"Firstborn Flesh?"
Though Shade had never heard of such a concept, since even the Radiance Dragon could use itself to create offspring, the Twilight Creator, who wielded the authorities of creation, evolution, and flesh, certainly could as well.
"More precisely, this is the remnant and degenerated Firstborn Flesh. Though it no longer possesses its former might after the end of the Mythical Epoch, we Doppelgangers did indeed differentiate from this mass of flesh. We are also the 'first offspring.'"
It spoke calmly, without much pride in its voice, but Shade pointed out:
"The first offspring should have been personally created by that Ancient God who wielded the authority of creation, shouldn't they? But you seem to be things that split off only after this mass of flesh developed a problem—or, by your account, after it degenerated. An Ancient God would not create things as strange and disgusting as you. Ancient races like the Titans are magnificent and wondrous. As for you, you should actually be called... mistakes, like tumors growing on a human body."
The Outlander had actually wanted to say "cancer cells," but that word did not yet exist in this era.
The Doppelganger on the wall was not angry at all:
"Humans cannot understand such honor, after all. You were not created by My Lord."
Shade said:
"First, I don't think the Ancient God would necessarily like you calling it 'My Lord.' Second, since you say humans were not created by that Ancient God, do you know the origin of humanity? Where did humans come from? Did we evolve from monkeys?"
Then he noticed the Stage Four Imposter looking at him with an odd expression:
"This is the first time I have seen someone insult their own race like that."
It seemed that the humans of this world