Chapter 569
“haha… … . What the hell is everyone thinking of me… … .”
Looking at Antirianus, who showed signs of being sad, Lucinil frowned.
“Antyrianus, I think you know more than the correct answer, so that scares me more?”
“that… … . that… … . Is that right?!”
Harriet had no choice but to gain a new realization from Lucinil’s words.
I’m more afraid that that crazy old man might know more cruel and terrible ways than what the empire is doing now.
In fact, even before Elleris heard anything, her white complexion had become almost blue.
Harriot wondered if it would be better not to listen to Antirianus.
Wouldn’t it be better not to know what grotesque and terrifying possibilities await in the mouth of the abyss?
“Well, maybe it would be better not to say anything to the head of the family of Toyo… … .”
Harriet was afraid anew because it seemed that a story more hellish than reality would flow out.
“Alchemy… … . The previous head of the family did make an effort to make the Philosopher’s Stone, which is the extreme.”
At those words, the faces of the other four heads of families changed.
Antirianus’ predecessor, the head of Toyo, obviously pursued it.
“Is it the Philosopher’s Stone?”
At Harriet’s words, Antirianus nodded.
“I thought it was a dragon-like legend.”
Legends on a par with dragons.
Soon, it meant that it was an absurd story.
“It actually is. The previous head of the family failed to make the Philosopher’s Stone.”
It was difficult to guess what the truth was about the former head of Toyo from Antirianus’s dubious expression.
But the important story right now isn’t about the Philosopher’s Stone.
“Of course, I tended to do a little different research than the previous head of household.”
“What kind of research was it?”
“For example, research on the convergent evolution of species… … .”
“… … Convergent evolution?”
“Yes, scribe.”
Harriet almost wanted to cover her ears.
“Aren’t there quite a few cases where different species have similar functions? For example, the demons and humans have different ways, but both have found their own way to handle mana.”
“Ah, yes… … .”
“It is such a study. If humans continued to evolve like this, what kind of existence would they become? It was a study on what kind of existence the demons would become if they continued to evolve. As they evolve, they have more and more similar functions, so the roots are different, but they are completely the same. I have done research under this assumption.”
“… … So, what did you do?”
“Failed.”
Harriet and the other heads of households were dumbfounded at this absurd conclusion.
But what followed was enough to shock everyone.
“To do that, we need to make the growth rate of humans and demons much faster than now so that frequent generational changes occur, but since we failed to improve the two species like that, couldn’t we see the end?”
Anyone else has no idea what Antirianus is talking about, but everyone in this room is a wizard.
I know what Antirianus meant.
Lucinil stares at Antirianus with a puzzled expression.
“… … therefore. You were trying to improve the species itself, right?”
“Yes, it is.”
The intention was to watch the evolution of the species by improving the generational change between humans and demons quickly, but it failed.
In other words, it was a living experiment. Of course, there is no need to say that living humans and demons were used there.
Harriet’s complexion was tired.
It is a story that Antirianus said left the terrible thing.
It was because all the other head of households heard the story and reacted like that.
Even Elerith was a little frightened, but not frightened.
It’s because everyone in this seat is old enough to wonder if that’s the case, and they’re wizards.
Like Antirianus and other Lord Vampires.
Harriet had goosebumps running down her spine as to what her father, who rejected unholy and unholy powers, would say if he knew that he was in the company of these beings.
Harriet asked with a puzzled expression.
“so… … . Why did you do that experiment in the first place? I wanted to be that kind of person myself… … . Is it like that?”
“I’m bored, but I have a lot of time and nothing to do, so I’m curious, is there any particular reason?”
“ah.”
“So I tried it, and it was clear that if the improvement of the species itself was possible with my own hands, it would not be natural in the first place, so even if I found a destination in that way, it would be meaningless, so I just gave up. And also, since evolution does not flow in the direction of development, it was a meaningless experiment in the first place.”
After all, Lord Vampires are immortal wizards.
After living for a long time, I became curious about useless things, so I did bizarre experiments, and there is no great reason for them.
In addition to that, Antirianus laid out all the fields of alchemy he had experimented with.
An experiment in which a harpy and a human were synthesized to create an alien, or an experiment in which a magic circuit was artificially imprinted on animals to make them use magic.
“We also experimented with implanting the brains of other creatures into living things.”
“… … Have you tried all the really weird things?”
“It failed in the case of the heterogeneous species, but succeeded in the case of the same species.”
“… … No, did you succeed?”
Sometimes they did something astounding, and sometimes they succeeded.
In terms of humans, it is a story that the brains of different humans were swapped, but they came alive.
“Of course, there was a downside to not being able to survive a day no matter how long you live.”
Some experiments failed, some were half-successful, and some were quite successful.
As a result, Antirianus was an insane wizard.
A celestial wizard who has always put one foot on strange and terrible things.
That’s Antirianus.
And it wasn’t particularly surprising to everyone. Everyone nodded silently, saying that it would have been the case with Antirianus, and even though he was shocked by the story itself, Harriet was no exception.
The person who seemed to be me just did the same thing as expected.
Even if I touch one thing, I have done countless things that deserve to be hung and burned.
Antirianus’ words that alchemy and black magic are inseparable were true.
In the first place, the experiment itself was no different from black magic, and it was true that black magic methods were almost always mobilized to make the experiment successful.
“Of course, there have been times where I have experimented with creating an existence like the head of demand.”
Antirianus says, looking at Lucinil with a grim smile.
“… … pestilence.”
“Aren’t you surprised?”
“I thought you would do something like that. No, it’s strange not to.”
“I’m just grateful that you know that I love the family head of demand that much… … .”
“Shut up.”
Lucinl clicked his tongue, as if he didn’t think he would rather do it.
Harriet knows too.
Lucinil was originally one of the taboos of alchemy, the product of a homunculus experiment.
Even Harriet was horrified when she found out that Lucinil was a homunculus.
Not only that, but also a vampire.
Being able to be both a homunculus and a vampire at the same time is already a miracle.
“In the end, what I want to say is that alchemy is magic that handles potions and reagents, which is a misunderstanding and prejudice in the first place.”
“… … .”
“The alchemy used by worldly alchemists is castrated magic.”
Harriet, upon hearing Antirianus’ explanation, could not help but know what he meant.
Reagents and Potions.
In the first place, alchemy was not that kind of magic.
Since only the level of alchemy acceptable to the world was allowed, the original meaning of alchemy was excessively reduced and faded.
“In the beginning, alchemy was a ban on life.”
Even the word alchemy already overly restricts the nature of the magic called alchemy.
life experiment.
That is, Chimera.
There is a Homunculus.
That is close to the essence of alchemy.
So it is rather natural, according to Antirianus, that alchemists are included in the magic of dealing with the dead.
* * *
Alchemy is rather a magic that deals with life.
“Since you approach alchemy that way, I wonder if you’re saying that your method is common. What Antirianus said is true.”
Lucinel nodded as if agreeing.
“Alchemy is a magic system that is closer to black magic than original black magic.”
Alchemy, on the contrary, is closer to the essence of abstinence. Since dealing with potions and reagents is rather limited and limited in the magic system of alchemy, alchemy has been reduced too much.
“You’re saying that there’s a very high possibility that Chimera, Homunculus, and other taboos are involved in what the Empire is doing right now, right?”
“Inevitably so.”
Strictly speaking, the undead belonged to living things in a wide range.
So it was very likely that the field of alchemy was being applied.
“So, you mean you know what the Empire is doing? You don’t know?”
At Lucinil’s question, Antirianus smiled and shrugged.
“Of course I didn’t see it with my own eyes, so how could I know? I’m just saying that it’s not that strange that an alchemist is included.”
The very question of why an alchemist is included is already wrong.
There is nothing strange about being included.
But in the end, it turns around and returns to the starting point. No wonder it’s included, but I still don’t know what it does.
“However, it seems certain that the Empire is up to something.”
“My lord… … . That is natural.”
There is no one here who does not know that the empire is doing something in the first place.
So, at the words of Antirianus, who had returned to the starting point, Heriot, despite his fear of Antirianus, reprimanded him.
“Clerk, didn’t you listen to me?”
“The head of Toyo… … . He said he did a lot of scary things… … .”
I imagined that it would be roughly like that, but I’ve done countless experiments that made me feel sick to my stomach as well as my bones when I actually heard it.
“Secretary, what I meant to say was not that I did so many experiments. I meant to tell you that so many experiments have ‘failed’.”
“ah… … .”
Antirianus did not dare to show off his cruelty and madness anew.
It wasn’t to the level of snoring because they were all one-way beings, but it was only a reaction that the other road vampires did.
So, in reality, only Harriet was surprised by the story of Antirianus’ experiment.
“Experiments on chimeras and homunculus usually fail. This is because life is such a precise and sophisticated system that even magic cannot easily access it.”
Antirianus recounted the story line by line, not to show off, but to recount numerous failures.
“that’s right. As Antirianus said, I also studied and experimented with the experiment to create a homunculus similar to mine longer than that guy. Of course they all failed.”
Lucinel nodded as if agreeing.
If so, Harriet wondered who created Lucinil and what happened to him now, but that wasn’t the main topic here.
Chimera and Homunculus.
It is a very difficult magic system prior to sobriety. Because it is involved in life.
Harriet thought quietly.
Antirianus lived a very long time, and Lucinil outlived him.
When both studied chimera and homunculus with a certain theme, there may be cases where they succeeded, but most of them failed.
We are at war now.
There is no reason to invest manpower and resources in an uncertain task.
Project Titan was a bit of an adventure, but it had solid grounds.
It will be the same this time.
“It is not a study or an experiment. Doing some definite ‘work’… … . Are you saying this?”
“I guess so.”
There is some surefire ‘how’ for something, and the Empire does it.
Doing something that could be a sure power boost.
But that too is already a tautology.
Of course, there is a way, so it is natural that the project is in progress.
“But it is strange. The Empire, as well as the lands of men, are very strict about black magic.”
“yes… … . It does.”
Is it okay to drink alcohol for nothing?
It cannot be said that individual wizards do not exist at all, but wizards who study forbidden magic are naturally punished.
“Also, the Empire did not conduct sobriety research on its own. It was a country that had a pretty good perception of magic and applied it to itself.”
It’s not a funny situation to discuss the desirability of a person who has been studying and experimenting with sobriety, but literally the empire is not a country that touches sobriety through the back hole.
“Something that must have involved sobriety, knowledge about it.”
Antirianus laughs grimly.
The empire, which had never dabbled so deeply in black magic and alchemy, is dabbling in magical work that requires a high degree of sobriety knowledge.
Of course, you can succeed, so you must be putting your hands on it.
“Where did that knowledge come from? Wouldn’t that be more important?”
The research itself is important, but more important than that is the source of the research.
Harriet stares at Antirianus and opens her mouth in a daze.
forbidden magic.
Two groups with vast knowledge about him.
One is the Cantus Magna.
another one.
“no way… … . The Empire has teamed up with the Black Order… … . Are you trying to say something like that?”
Antirianus laughs at Harriet’s question.
“It would be strange otherwise.”
Suspicions related to the undead were beyond the truth of the suspicions themselves, and were suggesting completely absurd possibilities.
