Re:Zero Kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu (WN)
Chapter IV.57: The Experiment of Immortality
- Immortality.
It is one ideal that you can come up with for something lifelike, ancient and present, to be set forth in all stories, East and West.
To not be old forever, not to decay forever, not to engage in roundabout reincarnation, and to continue the existence of 'self' in extension. Even if you know it's against the logic of life, it's the point of life where you don't attract a lot of people.
"Immortality..."
Pompous, mouthing the word as repeated, Subaru is about to laugh at its overly impractical words. I just couldn't pull my cheeks off and make a laugh right.
While I want to laugh off that it's ridiculous, my heart can't hide the battle knowing as a fact that witch experiments are never picturesque.
"Out of the blue, the witch also uses it as an object. This is more like immortality… an image of a dwarf obsessed with his own little life."
"Whether or not you think you're a dwarf to spare your life is a personal feeling, but at least the witch of 'greed' didn't seem to have had an objective view of her life. Fearing death as a matter of course, he took the means to overcome it. … for the most part, it should end in a mere dream story with a lack of power and ability."
"The troublesome thing is, Echidna was capable enough. I might have come up with as many means to take it. This is what I came up with with with with with that clever head."
Looking down at Pico sitting next to him, Subaru bites his lips at unspeakable emotions.
Pico, who is overlooked, does not react in any way to such Subaru's gaze. Shut up and keep waiting to be uttered some sort of word.
I was watching that, and Subaru made a "ah," breathless sound.
"Right. There's nothing in it... there's no personality, that's what I mean."
"The puppet is in a meshed state. Exactly. It's not even a ready vessel. All you have to do is serve what you wanted and the memorial will come true."
"But in fact, is that how it works? I don't know if that's theoretical, but I can imagine what I was trying to do to a big mess."
Download and overwrite your memory and knowledge in an empty vessel.
If this is data or something, Subaru and I won't show any repentance so far.
But right now, what we're talking about is the personality itself as a human being. It, too, for Subaru, belongs to a human being who knows what it looks like and what it contains.
"Extract the memory from yourself and pour it into an empty body. If you succeed and you can repeat it every time your body is about to decay, it's certainly a kind of immortality. But..."
Personality, memory and the possibility of taking it over are certainly close to overcoming 'death'.
That's what saves the personality like data, and even if the vessel breaks due to some mistake, revival is possible if you install it anew in another vessel.
Replicable personality and replicable flesh. - Echidna's immortality is theoretically established.
- But then.
"When I encounter myself in a parallel world, I'm talking about people panicking and being attacked by a sense of purpose that I absolutely have to get rid of them"
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"That's all, it must be unbearable to feel like you're there besides yourself. Just imagine that I can see a future that makes me sick too. Hey, Mr. Lewes."
"What?"
"In this way, we can create more than one body, and that means we can throw the same number of personalities into more than one body. That means not only can you perpetuate yourself, but you can also create multiple bodies of yourself."
If you follow the theory just now, that should be possible, too.
And if you just think according to 'theory', the more backups and spares to keep 'yourself' going and the more they are.
I don't think what Subaru came up with didn't come to mind with the witch.
"I wonder how you feel. I can't believe I can prepare myself for anything else, that state of affairs. Even if I fail, there is some sort of 'coverage'. Can you understand that, Mr. Ryus?"
"... I don't think Non will ever understand all that. The technique of extracting personality is not well known to Non. The one named Non disappears when this one body is lost. In that sense, neither Noon nor Su Fang will change the point of redoing their bodies."
"Right. Right.... Oh, I bet you do."
Svalbard can't help but laugh thirsty at the words Lewis leaked. Svalbard's reaction made Ryuse look frowned upon, but the sincerity of it would never be known to her.
"Is that what you mean? Oh, I see. I can see now that you were familiar."
Floating in the back of his brain, Subaru spills such emotion on the gray-haired witch.
A prospect of immortality that allows you to prepare your own replica and transfer your personality there to live longer. Doing that means nothing more than putting 'coverage' on your life.
"Then what's so different about me now?"
It can't be possible to be disgusted.
Rather, so much so that I got intimacy. The emotions too dark behind to call it intimacy, or maybe it was the black joy of finding your kind.
Echidna reached the edge of immortality, albeit in her own way.
Subaru repeatedly 'dies' to fulfill his purpose while being flirted with by a witch.
Together, it doesn't change the position of treason as opposed to just one supposed 'life'.
If so, Subaru thinks.
- If so, isn't Echidna the only one who can understand me?
At least, if you can understand its spirituality, it is.
"Sue Fong?
"... of Mr. Lewes, I see where you stand. I wonder what Echidna was up to. On top of that, I'd like to ask... did Echidna's aim succeed?
"Aim..."
"This is how I can see the preparation of empty vessels. All you have to do is override your personality there. Did that override succeed? No, more simply..."
- Is Echidna still alive somewhere in this world?
An unspoken Subaru inquiry.
Understanding its contents, Ryuz meditated and shook his head at Subaru's gaze.
Loosen up, neck to side.
"No, unfortunately... the witch plan was unsuccessful. There is no such thing as the flesh of Lewes Mayer, who took over the character of a witch and connected her life."
"Hey, why? Suck out the contents of your head, your personality download didn't succeed?
"I don't know what it is, but the technology to extract the personality itself should have been ready. It didn't happen because of another factor."
"Another factor..."
"It's a simple story. For the vessel, if the amount of water poured is high, the water will overflow without subsiding. If some of it overflows, it's something else that you can't call the original being."
vessel, in the part of the word Subaru sees the crown, and Pico.
with their tiny bodies in sight,
"It's not a matter of body size, even if it's a vessel."
"The size of your soul, maybe you should call it. There is something in a man that is worthy of his soul. To embrace the soul of a witch named Echidna, a daughter named Louise Mayer wasn't big enough."
"That... how did you know for sure?
"I failed to inject my knowledge into the first replica, and for the first time I faced the problem of the size of my soul and vessel. Nevertheless, at that point in time, Lewes Mayer's flesh was already in the crystal, and the structures that created the replicas one after the other were put together… even if the original purpose was not fulfilled, only the vessels continued to be created from the next."
Surprisingly, Subaru thinks that there were some acts that he didn't think about later.
For someone named Echidna, it's something I missed a lot in the packing section. Afterwards, I feel more and more like she's not doing anything about the crown continuing to grow.
"Well, what happened to the first replica? You didn't have to go through it all, but some of it inherited the witch's memory, right? Half the time, you can call it a copy of a witch."
"When you pour water over a vessel, you can't even select that overflowing part? If you're overflowing with trivial parts of your memory that don't interfere with your everyday life, and if you're overflowing with parts that pose serious problems, it's already personalized."
To the words of a far-fetched crown, Subaru thinks the first crown-echidna to be a failure. In other words, another 'something' has been born far from the witch's assumption,
"The story tells us that the first replica born was a complete personality breaker, half taking over the power of a 'greedy' witch, but thus a troublesome being. Seems to have been quite difficult to dispose of."
"Disposal... yeah, right"
"Of course, the more a witch threw everything out in one failure, the less she gave up, the less she was irresponsible. After disposing of the first replica, I hear you were distressed to see if you could change the total amount of your soul to transfer your personality to the next replica."
"It's amazing how the idea comes out with your soul."
Echidna's idea is nothing more than the idea of compressing and sending out its large size in order to transfer the data to another medium. Or the idea of pre-shredding unwanted parts to match the free space on the receiving side.
To some extent, it would come to that idea because Subaru understands the concept of data by touching computers and the like, but Echidna's thought of not knowing the exchange of data, such as computers, let alone talking about them, conceived it in the dimension of 'soul', was even worse.
When he heard the first replica had been lost, Subaru was honest, discouraged. but soon found out Echidna was about to hit another hand and saw hope there.
But the crown prefaced that subaru with "potatoes,"
"Seeking new means could not have allowed the witch to try it"
"Hey, why not? I don't know what to say, but the soil was ready to try. There are now many copies of Ryus Mayer..."
"Because the Jealous Witch made a move before continuing her experiments in the Sanctuary."
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"The 'jealous' witch said she drank half the world and devoured six other witches, all but herself, in the process. The witch of 'Greed' is no exception. The prospect of immortal, life-connecting witches was to be turned down at the hands of no other witch."
Subaru also knows about the backdrop of the six witches except for their 'jealousy'.
In that castle of dreams, the witches that Echidna talked about and even made me meet. They are all remnants of dreams that have been destroyed by 'jealous' witches and disappeared from the world.
Or maybe the fact that the spirit alone remains in this world was the last will and doing of Echidna, who failed to fulfill immortality.
"... what happened to the 'sanctuary' after the witch disappeared"
"Originally, the management of the land itself was taken by the Mazers family of Rozfang. I don't know what kind of contract there was between the Mazers and the witches. That went on with cotton, and now Roz-boy maintains and manages the Sanctuary. Even so, what Rozboy does is distribute things to such an extent that they don't perish here, and from time to time, he brings a child in a position commensurate with this' sanctuary 'as a new resident."
"Are you saying that I leave anything else inside to Mr. Lewes? Mr. Lewes said that the individuals he earned were his personalities..."
"Non is the third replica from the beginning when it comes to the individual tying of a replica. He was born pre-planted with quite a bit of character to take over the growing management of vessels and the role of Rhus Mayer in the 'Sanctuary'. Still in line with its role"
"Planting personality... can you do that?"
Like planting a pseudo-personality to play a role in an empty vessel?
Let the robot have a pseudo AI and behave like a human being - a situation where even the world where Subaru was located was far from practical and was only a product of imagination.
In contrast, Ryus shook his head vertically.
"It wasn't easy, though. It was barely possible because of the absence of souls, empty vessels. It seemed like it was only really easy during the experimental phase."
In the beginning, it was difficult, and the crown made me laugh at the edge of my mouth.
"It's an incredible feeling that you don't have memories, but you only get roles. Daily time flows slowly but with a little more momentum. It took me a long time to make it seem incredible"
"... how could there be more replicas? Except for this Mr. Pico and Mr. Lewes, I haven't seen any trials in this Sanctuary."
"Other than the four who serve as crowns, the other crowns are scattered all over the 'sanctuary'. Let me see how your eyes work against intruders and act as a transmitter. Interestingly enough, the same replicas are capable of transmitting thoughts."
Previously, Garfield used to talk about the eyes of the 'sanctuary', etc. If that was referring to the replica of the crown, and it was scattered to monitor the perimeter of the 'sanctuary', then I can also be convinced that the evacuee of the village of Aram that day was lightly spotted by Garfiel. and think that much,
"Hey, wait, there was a part of me that I wouldn't listen to. Four people acting as crowns."
"Hmm, there. That's a simple story, too. Even when it comes to replicas, it just takes a huge load of mana to keep reproducing all of a person's body structure. If the mana runs out, the flesh disappears. Unlike spirits, if they are misty, they can be reconstituted. Or maybe there's a way, but at least I don't know how."
It recalls the presence of the Spirit, which fulfils many times the continuation of vanishing and reconstituting, the memory. Most importantly, in their case, they did not disappear strictly because of the existence of a dependency charge as a place to 'return' after disappearing. but the crowns don't have it. Therefore, the death from the depletion of mana means the death of the individual.
"It's not that long before one can move. It takes roughly three days to recover the lost mana at a time when the body is unable to move. In the meantime, we must avoid inconvenience caused by the non-existence of Rhus Mayer in the Sanctuary."
"So, you mean Mr. Four Lews"?
"It's a day shift, and every four days my role as Ryus Mayer comes around. On other occasions, Noon is no different than any other vessel.... an empty vessel, just carrying a sign named Ryus Mayer. Maybe you should say so."
Subaru doesn't know what to say to the sarcastic crow.
Whatever you say is empty, it just seems like a slap in the mouth like I get it. Svalbard's lips could not spin words, even though he knew that pushing silence here would only affirm the irony of the crown.
"Don't be discouraged, Sioux Boy. Both the non and other replicas are satisfactorily consistent with this role. That's the same thing with the first Ryus Mayer."
"The first...... Yeah, I wanted to hear that, too."
"Yeah?"
"I know why Mr. Ryus, the Ryus in Ryus Mayer's replica, tries to follow the words of a witch or defend the 'sanctuary'. But how could a girl named Louise Mayer have helped a witch?
A girl trapped inside a crystal and deprived of eternity.
As far as listening to previous stories, it does not include attempts to pour Rhues Mayer himself into an empty vessel. In other words, Rhus Mayer would have dedicated his body for experimentation, and his own soul would have chosen to end up in a crystal that had lost its place.
Instead of continuing to produce the outer surface of flesh forever, the very self, the soul, is the same decision as the self death that ends there.
How could that young girl have made such a decision?
Or do you think the witch randomly chose the experimental bench without the girl's consent?
If you can, Subaru asks, hoping you don't want it to be the latter.
"What did Lewes Mayer think took part in this experiment?
"... I hear that Ryus Mayer took the terms of exchange to the witch and took part in the experiment on the grounds that the witch swallowed those terms. Don't worry, I'm not forced to."
"Exchange terms… that, can I ask you about the contents?
"If you ask me, I'm sure Sue Boy won't know."
Subaru turns his silent gaze to a much-looking crowd. Crowes looked into his eyes like a mean child, spilling a deep sigh.
"The conditions that Ryus Mayer brought to the witch, that's the survival of the Sanctuary."
"Of 'Sanctuary'... Survival?
"It is this laboratory called 'Sanctuary', prepared by the witch as an experimental bench, that keeps this environment in place that is the desire of Rhus Mayer. Regardless, the witch who needed to leave the 'sanctuary' to continue her own experiment is happy with this. And even after the witch's death, the promise made to Ryus Mayer remains kept, and the covenant between the two continues to be kept at the hands of Nong et al."
"No, but it's... it's in order."
It was Echidna that the 'sanctuary' needed for the experiment, and Rhus Mayer should be a being gathered in the 'sanctuary' for the experiment. A girl, its experimental platform, wishes the witch the survival of the 'sanctuary'. Then the order is not engaged.
"Even if it was an experimental bench treatment... the 'sanctuary' was much more cozy than the land that was being persecuted. Yeah, how about thinking about it?
"... that's too much, there's too little salvation"
"Salvation is here. It was for this reason that Ryus Mayer devoted himself to the experiment. There is no other way to get a look at Noon or his daughter to determine whether the results have been achieved."
Subaru can't go on saying words to a crowd that makes tea that's completely chilled.
Pico on the other side doesn't show any action, even if he finishes the whole topic about his situation. I'm just shutting up and picking Subaru's hem.
"Why does this girl miss me? They said the contents were empty, and in the first place, they were supposed to be dealing with something that didn't have me."
"That's because Sioux Boy touched Lewes Mayer's crystal. Your command has been rewritten and Sue Bo has been overwritten."
"Command......?
Even then Subaru frowns at the emergence of a new word.
He nodded at the surprised Subaru, and the crown stood one finger, "Here,"
"Try and give the daughter an order. Whoa, you can't be ashamed of yourself. You look like you're with Non."
"You don't have to tell me. You don't want this loli shape, do you? Because I like girls my age soundly.... Pico, just shoulder to shoulder"
Subaru orders Pico beside him to do so after responding with a flashing face to the crown. The girl who heard the voice raised her face, faintly pulling her jaw and affirming Subaru's orders. climbing up on the bed and circling behind Subaru,
"Oh, oh, that sounds good, that sounds good... that? Hey, Mr. Pico? Powerful, huh? Save it, save it... hey, yuck, Mr. Pico, save it. Yes!!
"Even though we know the concept of shoulder to shoulder, force to force is unknown. Let them learn from it, and they'll tease you."
"Wow, you know you tried me!?
He continued to wiggle Pico around his shoulder, instructing him to return to the fixed position, and then Svalbard turned his shoulder wide. Subaru twisted his neck, "Nevertheless," as he clasped at Pico's grip, which seemed to break to the bone.
"I just touched it. It's a command. Kind of a transfer, isn't security a little too loose? What would you do if a malicious Lorikon went over there?"
"It can't be a coincidence to step into that place, and more importantly, it's not easy to transfer command. At least you're not recognized as an apostle for Greed."
"... hmm?
There was a part of Ryuse's words that leaned toward hot water that I didn't know how many more times it would be. Put your arms together, Subaru says, "Um," terrified,
"Excuse me. I don't know what that 'greed' messenger is."
"It was recognized by Echidona, and that is the Apostolic Qualification. Did you get anything like that in the cemetery? You get something, you're given something, you put it in your body."
"In the graveyard..."
I remember when I was relative to Echidna in the castle of my dreams, and I wonder if there would have been any majestic handover like the one Lewes talks about. but I don't have a verse in mind.
When it comes to what Subaru was given by Echidna in that place, some knowledge and relief and quite a fear experience. and
"... I guess you don't mean Donna Tea"
"Hmm, Donna tea?
"Echidna said something about her body fluids, she cleverly plugged in tea and what she made it look like, and I drank it twice or so..."
"It's not a joke or anything, I guess so"
"That bastard really gave me a drink!!
"Fair enough," says Ryus, as Svalbard stood up in anger. She was outraged by the subaru of flair,
"That being said, this is the situation because it happened. It wasn't all bad, was it?
"I'm angry that you were making that kind of setup in confidence with me! What are you doing to people's bodies? You know, the 'greed' apostle, even though it's all kinds of tricky in a witch relationship, don't lay it on me. Witches are always the same..."
It's called a "jealous" witch who is finishing his contract for "Back to Death" before he knows it, it's called a "greedy" witch who is adding to his own messenger on his own, is that all witch is about?
"Anyway, Sue Fong gained command of the replica of Ryus Mayer in this' sanctuary 'with it. I can even make you listen."
"Mr. Lewes, does this work for you?"
"I'm more resistant than those unwilling daughters, but ultimately I can't resist. What do you say, a boy of his age would be happy?
"That's why I'm not Loricon..."
Glossy eyes do not respond to tingling.
With a creepy laughing crowd sidelined, Subaru recalls the mystery of the revealed 'sanctuary'.
An establishment that was secretly hidden in the back. The crown mayer sealed in it and the system that produces its replicas. Destruction that occurs no later than six days later and the problems attached to it.
And it's indispensable in talking about the existence of the facility -
"Mr. Lewes, I'm sorry for all of a sudden...... I need your help"
"Why, if you're nasty, you're more innocent than Noon."
"That's enough."
He only wanted Subaru as an adolescent. Kicking his crown, Standing Subaru looked up to the ceiling as he stretched his spine.
"Command, there must be at least one other guy I have."
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"I'd like to talk to him, but there's something else that bothers me."
Floating in the back of your brain, two people.
One was Garfield Tinsel, a great tiger defending the 'sanctuary', who had given instructions to a replica of crowns that spanned twenty.
And the other,
"Why did you send me to that facility through the door? It's time to hear the answer…"
Subaru had made that decision in an attempt to give the girl with curly hair with cream-colored hair a chance to ask questions.