[Since this "if" scenario was something I'd only considered before, but now I have to write it within these few chapters, please just take a look.]
Half a year has passed just like that.
The research into magic is probably going relatively smoothly...
However, they almost never succeeded; they only had a feeling that success was possible.
Only half a year
More than three hundred people may have died at my hands...
However, this speed decreases.
Gradually, many of the test subjects no longer died immediately after I cast my spell.
Instead, they would let me observe them for a few days before they died...
"Lord Rudeus! This is the longest survival record to date! He lived for a full eight days!"
"Hmm, very good..."
Many people die from mental illness.
Without mental derangement, one is simply like a wooden doll, practically dead.
Only a minority can speak normally. They might be able to at first, but after a few days, they will start to experience symptoms.
"Lord Rudeus! Is today's experiment over?"
"Um"
"I want to eat steak!"
"OK"
I turned to look at the Nanahoshi.
" Nanahoshi, are you going?"
"Hmm... alright, I'll have dinner with you guys this time."
The three of us left the lab and headed towards the restaurant.
On the way, Aisha talked about what she had discovered that day.
For example, a common characteristic of mentally disturbed people is that they all eventually kill themselves by smashing their heads against a wall.
For example, those wooden figures weren't actually dead... Some of them could even talk, but they just couldn't move.
"Lord Rudeus, you are truly amazing!"
Why do you say that?
"Six months ago, when I first saw you conducting experiments, none of the subjects survived for even a second... Now they can live for several days!"
Wow...
That's definitely progress.
He reached out, instinctively wanting to pat Aisha's head...
No, she's not Aisha.
I withdrew my hand, but then I saw the disappointed look in Aisha's eyes.
Don't make that kind of expression with Aisha's face...
In short, I softened and reached out again to pat her head.
At this moment, Nanahoshi coughed.
As if she knew what I was thinking, she interrupted me.
" Rudeus, we've arrived."
"Um..."
fine...
Upon entering the restaurant, Aisha quickly found a seat.
She patted the chair next to her and said to me...
"Lord Rudeus! Please have a seat here."
"Um"
I sat down next to her.
Nanahoshi sat down opposite me
After ordering, Nanahoshi and I chatted about matters related to the experiment.
Sometimes I would glance at Aisha, and she would just rest her chin on her hand and look at me.
I really don't understand what this child is thinking...
Will she be angry too?
She was kept by my side simply because she looks like my sister...
No, no, no, no, no... She was a slave before!
How could they possibly dare to get angry at me?
How dare you...
If only she didn't look so much like her.
However, if it weren't so similar, I should have killed it back then...
After dinner, Nanahoshi took Aisha back to the dormitory.
I gazed at the starry sky and walked towards home.