Chapter 1407: Elope 1 (2/2)

Whenever he encountered a homunculus, Astolfo would come and talk with them full of excitement and shining stars in his eyes.

”Wow! It is so hard!”

Whenever he encountered a golem, Astolfo would knock it with his hands, even if he said it was hurt every time, but he still enjoyed it.

Astolfo wandered around the fortress-like this, causing a commotion in the heavily guarded fortress, and such, he broke into the place where he shouldn't come.

”Here is...”

Standing in a dim basement, Astolfo looked at the scenery in front of him and couldn't help but feel stunned and shocked.

The scene that was presented in front of him wasn't something that could appear in public, showing how cruel the sight was.

Air bubbles rose from the liquid.

Light after light slowly dissipated.

In this basement, there were neatly arranged tanks and inside those tanks, there was an individual inside.

”They're... homunculus, right?”

All the tanks within this basement were filled with the homunculus.

Those homunculi closed their eyes and floated in the liquid in the tanks like a rare specimen.

They didn't show emotion, had a similar appearance, no expression on their faces, and their breath was very weak.

It was what Astolfo could see from all the homunculus which resided inside the tank.

”It seems our magic power is provided by them?”

These homunculi are the lives created by Yggdmillennia as a supply of Magic Power.

Battery that is discarded once it is emptied.

They're such an exitance.

”It's so boring...”

Astolfo didn't find what he had found interesting and remembered about Haru once again. He hoped that Haru would return and bring him with him to have fun, however, he didn't have an idea to leave this place, but with a bored expression on his face, he walked around the basement, looking at the tank, one by one.

”Hmm?”

At a certain tank, Astolfo suddenly stopped.

”He...?”

Astolfo looked at the tank in front of him with some surprise.

Inside, a homunculus watched him.

That's right!

This homunculus was looking at him!

Just like a baby who just opened his eyes, the homunculus tried to open his eyes with all of his might, looking at Astolfo.

There was an emotion in the pair of dead eyes.

This kind of emotion was called hope.

Hope for life.

Astolfo looked at the homunculus in surprise.

The homunculus also looked at Astolfo in surprise.

Neither of them spoke.

It wasn't until no one knew how long the homunculus's lips moved a few times, and then the homunculus closed his eyes.

However, Astolfo understood. He understood what the homunculus wanted to tell him.

”Help me...”

It was just a simple sentence.

Astolfo's boring expression also changed into a dazzling smile.

”Yes!”

*BOOOM!*

It didn't take a long time before the tank was destroyed and a loud sound sounded through the basement.

Astolfo grabbed the homunculus and took him to elope!