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“Come, come to Chrysant, hihihi.”
A soft voice opened my eyes. My blur of sight only showed the silhuet of a brown-haired woman kneeling with her arms outstretched before me. The sweet voice was filled with affection and warmth, inviting me to approach her. Awkward and clumsy, with those little legs I tried to get close to the silhuet.
“Ma... Ma...” I said without realizing it, looking at the blue lazuardi gem that the eyes of the beautiful woman had. The same eyes as me.
He hugged me tightly and was anxious as the woman said,” Yup, right, this is Mama dear hihi. Chrysant misses Mama? Aahh, my Chrysant, you are so sweet. Sorry yes, some days Lady Luciel makes Mama busy working mute to not be able to accompany you!”
This is so weird. I never remembered this woman. But looking at it, my eyes immediately glazed over. I don't know why I miss him so much.
But…
“Go from this city! Rotten witch!” there was a scream that broke the heat of the moment and carried me inside the carriage, hugging the woman with tremors.
PRANGS!!!
A stone pierced through the glass of our carriage, reflexively shutting my eyes. But there was a warm liquid that touched my cheek, when I opened my eyes I saw blood dripping from the shard that stuck the woman's body. But he smiled and closed my eyes in his arms,
“Chrysant scared? Relax, this is all just a nightmare. Once Chrysant awakens, puff, everything will pass. Mama will definitely protect Chrysant.”
Along with the whisper of his lie, the smoke of a punt erupted in my nose. The fire devoured my body, as it tried to creep out from the rubble that hit my body. From a distance I could see the figure of the woman thrashing against the group of servants holding her back. Crying when she screams,
“Release! A-A-My son is still there! Release him! I beg you!”
“Princess Emilia, stop. Your safety is more important!”
“No!! Chrysant... Chrysant... Anyone... please my daughter—!”.
“Princess, sorry. It's for your own good. Someone take the Princess to safety.”.
And the curtains of darkness covered the hot theater. The fire was replaced by cold water, freezing my skin to the bones. When I opened my eyes, I realized I was in a tube full of yellow liquid. Outside the glass tube stood two women, a figure I refer to as Mama and also Lady Luciel.
“Don't since primordial times, we, the Witches have been protecting the Sapiens from various extinctions? But... why are they now turning against us?” ask the brown-haired woman.
Lady Luciel was busy typing in her computer and replied, “Different from us who have Ideal White as a purpose in life, Sapiens need a reason to be able to survive with this cruel world. As an ancient philosopher said, he who has a reason to live, able to pass through all trials,” he said who finished typing and continued, he continued,
“And let alone a more powerful reason than the enemy who ‘caused’ their suffering? After the Primordial Goddess finished off the Anima, it was only a matter of time before Sapiens made us scapegoats of their misery.
That's why we need Ideal White. The most perfect magic that can grant any wish. With that magic.we can eliminate the Sapiens and free the witches from their tyranny.”.
The brunette clenched her hands and said, “... I don't care about Ideal White.. As long as it can create a world where Chrysant can live happily, I.
The yellow liquid slowly ran out, the glass door of the tube slowly opened. The brown haired woman immediately ran to hug me tightly. His back trembled as he sobbed saying,
“M-I'm sorry Mama, baby. This time.. Mama will protect you. Whatever happens. Mama promised never to leave you again!”
But in front of that outburst of emotion, the words spoken on my lips were simply,
“Support-type Homunculus, Code CH001, OS installation complete. Please input my name to accelerated—”
The hug tightened to the point of stopping my words. Lady Luciel approached us and folded her hands,
“... Why are you surprised like that, Princess Emilia? Shouldn't you already know this bitter truth? Those who are dead, cannot return to this world.”
The warm and gentle embrace changed into ice that peeled my skin. My eyes also now saw the brunette creating again and again a doll that gave the same answer as me. His eyes that were once filled with the light of hope, were now dimmed by the disappointment that dulled his heart. The warm embrace he always gave to the dolls.After the hundredth time, he never gave again. Instead, it was the cold and dark glass tubes that welcomed the new life he created.
Together with the loud bang and the desperate cry of the woman, “G-Ggal.. Fail again….! Why... Why can't I bring you back to the world? Chrysant.... Chrysant..!” his screams hit his computer desk so many times that his hands bled.
Worried, I who peeked behind the door wanted to approach the woman before being stopped by Lady Luciel.
“CH001, what do you want to do? Comfort that witch? With that face and that voice, you will just hurt her heart,” the woman said.
But I replied, “Why? Is there a defect in the first Unit so that it does not satisfy the Master? should Unit 001 reinstall itself into a different figure?”
Lady Luciel harrumphed amusedly, “... Why would a Homunculus like you care about a master who wouldn't even look at you again?” he said he was stroking my hair.
“Error. The CH001 unit was unable to answer that question. Error... Er—” katkau who felt the electric spark in my head, along with that amta water was emgnalir in my cheek, “Error.... Error… i-i-want M-M-aster B-B-Happy. E-Eror.. E-E—”
The graceful woman was stunned to hear my answer, “Soulless beings like you... sincerely want your master to be happy? It seems that in your program there are interesting mutations. Let me check on you when there is time, CH001,” he said who then smiled broadly, saying,
“But it's a pity, however sincere your wish is. He won't reach Emilia's heart. The woman had sunk too deeply into the darkness and had forgotten the reason for her life. No one else can save him.
All you can do.. is be by his side until the last point.”.
The wind blew away the memory and carried me, with a warm cloth in hand enveloping the brown haired woman. But the woman suddenly woke up and gasped in shock. Glared at his angry eyes as he snapped at me,
“Why are you bothering me? Go!”
My hands were trembling, holding my tight chest. But seeing that she looked sad and exhausted, I swallowed my saliva and defied her orders,
“That's enough, Master! If this continues, you will only torture yourself!” my yelling.
“What did you say? How dare, a fake doll like you.” said the brunettes woman raised her hand. Despite the fear, I still looked into the eyes of the woman. I don't want to see that woman tortured again.
“Hundreds of Malice Master created, Chrysant will not live again,” I said slapping the woman with reality.
“But should I accept that as a mother.. I have left Chrysant... I have let her die in that blaze... I.... I have failed to protect her!”.
“When Chrysant is here, he definitely doesn't want to see you like this, Master,” I said who hugged my master, “That's enough, Master…. The memory of Chrysant that Master held too tightly. Chrysant also definitely did not want to hurt his mother like this.”
Suddenly I felt the woman's embrace. A warm feeling approached me, awakening my heart, after the millennia had passed. Smiling in happiness, I am grateful. Is it possible... a soulless creature like me managed to save its creator?
… Strange as it may seem, all this was just a dream, but I felt like he was a part of me.
After that I was present in a large field of flowers. Along with the breeze, there was a cheerful sound of children playing in the field of flowers. They all have the same face, but different personalities play freely, full of happiness. And under the shade of the crystal tree, I sat down beside Princess Emilia, with sweet cakes and delicious tea, enjoying the warm day.
Suddenly the crow came and changed into the figure of Lady Luciel. Smiling herself at Princess Emilia and saying, “It seems, the chain in your heart has now loosened, Princess Emilia. I'm so glad to see it.”
Princess Emilia sipped her tea and looked at the children playing in the flower fields. But from the look in his eyes, sadness still emanated from him.
“... If heaven exists, I do not want Chrysant to see his mother suffer,” said Princess Emilia.
Lady Luciel bent her eyebrows and drank the tea I poured, “You have given up and do not want to try to realize your dreams again? You gave up on meeting Chrysant back?” ask the witch who then thrust a red syringe at the Princess,
“What if I said, White Order has found a way to bring Chrysant back to this world?”
… Ha? W-What did the witch say?
“Ideal White. With that perfect magic, you can bring Chrysant into this world. The syringe contains cells The Warden, Malice that can divide itself indefinitely,” said Lady Luciel who also stood up after finishing her tea,
“Genius magicians like you must understand.. Implications of that cell's ability, right?”
Suddenly the memory cracked and broke like glass. By the time I woke up, my back had been pummeled by wires. The yellow liquid was holding me, the glass tube was imprisoning me from the world. And before my eyes, Princess Emilia's white coat looked at me like a worthless doll.
“Why? Didn't Master let Chrysant go?” I thought I was trying to reach the princess.
“... Preparation is done. The process of qualifying can begin immediately. Your orders, Princess Emilia?” lady Luciel asked in her computer chair.
“Do,” says Emilia.
I felt great pain from my back. Like a magma flowing, the heat was all over my body. I wanted to scream but the yellow liquid smothered my mouth. My hands rebelled, trying to free myself from the torment.But I realized that when I wanted to reach the brown haired woman, the darkness slowly gnawed at my hands.
“Master..! The master…!! Please stop...!”
“Stage two, Warden cell injection. After passing this stage, the Homunculus would become the perfect Malice. There's no way to return it. Are you sure you will continue this procedure, Princess Emilia?”
Without a doubt, Princess Emilia said, “Continue.”
“As you wish, Princess. As protocol, I am writing this law for you, our first would-be Malice artifical. As a guinea pig, you must not kill either humans or witches.
Give up your life for Ideal White, CH001.”
Along with the breakdown of my body, disappointment gripped my heart. I also realized that the warmth I felt from the woman was just an illusion. A false hope I'll never get. Because from the beginning, that warmth never came to me.
“Why did it all end like this?”
Crick…
“Does our time together mean nothing to you?”
Cretek…
“Master... why did you take me to this world... only to suffer?”.
TRING!!
“I can't forgive..Eyes returned eyes, blood returned blood! … If my life has no meaning in your eyes. Then all your dreams will be destroyed, Master!
With this hand, I will destroy your dreams! I'll destroy that Chrysant you love so much!”
Anger took hold of me as those memories were burned by the spiteful flames. When I came to my senses, my eyes had seen a Hunter slide a three-headed dragon arrow at me.… Mother's dream that she had been waiting for.
Ah... When the resounding light destroyed my body, I realized. How useless my life is. In the end, even though I had turned into this disgusting monster, I only brought suffering to Mother. I failed to produce Ideal White for him. I failed to protect her from Lady Luciel's evil plans…. And I failed to make her happy.
Until the last second, I was a child who failed to fulfill Mom's wishes.
I opened my eyes and woke up on the rubble of the building. A blue lantern lit up there, with Khanza fixing my dagger. He looked at me and said,
“You must be dreaming of the memory of that poor boy,” said Khanza who tried my arrow.
“... Poor boy, you mean.. All these memories Predator Telos?” I said after I had set my suspicions. Looking at the subject of 893 makes me realize that all Predators were once human. That was the reason, why they still had blood.
“Yups. Irony really, the child who wants the affection of the creator, just died at the hands of the creator's dream,” said Khanza who threw the bow at me.
I. I don't understand at all what Malice means. However, after seeing the Predator's memory. Empty memories of my childhood, and how the Predators knew me. Is it possible that I am Chrysant, the daughter of Princess Emilia who started this madness?
“... Tell me the truth, Khanza. Who am I really?” my many.
Khanza smiled and covered his face with a skull mask, “Well, what if you just look at it? The end of the crazy Witch's dream.”