My Children Swarm the Cosmos – Chapter 32.1

𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝟑𝟐: 𝐑𝐞𝐢𝐠𝐧 (2)

Morbidly pale skin. Hair that had faded to white. Crimson eyes. An average build.

She was silently gazing at the seven pods in the empty room inside Lemegeton.

“I don’t recognize any of these faces.”

“They are fellow experimental subjects that were completed as the new chimeraz project. Really, you don’t know anything?”

Kreion now knew about her and the seven subjects thanks to absorbing Haber’s memories.

“They were also humans like me who were reborn as chimeraz. I somehow knew that they were my kind.”

“Your name?”

“Anima Selas.”

According to Haber’s memories, she was designed to complement Kreion’s shortcomings.

“Anima. Who gave you that name?”

“My parents. I used to be human.”

“How old are you?”

“18. I’m almost an adult. Same as you.”

‘𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘱𝘶𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴.’

Kreion had also learned various facts about herself when she absorbed Haber’s memories.

That she was not really 18 years old and that the training and all the education she had received from the foundation for 18 years were actually implanted memories.

The implanted memories were done intentionally by humans, and that was how the humans of the Darwin Foundation pursued the diversity of experimental subjects.

Among them, Kreion herself was a subject designed to become a ‘ruler’ from the beginning. The preliminary selection and the coming-of-age ceremony were all stages prepared to strengthen Kreion.

Looking at Anima knowing those facts, it was as if she saw her own past reflected in her.

‘𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘹𝘵 𝘳𝘶𝘭𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘮𝘦.’

“. . . What should I do now?”

“What do you mean?”

“That. . . Everything around me is gone. Apoptology, the teacher humanoids, and even the goals they presented me. . . That’s why I don’t know. Anything. . .”

Kreion answered without much thought.

“You are now given freedom.”

Freedom.

Anima wouldn’t feel that word right away. It was easy to tell even without connecting the wavelength, just by Anima’s reaction.

“Freedom. . . ?”

“You’re free. The humans who restrained, experimented, and raised you as a weapon have been destroyed. So now you can choose.”

“Am I allowed to?”

“As a ruler entity equal to you, I will respect your decision.”

“. . .”

Her expression said that she didn’t understand.

“Is it hard to decide?”

“Where are we going now?”

“We are returning to the colony after eliminating the forces that threaten us.”

“What threat?”

“Darwin Foundation. That group of humans deceived me and killed my mother. . . No, our mother, and they even tried to kill the child I care about the most.”

She must have found the situation too sudden.

“I escaped after making them pay the price for their betrayal and arrogance. And that’s how chimeraz became enemies with humans.”

“No way. . . Darwin Foundation wouldn’t do that. . . Darwin Foundation gave me a new life. They gave me clothes, food, and even new goals. . .”

“And you’re afraid of humans because of the memories they implanted as they pleased.”

“What?”

“It’ll take forever if I explain everything one by one.”

Kreion approached Anima and reached out. Then, she unconsciously flinched.

“I’m not a human. Why are you afraid?”

“W-What are you going to do?”

“I’ll connect our brains for a moment and show you part of my memories.”

Soon, tentacles extended from Kreion’s fingers and connected to her forehead. It didn’t take Kreion, who had perfect control over her brain, even 10 minutes to show her the necessary memories.

Anima, who had been struggling with confusion and fear, finally seemed to realize.

Light seemed to shine through her crimson eyes.

“You have similar eyes to the child I care about the most. Do you understand your situation now?”

“. . . Kreion.”

“Choose. If you want, I can find a star for you to stay in. You can build your own colony like me, have your own children, and lead your own chimeraz. Or you can join my colony, or if not, you can go back to the humans.”

Anima raised her head and had a gaze that seemed to have found new light.

It was freedom, ego, and someone precious that had been lacking in her for a long time.

“No. I won’t go back.”

It was an expected answer.

“I want to be with you. That’s right.”

“Are you sure? This is an irreversible choice.”

“I’m sure.”

“Then you are now under me.”

“Okay.”

Kreion and Anima didn’t know at that moment.

That a faint smile had appeared on both of their faces. 

🔹🔹🔹🔹🔹🔹

After 4 days of destroying Apoptology, the 17 Lemegetons are about to enter the dark nebula where the red dwarf star exists.

Kreion, left alone in the empty room, looked at the terminal of one of the 7 pods.

「. . . Brain download 81% in progress」

‘𝘕𝘰𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘍𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘯𝘫𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘺𝘦𝘵.’

Then, he checked the other terminals.

「. . . Brain download 55% in progress」

「. . . Brain download 57% in progress」

「. . . Brain download 34% in progress」

Looking at the appearance of the experimental subjects dreaming in the pods, he could see that they were of different ages.

‘𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘸𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘬𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘪𝘯𝘫𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯.’

On the other hand, the experimental subject, who looked the youngest, had a brain download progress of 81%.

「. . . Brain download 81% in progress」

「. . . Experimental subject information access」

「Experimental subject name: Gnox」

「Gender: Male」

「Age: 15 years old」

「Ability: Cell control, Networking specialization」

Cell control means the ability to change the body’s form or the form of the chimeraz subordinates.

And the networking specialization made Kreion think of Zeul Pin Bythos.

‘𝘡𝘦𝘶𝘭 𝘩𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘩𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯. 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨-𝘰𝘧-𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘤𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘺, 𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘧𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘥𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘺 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯.’

‘𝘐𝘧 𝘎𝘯𝘰𝘹 𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘮𝘺 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘤𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴, 𝘐 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘶𝘵 𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝘵𝘰 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘰𝘯 𝘦𝘷𝘰𝘭𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘦𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘱𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵.’

As luck would have it, there are human artifacts salvaged from Apoptology. Most of them are encrypted, so hacking skills are essential.

‘𝘎𝘯𝘰𝘹 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘸𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘶𝘱 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 5 𝘥𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴.’

Forcibly waking up a living being that is receiving a brain download can cause permanent mental disorders. So it’s best to protect them well until the brain download is complete.

‘𝘐’𝘮 𝘨𝘭𝘢𝘥 𝘐 𝘨𝘰𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦.’

Kreion felt a sense of kinship as he pressed his palm against the transparent glass of the pod.

━𝐦𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫. . .!

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