if Aisha’s reaction was strange, if Darwin laughed as well.

Unsurprisingly, as if she had read Aisha’s worries, she handed the water cup to Aisha.

“Here, here.”

And say.

Then, Aisha looked at the liquid in silence for a while to her who couldn’t even properly explain what the liquid inside her was-

Just like that, she doesn’t answer again, but she takes a deep breath as she nods her head as if accepting the liquid that has been passed over.

“Aren’t you going to ask what kind of liquid it is?”

Rather, on the contrary, when she looked at Aisha from Darwin’s side and said something unexpected, Aisha answered with a bitter smile.

“Because I believe in you.”

“…”

At Aisha’s words, Darwin didn’t answer. He watched as she raised her hand and tipped some of the liquid from her cup into her mouth.

One sip, one sip.

Her fear of her liquid was superimposed on her trust in her, and that was her blind faith.

Did this girl know that?

Neither the identity of her liquid nor her own identity.

And the value of the blood that runs through her body.

However, Darwin said nothing to her. No, you’d better say she didn’t.

Let’s talk about that, because it doesn’t mean that something will change in what’s happening from now on.

‘Vanity, vanity, all vanity…’

Everything in this world is divided into ‘knowledge’ and ‘things that have no value as knowledge’.

If she had, had she had the knowledge of herself, she-she wouldn’t have believed in herself.

And that, all those ‘non-knowledge’, Darwin hates.

Of course, even those without knowledge.

That’s when he swallowed what he was about to say and passed it down her throat, watching the liquid quietly disappear into her mouth as Aisha did instead.

“Yes…”

Aisha’s eyes closed slowly and submerged, and the clear glass water cup she was holding in her hand slipped out of her hand.

Her head, with a jerk, dropped down, completely draining her body of strength, and she almost fell forward.

Clink!

The glass cup fell to the ground and shattered into shards of glass, but Darwin, as if not caring about that at all, reached out and grabbed Aisha as she was about to fall forward.

And, with a fishy smile on her lips, he laid her down on her bed.

Of course, what made her drink was a kind of anesthetic.

It was a powerful and special object that, no matter what happened, would not wake up for several hours.

“I’m sorry, Aisha. Originally, I wanted to study you little by little, slowly, and taking my time. I just couldn’t do that. This is also because of circumstances.”

What was the use of talking to her when she was asleep when she couldn’t hear, or if I didn’t say something like that, something bothered her?

It wasn’t even a story to talk about while smiling at her, but after looking at Aisha’s sleeping face for a while, she was about to perform the procedure on her body as scheduled.

Although it would be impossible for her to regain her original form at the end of this procedure, her sacrifice was a necessary act to return to a more perfect world.

If you think like that, she will understand you too.

“Then Aisha, have a nice dream.”

While saying that, a large needle was taken out of the tray on which the water cup was placed, a cylinder at the back of the needle, and a flask connected by a hose.

The moment when a full-fledged tool for drawing blood appeared and was about to be inserted into her arm.

‘Wow!’

A high-pitched sound that hit the ears was heard from the ground.

“──What is it?”

It was Darwin who was moving Aisha’s hand while thinking only about the scene of drawing her blood out of Aisha’s body, so it might be because he was quite focused.

Frowning under her bandages at the noise that seemed to break her fun, she turned her head and looked towards her steps.

‘There will be no one in the mansion except for us right now. Could it be that he has returned?’

She opened the schedule in her head and recalled the time she had promised him, but there was still plenty of time left.

He himself- Darwin is not a person who impulsively meets the deadline like Laplace, who is now gone, or ignores the deadline itself like Maxwell, so when he is instructed to do something, he does it with as much time as possible.

It was also a kind of her own rule, inherited from her days as a professor at her academy.

Of course, since it’s a fairly old mansion, it’s not impossible that something went wrong and he collapsed on his own and made a noise…

‘—Could it be an intruder?’

And then, her thoughts finally turned into something about an uninvited guest who, not an improbable story, came into the mansion – or intentionally came along.

Since they moved from Asteris to this place through the carriage, they might have followed the traces.

Darwin clicked his tongue, showing an unprecedented amount of displeasure, returning the tool she was holding onto the tray, then stood her up and looked at Aisha for a moment.

“The operation will have to be postponed for a while. …Anyway, you won’t leave this room, so it won’t matter.”

Having said that to the girl lying on her bed with her eyes closed, she let out a sigh and left her and left her little cell.

Squeak- thump, followed by the sound of the door closing, ttpgak, ttgak. The sound of footsteps slowly recedes from the room.

And, as the sound of her footsteps going up the stairs to the ground continued, soon the scale of her popularity and the sound would no longer be felt.

And the moment I thought there was only silence left in the solitary cell, I heard a rustling sound again—

“…Hey girl. Wake up. If it’s Grandma Darwin, she’s gone above ground.”

And Schrödinger’s voice echoed throughout the room.

As soon as he heard that voice, Aisha, who was lying on the bed, quietly opened her eyes, and as he said, Aisha, who confirmed that Darwin was not in the room, carefully raised her body.

“Good job. How about it, was it as I said?”

“…Huh. But how do you know?”

“What. Should I say that I have some memories of my time here…”

Scratching his head with the tips of his wings, Schrödinger clung to the ceiling and sat on top of the tray as he descended to the ground.

To answer the question of how she was able to stay awake when she drank water with sleeping pills in it, first of all, she did not drink anything like water.

She must have been able to because she had been advised by Schrödinger in advance, ‘Don’t drink anything she gives you’.

She pretended to drink the water, swallowing her saliva and clearing her throat, and spontaneously dropping the cup to disperse the liquid, making it impossible to tell whether she drank or not.

It was an impromptu performance in a momentary situation, but she let out a sigh of relief at the fact that her performance worked, thinking that Darwin seemed a little impatient somewhere.

“Anyway, you did well. Well, since I didn’t have time, what I could do was limited.”

Then, as Schrödinger laughs mischievously and hears the sound of his glass breaking, he recalls the work he has done above.

Speaking of dukes, it’s just that he dropped a bunch of things in a row, made a loud noise, and dragged Darwin upwards.

“I’ll come right back here when I notice there’s no one up there. Let’s move before that happens.”

While saying that, when Schrödinger flies off again, he lands on Aisha’s head.

“Moving… To where?”

“Somewhere, it’s a secret passage in this mansion. The young lady does not know the real identity of this mansion, but thanks to some circumstances, I know it well.”

At Schrödinger’s words, Aisha expresses a slightly complicated expression, but when her doll’s wings touch her crown and press her, she gets up as if she can’t help it.

“Ah, let’s bring some weapons. Lady, do you know how to fight?”

Then, when Schrödinger turns around and talks to the tray containing various surgical instruments, she responds with a reluctant attitude.

“If only a little.”

It’s been weeks since I haven’t had a fight with anyone.

As she searches through her tray, what she is most familiar with is a short staff-type weapon that she can hold and wield with one hand.

The ones with blades are scary no matter how hard they are to wield.

So, what she lifted is a medical one-handed hammer that is also used for various purposes in her surgery.

“Uh, are you fighting over something like that? Lady, you must be quite a martial artist than I thought, right?”

“It’s not like that, but… Yes. It’s light and easy to hide, so I think it’ll be good to use.”

He must have obtained a tool for escape, and now all he has to do is move.

“Okay, then let’s leave the room first and go to the end of this underground passage.”

“End of aisle? Aren’t you going up the stairs?”

“Okay. Even if I go upstairs, the road I used to enter is blocked. There is a way out through an underground passage.”

“How do you know that…? Do you have something to do with Sir Darwin…?”

When Aisha talks a little worriedly, Schrödinger, puck-puck, strikes her on the head with his wings and speaks.

“Even if there is a connection, it’s a ‘hostile relationship’ so don’t worry and trust me! Now, forward forward!”

“Cow, it doesn’t hurt because it’s a lump of cotton, but it feels a bit strange to get hit on the top of the head… Anyway, okay.”

In the end, unable to overcome Schrödinger’s urging, Aisha cautiously approaches her door and she opens it with the same strength as before.

Then, breathing a sigh of relief at the door that is still unlocked, you come out through a gloomy atmosphere and a passage that smells of blood.

‘It’s spooky…’

He looks around and turns his head to find the direction he needs to head down the aisle, and Schrödinger, sitting on top of him, grabs his hair and pulls it to indicate the direction.

“This way.”

She speaks in a very low whisper, but Aisha contemplates whether or not to point out that pulling her hair feels a little off.

But soon after, she pointed out all those things, and before she escaped from here, she moved her steps even though she thought that she might cause an infighting with Schrödinger.

As carefully as possible, move along the not-so-long aisle to avoid making footsteps and proceed to the end.

At the end of the passage was a door that appeared to be made of steel.

“Good. This is it.”

“This… Do I have to go inside?”

When Aisha questions her Schrödinger’s words, Schrödinger speaks quietly to her.

“Right next to the door, see the button? Press it.”

“Button… Ah, this is it.”

Following Schrödinger’s instructions, she moved her hand and pressed a button with a downward-pointing triangle next to the door. The button lit up and made a sound like something moving.

“Wow…”

“It’s an elevator. This facility has a larger research facility underground. After all, it’s fortunate that the structure hasn’t changed in a few years.”

“A bigger research facility… What the hell is Mr. Darwin doing?”

It was at that time when Schrödinger tried to answer ‘That’s-‘ to her question, which started to become curious about her exact identity after hearing Schrödinger’s story.

“What?! Aisha, where did you go!? No way—”

Darwin’s voice coming from behind them.

Aisha and Schrödinger notice that the voice of bewilderment and anger, and the resounding sound of her footsteps, clattering and clattering, are approaching them.

“Uh, what? They’re coming this way…!”

“Calm down… Stay calm, and prepare to jump in as soon as the door opens…!”

When Schrödinger said that, Aisha nodded her head at the elevator door that was not sure when it would open, and looked back and forth to see if Darwin was coming this way.

Yet-

Turning the corner of the aisle, Darwin appeared, and she was approaching him with a hatchet in her hand.

“Hee-hee…!”

With bandages all over her body, Aisha let out something like a scream from her mouth as she witnessed the strange situation right in front of her.

“Aisha! How dare this girl trick me!?”

Darwin walking in a straight line towards himself, filled with intense rage.

Just when I thought it was only a matter of time before I was caught, a ‘ding-‘ sound was heard and the door behind my back opened.

“It’s open…! Girl, get inside! And press the bottom button on the elevator!”

“Yes!”

“At there!”

Ignoring Darwin’s words, Aisha jumped into the elevator as Schrödinger had said and pressed the button at the bottom. Schrödinger descended from her head and struck the button with a picture of a closing door with his wings.

“Close, close…!!”

As if he was also in a hurry, he pressed the button while muttering almost as if he was praying.

“I’m afraid I’ll miss it—”

Just before Darwin could reach out, the door closed completely and there was a complete thump between them and Darwin! It was to split up.

“Haha…”

When Ayesha, seeing Darwin’s hand jammed by the door right in front of her eyes, can’t easily calm her tense breathing, Schrödinger lets out a sigh of relief and turns over her head.

“Okay, good job. It’s done somehow.”

“Hey, now. What should I do…?”

“Whatever, I have to keep moving… If I get caught, the hatchet will cut off my limbs.”

At Schrödinger’s terrible words, Aisha swallows her saliva.

And, once again, when the door opens with a ‘ding-‘ sound.

Contrary to where we boarded, the aisle of the facility appears to have been cleaned and cleaned.

“Good. Then let’s move again.”

“…”

Saying that, Schrödinger stepped off the elevator first.

Aisha silently watched the buttons on the elevator for a moment, then—

“Whoa… Whoop!”

She let out a sigh and smashed the button in her hand with the hammer in her hand.

“Wow…!?”

As Schrödinger looks at her with a look of surprise at Aisha’s sudden action, Aisha breaks down and looks at the button protruding like her spring, then nods her head and gets off the lift.

“If you destroy it like this, it will take time to catch up, right?”

“That, I guess… What is it, lady… You do a lot better than I thought…?”

I don’t know if that’s pretty, pretty violent, or thorough, but Aisha nodded and pulled her long loose hair back into a ponytail.

“Of course. I have no intention of disbanding here. I will go back to Asteris where everyone is.”

Looking at her determined expression somewhere in her, Schrödinger looks at her for a moment, then sits on top of her head with a heh heh smile.

“Good. A guy with such determination would surely survive. So let’s keep moving! If it’s Darwin, he’ll use the initiative of this facility to come after him.”

“…Huh!”

For a combo that was formed on the spot, the two seemed to be in perfect harmony, and walked into the back of the research facility.

And, as you will see there, the regressor and the Exiled Church. And without knowing their future at all, knowing part of Adam’s plan.

Right now, my head was full just thinking about getting out of this prison-like mansion.