Morning rays slowly pierced through the vast clouds as they made their way to a land belonging to one of the four major families on the Ardoros Continent.
They directed themselves towards the Mansion belonging to the Chandlers, within the Devereaux Family’s territory.
As they entered one of the rooms within, they highlighted a young man lying on the bed, his arm covering his eyes.
Calmly gazing at the ceiling, his eyes seemed to have just opened after a restful sleep.
‘I need more strength,’ Ryuk thought, feeling his own weakness for not being able to do much against that woman; his memories were hazy and fragmented.
From what he could recall, after he commanded the system to activate the dome, he lost consciousness, and upon awakening, found himself here with a 19-year-old girl lying beside him.
He could at least understand that Conduit must have forced that woman to retreat, and the Chandlers must have afterwards brought him to this place.
Gazing at the intricately designed ceiling adorned with flower patterns, the room looked beautiful, filled with several books suggesting an owner interested in learning.
‘Did she sleep like that all night?’ Breaking his gaze, Ryuk glanced at the girl sleeping beside him, her head resting on the bed’s edge while she sat on the floor.
Slowly leaning back onto the bed, his eyes fell on a lifeless body lying on a table ten meters away from him, next to the walls.
‘What the hell?’ Observing the body with a wounded abdomen and identical facial features, Ryuk realized who had brought him here.
“Did you bring me here?” Ryuk narrowed his gaze, inquiring of Lucas, who lay on the table, now devoid of any signs of life, unlike the previous night when he seemed somewhat alive.
Silence~
‘Has he lost connection or something?’ Not receiving a reply, Ryuk slowly rose to his feet, still questioning.
[Host, after bringing you here, that individual tried to see inside your mind, triggering the auto mechanism of your ability to forcefully sever his connection.]
‘Dumbass.’ Frustrated from the events of yesterday, Ryuk finally uttered words he had avoided until now.
After all, in his quest to start a new life in this world, he had refrained from using curse words from his previous life and presented himself as a nobleman.
“Um, yawn, did you just wake up, Young Master?” Mia slowly rubbed her eyes, yawning as she lifted her heavy eyelids, battling to keep them open for another sleep.
“Wasn’t it Mr. Toy yesterday?” Observing Lucas’s body, Ryuk recalled Mia referring to him with a different nickname.
“That’s because you patted me.” Slowly rising and rubbing her eyes with her palm, Mia opened her eyelashes only to see the firm back of a young man standing just a distance away.
‘System, will he wake up?’ Ignoring Mia, Ryuk focused on the body lying in front of him.
Though yesterday’s events were enough to numb anyone’s senses, his mind always believed one thing: strategy could win against strength, but things changed slightly when that strength surpassed the limits of resources a strategy could afford.
Meaning, one’s brain would hit a wall against overwhelming power. Yet, Ryuk kept moving forward instead of being depressed by a single defeat.
[Host, Unlike your conscious mind’s commands to nullify energy, this time, it was due to self-defense, causing this body to completely sever its connection from the main source.]
“Mia, can you make a replica of this thing?” It was a guess, but considering all the rumors he had heard about Mia and the System’s information about her higher IQ, Ryuk felt confident.
He might not be the smartest, but at least he knew his own IQ.
According to Adrian’s sister, Mia was a psychopath who dissected individuals from other races alive, not even sparing children, and even destroyed their homelands if anyone offended her.
From both the facts from the System and Adrian’s sister, Ryuk concluded that the man behind tarnishing Mia’s name was none other than— Dreck Chandler, her own father.
This meant that Mia was curious about other races, and her curiosity led her father to abduct members of those races and bring them here. Unable to coexist peacefully, if some individuals tried to retaliate, they were killed at the hands of Dreck.
This indirectly made Mia seem like a villain.
The fact that she dissected these individuals might have stemmed from her desire to learn about their biological structure. Who knows?
But, in the end, it was all just mere speculation.
tap tap
“Yes! I would love to!” Snapping out of her daze upon hearing Ryuk’s words, Mia swiftly sprinted towards him, placing her hand in a salute position, her eyes shining with anticipation.
‘…’ And with her demeanor, Ryuk understood that she could indeed do it.
“B-but, they will hate me.” Looking down, Mia remembered yesterday’s events where Adrian’s sister called her evil and blamed her for many things.
“Do you dissect living people?” Ryuk asked, looking at her somber expression, trying to console her by reminding her that she hadn’t done anything wrong.
“Y-yes.” Lifting her gaze to meet Ryuk’s, Mia nodded, accepting the fact.
“….” Seeing the genuineness in her expression, though it felt awkward, Ryuk knew he needed her help, not caring if she was some mad scientist or not.
At least not after yesterday’s events. He needed to get back at that woman with several folds, and in that, he needed to become stronger.
“B-but those people told me to dissect them in the hope of finding a cure for their race.” Seeing Ryuk’s narrowed gaze, not wanting to be seen as evil again, Mia revealed the hidden truth she had never shared with anyone out of fear of being reprimanded.
‘!?’
“Very good job.” Feeling satisfied with his assumption being correct, Ryuk patted her head, considering it compensation for the hard work this girl would put into replicating this physical body.
Of course, having already seen the Status Window of Lucas, Ryuk knew the origin and energy source for this being a forbidden technique called the Rakshasa Technique.
Not that Ryuk was going to learn something that would cause harm to his brain.
“But, I need several things to do it.” Mia keenly observed the body, automatically understanding the constitution needed to relocate something like this.
Her needs were several things to prepare the working model.
“I will give you whatever you want, just make a list of everything and give it to me, and I will deal with your father, first.” Feeling someone approaching the door, Ryuk turned his attention towards it before approaching, already aware of the person at the door.
knock
Krieeek
Directly opening the door at a single knock, Ryuk’s eyes fell on the man known as Dreck Chandler.
An amusing fact was that, instead of the Crawfords, he was brought to the mansion belonging to the Chandler family.
“Mia, are you all right?” Ignoring the young man looking at him, Dreck inquired about the well-being of his daughter, who seemed equally oblivious, excitedly examining the artificial body lying in front of her.
Instant karma.
“….My daughter.” Seeing her engrossed in her old habits once again, Dreck turned towards Ryuk with a crestfallen expression before slightly bowing.
“Welcome to our house, Young Master Ryuk.”
