Chapter 37 – 13. Subject (5)
“Now, don’t strain your arms~ Keep your mana as low as possible and calm~”
The needle in the hand of the researcher sitting next to me digs into my right arm. Red blood dripped from the other end and dripped drop by drop into the narrow cylinder.
‘This is the same here.’
The earth and the other world show different appearances in various fields due to the presence or absence of mana, but in some ways they are similar.
I love the scent of the earth whenever I find something in common between the two worlds. There are no regrets left in the past, but it is still a place where I have spent most of my life, nearly 20 years. It is unavoidable that the earth rises in the middle of life.
But I didn’t want this to be like Earth.
I don’t like getting injections. Do people who like injections exist in this world? The fear of having something threatening inserted into the body comes from instinct.
“Okay, it’s over~”
“Thank you.”
I got up from my seat, squinting at the woman inserting the vats of my precious blood into some machine.
In fact, there is one difference between the injections of this world and the Earth.
It’s ‘Electric Paralyzing Liquid’.
It is said that when the liquid, which is the result of [Lightning] Property research, is applied to the skin, the affected area does not feel pain for several minutes. Thanks to this, people from other worlds can receive injections without the tingling pain.
But that doesn’t work for me
It’s probably because the [Heaven] Attribute is mythical and the [Lightning] Attribute is normal. The grade difference is overwhelming, so it doesn’t really work for me.
What can I do, it’s because I’m so great. Not conceitedly, but objectively.
Innovative inventions that change many people’s lives, such as this numbing liquid, are said to originate mostly from accelerated research.
The research I am currently participating in seeks to explore the [Heaven] Attribute itself, but after a certain degree of understanding, various attempts to utilize it will appear.
I was promised to share the profits from it, so it’s not a bad thing for me either.
At first, I was hesitant about participating in the study. It was because I was concerned that the research would reveal a weakness of an attribute that I didn’t know about.
But now my thoughts have changed. I think it’s much better to find as many of them as possible and make up for them, rather than rushing to hide them.
As the fact that paralyzing fluid doesn’t work for me was proven today for the first time, a potion that heals wounds might not work for me. But what if I didn’t know that? What if you carried around useless potions on an unknown battlefield? As soon as you are injured, you are one step closer to death.
So I became a test subject in the laboratory.
“Jihoo, are you done?”
“Yes, Hyerin. Did you wait long?”
“Yeah, I just too. Let’s go back!”
As Hyerin and I left the main entrance of the research center, we were greeted by a red sunset through the leaves. Spring is the season that transitions from winter to summer. It is warm during the day and cool in the evening.
We slowly walk towards the commoners’ dormitory. The research institute and the dormitory are located on opposite sides of the academy’s central plaza. At this distance, I would normally call a carriage… But that depends on the situation.
I cannot miss the chance to take a walk with Hye-rin alone.
“Really, as you said, he took everything he could take… Blood, hair, nails, fur, etc., It’s not over!”
“Isn’t it? And the researchers here look so serious that it’s scary…”
Blood, hair, fingernails, claws, hair all over the body, tears, sweat, saliva, dead skin… On the first day of the lab visit, all sorts of body tissues are collected.
I will never forget the face of the female researcher with wavy hair who cut my nails. It’s partly because she has a pretty face, but when she cut her nails, she was really… Passionate.
Doing her best, carefully, and concentrating on taking as many nail pieces as possible, her eyes were bloodshot red to the point of shedding tears of blood. It was like a scene from a horror movie. I wondered if I was losing weight by doing this.
Fortunately, I didn’t get hurt. Thanks to her, I was able to have very neatly trimmed nails.
“—-That’s what happened.”
I showed Hyerin my nails and introduced an impressive episode. When her body trembled once in the sense of being scared, a laugh leaked from her mouth.
“But I’m glad you didn’t get sick. I stopped waxing my legs without knowing anything…”
For Hyerin, today is her second visit. On her first day of having her leg hair harvested, her researcher made a suggestion.
ㅡAre you thinking of waxing your legs? Then I think it would be really pretty.
Hyerin is good because her legs are clean, and the researcher is good because he got a bunch of samples. It was 1 seat 2 trillion.
When asked if waxing hurts, her confident answer came back.
ㅡDon’t worry! If you apply ‘electric numbing fluid’, it really doesn’t hurt at all!
A perfect plan where everyone benefits. Absolutely no reason to refuse. The waxing went smoothly, and the moment the hairs on her legs were pulled out at the same time, she realized something was fatally wrong with her.
The paralytic liquid was developed after the death of the ‘Hero’, the last epic level awakener, and is effective for continental level awakeners. So no one could have foreseen the horrors.
There are those who have suffered, but there is no one who intends to do wrong.
Thanks to Hye-rin’s sacrifice, I was able to hear the prediction that the paralyzing solution might not work on me either.
I lowered my gaze subtly.
Dolphin pants-level short pants. Beneath it, the milky thighs and calves show off their arrogant confidence.
Her legs were originally smooth without a single blemish, but after waxing, they shine brightly.
The researcher in charge asked me to wear short pants for today’s research. I want to buy him a meal.
“How is it? My leg.”
Is it too obvious to be stealing?
Hye-rin’s head is slightly turned to the opposite side of me, but her eyes are looking sideways at my face.
“It’s so thin that it looks like it’ll break. How the hell do you train your strength with this leg?”
“…Hmph. Anyway, that was the second research topic. ‘Comparison of mana concentration in muscles’?”
It’s definitely a sense of research. How does the alternative power come from such thin limbs and a narrow waist? If Hye-rin lost this perfect body because of her training, she would be very sad. This world’s best
With a dissatisfied expression behind her face, she explained my next research activity.
Two knights suddenly approached us as we crossed the main square of the academy while having a conversation on the subject of research.
“Those teachers? I’m sorry, but there will be a brief check-up. Could you show me your ID?”
······What’s this?
Judging from the familiar patterns embedded in the knight’s armor, it was clear that they were working at the academy.
Looking around, there were mages and knights in a tent placed in the corner of the plaza, looking this way and humming.
We showed the driver our academy student ID.
“Student?!”
“Heh heh… The students have this much magic…”
With admiration, they explained everything.
“I’m looking at the mana of the people in the plaza at the checkpoint you see there. However, a huge amount of mana was observed from the two of them, but they weren’t on the list of professors or guards, so I had to check them out.”
“Yes, it’s okay. Thank you for your hard work. Did something happen?”
The checkpoint is the first to see.
“Ah, haha… It’s just regular checkups, regular checkups. Pickpockets are frequent these days. Enough then.”
As soon as the knight finished speaking, he hurried back to the checkpoint. The quickened voice and the momentary shaking of the pupils. It seems that the article is not good at lying.
The inspection is probably because of the Celestial Dragon (天龍) hiding somewhere in the ecliptic. Perhaps not only here, but everywhere in the ecliptic, they are searching for beings with out-of-standard mana?
I wonder what my unconditional ally, the Celestial Dragon, looks like and how strong it is. They say they’ll find me when the time comes…
I can only hope that day will come soon.
* * *
Time flows without stopping without any special events.
Days after taking classes at the academy, spending time at the research center/club/library, playing with Jihye or Hyerin, and sleeping with Reina Lee.
Except for the last one, it is actually a senior in high school.
There are no adventures that appear in fantasy web novels. I don’t know if it’s later, but right now I’m busy learning magic and increasing my strength.
Still, thanks to a new hobby I recently developed, I don’t get bored every day.
Right away Jeon Ji-hye Experiment & observation.
I started the process for her completion. The process is simple. Asking for unreasonable behaviors that would be unacceptable to a normal person, and evaluating her reaction accordingly.
So far, wisdom is perfect.
Now she’s allowed me to schedule her daily schedule, chatting or reporting new acquaintances. Before going out, he always comes to me to check his clothes, and he never attends drinking parties or other social gatherings without me.
She accepted all these requests without hesitation.
On the contrary, they seem to be glad that I am interfering more and more in their lives. ‘Finally Jihoo is interested in me!’ With the same feeling.
You can’t hate this obedient bitch.
However, her maid, Anna, seems to have a slightly different idea.
—-Master, this is not normal!
Wiretapping necklace and hidden camera obtained with Sonemon’s help. Observed through them, Anna’s passion.
The brown-haired maid couldn’t help but watch as the chain gradually stretched around her precious master’s neck.
—-This is not a romantic, equal relationship like a lover or husband and wife, but a coercion that would only happen between a master and a slave!
ㅡYes, thank you for your concern. I know this isn’t normal. But no problem! Yes, the relationship between me and Jihoo is something special!
Everything is according to plan From Anna’s empty cry to the iron wall of wisdom.
Anna couldn’t break through the wisdom wall, but she might have succeeded in shaking it.
Later, when the shaking reaches its peak, I will personally tear down her walls and use the remaining debris to build an eternal wall in Wisdom’s head.
At that moment, her wisdom will be perfected, and on that day, I will finally eat her.
My toy. My pet. My slave my shadow. My experiment.
My omniscience.
I wish that time would come as soon as possible
I looked at the wisdom on stage and thought.
In the middle of the podium, under dim lighting, only two people were moving.
One is Jeon Ji-hye, who turns a dagger dripping with blood with one hand.
The other one, can I really call it a person?
“Geuh, uh uh uh…”
He was a human before, but now he is not a human being.
Undead.
The corpse of a criminal who had been stabbed in the heart was reanimated.
“This, this is…”
Everyone at the scene, including the professor in charge, security guard, Minho, and myself, is shocked.
What should I call that zombie? Ghoul? A walking corpse?
‘Practice Murder’ class on Friday afternoon. It happened when Ji-hye, who volunteered to execute the heinous criminal, killed him with a sword wrapped in elemental magic.
After taking only two steps, the corpse rapidly decayed and fell to the floor, motionless.
“·······.”
While no one opened their mouths carelessly, Jihye met my eyes and smiled while drawing a V with her hands.
The true value of the epic [Death] Attribute.
The potential of necromancy has been revealed to the world.
