บท 128: Canty

Looking at the huge body lying in front of her, the little ant couldn't help but sway her head to the side, slightly confused.

As she remembered how she was trapped inside there just a few moments ago, the little ant couldn't help but feel scared.

Suddenly, though, a look of confusion couldn't help but appear on the face of the ant.

'Was mistress the to send me there?' thought the little ant as she quickly climbed onto her mistress and arrived at the latter's finger, still feeling confused.

But no matter how much she racked her tiny brain, the little ant couldn't find the source of this confusion.

After all, how could a little ant who had just gained true consciousness after spending some time in the body of a human be smart?

But still, as she looked at the huge body, which was lying there motionlessly, the little ant couldn't help but happily nod.

'As expected, how could the problem be with me?' thought the ant as more and more words and information kept appearing in her mind.

Even though she could not truly comprehend what was happening, at this moment, the little ant was becoming smarter and smarter.

Not only that, but the human memories, which Beatrice had sent into the mind of the little ant also helped, making her make better use of this intelligence.

As she realised this, the little ant couldn't help but raise her head and stare at her mistress.

'As expected, the mistress likes me much more than those other ants,' thought the ant.

If the ant had a human body at the moment, an extremely smug look would probably be on her face right now.

Sensing the gaze on her, Beatrice, who was focusing on the experimental subject that had just become brained, turned her attention towards the little ant.

...

Looking at the little ant, who looked somewhat differently compared to before the soul swap, Beatrice couldn't help but fall into thought.

Right now, the look in the eyes of the ant as she stared at her had subtly changed, although it was still extremely reverend and worshipping, Beatrice also felt a lot more intelligence in it compared to before.

'She became more intelligent?' thought Beatrice as she looked at the ant with a faint frown on her face, wondering what part of the soul swap had produced this side effect.

Did spending some time in a human body with a human brain help her become more intelligent, or did the human soul inside of her body begin changing her brain.

Or was this related to the fact that the human experimental subject had become brain-dead?

Nevertheless, as she looked into the eyes of the little ant, Beatrice could see intelligence far beyond that of a normal earth ant.

"Since you are somewhat different than normal ants, I guess giving you a name wouldn't hurt," mumbled Beatrice as she looked at the tiny ant, causing its eyes to suddenly change.

...

Thanks to the human memories implanted into her mind, although the little ant couldn't understand every single word her mistress said, she could still understand the meaning of her sentence, causing an excited look to appear on the face of the ant.

Looking at the little ant, who seemed to have become excited, Beatrice couldn't help but feel a little surprised.

"Can you understand me?" asked Beatrice as she looked at the little ant, causing the latter to fall into thought for a few moments.

After racking her brains for a few moments, the little ant finally nodded her tiny head, although she was a little hesitant to do so.

Seeing this, Beatrice faintly smiled before touching her chin.

"Very well, since you are a smart little ant, from now on, you shall be named Canty," said Beatrice as she stared at the tiny ant.

...

The first thing that Canty did after arriving back at the colony was freeze for a moment.

Feeling the countless minds connected to her own, Canty couldn't help but feel a little weird.

'Was I so dumb that I didn't notice this?' thought Canty as she explored the mind link that she had with the other ants.

Sadly, though, after some time, Canty discovered some unfortunate circumstances.

The other ants, weren't very smart, to say the least.

In fact, they were so dumb that Canty felt a little embarrassed trying to communicate with them.

As such, Canty temporarily destroyed the idea of trying to communicate with the other ants using her mind, pheromones would have to do for now.

Rather, whilst moving through the colony, Canty continued exploring the mind link, searching for someone as smart as her.

Eventually, though, Canty encountered something.

A huge mind, which gave Canty an extremely warm and welcoming feeling, making her want to jump into it.

Sadly though, the mind did not seem to be conscious right now, based on Canty's new memories, the latter was in a state similar to 'sleep'.

'Sleeping instead of working, what a slacker, I need to wake her up,' thought Canty as she became determined.

Of course, even as she did this, Canty still worked, as she now began helping reinforce the walls of the colony.

...

Looking at the huge ant standing over here, who was staring at her with a cold look in her eyes, Canty couldn't help but freeze for a moment.

By now, all the other ants that were helping replace the colony wall were gone, leaving only Canty to face the huge ant queen.

'Come with me,' said a slightly annoyed voice, as it resounded within Canty's mind.

At the same time, the ant queen walked away.

After staring at the half-done wall, Canty couldn't help but hesitate for a few moments, of course that hesitation was destroyed as she saw the ant queen suddenly stop in her tracks.

A few moments later, and after putting the finishing touches onto the wall, Canty ran after the ant queen as fast as she could.