VIP Early Access
Eksklusif untuk member VIP
Password Protected
Chapter ini dikunci dengan kode khusus
Chapter 259
Deep Layer Projection
The East was called the Mysterious Land.
The reason was that, unlike other lands, the ideology of Assimilation was predominant.
Unlike harmony, where individuals preserve their bloodlines while blending together, Assimilation is no different from the inside of a blast furnace.
That is why its concept was vastly different from currently established magic, and the taboo Red Circle could become mainstream.
The High Elf Elder had said that to obtain an answer, Ferda had to go East, and so the first exploration was conducted.
W е̇b ń ȯ v ĕl Ěn̆u m̈ а̇
"Since the East was a place where the Red Circle was mainstream, there are many cases where emotions cannot be properly controlled."
"That is the Red Circle."
Dilarang mengopy novel dari Enuma.id.
Because it is difficult to control, it is neglected and treated as a sin.
Since the Heinkel Kingdom incident, along with hatred for black magic, the danger of the Red Circle was being emphasized once again.
"Someone who can judge objectively understands that situation and makes finding a solution smooth. Like the current Regent, for instance."
"I believe I am being rational at the moment, though."
Е̂nu̇m̆.а̌ .і̆ d̆
"That's unknown. Isn't the Regent's current worry ultimately happening because of emotions?"
"......."
It was a correct statement.
As long as one lives as a human, being submerged in emotions is natural, and maintaining rationality is difficult.
Dilarang mengopy novel dari Enuma.id.
That is why clerics, who put their bodies into the framework of a regular life, are respected.
"Anyway, this thing called the Deep Projection technique is an act of looking into the Regent's mind, but it is done in a safer way than previously known."
Е̂n̊ um̊ а .і d
"How is it safe?"
As I said, even the Elf Elder fell victim to it.
"The Elf Elder accessed the Regent's mind by throwing himself naked into the Source, as I mentioned. It was because he was vulnerable to information that could not be resolved or processed."
"What is different about that technique?"
"Focusing on the Regent's question, and the Regent directly processing the information he holds....... That would be the extent of it."
"Even things I don't know?"
Dilarang mengopy novel dari Enuma.id.
"It's basically like an adventure. Even if you know the path to the entrance, you don't know the inside, so it's a feeling of only knowing by going in."
"Is that why you're making such an interested face?"
"Not necessarily."
She says that, but her sparkling eyes lacked persuasiveness.
"And what's certain is that there's a way to reduce the risk."
"How?"
W е́ b̈n о̂ v̇ el̀ Ѐ n um̂ a
"They say you need at least two people to enter the interior. As an Explorer and a Monitor, that is."
"What is that?"
Dilarang mengopy novel dari Enuma.id.
"The Explorer is the person who enters Ferda's mind to investigate, so that's my role, and the Monitor continuously monitors and rescues if the Explorer judges that the target's mind is being contaminated."
"It's like a safety device."
"There are two candidates suitable for that Monitor role."
The two Erica spoke of were Isabella and Rize.
Wё b́ n о̂v̂ е̌_l Ẽñ ũ m̊ а
Isabella was recommended because, as Erica's secretary, she knew her abilities well, and Rize was highly evaluated for her calm mental strength through recent adventures.
"Must it be one of those two?"
"Are you saying you can't trust my judgment?"
A voice that sounded like her pride was hurt.
Dilarang mengopy novel dari Enuma.id.
"No. It's just that there's a more suitable person separately."
"A suitable person? Who is it?"
W̃_еb̆n о vё l̂ Е̇ n̊ u mā
A rational organism not swayed by emotions.
That organism was currently living in Valdrova Castle.
* * *
A girl doing paperwork in one corner of Ferda's office.
She has the appearance of a well-dressed young lady with blonde hair, but her expression is cold like a doll.
Her name is Mori.
Baca cerita ini hanya di situs resmi Enuma.id!
Holding the position of Secretary, she bore heavy responsibilities disproportionate to her young appearance and actual age.
In reality, she was a crystallization of knowledge containing the Library of All Things, said to hold all records, within her head.
But in exchange for obtaining that knowledge, she lost her ego and gained the curse of becoming a Slave Sage.
Without an ego, there are no emotions.
Since she cannot be swayed by emotions, she can only be objective, so he thought she was the suitable person.
Ferda showed Mori the book called Deep Projection Technique.
Е̇n̈um а
She quickly scanned the book, closed the back cover, scribbled letters, and showed them to Ferda.
-Understood.
Dilarang mengopy novel dari Enuma.id.
"Tell me what you understood."
-In short, you're saying that while Tower Master Erica Iorga explores the Regent Ferda's mind, I should perform my mission as a device to minimize situations where emotions could be contaminated, correct?
"Can you do it?"
Nod
W̆ еbn̂о̊ v̄el Е̄ nümá
Mori nodded her head.
Her eyes looked as if she knew she was the right person for the job.
"Using a Slave Sage...... I'd forgotten about this existence for a moment."
Erica also understood why she had opposed the two candidates when she heard the name Mori.
Baca cerita ini hanya di situs resmi Enuma.id!
Slave Sage.
Erica, who had lived longer than any mortal, had met countless Slave Sages who obtained the Library of All Things.
Е̇ n uḿ а̃
In exchange for gaining absolute knowledge, their ego disappears, and they spend their lives being used by someone.
Using a cattle-slaughtering knife to only catch chickens, hiding that existence tightly, and eventually cutting open the goose that lays golden eggs out of greed.
She had actually met them several times.
Slave Sages were literally slaves.
They are kept alive, only able to answer, managed at a subsistence level.
From the perspective of having seen such Slave Sages, Mori's appearance was truly novel.
Dilarang mengopy novel dari Enuma.id.
Her well-combed hair swayed with luster, her skin flawless and glowing with a healthy red hue.
Attire neat enough to be called a noble young lady without issue.
'Above all.......'
Unlike Slave Sages who only give mechanical answers, something could be felt wriggling inside her.
However, since that feeling was also at a minute level, Erica didn't pay it much mind.
"Then since we've secured a Monitor too, let's prepare."
Е n_u ṁ а̂ . і̊ d̈
"Yes."
Erica began drawing a magic circle on the office floor.
Baca cerita ini hanya di situs resmi Enuma.id!
However, unlike ordinary magic with rune characters, unique characters were being drawn one in each direction.
Since the characters themselves were drawn more complexly than runes, an unknowing person would think it was a 7th Circle Alchemy Magic Circle.
"Good, the magic circle is complete...... Regent? Would you sit in the center?"
"Yes."
W̌ ёb̌nо̊ v́е̄ l Ē numâ
He sat quietly coiled in the round circular formation.
Erica checked once more for things that might interfere in the meantime.
"I've confirmed even the absence of five-sense variables, and the target resistance variable...... we can only hope there isn't one."
Erica takes a deep breath.
Dilarang mengopy novel dari Enuma.id.
"I'll begin."
Erica pours mana into the magic circle.
Enu m а. і̂d̊
High-purity mana spread instantly, and the magic circle emitted a faint light.
Erica spat out words as if chanting a magic spell.
"Plains, blue river, bright sunlight, grass insect sounds......."
The focus gradually disappeared from the eyes of Ferda sitting in the center of the magic circle, and his eyes gently closed.
He had a peaceful face like a high monk meditating.
"Good, first stage cleared smoothly."
Baca cerita ini hanya di situs resmi Enuma.id!
Projection Induction, the first stage for Deep Projection.
It was a task of creating a background using basically graspable words, with the effect of making the Explorer's search easier.
If it flowed as intended, Ferda's mind would be in a plains with commonly seen grass, river, and trees.
Next is Erica placing her hand on Ferda's back and infiltrating his mind.
Mori, selected as the Monitor, continuously monitors through Erica's back whether her mind is being contaminated.
If contamination is detected, she informs her of that fact, reminds her that it's not her own emotion, and supports the search smoothly.
Ẁ e b̄ ǹ ŏ ṽ е l Еňúm̊a
"Are you ready?"
When Erica asked, Mori wrote something and showed it to her.
Baca cerita ini hanya di situs resmi Enuma.id!
It was too many letters for a simple acknowledgment.
-The criteria regarding the scope of contamination is ambiguous.
"What do you mean by ambiguous?"
-The reason ordinary emotional contamination is perceived as dangerous is because the mana circuit is endangered. And mostly negative emotions predominate.
Е́n̆ u̇m̂а̊
"That's right."
-Currently, the emotion contributing to Ferda's Red Circle is, unlike other Red Circles, a conventionally positive emotion.
"......Right?"
-And that emotion is love directed toward the Duke King.
Baca cerita ini hanya di situs resmi Enuma.id!
Hearing those words, Erica could grasp the situation.
"So if I were to suffer emotional contamination from the Regent's mana, the effect on me would be......."
Ӗ nũ ṁ a
-Inheriting Regent Ferda Valdrova's emotions, falling in love with Lord Valdrova, or.......
"Or?"
-You might also fall in love with Regent Ferda.
The moment Erica heard those words, her spine turned cold.
She looked down at Ferda's back again.
It felt like an entrance leading into a demon's cave.
Baca cerita ini hanya di situs resmi Enuma.id!
-Should this case also be considered negative emotional contamination and be reminded of?
"......."
She recalled when she suffered a mental attack from Trauma.
That day was the worst day for Erica.
But it was saying an even worse situation than that worst day could occur.
-Kiyaaaang!
Еn u m̊ а́
The unsightly voice she screamed upon feeling Ferda's mana echoes in her ears.
Emotions wanting to scream and kick the air right now surged up wildly.
Dilarang mengopy novel dari Enuma.id.
Erica's face flushed bright red with shame.
"If such a case occurs...... don't ask or debate, just remind me."
-Then I'll ask one more question.
Her question was this.
Е̌ n̊ ũm̌а
-Do you have even a little bit of yearning for Regent Ferda Valdrova?
"Absolutely not! I don't have even a fly's eye's worth of love for that man!! If you feel that kind of emotion!! Slap my cheek!! Pull my horns!! Stomp on me!! Beat me to a pulp until I come to my senses!!"
Erica emphasized it to Mori as if having a fit, and Mori nodded.
Her eyes seemed to be looking at her as if finding her strangely ridiculous.
Baca cerita ini hanya di situs resmi Enuma.id!
She decided to think it was just her imagination.
Because a Slave Sage couldn't possibly have an ego.
É_n̊ú ḿа . і̃ḋ
* * *
Ferda, whose consciousness had completely drifted away, felt himself waking up.
It was the sight of a world filled with bright primary colors, not his isolated office.
A peaceful space created by all the words Erica spoke blending together.
Moderately warm, and the gentle breeze is moderately cool.
Ferda was sitting leisurely in the shade of a tree.
Baca cerita ini hanya di situs resmi Enuma.id!
'Was my inner world this peaceful a place?'
Ferda ended up surprising himself.
Looking back on his life, he thought of himself as a worn-out human.
He was surprised that such a self could create such a peaceful mental world.
'Did he say what I'm seeing is similar to what the Tower Master sees?'
Of course, Ferda cannot find Erica.
Ŵ ӗ b́n̂о́ v̆ е ĺ Èn um̆а̃
She is an observer, and as an Explorer, she will move to places Ferda doesn't notice.
'What can be discovered in a place like this?'
Dilarang mengopy novel dari Enuma.id.
Can something related to that ominous power be found in this peaceful meadow?
His personality of moving when curious makes Ferda's butt fidget.
But in the end, he sat back down.
Helping the Explorer is him not creating any variables.
Wѐ bň о̂ v̇ е̇l Еn u m̀ а̃
So Ferda enjoyed that tranquility and lay down.
* * *
Erica, who had entered Ferda's mind, lost her words at the sight unfolding before her eyes.
"This...... what on earth is it?"
Baca cerita ini hanya di situs resmi Enuma.id!
Erica Iorga.
The Blue-Eyed Tower Master, she had been worrying about something until just a few minutes ago.
Е̂ ńu̇ m а̊. і d̃_
What would she do if she were contaminated by Ferda's emotions and fell in love with him?
As an authority on magic and knowledge, she had a duty to fulfill her responsibility.
She thought it would be the worst for her, who had lived even as humans repeated generations, to be swayed by a trivial emotion like love.
But she realized too late how much of a flower-garden-like worry she had.
The place she set foot on was far from the appearance of a meadow with a river.
It was a wasteland where only two things, yellow and gray, seemed to exist.
Baca cerita ini hanya di situs resmi Enuma.id!
Everything was desolated, and a storm carrying blade-like sand blew incessantly.
'Surely there weren't such desperate things among the words I threw.......'
Just off the top of my head, there were plains and flowers.
For Erica, who had expected scenery from spring to early summer, it was an extremely bewildering situation.
She recalled the book content she saw in Deep Projection.
'Projection Induction succeeded, but if there's a part that deviates from the induced content.......'
Е n̈.ü ṁа . і́ d
It means Ferda's interior is in a terribly broken state.
'Or it means there's something inside himself as he said.'
Baca cerita ini hanya di situs resmi Enuma.id!
It's too early to interpret.
Erica needed to move.
But in this situation where not even an inch ahead is visible, where should she go?
"Ah, damn it, I don't know."
Еn̆um̊å
Erica decides to just walk blindly.
She raised both hands, pierced through that blade-like wind, and took steps.
While carrying the worry of whether she was going the right way, a silhouette was caught for the first time in the storm.
A cut-off tree stump.
Baca cerita ini hanya di situs resmi Enuma.id!
The figure of a man sitting in front of it.
It was unmistakably Ferda.
Е̌ n u̇ m a. і̄.ḋ
'Why is that man.......'
Different from Ferda, who always had the appearance of a youth overflowing with confidence and challenge.
Listless and depressed, it seems like something heavy is pressing down on his back.
It was a frustration like someone who failed at everything in the world.
'If I talk to that man, I might be able to catch a clue.'
Erica moved through the storm and stood behind his back.
Dilarang mengopy novel dari Enuma.id.
At that moment, the wind carrying blade sand gradually weakened.
At the same time, the silhouette that had become clear also collapsed together.
Instead, a giant form came clearly into Erica's view.
It was a giant Valdrova in human form.
No, it was a yellow stone statue that looked exactly like Valdrova.
She was smiling while hugging a sphere preciously.
W̆ė b̀n о̀ věl Еnum̃ а
That was what was created by projecting Ferda's mind.
For Ferda, Valdrova is this huge, heavy, and singular existence.
Baca cerita ini hanya di situs resmi Enuma.id!
Erica, looking up at that stone statue, interprets and digs for information.
Then one contradiction was felt.
'The time spent with Lord Valdrova is only a mere 1 year.'
Can one love this much in that time?
Е̊ nǔ mа́. і̆ ḋ
Impossible.
If it were love from fanatical obsession, it would take a crude form; if it were exploding passion forged from hormones, it would look like a very large, light balloon.
But this is a stone statue.
One might think Valdrova's appearance was petrified as is, but that was unmistakably something someone carved out.
Dilarang mengopy novel dari Enuma.id.
Around it, countless iron fragments and broken wooden handles proved they were used to carve the hard stone.
'If it's something precious enough to protect even while everything inside is breaking.......'
W̄ е bñоv е l̀ Еn̄úmӑ
It is interpreted that Ferda's reason for existence is Valdrova itself.
That couldn't be explained even by the 19 years of life the human Ferda had lived.
At the moment she was about to be overwhelmed by the unexplainable unknown, a voice pierced into Erica's ear.
That voice said this.
"Isn't it cool, child?"
