บท 156: Visitors
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A few days after the events of the Promised Day, Edward received a visitor inside the manor that he bought in Amestris. Luckily, he was not busy and was staying there for some time. Ever since all the plots were finished, he removed the spell he placed around the house.
After opening the door, he saw a perfectly healthy Al and Ed waiting for him, and he was not that surprised that Al had healed in just a few days instead of spending years nurturing his body and retraining his muscles.
"It seems that May has put the stone I gave her to good use," said Edward.
"Yes. With it, her Alkahestry has greatly strengthened, so she was able to heal my body," replied Alphonse.
Edward invited them inside and offered them some tea. After some pleasantries, he directly said:
"I'm guessing that you're here for your chimera friends. What were their names?"
"Jerso and Zampano," said Alphonse.
"I will not help get their bodies back. You want to help them, do it yourself. I will open my library to you and all the knowledge needed to do so is in there. However, as an Alchemist, I follow the Law of Equivalent Exchange.
"So, if you want something from inside, you have to pay an equal value of knowledge."
Ed and Alphonse probably guessed this outcome as Hughes already warned them. Nevertheless, they were still satisfied as they had a way forward; they still had a chance.
Alphonse looked at his quiet brother and motioned him to say something. However, seeing the latter remaining motionless. So, he could only speak for himself:
"Mr. Bones, we were wondering if there was a way for my brother to regain his ability to perform alchemy again?"
"Yes. Become more powerful than the individual that took your alchemy."
"You mean Truth?" asked Ed. "What exactly is it?"
"I do not know. Just like he said, God, the Universe, the consciousness of all living things. Or just a powerful entity charged with maintaining the Law of Equivalent Exchange.
"In the end, it does matter. What truly matters is the fact that you did not lose your ability to perform Alchemy just because you destroy your Gate of Truth. Even if you were to recreate the Gate, you still would not be able to perform Alchemy."
Edward was not talking nonsense. In the anime, even with the Philosopher's Stone, Hohenheim could not give Izumi Curtis the ability to have children even after fixing her organs problems. And even Edward could not do the same after giving her a powerful magic potion.
When it comes to Ed's problem, he did a few experiments beforehand. He had one of his prisoners sacrifice their Gates to acquire knowledge. Then, he developed a plan that should have allowed him to regain his ability to perform alchemy.
The plan involved the meditation method that Hermione developed for mages back in the Empire. The Meditation Technique allowed muggles with enough potential to sense and control mana in the environment.
So, Edward modified this technique to allow the prisoner to sense and control tectonic energy on the ground so that he could perform Alchemy again. Although this method requires a high level of talent, the prisoner did meet the requirement.
Unfortunately, even after sensing the tectonic energy, he was incapable of controlling it to do anything. According to his description, it felt like he was taking a test and knew all the answers, however, he could not write down the answer no matter what he did.
As such, Edward knew that even if he gave Edward Elric this meditation method, it would not work.
After hearing the answer, Ed was a little disappointed–although not that much as he was prepared for this outcome. However, he still had one thing he wanted to know.
"Based on what you said, Colonel Mustang should not be able to regain his eyesight even with the Philosopher's Stone. So, why did it work for him?"
"Think about the difference in circumstances between you, your teacher, and Mustang," replied Edward.
"You mean the fact that he was forced to perform Human Transmutation."
"That's correct. Since it was not of his own volition, Truth will allow him to regain his sight."
"I never thought of it as a benevolent being," mocked Ed.
Edward just shrugged his shoulders in response; he did not have anything to comment regarding this topic. After the three chatted for a while, the Elric brothers left after promising to come by to exchange the knowledge that they needed.
After the two left, Morgana appeared next to Edward and said: "Master, you've been quite grumpy lately."
"I know. It's just that the situation we found ourselves in this world is quite frustrating."
"Shouldn't you be used to it after dealing with Herpo for so long?"
"The situation with Herpo is different. At least with him, I could gather some information no matter how little. And with that small information, I could deduce more, find ways to gather more information, and eventually, found solutions.
"But now, there is nothing to go on, which is a little frustrating."
Morgana nodded and said a few things to comfort him. A few hours later, another person came to visit Edward: it was Hughes and his family.
"Thank you for saving my husband," said Gracia Hughes. "Our family does not know how to repay you, so I baked you some Miso Caramel Apple Pie."
Edward accepted her gift with a smile, he then looked at the two little girls that were accompanying Hughes and Gracia. He squatted down on the floor to be at the same eye level as them.
"Nina, how are you doing recently? Do you like your new family?"
"Yes. Mr. Hughes and Ms. Gracia treat me very well," replied Nina with a genuine smile; probably the only one she had in a very long time.
Edward nodded his head, then looked at the other little girl. "What about you, Elicia? How do you like your new sister?"
"Great. I finally have someone to play with when daddy is busy with his work."
After inviting the family inside, they had a long chat. Edward tasted the apple pie, and it was quite delicious. So, he asked Gracia for the recipe and she was happy to give it to him.
A few minutes after the Hughes family left, another person came to see him: it was Olivier. Edward was wondering why so many people wanted to visit him on and on the same day too.
Unlike the other people, after coming to see him, Olivier made herself at home by taking off her boots and the top part of her uniform, leaving only the black undershirt.
She then went straight for the liquor cabinet, took the entire battle, and jugged it down with ease.
"What's gotten into you today?" asked Edward.
"That old man Grumman was chosen as the next Fuhrer."
"Huh? What about you?"
"Since most of the previous military leaders are either dead or traitors, based on ranks, he is next in line for the position. As for me, I was just promoted to General."
"So, what are you going to do?"
"Nothing. I already talked to Grumman and he promised me that I would be his successor."
"What about Mustang?"
She sneered, "He can only be after me."
Edward then spent the night drinking with her. After she drank her depressed mood away, she left. She refused his invitation to spend the night.
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Next Chapter Title: Discovery
บท 157: Discovery
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After dealing with his interpersonal relationship, Edward used a magic item to teleport back to his World Gate that was located in the void outside of the Full-Metal Alchemist World.
Once there, he headed straight to a strange room full of machines. In the middle of the room was a machine that had something that looked like a bed. Without hesitation, Edward took off his clothes and lay on the bed.
"Morgana, begin the scan. I want everything to be searched: from every atom in my body to my soul, my mind, and my magic core."
"As you command."
Soon, Edward fell asleep, then, countless lights flashed around his body, scanning every inch of it. An hour later, he woke up and asked:
"What were the results?"
"There have been some changes, but not what you were expecting," replied Morgana who had a projection in front of her.
"What changes?"
"For one, your body's physical aspects have drastically increased due to the aura circulating everywhere.
"Secondly, you have now access to mana equal to the Second Limiter. Additionally, your mana seems to be undergoing some sort of mutation. Unfortunately, the process is still ongoing and there is not enough data to speculate."
Edward frowned after hearing this. After putting on a robe, he closed his eyes to feel the mana flowing through his body; he wanted to know what this mutation was all about.
A few minutes later, he opened his eyes with a little understanding.
Each world has different rules or regulations that govern them; they have different laws. For example, in his world, the speed of sound is 343 m/s. However, in another universe, this constant might change to 400 m/s or something less.
The mana in his body is a result of the Law of the Harry Potter World: it allowed the existence of magic and mana. However, the Full-Metal World is different; its laws do not allow the existence of magic.
So, what happens when mana is introduced into a world that it should not exist in? The logical answer is that it ceased to function or disappeared entirely.
But that's not what happened.
Instead, Edward's mana started to evolve, mutate so that it can function properly under the laws of the new world.
"I should have thought about this before," muttered Edward softly. "Why is it that I was able to use magic in a magicless world?"
However, the question he was asking himself now was: why did his mana evolve instead of becoming useless? Could this be a characteristic of mana that he had never heard about? Or is it related to some higher concepts that he has not come into contact with?
Is the only one this change was happening to?
Edward then waved his hand and an unconscious prisoner suddenly appeared in front of him. He placed his hand on his chest where his heart was located.
He then used a spell to check the magic core of this wizard. Unfortunately, he did not find anything. So, he immediately checked a few more dozen people, but the result was the same.
Edward frowned as he pondered deeply. Then, an idea flashed across his mind. Immediately, he took another prisoner: a special one.
This prisoner had appeared in the Full-Metal Alchemist World and was experimented on by Edward to see if he could have a Gate of Truth. Edward then checked his mana.
"Indeed, his mana is also evolving like mine–albeit at a slower pace."
He checked a few more people who he previously experimented on in Amestris, and they were all going through some sort of evolution.
"Since this evolution is a positive one, then I can encourage the other wizards of the Empire to travel to other universes to reap the benefit."
Edward could foresee that one day, countless Floating Cities of the Empire will travel to different universes, conquering, exchanging knowledge, and experiencing different power systems.
Of course, that will be in the future when he is powerful enough to suppress all these people even if they were to revolt at once, and also control or reign in their ambitions and desires.
Additionally, once a wizard is granted the right of Interdimensional Travel, they have to sign a contract that says that they have to hand over all the knowledge they acquired in other worlds to Edward.
And if they decide to walk the path of conquest, they have to hand over 30% of their gains as tax. If they fail to conquer a world, they can request back up from the Empire. However, in return, they have to pay 70% of their gains instead.
Additionally, Edward will promise them that if they die in another world, the Empire will avenge them, and maybe revive them if necessary.
Edward shook his head to remove these thoughts from his head. Right now, the development of the Empire has not reached such a point–and it's not even close.
After making this discovery about mana, Edward decided to gather some more data. So, he sent a few hundred wizard prisoners in a cell in his manor back in Amestris. He also sent another group of muggle prisoners as a control group to see if there will be other changes.
"Morgana, were there any other discoveries of the scan?"
"Yes. The strength of your soul has increased by at least 10 times. This should be the result of all the Alchemy knowledge you learn from the Eye of God."
Edward was not surprised by this discovery. In the Empire, a wizard named Carlos De Leon once discovered the relationship between knowledge and a wizard's soul.
The more knowledge a wizard has, the more powerful his soul is. And with a powerful soul, it is easier for them to control mana. For example, if two wizards with the same amount of mana were to fight, then the one with the more powerful soul has a higher chance of winning.
With a powerful soul, wizards can cast spells faster, the strength of the spells are more powerful, they have greater control of their spells, and they can recover mana faster.
This is one of the reasons that Scholar Mages are more powerful and respected in the Empire than Battle Mages.
Despite all this good news revealed by the scan, Edward was not happy. The reason he wanted to do it in the first place was to discover whether Truth had secretly done something to him.
Unfortunately, he did not find anything.
"I'm going to say it again: Master, you're too paranoid," said Morgana.
"That may be," muttered Edward. "I need you to do one last test. Do a psychological test on me to see if there are any changes."
Morgana sighed before nodding. She looked Edward in the eyes and asked a few questions. A few minutes later, he was in a trance, and Morgana asked more detailed questions, and Edward subconsciously answered.
Three hours later, he woke up from his trance.
"Well, did you find something?"
"Yes. I did discover an anomaly," replied Morgana with a serious look on her little face.
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