Chapter 30
“Honestly. I never expected such a failure to come out of the experiment.
What on earth have you been doing?
To think the subject still has emotions.
Do you dare to interfere with Lord Baal’s plans?”
The middle-aged wizard spoke in a chilling voice.
Gei Anar.
He was deeply dissatisfied with the current situation.
A subject that should have been neatly eliminated was now wandering about.
Although he had been nearby due to a notification he received,
it was frustrating to personally deal with this cleanup.
And the mere fact that such an event had occurred was infuriating.
“I… I’m sorry, Master.
This is the first time something like this has happened, despite creating over 4,000 of them…”
The young wizard spoke with palpable fear.
Though he felt an urge to simply take the subject’s head off right then and there, he restrained himself for the moment.
It felt a bit wasteful to dispose of someone with a reasonably useful mind.
“Excuses accepted, For now, the priority is to properly dispose of that one and return. Make sure to hurry so we don’t miss the experiment time.”
“Understood, Master Gei.”
Following Gei’s instructions, the young wizard immediately began channelling magic into his staff.
With a clear intent to kill, he started approaching the head of the subject sitting right in front of him.
{P-please… save me…}
The subject pleaded with a trembling voice.
At first glance, it appeared to be a woman desperately begging for her life,
but neither Gei nor his apprentice felt even a flicker of remorse about this task.
{P-please… please save me. I… I…}
A failed experiment that deserved to be discarded.
Why would there be any hesitation in handling it?
Even if it superficially resembled a human,
it was merely a piece of trash that had been poorly made.
The very fact that it was born was the issue.
It should have been eliminated and incinerated without leaving a trace.
At that moment.
[Wait a moment.]
“Huh?”
“What do you want?”
***
The two seemed completely oblivious to the presence of Arc Royle.
Irritated, Arc Royle stepped in front of them and said,
[I’m sorry, but I have some business with her as well. If you wouldn’t mind…]
—Bang!!!
Before Arc Royle’s polite words could even finish, a spell flew toward her.
Like a blade, it shot directly toward her neck.
An attack that could sever an ordinary human’s head in an instant.
However…
“!”
“No way?”
Arc Royle blocked the attack without sustaining a scratch.
Despite her appearance, she had once swept away thousands of enemies in a single night as a High-Ranking Angel.
Such a feeble attack could not even touch a hair on her head.
Of course, from the perspective of the two wizards unaware of the situation,
it seemed as if the wizard draped in robes had simply brushed aside their attack.
“Ugh… what are you? Which side are you on? How dare you interfere with Master Gei’s work? You must know how serious a crime that is for a wizard of Sodomora!”
“Step aside willingly. Given your ability to block this attack, if you leave here pretending not to know, I might let it slide. But if you refuse, I will tear you apart in the name of Ba’al!”
[…Hmph.]
The wizards, who had thrown the first punch without warning, were now issuing chilling threats.
Not feeling the need to respond to their words, Arc Royle remained silent for a moment, quickly thinking to assess the situation.
It seemed these guys held quite a high position here.
Given that, it appeared that shaking them down might yield some results, but…
Unfortunately, Arc Royle was in a rather delicate situation to do so.
Even now, she could sense people gathering from all directions.
It seemed they had contacted each other using some kind of communication magic.
No matter what, she would not lose easily, but she was somewhat weak on the defensive side.
There was a risk that something could happen to the child in front of her.
The child likely held valuable information… and above all, Arc Royle did not want anything to happen to this child, whom she had developed a bond with.
Moreover, if too much of a commotion broke out, Eva and her group, who were infiltrating on one side of the city, might also be in danger.
As Seraphim had said… there was a possibility that she could miss out on both opportunities while trying to catch two hares.
‘Indeed… this is why one should avoid causing a ruckus. So, then here…’
With that thought, Arc Royle quickly made her judgment based on Seraphim’s teachings and looked back at the wizards with a sharp voice.
“Is this creature deaf?”
“I’ll say it once more. If you step aside willingly, there will be no bloodshed…”
At that moment.
[<Radiance of the Sun!>]
– Bam!!
“!”
“Ugh!”
A tremendous light erupted from Arc Royle’s body.
With the impact overwhelming their vision, the two wizards had no choice but to have their sight blocked in an instant.
*
And then.
{! Wh-what?}
[Stay still. Don’t fall.]
Holding the child who looked just like her, Arc Royle escaped from the scene.
A moment later, when the two wizards regained their vision, they found that Arc Royle and the child had vanished without a trace.
“Damn it! We missed them.”
“Shit! What the hell was that? Master, just wait a moment, I’ll go after them…”
The young wizard fumed while cautiously glancing at Gei.
However, Gei shook his head, stopping him.
“Enough. This is merely a task of dealing with a defective piece of trash. It seems a strange one got entangled, but right now, our experiments are more important. The sacred ritual we are to offer to Ba’al.”
“Hmm… I understand what you mean, Master.”
“Release the synthetic beasts. We’ll leave the cleanup to them and return to the Magic Tower.”
“Understood.”
Though he felt some dissatisfaction, the disciple had no choice but to comply with his master’s undeniable orders.
Thus, they decided to leave the matter to the cleanup crew and headed straight back to the Magic Tower.
Arc Royle, hiding while holding the replica angel, was filled with complicated thoughts in her mind.
Her encounter with this child, who was her copy.
Moreover, she was even more confused by the conversation she had just overheard.
The conversation among the wizards who were blatantly ignoring her.
‘More than 4,000… and there’s an experiment coming up soon…’
These were matters that couldn’t be overlooked.
With that in mind, Arc Royle thought she needed to return to the Magic Tower as quickly as possible before extracting any information from the child.
To personally confirm what kind of experiments they were conducting on the angels,
and to find out exactly what they were up to.
‘And depending on the situation… I might have to handle it myself…’
Just after making that decision,
Arc Royle aimed to take the child to a safer location,
near where Eva and her group were.
However…
[! Tch…]
In the next moment, a troubling presence was approaching them.
Not just one or two, but multiple entities were closing in.
Arc Royle quickly landed on the ground and looked at the child, saying,
[Listen to me carefully.]
{W-What?}
[Don’t look back and run to the place I tell you, okay? Once you get there, you’ll be taken care of.]
{Ah… I understand…}
The child responded in a trembling voice.
Unintentionally, Arc Royle smiled softly and patted her head.
In this urgent moment, she couldn’t comprehend why she acted that way.
It was simply…
a thought she felt compelled to follow.
[It’s okay. We’ll meet again soon. Now, go.]
{Ah… Yes!}
Fortunately, this incomprehensible action seemed to help a bit, as the child hurriedly disappeared around the corner.
After that, Arc Royle slowly turned her gaze toward whatever had appeared behind her.
At first glance, it resembled a human draped in a robe.
But She could tell.
It was clear to her that it wasn’t human.
Her eyes could easily pierce through the fabric of its clothing.
A twisted and corrupted body, and emaciated wings, devoid of feathers, stretching from its waist.
In short, it was a presence that resembled a failed attempt at creating an angel, mixed with a hodgepodge of debris.
Seeing it alone was enough to evoke discomfort.
Yet, simultaneously observing its frail and pitiable form, Arc Royle gathered Divine Power in both hands and spoke in a cold voice.
[It seems I have one more thing to investigate…]
***
Obedience and hunger.
From the moment of her birth, those were the only two sensations occupying her mind.
Basic thoughts and knowledge had been provided to her.
However, all of this was merely supplementary to execute those two primary instincts.
And right now,
her hunger had reached its peak.
For the past two weeks, she had consumed nothing but a little moisture.
Before her, a ray of light began to appear.
She moved forward aimlessly along that path.
Eventually, she arrived at a vast space.
Standing there were beings that looked exactly like her.
Then, a voice began to whisper in their ears.
An order imbued with ‘obedience.’
What it demanded was…
T/n: This is Flashback when [Arc Royle’s] Copy was Born.
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