Chapter 1343 - Garden of Seclusion (4) (1/2)
“Sss…”
Looking at the enormous Shira in front of him, Rhode sucked in a cold breath of air. Although he knew that the one occupying the core personality in Shira’s mental world was definitely strong, he never expected the core personality to manifest itself in such an exaggerated form. No matter how strong Celestina’s core personality was, it was only capable of capturing her two other personalities. But now, Shira actually imprisoned her other personalities in such a sandbox-like world, watching them perform like a monkey show.
She held a much more superior attitude toward her other personalities compared to the previous mental projections in Celia’s and Celestina’s mental worlds… Rhode considered whether or not he should deal with his mental projections in a similar way. Especially after recalling his other self who infuriated him in the city earlier, he suddenly thought that it was a good idea.
And now, since the core personality was found, the next thing to do was…
“Hahaha. Looks like Master hasn’t had enough, huh? Actually, I haven’t had enough either. Hahaha…”
Laughing like a broken doll, Shira’s behavior made Rhode increasingly worried. One should know that she was a lunatic, whose intelligence and logic was simply not on the same page as normal people’s. Although Rhode admitted that he also wasn’t on the same page, at least he was much more normal than her! As for the question of what exactly was going through Shira’s head, he reckoned it to be comparable to Goldbach’s conjecture[1].
But now, he once again discovered that he couldn’t understand her at all.
In his opinion, perhaps this was the end of this mental world, though the situation wasn’t really that dangerous for him to go back and forth and felt more like a mystery game, where he couldn’t find any evidence and was left scratching his head. Now that he finally found the core manifestation of Shira, the next step would be to pack up and head back, right? But no, he realized that he underestimated the situation… With Shira’s way of thinking, it wasn’t possible for her to let him go so easily. And as expected, the moment this thought cropped up in Rhode’s head, he detected some weirdness and danger in the tone of her laughter. Soon after, Shira stretched out her arm and a tattered doll appeared in her hand, and she spoke immediately after.
“… This isn’t fun, Master. It’s not fun at all. It’s really boring, don’t you think? They’re so useless. What a pity. Hahaha… Hahaha…”
Upon hearing the laughter that sounded like the grinding of broken gears, Rhode instinctively sensed that something was wrong. But before he reacted, he witnessed Shira hurling the doll with all her might, smashing it on the sandbox model in front of her. Then, she lifted her head and burst out laughing.
“In that case, they’re useless! Hahaha. After playing with them for so long, they’re not even as fun as Master, so what’s the point of keeping them? Hahaha. I shall bite my little cuties, drink their blood, and let them die in eternal agony!”
What in the world!
Upon hearing her words, Rhode was stunned. And if it were someone else who said it, he might wonder if it were just a show to test himself. But this lunatic always kept her word. When she said to kill someone, she would surely do it!
At this thought, Rhode sulked and dashed toward the manor house in front of him instantly. Honestly, he had a favorable feeling toward the noble lady. And after spending a long time in contact, he sensed that she might also be the core personality of Shira.
After all, the undead puppet was also a dependent of the Dark Dragon. Judging from the other dependents like Erin, Lydia, Gracier, Madaras, and even Celestina, despite not knowing their true selves, they were all polished and behaved like high-class races.
Meanwhile, although Shira usually behaved this way, Rhode could see that if she dressed up and maintained herself well, she would also possess an outstanding aura of the upper class. In the past, Rhode met the original Dark Dragon on his trip to Earth and the Dark Dragon didn’t seem like the kind of lunatic who smiled in the face of others, while enjoying torturing people in secret, so Rhode was certain that the noble lady was actually Shira’s original core personality.
But he just didn’t know what happened that caused the core personality to be suppressed by other personalities and dominated by the crazy personality. Or perhaps the two personalities were created much earlier than the crazy personality.
After all, judging from Rhode’s observation, the maid might have been what Shira looked like when she was first created, while the noble lady was apparently her manifestation after the undead puppet gained self-consciousness. However, Rhode had no idea what caused the insane personality of Shira. He perceived that something huge must have happened to her to turn her into this manner.
Well, it wasn’t all that surprising. The modern world was information-rich, so naturally, he knew that many people, who used to be mild-mannered, changed their temperaments drastically due to major events in their lives such as the death of their entire family, et cetera…
Considering the fact that she was created during the Creation War, where brutality was everywhere, it wasn’t entirely without reason for her to behave this way. Besides, Rhode also remembered Celestina mentioning that even Shira’s mental world was more normal than Gracier’ and Madaras’s. This proved that the other holy sword sisters had more or less some information about Shira.
But now, Rhode didn’t wish for Shira to kill the other two personalities. The doll was bald and old. Apart from the tattered rag on her body, her joints were all exposed. Not only that, but her head also wasn’t full of hair like normal dolls. On the contrary, there were just a few strands of hair, making it look really terrifying. The doll let out the same, eerie laughter as its owner, striding toward the manor house.
“Mr. Rhode, what’s going on?”
After Rhode rushed into the manor house, he saw the noble lady who gazed at him in a fluster. And right behind her, the maid, though still as expressionless as ever, seemed as if she was also bewildered. Rhode didn’t have time to explain too much to her. He grabbed the noble lady and maid by the hand.
“It’s too dangerous for you girls to be here. Come with me!”
Rhode yelled and without waiting for their response, he dragged them out of the manor house. If it were someone else, he wouldn’t have been so nervous. But Shira was different; he was really afraid that she would become even crazier after killing her other two personalities.