The Asterisk War, Vol. 13 by Yuu Miyazaki and okiura

Author:Yuu Miyazaki and okiura [Yuu Miyazaki and okiura]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Yen On
Published: 2020-05-20T00:00:00+00:00

“This child isn’t under your control, is she?” Hilda asked.

At this, Ernesta broke out into a genuine smile, completely different from the expression she had been showing up till now. “Heh… You’ve got a good eye. I guess that’s why they call you Magnum Opus.”

“Oh? It’s just instinct. It merely occurred to me that it’s the kind of thing you would do.”

“Indeed. I didn’t create Lenaty to follow my orders. No, she’s not designed to follow anyone’s orders. I made her to think for herself, to decide for herself, and to grow by herself. And of course, I haven’t built in any restraining functions, either.” Ernesta paused there, patting Lenaty lovingly on the head, before continuing softly: “I mean, what would be the point? Even if she had the ability to act freely, if she had to abide by some kind of restraining system, she would still be a machine. But my puppets are more than that.”

“Keh-heh-heh-heh! This might sound strange coming from me…but you really are mad, Ernesta. That doll of yours could kill you at any moment. It could make its way into the galleries and massacre everyone. And you’re not going to take any responsibility for that?”

“Lena would never do that!” the puppet responded, clearly offended.

Hilda, however, paid her no heed. “Ah, but how…how splendidly wonderful! Yes, very impressive, very impressive! You really are just like me!”

That was Ernesta Kühne’s true nature.

That was Ernesta Kühne’s madness.

There was a world beyond the current era waiting for them to reach out and touch—and it seemed that Hilda wasn’t alone in peering into it.

“Heh-heh! I don’t want to be lumped in with you… But well, I can’t deny it. Anyway…” Ernesta paused there, narrowing her eyes. “How exactly did you avoid Lenaty’s attack just now?”

“Ah…?”

“You may be a Genestella, but you’ve never even tried to train your body before, am I right? No one who enters the Lindvolus without any training should be able to avoid Lenaty’s attacks.”

Yes, Ernesta truly was insightful.

She tapped her fingers against her head before continuing, her tone of voice deathly cold: “Those giant headphones of yours—they’re from the Skill Installation Project, aren’t they?”

“How discerning of you! Yes, indeed they are. I was, after all, assisting in that project during my time away from my real work. So I had one of my juniors working there put some of the technology born from it to use.”

“In other words, you stole it.”

“What a shameful thing to say. I’m the one who made that project bear anything of practical use. This is just compensation for my efforts.”

The Skill Installation Project was originally designed to copy fighting data and techniques from the second-generation Master Swordsman Gilbert Premelin, formerly of Allekant Académie’s practical class, to other fighters. In theory, it should have been possible to mass-produce fighters with Premelin’s repertoire of techniques, but the subjects were unable to properly process everything and ended up becoming highly psychologically volatile. Eventually, it reached a state where one such subject murdered an innocent bystander.

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