"Maybe you're right, Roland. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ”

The man who lost his head said so softly, and his voice sounded in Roland's heart: "Maybe you're right......"

"But I don't feel anything anymore."

He sighed hesitantly.

It was too late - he had pronounced the death sentence for himself.

The sage named Victor died a thousand years ago. What survives is nothing more than a robot with Victor's memories and a strategy he has set for his actions.

From the beginning, from the time Roland first met him, there was only a metallic glint in the professor's eyes.

So-called, the eyes are the windows to the soul, but from the beginning, the professor did not have the so-called "eyes".

His eyes consisted of nothing more than four five-millimeter pieces of Mithril and the detachable crystal plates that formed the multi-functional circle.

It is clear that he is just a tool from the beginning, but the professor must deceive himself into believing that "his self named Victor has only been transformed into a cyborg because he has not had enough time as a human being".

The phrase itself is good. But the problem is, it happened a thousand years ago.

"Why is this happening...... I'm supposed to be human...... Why am I not human? ”

Such sad words rang in Roland's heart: "I have all the abilities of a human being, and I can do what all humans can do." But why can't I be a human yet? ”

"yes, I remember...... My memories are Victor's, and my connected brain is cultivated with Victor's brain, and I didn't have any internal organs, flesh and blood from the beginning...... I just realized about it. I just realized that I had never been human. ”

"Roland, if you are the great savior, answer this little question for me. Obviously, I can do what all humans in this world do, and I can become a new race myself...... But I just want to be human. ”

"Can only the kind of life that has flesh and blood that is easy to age, internal organs that are prone to disease, only a few decades and hundreds of years of life, easy to be impulsive, emotionally fragile, and easy to be infected by the soul can be called human beings?"

The professor asked.

However, even with all the sadness and anger, there was no emotion in the professor's words, as calm as if he were reciting some kind of parameter. His headless body stood there like a corpse, like a set of hollow and empty armor, without the slightest trembling.

Roland sighed deeply.

"Don't say anything else...... Professor. I'll just ask you one thing. ”

He looked at the man who had lost his head with pity, and his god-like beautiful face was full of sadness: "Professor...... Can you cry? ”

“…… What the? ”

Even the professor, he didn't guess that Roland would ask him this question.

"Humans can cry. They will vent their feelings with tears, sadness, emotion, joy...... Writers will use crying to add 'human hearts' to their characters, and painters will use crying moments as a condensation point for the sublimation of certain feelings...... No, it's not just humans. Animals also cry. Even livestock, which occasionally shed tears before being slaughtered. ”

"I feel your sadness, Professor. But, can you cry? Can you express your grief? ”

Roland asked quietly.

For a moment, the headless man was silent. Not a word was spoken.

Of course, he knew that he couldn't cry.

It has nothing to do with whether there is a skull or not. Even if he has a head, even if he wants to cry again, he can't cry.

It's not because he's strong enough, it's not that his mind is cold and deformed, or it's not that he can't cry - it's all because it wasn't added to the "Professor" setting in the first place.

Because the "professor" conceived by Victor, the soul teacher of the new generation of mankind, as a human form designed by the savior, there is no need for him to be too similar to humans.

It is enough to be similar to humans in appearance. The more similar it is to people, the more it will arouse human disgust and fear.

What's more, why does the savior who saves humanity need to weep? It's just a tool, so why cry?

It never occurred to Victor that one day a tool would start to reflect on why he didn't become human.

"From the start, you're positioned wrong...... Professor. ”

Roland reached out and put his hand on the professor's broken neck. The thick flame in his eyes grew more and more intense.

"You weren't supposed to be a human being...... You should be God. Have you ever seen the saints cry? Not really. That's it. ”

In other words...... It wasn't 'Professor' who was wrong, it was supposed to be 'Victor'. He was obviously dead, and he had already arranged his future, but when it was extracted as a memory bank, he still couldn't help but live. ”

Roland whispered, his voice becoming gentler, but the movements in his hands became more and more violent.

He reached out and tore open the Professor's faux skin, pulled off the flow limiting valve, closed the analog mechanism, and took the protective plate on his chest apart to reveal a fluid interior full of gears, metal, and silvery-white fluid.

Even though it was mixed with a considerable proportion of Aum's blood, Roland still recognized the silvery-white liquid body immediately.

-- That's mercury. A metal that symbolizes rest.

"Omenous Bird! You need mercury as blood and thorns as crowns, and you must not be entangled. ”

Roland said softly, and suddenly showed a beautiful smile: "Look--it's clear that the Elder Sleep Tutor has also recognized your talent." She pitied your talents and opened the way for you; She also warns you and admonishes you when you go astray...... But in the end, she respects your choice. Because she is only a mentor, not a king, not a tyrant. ”

Roland said, plunging his hand deep into the professor's interior, grasping a gear that was constantly spinning at high speed.

His hand was torn almost immediately, and silvery-white blood spilled from his palm, mixing with the Professor's.

"Victor...... You are already the ghost of the old era. ”

Roland lamented, "You better rest in peace." ”

"I will bear your sinful karma, and I will go your way. If you agree with this doctrine...... Just transplant the 'professor' to me. ”

Roland calmly uttered unbelievable words.

He smiled slightly, and the two flames jumped in his eyes that were completely burned through by the flames, but his cracked body showed an indescribable beauty.

“…… Don't you want to be human anymore? Rowland? ”

Victor was stunned, and suddenly became furious: "You told me so much before, but now you have abandoned your human identity in front of me?" ”

"Do you know how much I want to be a person? Do you have to trample on my only desire? ”

"If that's the case, I have to do it."

Roland closed his eyes slightly, his sockets deeply sunken.

The pure white flames on his body had begun to weaken, the crystal crown on his head slowly stopped flashing, and the cracks on his body began to appear again.

"Because, I'm going to save the world. If humans can't do that......"

Roland opened his eyes suddenly, and his right hand, which had penetrated deep into the professor's chest, jerked forward, and the flesh was constantly rubbed and spun out by the spinning gears.

"Then I won't be a man, Professor!"

The next moment, with Roland's mercury blood pouring into Victor's body, Roland's blood began to manipulate the professor's blood into his severed arm in turn.

The knowledge, wisdom and talent that belonged to Victor, as well as all the history of the eighteen hundred years, began to appear in Roland's mind. The Professor's blood was immediately evaporated into silver-white steam after arriving at Roland's body, repairing Roland's shattered body and making up for Roland's soul that burned to less than half of it.

Obviously belongs to his own life force, and his memories have been plundered by Roland, but Victor has no reaction. It's like pretending that your machine is down.

What appeared to be just a small stream of water flowed out more than a few tons after Roland began to squeeze it. After nearly a quarter of an hour, the amount of mercury gradually decreases and disappears.

Then, a large number of cracks appeared on the headless man's body, shattering and disappearing at a speed visible to the naked eye.

"Really...... Roland, the meaning of your life is like denying my existence. ”

Finally, in an almost complete shattering, Victor said in a very soft voice in Roland's mind.

"Nothing, Victor."

Roland just shook his head: "I revere you as much as I revere my mentor, Victor. ”

"So, can I rest?"

"Go and rest, Victor. Don't forget to pray before going to bed. ”

Like a priest in its purest form, Roland said gently.

"That's right......," Victor sighed contentedly, his voice growing quieter and finally disappearing completely.

Roland quietly watched as the mechanical body belonging to Victor gradually shattered and disappeared completely, before turning his head and walking towards the south.

"Elukado, do you think I'm doing the right thing."

After walking for a while, Roland asked in a low voice.

"You're absolutely right, Emperor."

Behind Roland, a beautiful black-haired girl appeared on Roland's shadow and saluted Roland respectfully: "It is better to sacrifice for the emperor than to live." ”

"Well, Elukado."

Roland asked softly, "Will you go back and command the undead for me, or will you sit on the throne of the abyss with me and never return to this world again?" For the sake of you having followed me for so long, I will give you the opportunity to choose. ”

"My life is always connected to you."

Without hesitation, Elukado replied, "I am...... Your own monster. ”

"Well," Roland said dumbfounded, "then you will follow me to hell." ”

"It's an honor."

Elukado smiled beautifully. (To be continued.) )