Chapter 185 A Wish, What Can Make Bones...
"Aaaaaaah!!"
There were shouts from the stands, but it was unclear who they were. Amidst the screams, Kavi grabbed the stragglers.
"Was this something you expected? The Doctor has done this kind of thing before? Arranging for children to kill their own friends???"
"Killing a friend..."
The stragglers' expressions shifted repeatedly before settling into a ferocious grimace. "I actually underestimated him, you beast!"
“Wise, wise king…”
The scene was so shocking that even the usually composed scholars of the bioethics school couldn't help but turn pale and stare at the defendant's dock.
There, several Fontaines were hurriedly looking down, seemingly trying to see if there were any bite marks on the young man's fingers.
This search was destined to be futile, for the wise king's entire right hand had already been severed whole by Wu Xiang's single stroke.
"He just wanted to, just wanted to see Buck..."
"In the end, we not only didn't see it, but we also lost another one."
Seno gritted his teeth and cursed under his breath, "Dottore, the Kingdom of Wisdom will be your enemy, to the death—Elheisen! Please hand over the entire task of capturing Dortore to me!...Elheisen?"
Al-Hysen stared intently at the screen, his face remaining calm, but his eyelashes trembled incessantly.
Something's not right.
"where?"
Al-Hysen didn't answer. He just looked up at the child who was completely devastated, then looked down and recalled Mainkuen's timid but obedient appearance when he was young.
Something's not right.
Six years old is far too young, no matter how you look at it. Even though Mainkun is naturally strong, childhood is the foundation of a person's entire life. Having faced such malice at such a young age...
"How can one grow up to look like a normal person? It's too difficult."
This is practically impossible. Al-Hysen thought it would be good enough if Mainkuhn didn't become a cold-blooded killer seeking revenge on society, and coincidentally, the audience thought so too.
"So, was the birth of the lynx influenced by this event? Did they need to draw strength from hatred to find peace of mind?"
"Aaaaaaah!!"
The children's screams never stopped, becoming increasingly distorted and terrifying with each acceleration of Nasita's pace.
“If the lynx really did turn bad because of this, then I… then I…” a woman in the audience sobbed a few times, finally hugging her arms and growling, “Then I can understand him! He really lacked so much guidance and love—”
"Ugh!"
The sudden, abrupt end of the child's scream from her memory drew the woman's attention, making her stare intently at the image.
"He's been calling for six hours! Dotole!"
When that didn't work, Kujavina forcefully covered little Mayin's mouth and controlled his missing finger hand. "You must... turn him back!"
The child kept screaming and screaming, hysterically roaring out the despair in his heart. His voice was hoarse, his lips were cracked, and his nose was bleeding from his nose due to his emotional agitation. It seemed that he was determined to scream until he died, and he would never stop.
"How can he be alright if you treat him like this?!" Funina screamed, clutching her head, forgetting the demeanor expected of a deity. "He's not a machine! His patience has its limits!!"
“Sure, I can roughly restore him to his previous appearance.” But the doctor chuckled, “After all, humans are just more complex machines.”
"...!?? What...what is he saying??"
An ominous premonition began to hang over the audience.
How can life be compared to a machine!
The Dragon King of Life was filled with rage.
The memories of the past are now facts, and nothing can be changed. People in the future can only see the young doctor bring out a strange device and deftly turn on the power switch.
"Do you know the House of Vitality? One of us once conducted many interesting experiments there, although most of them were related to the Demon Scale Disease, but 'I' have never forgotten to explore the original mysteries of the human body, especially the brain."
“Explain yourself, Dotole. I can’t see the difference between your experiments and murder.”
"Hey, scientific progress is built on a sea of blood." With a leisurely complaint, Dotole placed the device on Mainkuen's head and deftly dodged his bite.
“Really, I would suggest you remove his frontal lobe, but since you want him to be a king, not a puppet, let’s forget about it.”
What does he mean by that? What is he trying to do?
The audience murmured in horror, and Leosley gripped Maine's remaining left hand tightly.
"Aaaaaah!!!"
A flash of purple light, followed by Mainkuhn's final scream in the footage, shrill and painful, then a long silence.
Okay.
The doctor removed the shackles from his hands and feet and handed the limp child back to his mother's arms.
"That's it?"
Kujavina looked down and saw that the child's beastly eyes were half-open and unfocused before slowly closing.
He's asleep.
"Of course, that attack just now shattered his memory of about two months. He will not remember me, nor will he remember that he lost two test subjects."
The doctor wiped the blood off the lab table with alcohol. "It's convenient, isn't it? But you can't use it too often. Using it too much will make you stupid, since brain cells are hard to regenerate."
"Ah...it's a device for erasing memories, not a torture device."
Funina slowly relaxed her shoulders.
"Although it sounds scary and seems painful to use, it's better not to leave such terrible memories in May's mind... right?"
She looked at Leosley, trying to seek affirmation from the victim's godfather.
Leosley didn't answer immediately; his usually languid yet sharp blue-violet eyes were filled with sorrow.
“They evaded my brother’s accusations, silencing his cries like shutting down a runaway machine.”
Xiao Mei knew nothing; he was carried back to his friends in his mother's gentle embrace.
"Mother! What's wrong with his index finger!" the child cried out in alarm.
"It's nothing, I just accidentally touched the lawnmower blade."
His mother regretted his physical disability, but was also glad that she had stopped him in time.
"Luckily, only one was broken."
"I see..."
"Alright, kids, come with me to this afternoon's swordsmanship class!"
The children had no faith at all, but seeing that Maine was just asleep and had no other injuries, they could only hesitantly follow Kujavina.
"Boss Maine!"
But after class, they didn't dare linger for a moment, quickly running back to the kitten's bedside and asking a series of questions:
"What happened to you? Did that blue-haired bad guy bully you? Did he break your finger?"
Their young leader sat on his bed with his legs drawn up, his face dazed, as if he had just had a bad sleep, his ears drooping listlessly.
"..."
"Maine, sir? Say something!"
"...Oh, I'm fine."
The big tail patted the bed sheet very slowly.
"...I just have a bit of a headache."
"Maybe you bumped into something? After all, you're always wandering around." Clement tried to guess, but Mainkun just grunted softly and didn't react.
Peruvelli stepped forward. "Mainkuhn."
...
"Mainkuhn!"
“…Hmm?” Xiaomei looked up listlessly, her reaction slow.
“That’s strange.” Peruvieri keenly sensed something was amiss and probed with a question, “Have you seen Buck?”
“…Hmm.”
She was almost horrified to see Mainkuen slowly shake his head and say to her.
"No, I didn't go to class with you."
"!!! Maine! What are you saying?! Didn't you say—"
Peruvieri quickly covered Oriz's mouth.
"What's wrong?" Xiao Mei asked.
“It’s nothing,” Peruvieri replied. “Bark…and maybe Jiro, are leaving Hearth House. I wanted to ask if they said goodbye to you.”
"Hmm?"
The lynx hairs on the child's ear tip twitched slightly. "Where did they go? Are they safe?"
"Safety."
Peruvée answered decisively, turning to the children with a stern expression.
Don't say too much!!
yes!
"...As long as it's safe, that's good."
Mainkuhn wanted to ask a few more questions, but a nameless fear suddenly choked him, making his ears tremble and leaving him only wanting to remain silent.
“Boss.” As usual, Jack reached out to pull him to study when he saw it was time. “You probably can’t write today, but we can read stories together or something…”
This was a normal action, but Mainkun suddenly leaned back sharply and yelled, "Don't touch me!!!"
"Boss!?" Jack recoiled in fright, looking both flustered and aggrieved. "What did I do?"
"Did you bully someone again? Did the boss dislike you?" Tommy guessed.
"No way!"
Clementine and Peruvier exchanged a glance, then cautiously approached. "Mainkun, your hair is messy, let me fix it for you..."
"Don't come any closer!!"
Maine, who had been somewhat bewildered, immediately narrowed her eyes and scrambled off the bed, yelling, "Get away!!"
“This, this is—” His movements as he dodged the children were so familiar that they almost immediately reminded Funina of the boy who had been hiding in the duke’s cloak the whole time.
"Is this the reason he's shy around strangers—no, afraid of people?!"
"Afraid of people...?"
Navelette clenched her fingers, suppressing her deep sorrow.
"Is he afraid of people, or is he afraid of hurting people?"
Leosley watched as the child frantically tried to hide, and finally panicked, locked himself in the bathroom and slammed the door shut.
"Perhaps his situation is just one of them."
But the future is uncertain.
Something seems off.
Something seems off!
Xiao Mei leaned over the edge of the pool, looking at her pale but clean face in the mirror.
"No...it should be stickier..."
Just thinking about this made his heart race, pounding against his chest, making his body heat up and tremble. He knew he had to do something.
What am I supposed to do? What exactly am I supposed to do?
I don't know... Waaah!
"Boss Maine, open the door!"
No, no, no! Humans can't be in the same room as me! No way!
What am I supposed to do? What am I supposed to do?
In his confusion, he couldn't help but put his fingers in his mouth, seeking the most primal comfort like a baby.
It seems something important has happened—
Click.
...Yes, that's it.
The sound of soft gnawing could be heard coming from the bathroom.
"Mainkuhn!!"
A small hand carrying eerie flames slammed open the bathroom door; it was Peruvier who had forced her way in after smelling blood.
"What are you doing... Mainkuhn!?"
In the dim light of the bathroom, she saw Mainkuhn, his mouth full of blood, smiling as he extended a bare hand toward her.
"That should solve the problem, right?"
Tears welled in his beastly eyes, gleaming golden.
"I still want to... play with you guys..."
The bare palm is not threatening at all; it's sticky, short, and not easy to grip.
"What are you doing, Maine?!"
The children burst into tears at the sight; human empathy made their fingers ache, and their love for their companions filled them with deep sorrow.
Do you hate your paws? Do you hate your monstrous side? But no matter what you are like, we will love you and play with you!
Even if you don't know exactly what happened or what bad things your friend went through, the wounds and pain are already laid bare before you!
"Grow back!"
Someone is crying while Maine is holding his wrist, and Maine is laughing.
"Grow back!"
Whose tears fall on the white bones? Maine is laughing.
"Grow back!"
A sudden tingling and itching sensation arose from his meridians, and Mainkun could no longer laugh.
He shook off Clementine's arm and held the claw up to his eyes for a closer look.
All ten fingers are intact, just like always.
Mainkuhn.
Clementine wiped away her tears, her eyes flashing with a mad, stubborn light.
"I want you to be whole."
Mainkuhn didn't hear the wish clearly; he just clutched his returned spiked armor in terror.
"It's over!"
He burst into tears.
"The monster's spirit won't let me go!!"
"Fool... what kind of monster's soul is it that won't let you go?"
Kavi wiped his eyes and went to hug Elhesen, who had a somber expression.
"That was clearly love, though it was once obscured by suffering, it was a real love that existed..."
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