It Is A Different World And Yet I Am Cultivating Monsters

Since then, Sin has been trembling on his bed and on his sheets, rather than in this room where he lived with his family.

His sister, Alicia, is next to him...

"Thin, it's okay now. From now on, I'll be by your side forever, so I'll keep Sin safe."

That's how I tried to touch Singh's shoulders, but my body trembled and didn't hide the color of vigilance.

She seems to understand that she is her sister, but in her younger brother Singh, the appearance of her sister has stopped at a young age, and if the person in front of her is her sister, it won't be easy to accept it.

Not only that, but considering the days I used to live with monsters, even if I was asked to return to this place suddenly, the feeling of confusion would be greater.

Can you manage to wipe out Sin's trauma and make it possible for him to live here?

As a result of that trouble, I decided to ask someone for help.

"Long time no see, Kyo. He wants us to help him, but what is it?

That's what I call the name of the man who appeared in a majestic manner.

"Well, to be precise, I have a favor to ask of your brother, Emperor Rostam."

Oh?

There appeared the emperor who ruled the Albours Empire and his brother Zahaq.

I wrote to them about two days ago to help them with this case, but in a short time they were ready and came here first.

Honestly, I was wondering if I could rely on these guys for a second, and Lily also said, "Doesn't it get any more complicated? I was also warned, but I didn't have any other mail, so I couldn't do it. When I asked for it, he came with a sense of pride, so I was rather in a hurry. Well, this time it's a man version, Mr. Rostam.

"Mr. Zahak. Can you use your ability to manipulate the subject's memory?

"... may I ask you a detailed explanation of what this means? Master Kyo...."

Zahak had an unexpected look on his face at my unexpected request, but he started nodding as he talked about the situation between the country, Singh and Alicia.

"... in other words, I want you to tamper with my brother Singh's memory and erase the traumatic part..."

"Yes, if we can erase just the memory of the part that was attacked, so will Sin's fear."

Or can we erase the memory of her mother's death and find out that Singh has lost hope of life?

That's why I asked Mr. Zahak for his help, but he didn't respond well.

"... I can't honestly recommend that..."

"What? Why?

It is certainly not a good thing to tamper with memories.

I agree on that point. But it depends on the time and the situation.

If you have a traumatic memory that you want to take and forget, if you can erase only that part, it should be your salvation.

Erasing memory may be inherently negative, but in some cases it may be positive.

"... first of all, as you know, my ability to tamper with my memory is not perfect. If a breakdown occurs, the tampered part will return naturally over time... and I won't always be able to erase the child's memory..."

"That's...."

That's right.

Zahak's ability to control his memory is not perfect.

Above all, the effects gradually disappear over time.

Indeed, it is too impossible to keep asking him to tamper with his memory.

"... and this ability of mine can only be rewritten superficially. It's impossible to change the nature of that person...."

"? What does that mean?

"I mean, it's Kyo. For example, let's say there is a true samurai figure in the soul. Even if he rewrites his memory and gives an order to an innocent people to do something, he will not do it. Because even if the memory is rewritten, the essence remains the person."

I see. In short, is it impossible to rewrite the very nature of the person rather than his personality?

Is that it? But when I think about it, the lord burned our fields before... oh, well, is he going to do it? It looked black.

Well, calmly speaking, if there's a lot of monsters growing right near the city, it'll burn.

Well, aside from that.

If I think so, maybe I can't erase Sin's trauma that I was thinking about earlier.

If there is a “hole in the heart” that has already been created by losing such “something important” in the mind, it is impossible to erase it.

Even if you erase your memory, the "holes in your empty chest that you lost something" will remain.

Is it not an essential solution, as they say?

"I don't know what to say, but there's no way the boy can overcome trauma by his own will."

There are parts of the Rostam's words that nod to me.

Maybe that's the best part. But how do I do that?

The only way to heal a wounded person is to get back what they lost.

When I was worried about it, I thought something similar had happened before and came up with it.

"- That's right! Then if we can revive Singh's mother....."

In response to my murmuring, Rostam and Zahak looked at each other and asked questions.

"Resuscitation? That would not be possible. No amount of our creative skills can bring back the dead."

Of course I know that.

However, my resurrection here does not mean exactly what I say.

Manticore that was taken by Singh and turned into a mother. It meant creating a monster that inherited the monster's memory.

The first time she met the snow witch, Ethan, she panicked and soaked herself in grief when her dear friend Doriard was dying.

At that time, I succeeded in producing a monster that inherited her memory and personality by growing a part of Doriard's body.

So we can't create a monster that inherited the memories of Manticore who raised Singh in the same way?

It should be possible with my growing monster cultivation skills.

Explain it to Rostam and the others, but his expression remained as difficult as at first.

"... sure enough, that boy's support will come back."

"Then what's the problem? You look like that."

"... let's say that monster was born. But then Sin returns to where the Manticore and the others are, not this royal palace. I will be separated from your Alicia."

"Ah."

That's right.

In that case, the base of mind for Singh will shift completely to the monsters, and it is likely to break up with Alicia, who has been reunited at the corner.

If you look at Alicia, who is still close to her brother in person, you just want to avoid seeing the end.

Then what should I do?

Now that I've been here, I think about how I want to help Alicia and Singh, but at that moment, the door of this room opens and someone enters.

You're still here.

"... Niisama Masauda"

That's who I saw one day with Alicia's brothers. He was a man called Masauda, the first heir to the throne of this country.

Masauda glanced at me and Rostam, but snorted her nose at the lack of interest and approached Sin in bed and Alicia, who was close to him.

"Sin, did you say Alicia? How dare you plot against us?"

…………

Alicia does not dispute Masauda's reproachful remarks.

It would have been a matter of time before some of the soldiers had seen Singh when he first brought him to the palace, and sooner or later he would have noticed.

From Alicia's point of view, there was no way to survive, but it didn't matter to Masauda in front of her.

"I want you and your brother to leave this country right away. Thank you for not taking my life."

"Whoa, hey! You!"

Rostam next door seized me in response to Masauda's banishment announcement, and instead he opened his mouth.

"Lord Masauda. Perhaps the first heir to the throne of this kingdom decided to punish him quite lightly. When asked, his brother Singh is the rightful blood that draws the blood of the king of this country. Was my sister the official daughter of the king's queen without drawing that blood? It would be too selfish to expel it without asking questions. You must still be the first heir to the throne. I wonder what it would be like to behave like that without the king of this country."

That is Rostam who declares to Masauda in front of him that he will not reign only over the emperor of one kingdom, but with a magnificent word.

In contrast, Masauda threw up in disgust.

"The King of this country is already in a state where his illness prevents him from carrying out his duties. Then I'm the only legitimate successor who should have power."

"But is it still alive?

Masauda obviously distorts her face with discomfort in return for Rostam.

I don't care, Mr. Rostam. Didn't you enjoy it?

And Alicia stood in front of Masauda, breaking into those two arguments.

"... Niisama Masauda. Anyway, my brother Singh is one of the legitimate successors to the kings of this country. Please stop banishing her from this country. Instead, I will be punished in any way."

Of course, everyone around me, including me in that perseverance, looked at my sister's back with his face out of the sheets until Shin, his brother, who had been trembling in bed.

"... okay. So how about deciding this case by ruling on" King's War "?

Kings?

I didn't think it would be the first time I would answer someone, but I decided to shut up because the atmosphere around me didn't work like that.

"- I see. I'll take that fight."

Upon Alicia's declaration, Masauda left the room with the same unpleasant expression as at first.