“Huh!? A-Aristotereus!? N-no, that’s not possible….…”
When I revealed my identity, Eudemos began to panic.
“It’s true though.”
“A-are you saying you rejuvenated!? No, I’m sure I heard you say in your past life…. I’ve heard that you’re doing research on reincarnation magic…… Don’t tell me…. you succeeded!?”
“That’s right. So why are you still alive at this age? Ah, but I think the word “alive” is a wrong word to use, right? Because your body is clearly not that of a human being.”
“…… Ku,kukuku.”
Suddenly, Eudemos starts laughing.
“Ahahaha! I’ve been living since then! By completely transferring my brain and spirit to this special body!”
Perhaps that body is similar to an immortal creature such as a slime. Certainly, if we transfer our memories and souls to such things, it is not impossible to live forever.
“You, on the other hand, have died once! This is a proof that I am better!”
Given how he kicked the puppet that represents me earlier, he may have some kind of strong grudge against me. Come to think of it, when I told him that I was going to expel him from the tower as a punishment for dabbling in forbidden magic, he got angry and attacked me, didn’t he?
I remember that he was a man with a lot of pride, he swore that it was impossible to banish someone like him. Well, I repelled him easily though.
『Perhaps to avenge the humiliation he felt at that time, he recreated the scene with the puppet. He sat in Master’s chair at the top of the tower and insults the puppet that resembles Master everyday I guess.』
And this wasn’t something he just started doing yesterday or today. Just imagining how long it took him to return and do this is chilling.
“Uh-uhm…… let me tell you, the way you did it, I’ve thought about it once.”
“Huh? W-what do you mean?! No, do you really think that I would be fooled by such a bluff!? If you came up with it, why didn’t you do it!? Or, did you think you couldn’t do it?”
“Of course I could have done it if I wanted to, but I just didn’t do it.”
The reason is simple. This is because the human mind cannot tolerate entering a non-human body for a long period of time. That’s why I gave up on this method and chose the method of reincarnation.
“Hahahaha! It’s no use making excuses like that!”
“It’s not an excuse. You may not realize it, but you’ve long since lost your mind, haven’t you? I mean, you recreated the scene as it was at that time, and you’ve maintained it for hundreds of years, haven’t you?”
Such an imitation would not be possible for a decent person.
“In other words, your mind is no longer like it was when you were a human, and your spirit has been eroded by your immortal body.”
“……W-what are you trying to say? That can’t be…..”
Eudemos, who can’t accept the fact that he has been shown to him, mutters “It can’t be…. it can’t be like that” over and over again with trembling lips.
Let’s push it further.
“Then let me ask you, have you had any major research results since you took over this tower? You are probably so satisfied with your body that you continued to waste your time just making fun of the puppet Aristotereus, haven’t you?”
“N-no……that can’t be……”
The fact that he couldn’t come up with anything concrete to say in response must mean that I hit the nail on the head.
“You were probably pulled along by your immortal body and weren’t worried about achieving zero results. Of course, if you continued doing that, your intelligence would deteriorate too… so it’s already quite impressive that you’re still able to converse like this.”
“It’s not, it’s not……. S-shut up!!”
Eudemos’ face contorts with anger. No, in fact, his body itself begins to squirm and distort. Then, when it takes the form of a slime,
“Kill you, kill you, kill you, kill you, kill youuuuuuuuuu!”
He attacked me while releasing a tremendous murderous aura.
This is translated by Yume Neiji. Kindly read at yumeineijiworks.wordpress.com.
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