Taylor's Darkness

After opening his eyes, Kano perceived everything around him through his own perspective for the first time. He was no longer observing everything through Taylor's point of view.

Although this body was extremely sluggish to operate and lacked touch and smell, possessing only hearing and sight, it was still a completely new experience for Kano—an experience that belonged solely to him, rather than one shared with Taylor and Bobby.

He lowered his head and looked at his robotic palms, at the energy patterns formed by the sorcery runes attached to their surfaces, and sensed the thick magic channels deep within his body.

From his face to his torso, legs, arms, and hands, there were connections between the energy patterns and sorcery runes, as well as finer sorcery formations attached to his hands and legs.

Kano roughly assessed his Magic Mech body. He could now manipulate Wind Elements with his left hand to cast Wind Blades, gather Fire Elements with his right hand to launch fireballs, and his feet were enchanted with the Gale Spell, allowing him to fly briefly at critical moments.

His chest contained the "heart," where Magic Ore was placed to supply energy.

Though he did not have a flesh-and-blood body and possessed only hearing and sight, Kano was already very satisfied. At the very least, he could now exist independently for a while, couldn't he?

"How do you feel now?"

After hearing Taylor's voice, Kano took a full half minute to react. He seemed to be adjusting to the sensation of hearing a voice by himself rather than sharing senses and information.

"I... I'm fine... pretty good."

After pondering for a long while, Kano finally spoke his first words through the amplification formation specially designed in the Magic Mech's throat and its throat-like mechanism—his first words that others could hear.

"How does the new body feel? How are the magic channel connections, the circulation of the energy patterns, the sorcery formations enchanted onto your hands and feet, and the operation of the sorcery runes?"

Although Kano's voice was harsh and dry, like two grinders scraping against each other, Taylor was still overjoyed.

In his heart, Bobby and Kano were his closest people, his only two family members in this world.

The three of them sharing one body had still been unfair to Kano and Bobby. If this method worked, he could also attach Bobby to a Magic Mech and let him experience a new life.

As the primary consciousness, everything about the secondary consciousnesses was derived from the primary one. Naturally, Taylor could sense the surprise and excitement in Kano's heart.

"This body... has no major problems overall. The magic channel connections... the circulation of the energy patterns... are both nearly perfect. Thank you, Taylor."

As he became more familiar with the body, Kano no longer spoke in such a stumbling manner. His voice remained harsh and unpleasant, but his words flowed far more smoothly.

As another of Taylor's personalities, the lazy Bobby watched Kano obtain his new body, his heart filled with longing and envy.

He also wanted a body of his own, one that could bask in the sun, drink hot tea, do things that interested him, and spend every day lazily listening to music in the sunlight.

Taylor sensed Bobby's longing and smiled as he reassured him, "Don't worry. You'll have a Magic Mech body someday too. And I'll definitely find a way for you both to have flesh-and-blood bodies in the future."

"Hohoho~~~~ That's impressive, Taylor. Then thank you very much."

The plans and design process for the Lava Golem had to be accelerated...

Bobby's voice was still as frivolous and unreliable as ever, but Taylor could hear Bobby's sincerity and gratitude within it.

Kano, standing beside Taylor, also looked at him with gratitude and respect.

As secondary consciousnesses, no matter what decisions Taylor made or what he ordered them to do, they would never resist. They belonged to Taylor, the primary consciousness, body and soul, and they would not even harbor the slightest malicious thought.

Yet he could clearly sense that ever since they had been born, Taylor had always communicated with them as equals. He respected their thoughts and treated them like family.

He could have treated them as useful tools, yet Taylor treated them as family.

Though they had been born from Taylor, they had long since become independent consciousnesses with their own personalities and emotions. Taylor's actions made them feel valued and respected.

Their innate loyalty and obedience toward the primary consciousness, combined with Taylor's equal treatment, respect, and the promise he had just made, led Kano and Bobby to decide that they would devote everything they had to Taylor's path as a wizard.

It was not obedience to orders, nor coercion, nor compulsion. It was a decision and acknowledgment that came entirely from the depths of their hearts.

They might be dark and cruel, or lazy and indolent, but they also had their own pursuit: to make Taylor the strongest and most learned wizard.

Since Kano felt that his new body was acceptable for now, Taylor turned around to pack his potions, tools, equipment, and other supplies, preparing for the battle ahead.

Kano closed his eyes and continued adapting to his new body, while also thinking about other matters.

In his view, Taylor was calm and composed, and he had his own principles and convictions. That was a good thing for a White Wizard.

What Kano appreciated now was that Taylor had his own bottom line without being rigidly foolish. He did not reject or resent the wars waged by wizards or their plundering of resources and knowledge. This made him highly suited to his current profession: a White Wizard.

Neither chaotic and cruel nor sanctimonious and stubborn, he possessed his own principles, rules, and limits. He held his own aspirations and curiosity toward all things, as well as unique pursuits and insights regarding knowledge.

But as the embodiment of Taylor's darkness, cruel thoughts, and negative emotions, Kano knew well that the world did not always operate according to Taylor's own principles. Sometimes, doing dark and cruel things for one's own sake was unavoidable—perhaps even impossible to avoid.

He did not want Taylor to break his own convictions and bottom line. Therefore, those filthy matters could only be left to him. He was willing to become Taylor's darkness, forever hiding in the shadows and handling everything Taylor was unwilling to do, along with hidden threats.

Things like hostage-taking, betrayal, slaughter, and extermination could be left to him. After all, he had no principles or bottom line.

Sometimes, the world was simply that wondrous. At first, Kano had considered some of Taylor's convictions and principles to be signs of weakness, yet now he had come to admire those convictions and limits, even wanting to help protect them.

For wizards who wielded extraordinary power, once certain convictions and bottom lines were broken, they would become chaotic monsters of power without rules.

Sometimes, convictions and bottom lines were not meant to restrain a person, but to protect them.

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