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Envy slowly walked inside the tunnel that led to the place his Father was; he was in a happy mood as he just finished burning down the Central Library, preventing the Elric Brothers from getting any information regarding the Philosopher's Stone.
However, as soon as he entered the room, he saw that everyone was looking at Lust and Gluttony with a somewhat somber tone.
"Lust? Did you already get back? Where is the little human girl, or the strange alchemist?" asked Envy.
"I did not capture any of them. The entire situation was a trap."
"What do you mean?"
"The Alchemist seemed to know about our existence and was waiting for us. Gluttony and I were lucky to escape after dying more than a hundred times.."
"He's that powerful?"
"More than you can imagine."
"How strong can a human be?" said Pride with a sneer. "You're just trying to use excuses for your failure."
"Brother Pride, you are more than welcome to go after him yourself," said Lust nonchalantly.
"Tell me his location and I will gladly do so."
"There is no need to bicker, children," said Father. "The Current issue we are facing now is whether this alchemist knows about our plan? Will he stop it? Finally, how did he know about it?"
Only a few people in this room know about the entire plan, and Father did not believe that his children would betray him.
"There might be some leaks from the military," said Pride, then he looked at Bradley. "Wrath, you might want to check your subordinates."
"Although some military commanders knew about our existence, they did not know our complete plan. So, if this alchemist manages to gather some information from them, then we will still have some advantages," replied Fuhrer Bradley.
"Father, there is still the possibility of Greed betraying us and revealing our plans," said Lust.
"Indeed, that's a possibility," replied Father. "Envy, I need you to go check on him. As for you Lust and Gluttony, go deal with Scar; he's been causing too much trouble in central lately."
Meanwhile, inside his laboratory, Edward had gloves on. In front of him, three bodies had their bodies opened from the middle, displaying their organs. These three bodies were the three homunculi: Lust, Gluttony, and Greed.
The odd thing was that these guys were still alive, witnessing this process. However, they were unable to move.
Edward looked at the red stone that served as their cores with a calm look on his face.
"Interesting. The Philosopher's Stone has completely replaced their essence. All the bones, muscles, and organs are nothing but decorations. They are the stone, and the stone is them. As long as the stone remains intact, they will live.
"Even if all their body parts were destroyed, it can be reconstructed if the stone is intact. However, if something happens to the stone, they will die."
Edward paused for a moment, then he said" Morgana, are you done searching for their memories?"
"Yes, master. The process took longer than needed as there were too many souls inside the stone, so I had to go through all their memories before finding the main one."
"Is that so? Then send me the important information and your analysis."
"Yes, sir."
Edward then began to analyze the process of these people turning into Homunculi. Essentially, a Philosopher's Stone was liquified and injected into the bloodstream of a human, along with one of the 7 deadly sins that served as a fusion material.
Then, all the souls in the stone fought together to be the final one that got to fuse with the deadly sin of Father. Meanwhile, during the process, the energy of the stone will destroy and reconstruct the body.
The intense pain is enough to make the majority of souls give up, but if one has a will strong enough, he or she will be the final victor, fused with Father's Sin and become the main personality of the homunculi,
After reviewing that information, Edward muttered: "Well, I was right to be cautious and not immediately fuse the Philosopher's Stone with my magic core."
After studying alchemy for a while, he did come up with a feasible plan to fuse the stone with his magic core. However, he wanted to be safe, so he decided to wait and study Homunculi first.
And after seeing the result, he knew that his bet was correct.
Soon after that, Edward continued to gather more data. Soon, both Lust and Greed will not have much help to him, so he wanted to get as much value from them as possible.
As for the Homunculi, they wanted to scream because of the pain, but their throats were blocked by something. All they wished for was that they had some anesthesia.
Meanwhile, little Morgana looked at the process while thinking to herself:
'Master seems extremely cruel this time; I wonder why he hates these homunculi so much."
--Scene Break--
Ed and Al sat with a bunch of books around them; it appeared that they have not moved out of this room for quite some time now. And their faces were one of horror and despair.
They have just learned what the key ingredient for a Philosopher's Stone was: human lives.
Ed clenched his hand in anger, then he remembered the warning that Edward gave him regarding the stone. He suddenly stood up.
"Brother?"
"Al, do you remember the Alchemist with the same name as us?"
"You mean Edward Bones?"
"Yes, him. He is probably the most talented Alchemist we've met."
"So?"
"So, why is he so powerful? He could create a miracle like Human Transmutation, but he did not have to use a Philosopher's Stone. But, look at us, we could not even save a little girl; without him, we would be powerless and watch Nina live a life worse than death."
"What are you saying, brother?"
"I'm saying that if we can find the reason he's so powerful without a Philosopher's Stone, then maybe, we can use that method ourselves to get our bodies back."
Al paused for a moment, "That's indeed a good way, but how do we find him? For all we know, he could be heading to Xing already."
"I know where he lives," replied Ed.
"How come?"
"The day after we met him, I found a card in my hotel room with his address on it."
"Brother, why didn't you tell me?"
"I forgot."
"How can you be so irresponsible with something so important."
"We were so busy dealing with Scar at that time, so it slipped my mind. Plus, there was a note that said not to reveal his whereabouts."
While arguing, the two Elric brothers departed to find Edward's house.
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Next Chapter Title: Human
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Inside his house in central, Edward sat in a chair next to the firehouse reading a book. After a few minutes, he finished the book, put it aside, and took the drink next to him to sip.
"How is it, master?"
"Well, the automail is quite interesting. Although the Empire can regrow limbs, it's not much use in the medical field. However, for the study of cybernetic enhancement, it should be useful."
In the Empire, there is a small group of people who study how to turn ordinary people into Cyborgs by replacing some body parts with cybernetic enhancement, turning them into living weapons.
Because of magic and genetic engineering, this field is not that popular, however, Edward has been funding these people so that they can create a biochip that can be implemented in a wizard's brain, thus granting the computing power of a supercomputer.
Although he already has Morgana--and she has been bound to his soul--and does not need it, his family members along with other wizards in the Empire will benefit greatly from this technology.
"So, how is the progress of reverse-engineering the dimension inside Gluttony?" asked Edward as he took another sip of his drink.
"The process should take a few more days," replied little Morgana with frustration on her face.
"There is no need to blame yourself. After all, you're not at full capacity," reassured Edward. Then, he became quiet as if he was in deep thought.
"Morgana, do you think I should contact my family?"
The little elf frowned after hearing this. She knew that her master could contact the people in the Empire through the Gate of Truth and Soul Space since he left a piece of his soul there.
As long as one person in the Empire used a spell to enter his Soul Space through the little piece of soul he left there, they could contact one another.
As for how to make them use the spell, Morgana just has to connect to her main server and send a message through Skynet since she is Skynet herself. Even if it's possible to send a few words, this method has a high probability of working.
However, there is a major problem facing them: Truth. That's an essentially omnipotent existence. Although they have currently theorized that this omnipotence comes from this world only, and as soon as he leaves this world, he should be weakened drastically.
Nevertheless, this is just a theory; there is no proof or sufficient data to back up this theory.
So, Morgana knew that her master was worried that if he sent a message to his family, Truth might intercept the message, and even use it to discover their world.
Morgana knows very well how paranoid her master can be; she guessed that he might even be worrying about whether Truth has read his mind and knew everything that he was thinking.
So, after thinking about it for a while, she said: "Master, it may be useless, but I think it's best to be prudent."
Edward then nodded his head, "You're probably right...Hmm, it seems that we have visitors."
Meanwhile, Ed and Al--who followed the address on the card--entered the house with a weird look on their faces. After seeing Edward waiting for them, Ed immediately yelled out loud: "What was that? Why is it that only Al and I can see your house? Why can't Lieutenant Hawkeye enter the house even after standing right in front of it?"
Edward looked at the brothers and said: "Boy, know how to behave when in someone else's home."
"Sorry!" said both Al and Ed who immediately felt like they were facing their teacher and her cruel training.
"As for the answer to your question, that's because I place a little magic on my house so that uninvited guests do not interrupt my peaceful life. The reason you two could come in was because of the card I gave you."
"Magic? There is no such thing," replied Ed. "Alchemy is based on scientific principles and the laws of physique that govern our world."
"You're too closed-minded. In some places in this world, an alchemist would be considered a God because of their abilities. Why is that?"
"That's because of ignorance," replied Ed.
"Exactly. The same can apply to you right now. Because you have never heard of magic or seen it, you're ignorant of its working and intricacies."
Ed frowned after hearing this, then Al asked: "Sir, in that case, what is magic?"
"Magic is not so different from Alchemy. The biggest difference is the fact that Alchemists use earthen energy from the movement of technic plates to control the laws of physics and achieve extraordinary things, but magic uses a different kind of energy called mana.
"Alright, there is no need to mention this; I doubt any of you will ever encounter mana in this world."
Edward then invited them to sit down in the living room while serving tea. The Elric Brothers--knowing that Edward did not want to mention the topic of mana again--did not ask any more questions.
"So, what brought you two to visit this old man?" asked Edward.
Both Al and Ed were a little speechless as they looked at Edward who looked like someone in his early 20's. Ed then chose to ignore this before asking: "We are here to ask you a question."
"Oh, go ahead."
"We want to know why you're such a powerful Alchemist. Why could you save Nina so easily and we could not do anything about it? What differentiate you and us?"
Ed stared at Edward waiting for his answer. He did not think that the answer had anything to do with magic since when Edward saved Nina, he only used Alchemy.
Edward paused for a brief moment as he was surprised by this question. Then, he answered: "The answer to your question is quite simple: humanity."
"Humanity? What does this have to do with anything?" said Ed with gritted teeth.
"Brother, calm down and let him continue."
"Fine," said Ed as he stared at Edward. The latter smiled like an old man appreciating youth's vitality and exuberance. Then, his smile faded.
"I did not lie to you. The truth of the matter is that you two have slowly accepted the fact that you're human and have limitations. I guess that after failing in human transmutation, failing to save Nina, and discovering the key ingredient in making the Philosopher's Stone, you have realized the consequences when Alchemists try to play God: loss of their humanity.
"So, you guys have slowly decided to keep that humanity, to keep your moral compass; you have accepted your limitation.
"But I'm different from you. In my path of pursuing knowledge, I have slowly let go of humanity and have done many horrible things. As a result, or as a price, as equivalent exchange, I have acquired power beyond the limit of humans.
"This is the reason that I can save Nina and you cannot."
In many ways, Edward and Father are the same kinds of people. The main difference is that Father refused to acknowledge his human origins and see it as a weakness.
However, Edward never let go of human origin and saw it as an anchor to keep him from going over the edge.
"Sir, do you ever regret your choice?" asked Al.
"No, since when I made the choice, I perfectly knew what path I was taking. However, there are still times I regret being forced into situations when I have to do things I regret."
After chatting with Edward for a while, the Elric brothers left his manor with a desolate look on their faces.
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Next Chapter Title: Failed Species
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