"Thinking back to that time, I cried for three days and three nights, but I didn't have the strength I have now back then."

"I fainted very quickly, and when I woke up again, I don't know how much time had passed."

"And my wife's body lay in front of me, disheveled, and she had already begun to decompose slightly."

“I want to bury my wife and let her rest in peace. I’m digging her grave with my bare hands.”

"But thinking about everything, I stopped digging in the dirt."

At this point, the emperor quietly and gently stroked the face of the woman on his left with his right hand.

“As He saw, this half of the face was my wife. At that time, I thought that since there were already strange creatures, it would be possible to resurrect people. So I swallowed my wife’s corpse bit by bit and merged my already rotting wife with myself.”

"Then I destroyed the cave that held both beautiful and despairing memories."

"It wasn't until I destroyed that armed force that I learned the purpose behind all of this."

"When I killed the last member of that force, I felt the power within me growing stronger with each kill."

"Back then, I naively thought that as long as I kept killing and constantly improving my strength, one day I would become powerful enough to resurrect my wife and children, since I could feel their souls still existing in my body."

“From the moment I began to show my talent, the human forces in the south gave me a title—the Slaughterer!”

“Whenever I appear, it is accompanied by killing, day after day, year after year, killing all the time. At that time, I no longer need to sleep, or even eat. As long as I keep killing, my state will remain perfect.”

“Until I met him, or rather, the director of the Bureau of Mystery Investigation.”

“At that time, I had not yet established the empire, but he had already created the Bureau of Mystery Investigation.”

"I stormed into his territory, and naturally he fought me in a fierce battle."

"Unlike usual, ever since I gained power, there has never been anyone who could withstand ten of my moves. That person made me taste defeat all over again."

"At that time, I felt powerless in the face of him. He reactivated the fear hidden deep in my heart with just two moves."

"It was around that time that he told me about my current situation."

“He said that I have been corrupted by the monster, and every time I become stronger, the monster’s corruption intensifies.”

"It wasn't until here that I truly understood why that strange creature helped me, but I questioned it at the time: why did that strange creature choose me, an ordinary person?"

"He answered me truthfully. I don't know how he knows so much, but his words are always convincing."

He said, "I am not an ordinary person, but someone whose soul is born with a strange half-human, half-ghost nature."

"And that's why I was able to become stronger so quickly, which explains why it was willing to spend so much time making this plan."

"Presumably, for it to merge with me, a half-human, half-monster, it requires my willingness, which is why it meticulously planned all of this."

"From the moment I learned this news, I knew that I was the one who had harmed my wife and children. It wasn't an accident or bad luck; it was all because of me, this half-human, half-monster being!"

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