Chapitre 15: Disease
Part 15
Disease
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Leroy was walking down the street with quick steps. His momentary anger towards Livia had reached such a level that he threw himself out because he didn't want to start a fight and decided to sit down in another cafe.
Aware of this, Darmond entered the conversation:
Darmond: Remember, getting into a fight in a place where there are people means that everything is over.
Leroy: I know, it just upsets me.
Darmond: Her attitude towards you should not bother you. I know your limits and what you can do, Leroy, she can't beat you.
Leroy: I'm not talking about power, I trusted your words and tried to talk to her, and I was humiliated.
Darmond: I stand by my words. I'm sure you affected her.
Pretending not to hear what Darmond was saying, Leroy continued to look at the free cafes where he could sit down and be alone with his thoughts. After wandering around for about 20 minutes, he found a modern but crowded place.
Choosing a rather secluded and unused table, Leroy began to talk again.
Leroy: There are so many things I want to ask. For example, how do you change the presence and structure of weapons in the system?
Darmond: That's a good question. To be honest, I don't know exactly how this works either. I think weapons shaped according to desire undergo a structural change as soon as they are connected to instinct. It's not about me, it's about the foundation of weapons.
Leroy: When I will have to consume the dead desire?
Darmond: As long as you eat oranges and don't fight, it's not necessary.
Leroy: Is death really a valid end for me? In my first death, I was able to come back to life even if you weren't in me. Is it possible to die while you are in my body?
Darmond: As long as you have enough instincts, you will not die. The first day I saved you, you consumed the vast majority of my energy, so I forced you to eat oranges for a certain period of time. If you had gone out without rest, our adventure would have been over before it started.
Leroy: So if my instinct runs out during the fight, I can die?
Darmond: I have various ways to bring you back to life. For example, I can turn you limbs into life energy. I can keep you alive by consuming you. First your arms, then your legs, then your organs and eyes, finally your brain and everything that's left of you.
Leroy: Sometimes you make me feel sick.
Darmond: You've smelled so bad for 3 weeks that a slight nausea won't hurt you.
Leroy: You don't even have a nose.
Darmond: Your brain processes the smells you take into your memories, but it doesn't bother you because you're used to the smell. It bothers me, the depths of my mind stink.
Leroy: When ı think about it like this, what exactly are you-
Asking the most critical question in his mind, Leroy got excited. But before he could finish his sentence, the door of the cafe was slammed and all the people there began to shout with joy in surprise.
"WHOA! Isn't that Livia!?"
"Yes, she is, what is she doing here??"
"Imagine if we got an autograph from her."
"We need to take pictures!"
Darmond: I told you it affected her.
Livia, who was looking around in the cafe, saw Leroy and quickly moved to his table.
Livia: Can I sit down?
Leroy: Since you asked for permission, I'm not going to refuse you.
Livia, who was sitting opposite Leroy with a determined stance, began to speak with an embarrassed voice:
Livia: I'm sorry about what happened.
Leroy: Come to the point.
Livia: Can't you be a little more polite? I apologize to you.
Leroy: Nobles don't ask permission to sit at a table. Especially for an upper-class noble like you, apologizing is a very rare act. I don't know what you're aiming at, but you have a job with me, I'm sure of it.
Livia: I'm going to get straight to the point. The wounds inflicted by my weapon can only be healed within weeks with the help of a senior Support class user.
Leroy: So?
Livia: As soon as my weapon causes a wound, it constantly opens micro-cuts to prevent the wound from closing. These micro-cuts are formed in a different sequence and way every time, in order to heal, it is necessary to solve this sequence and apply desire in the right flow to this area.
Leroy: So what?
Livia: You were able to heal the cut on your face in seconds. My mother, she has been very ill for exactly 8 years and she is slowly dying. If you can cure all kinds of diseases, is there any chance you can help me?
Leroy: I'm sorry, it doesn't seem like a matter I really want to get involved in.
Livia: If you help me, I will pay 500,000 Zenits. If my mother's illness starts to get better, think about the payments I will give you in the future.
The moment he heard the amount, Darmond started shouting inside Leroy's mind:
"INSTINCT IS NOT THAT CHEAP!"
Leroy, who had been thinking for a long time, continued to maintain his silence.
Livia: What is your answer?
Leroy: "Remember for the rest of your life the disrespect you have done to me with this wound." Do you remember what you said?
Livia: Yes, I'm sorry.
Leroy: I hope that for the rest of your life you will remember the dishonor you did to me with your mother's illness.
Surprised by this remark, Livia did not know what to say
Livia: Take it back.
Leroy: Are you a child? I won't take it back.
Leroy, who had risen from the table, turned his back to the table and prepared to leave the cafe.
Livia: Please, take it back.
After hearing the phrase "please", Leroy, who was looking at Livia again, saw a girl with tears in her eyes. He went out because he didn't want to care. He decided to continue his conversation with Darmond while walking, he continued in silence for a while.
Darmond: She's following you.
Leroy: I know, I think she's crazy.
Darmond: 500,000 Zenits... ı think we actually need it?
Leroy: Even if I could heal her, I would have to cut open her mother. The existence of instinct should not be known.
Darmond: Actually, it would be nice if Durandal cut you up a little.
Leroy: Are you a masochist or something?
Darmond: Your ability to recover from injuries is quite advanced. If she attacks you more, she will constantly improve you because she opens micro-cuts in different ways all the time.
Leroy: I'm not interested in suffering.
Knowing that he was being followed, Leroy changed his energy source to desire in order to lose track of him and disguised himself with his "Insidious" reinforcement. Diving into the alleyways with quick steps, he continued to move Deceptively after 2 hours he found an empty space where there were no people, and finally came across an indoor basketball court. Leroy was really tired and wanted to end this. So he hid in the court to the night.
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(Eliot's room at the Eden center)
Eliot turned quickly to the window, but he couldn't see anyone. he was left in a state of fear, who could have entered his room? He had not even felt a presence.
"You are gradually losing yourself, Eliot."
The echoing sound had filled Eliot's mind from all over the room. He remained in fear and said, "Who the hell are you?" He got angry because of it.
"Are you sure you're awake?"
After this answer, Eliot, who cast meaningless glances around, realized that he did not feel anything physically. After believing that he was in a dream, he calmed down and said, "What's going on?"
The voice did not care about Eliot's question and said:
"Eden, how do you think it was founded?
Eliot: The heroes of 400 years ago fought and created this city.
"Where do you think the city's massive walls, core, technology and energy come from?"
Eliot: I don't know-
These questions confused Eliot, he had really never thought about them before, or even wondered about them.
"Are you sure that the creatures are the real enemies, Eliot?"
His thoughts became more confused on this question, although he was sure that he was in a dream, Eliot was beginning to narrow down. He fell to the ground in despair and could not breathe.
"At the moment when it's not clear what will happen in the end, the real you will appear. Who are you, Eliot?"
!!
"HAAHHH"
Eliot woke up from his sleep with a deep breath and wiped his sweaty face with his sleeve. He didn't know what had happened, but he had noticed something was wrong from the pain in his head and the tightness in his heart. He straightened up and rested his arms on the table next to his bed. Thinking that stress and intense feelings were causing a strange nightmare, Eliot tried to calm down for minutes.
Even the issues that he didn't care about were preoccupying his mind right now. He said to himself, "I think I need to rest a little more." and went back to bed.
Eliot, who fell asleep the moment he closed his eyes, did not want to worry about what was on his mind at that moment and just went to bed.
...
There are towers on the roof of the Eden center that provide the communication line of the entire city. These huge towers were structures that people were forbidden to approach. Out of the sight that no one was even paying attention to, but the towers, which could see the whole city with their quite high structure, were a good example of Eden's state-of-the-art structures. A middle-aged man was sitting at the bottom of the sky-reaching antennas of the middlemost tower and watching the city.
While watching the city, he said:
"I know I hurt you, when you know all about it. I had to do this, I hope you understand me."
"For things that no one has achieved, you have to try things that no one has ever done before. Of course, one day your pain will end. I want you to hold out until that day."
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End of the episode
Disease
End of the Sacrifice Arc
État de l’alimentation hebdomadaire
-- Classement
Power Stone 
-- Power
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