Chapter 119 (2/2)
”Me after Yabai?”
”No, Master Two. Yabai-Sama is a temporary master. The official master registered to me is your mother.”
What do you mean by that?
”My mother is your first master?”
If so, why is she here?
I looked at Yabai again, he looked away, seemingly angry.
”Master, talk to this young man.”
”I don't want to, you explain it to him.”
”This machine doesn't know what happened before it woke up. It must be the genius alchemist, Yabai-Sama, who explains, as only you know the circumstances.”
”Genius alchemist!?”
Yabai reacted with a jerk.
”I would like the rare genius Yabai-Sama, who is overflowing with talent and has won all kinds of honors, but has discarded them all to continue his research in solitude, to explain himself.”
”Very well, I'll do it!”
The motivated Yabai begins to speak.
Yabai had always shown great interest in the ancient race.
In the process, he researched various ruins and artifacts, and managed to duplicate some of them, making Yabai's name widely known.
One rainy day, an unknown woman appeared at his door.
She was carrying something wrapped in cloth and told him she was a dragon person.
Yabai was skeptical of her words, but with the use of an appraisal scroll, he knew it was the undeniable truth.
He was very excited about it.
An ancient species thought to be extinct had survived.
There was so much he wanted to know, so much he didn't know what to ask, Yabai said.
The woman called herself ”Kuon”.
She was a woman of few words and, contrary to expectations, did not talk much.
A very quiet woman, she read a lot of books, strangely perceptive, a good cook, and a great cleaner.
She was very intelligent, and also seemed to understand Yabai's research instantly.
After staying here for a few days, she left the maid (the golem) and went somewhere.
”...Kuon never gave me an answer to all my questions, it's like she was trying to hide from something that was chasing her.”
”What if she had no memory of who she was?”
”I don't think that was the case. It was Kuon who repaired the silly maid here.”
Life support golem LL-0223 was fixed by my mother?
Maybe the thing my mother was holding back then was the maid.
Kuon... That's my mother's real name.
Although it's the first time I've heard a name like that, I like it.
”What do you know about my mother?”
”I'm afraid the memory of this machine has been deliberately erased. The only order I have been given is to serve this old alchemist.”
So her memory's been erased.
That's not good. I thought I had found a huge clue.
I turn around and see that Jessica is still sound asleep.
I'll let her sleep a little longer.
”Did she say where she came from?”
”I don't know. I asked her where she was from and where she was going, but she wouldn't tell me.”
Yabai continued his story.
”But she did tell me the reason she was traveling.”
”What did she say!?”
”She said she was searching for a place where she can find peace.”
Hearing this, Mom's happy smile flashed across my mind.
Mom had finished her journey. That place where she lived with me and my father was where she found peace, wasn't it?
When I think about it, I feel a warmth deep in my heart.
”That's all I needed to hear. Thank you, Yabai.”
”Wait a minute. I don't know where she came from, but I know someone who might.”
Really?
You should have said that earlier!
Yabai pulls an old book off his shelf.
He flips through it and shows me a page.
”In this world, there is a race called 'Celestial Beasts' who possess unimaginable power. It is said that they are the progenitors of the Beast Tribe, and that they served the ancient race.”
Celestial Beasts?
A woman with fox ears who looked like Kaede appeared in the book.