Transmigration: Forced to Be a Fake

19 - history of the empire

"Miss kissed her?"

"Yes." Yeah." Meridian smile.

He did not forget that the noble lady was innocent.

Hence in front of Herdian he would show how innocent he was.

"That's a little fun."

"...." - ".But he was smiling again. "It's appropriate that Miss's brother be overprotective."

"Unfortunately, besides, I hate her." Meridians take strawberries on a fruit plate near the pudding. "I don't like overpowering cliche characters."

Herdian. "Miss is like commenting on a novel."

It does. "All right, forget about it. I came to discuss magic."

"What is that, Miss?"

There's a lot he wants to ask.

First, they had not finished discussing about merging the two elements to create new elements—kekkei genkai and kekkei tota Naruto.

Then, they also had time to find out the unique Meridian skill that was likely there but not yet active.

Then, Meridian wanted to talk about forgetting her memories. Find out the different types of magic, what magic can do, and so on.

Where to start?

"Dion once thought my soul was switched." Well, the truth is. "What does that mean it's impossible? Why?"

It was impressed he said 'when it is true', but if it is true or not, Herdian could not be sure either.

"Miss turned out to be thinking of something complicated."

Herdian flicked his finger, without producing anything happen.

Even though he explained what he meant. "I made a protector. So that no one eavesdropped."

He's very smart. For that, not cliche. Because the descendants of Duke who will become Duke clearly have a different education. "Then?"

"Something is created for a reason, long ago, science summed it up as their principle. In short, a person's soul is created to be put into one body because it is in that body that their soul is appropriate. Isn't that right, Miss?"

Yep. Hence the Meridian wondered why he could enter this world when he was not Laila's False Meridian.

Meridians could only surmise that since Meridians were basically prototypes of False Meridians, then their souls could exchange. But, that's just a guess.

It needs clarity.

"About the last thousand years, a few hundred years after the empire was established, scientists who got peace in their research began to think about creating something. During this time, humans could only create tools, and use mana to create magic in combat. In those days, magic was only used for everyday purposes, nothing more."

"Why?"

"Because there is no war. Forgive me, did Miss forget the history of the formation of the empire?"

"Yes." Yeah."

Herdian smiled at the Meridian's confidence in answering. "Alala's empire was formed after the great war."

"big war? With who?" Laila talks about war when she doesn't know what war is?

"War against the demon nation."

Meridian direct flat expression. Lately he was a bit used to being rarely surprised, but now the story is different.

There's magic, now there's demons?! Where is the devil now? Completely destroyed?

It's like Darwin's theory that humans are evolved monkeys, but no monkey ever seems to show any signs of evolution. They were born as monkeys, died as monkeys. Man is born as a dead man as a human being.

Laila knew Darwin's theory was ambiguous!

"I don't know why Miss looks upset. What do I say bothers Miss?"

"I just remember something that pisses me off."

Herdian's expression changed again. Like not feeling good. "I'm sorry."

"No. I'm doing fine. Continue your story."

"In a nutshell, it was said that the entire kingdoms of the Eastern and Western continents were united against the demon lord. After fighting for hundreds of years, victory finally fell into human hands. That's why the kings who used to lead the whole kingdom made a peace treaty not to fight for five hundred years."

"...."

"The monsters that used to be part of the demon nation were also sealed within the Dark Forest. It's an age of peace. Each kingdom only regulates domestic conflicts. It was there that the witches who were once used at the forefront of the army began to look for other activities. Then, long story short, appeared several researchers as well as witches who thought of creating artificial monsters."

"Where do you know?"

Because usually so.

Reading the author's mind is easy. Especially amateur writers like Laila. "I understand. Looks like they started chimera research by moving some souls to another object."

Herdian is now silent. Observing the Meridians was full of mysterious impressions.

"Yes, Miss. More precisely, they put souls into corpses and artificial bodies. Initially, they struggled with animals such as deer and domesticated game animals. But decades of trying, they found failure in experiments. Then, as Miss guessed, they broadened their gaze, changing the subject into something more intelligent. Long story short, near the end of world peace, a number of researchers who believe that the soul of a human is a soul that will survive in their artificial body. The higher the intelligence of the person, which means the greater their magic, the higher the chance of success."

An unpleasant story.

Since it made all so much sense, why would Meridians be able to survive in someone else's body.

The magic capacity is very high, so if Laila's story becomes the benchmark of this world, then it means that Meridians can live because of their magic.

"Have anything ever worked?"

"In the first war after peace, several small kingdoms united their forces to start the war. At that war, for the first time the world witnessed a witch-made chimera. The Western Continent and the Eastern Continent were agitated, because the magic capacity of the chimera was many times that of humans in general. The strongest magician of the time was killed while trying to kill the chimera."

"How exactly is the chimera's power?"

Herdian could instantly read the meaning of the Meridian question. "Ten times more than Raphael's magic. But Miss, please don't think no first. Chimera can be created by combining multiple souls, not just one soul."

Is that so? Then the Meridians could be a little relieved. It is delicious that he is equated with artificial beings.

"Research on chimeras was finally agreed forbidden and all witches involved were killed. The battle was won thanks to the help of the temple and the holy power."

"So that's it." Meridians folded his hands. "Therefore the temple required all witches to be confined within certain limits. They don't want any more witches whose souls are transferred to artificial bodies and become new chimeras."

"Miss' intelligence makes me cold." Herdian. "Until now, there are still some forbidden researches conducted by fugitive witches. The Kingdom of Hidra that His Highness the Prince had conquered some time ago was one that was secretly developing their chimera research. But thanks to the power of the temples and their restraints, the number of loose magicians that could be made into objects of research was reduced by leaps and bounds."

"Hmm."

Why didn't Andaru report the Meridians when he knew his magic ability was beyond the normal limits?

He's the crown prince. It seemed to be a little smarter than Meridian had expected. If he had gone to the battlefield to eradicate all sorts of dangers like magic rampage, then why would he let Meridians?

Rouse suspiction.

Meridians are the type who think good and think bad at one time. Especially if you are dealing with power.

Laila wouldn't make a character that smart and wrap it up in that kind of conflict, but still Meridian would have to consider the possibilities.

"What would happen if the temple knew of my magic power?"

For the first time, Herdian's expression was truly murky.

"Following the royal rules, Miss only has two options. Honorably executed, or allowed the inner core of Miss to be destroyed."

"Honorably executed?"

"By surrendering to the temple.".

"If not?"

Herdian needs a drink before he says it. "Miss will be branded as traitors. The Marquis's family will be executed on charges of hiding weapons of destruction."

There is something interesting in this world as well.

"Please don't smile very sincerely at the terrible thing, Miss. That's not an option at all. I won't forgive Miss if I do."

Meridian laughed amusedly. "I didn't plan on dying that young. I just feel funny."

"Miss' taste is unique."

Indeed indeed.

"Then, does it destroy which core?"

"As the name suggests, it destroyed the container for Miss's magic. Or rather call it it will destroy the soul of Miss magic. Until even though Miss is still surrounded by mana, it is impossible that Miss can use magic. That mana will just continue to revolve around Miss like air."

So anyway. If you follow a pattern like this, it means ....

"That's incredibly painful?"

"Miss understands. The mana core is the heart of the two witches. If it is destroyed, Miss will feel the pain of a lifetime Miss. It was not a killing pain, but it was a pain that it felt like it was being killed repeatedly. Since the mana around Miss is spinning, they naturally want to enter in Miss. But since the container was destroyed, they would only fill the remains of the container, which would actually hurt Miss herself."

Then both are the same.

Dead or feeling like dying.

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