Although he had once been confused about his own existence, Akira Mitarai had now completely gotten rid of that mentality of weakness. He was no longer confused about his extraordinary self not being understood by mortals.
He didn't need to obtain mortals' understanding, nor did he need to understand mortals. He only needed to be a special existence and pursue what he wanted.
Akira Mitarai's pursuit was eternal beauty.
Most beauty in the world was short-lived, and this was especially true for human beauty. Flowers only bloomed for a fixed amount of time, but human beauty was more changeable, fragile, difficult to repeat, and difficult to last.
Simply put, human beauty was naturally incomplete. It needed to be perfected in order to reach its most beautiful state and exist for a long time, even for eternity.
This wasn't easy, it was incredibly difficult, and only a special existence could accomplish it.
Akira Mitarai firmly believed that he was such an existence.
Although he still had various shortcomings, as long as he continued working hard and pursuing this goal, he would one day be able to use his own hands to create the object of his dreams …
A supreme human puppet with "eternal beauty!"
Before reaching that level, there were many things that needed to be learned and researched. That was why he wasn't just creating human puppets. He was also creating other types of puppets in order to accumulate all sorts of experience and comprehension.
Up until now, Akira Mitarai believed that his best creation was the "girl" in front of him.
She had long, light silver hair that seemed like water, silver eyes that seemed like gemstones, crescent-shaped bangs, and an exquisite and gentle face. She wore a pink miniskirt and white stockings as she lay quietly in the middle of the platform. She had an indescribable sense of beauty.
Just based on her appearance, she was undoubtedly a top-notch beauty. However, she also clearly had the inorganic aura of a human puppet. The combination of human and inhuman beauty created an indescribable special charisma.
A top-notch human puppet … Akira Mitarai had spent a tremendous amount of money to purchase information and a Spirit Core from a mysterious "merchant" one year ago. He had started creating this puppet not long ago.
That information had given him a great deal of inspiration, allowing his "craftsmanship" to reach a whole new level.
That Spirit Core's performance was incredibly high, but he had spent a long time researching it to no avail. In the end, he could only install it into the puppet's body.
This human puppet had been successfully activated, but the Soul Heart Ritual had failed time and time again. She still had no intelligence, so she had not been given a name yet.
The Soul Inculcation Ritual was a crucial step in bestowing intelligence to a puppet. The information had the necessary procedures, but Akira Mitarai did not want to use them all because of his doubts. He had made some changes based on his own knowledge, but all his experiments had failed.
This time, he decided to follow the content of the information.
The puppet had a countermeasure installed in its body. If something went wrong, it could destroy her in the worst case scenario.
It was undoubtedly a pity to destroy a masterpiece, but as long as he had the "materials", it was only a matter of time before he made another one.
Once he was ready, Akira Mitarai placed his hands on the edge of the platform and inserted his Mana.
Suddenly, a complex and profound formation appeared on the platform. It slowly began to revolve and emitted a silver light.
Next, silver runes also appeared on the "girl"'s body. Her long hair and eyes started flashing, and a dazzling light gradually appeared.
"Let my soul become your soul …"
"Lifeless Body, Lifeless Form …"
"Yin and Yang of Heaven and Earth, Divine Universe …"
As he chanted the incantation, the silver runes on the puppet's body began to glow gold. The puppet's body slowly floated up, and its shining long hair spread out in a dazzling display.
"… Rebellious Yellow Springs Divine Spirit, awaken!!" Akira Mitarai finally shouted.
Silver and gold mystical runes instantly appeared on the "girl's" forehead, as if she had opened her third eye.
At the same time, Akira Mitarai felt a mysterious power suddenly extract something from his body! Suddenly, his vision darkened as he lost consciousness and collapsed on the edge of the platform.
The "girl"'s body slowly faded away as she lost her Mana supply.
The "girl's" body landed back on the platform. The runes on her forehead vanished, and the light in her hair and eyes faded as well.
A moment of silence.
The silver-haired girl suddenly blinked. Her originally wooden eyes now had a hint of intelligence.
She then slowly sat up and looked all around her.
"Hmm …" A low grunt came from below the platform.
The silver-haired girl looked down and saw a dark blue-haired boy who had opened his eyes.
"Did I … succeed?"
Akira Mitarai was rather confused.
He stood up and rubbed his head, trying to regain his clarity of mind.
What just happened? Why did I collapse?
It felt like I was ambushed … but I didn't feel any discomfort with my body at all. Apart from the fact that my consciousness was a bit hazy when I woke up, I didn't feel anything out of the ordinary.
I'll go check it out later. The most important thing right now was …
Akira Mitarai looked at the silver-haired girl.
The girl stared at him and blinked.
"Answer me. Who are you?" he asked.
The girl didn't respond. Instead, she had a confused expression.
Akira Mitarai furrowed his eyebrows.
The Soul Heart ritual bestowed a puppet with intelligence, which included basic knowledge. She should have responded with something along the lines of "I'm a puppet that you created, milord" instead of remaining silent.
As for her confused expression … it was quite a lively one, but it was meaningless.
"Do you know what you are?" he asked again.
"… What I am … I don't know …" The girl tilted her head slightly and spoke in a soft voice. "Who … are you?"
The ritual had failed again. Akira Mitarai came to this conclusion.
This wasn't something a puppet with intelligence should have. There had to be a mistake somewhere.
He chanted an incantation.
The silver-haired girl's expression instantly froze.
After switching to active control mode, Akira Mitarai used a hand gesture to control the puppet to lie down. He activated the platform's array again and began to inspect it.
He then discovered that the mechanism that stored the "Soul Heart," which was the puppet's intelligent carrier, contained a strange messy spiritual body.
Akira Mitarai widened his eyes in surprise. He couldn't understand why the puppet could move on its own, speak, and show expressions with such a thing! Logically speaking, such a strange product shouldn't be of any use.
I can't understand …
He began operating the puppet, wanting to extract this strange spiritual body and transfer it to another carrier so that he could study it in the future.
However, this spiritual body collapsed on its own and disappeared.
Inexplicable … Akira Mitarai furrowed his eyebrows.
He had carried out the ritual exactly as written in the information, but it still failed. What was the problem?
After carefully inspecting the puppet again, he decided to try again according to his own method.
In the end …
"I'm a puppet that you created, milord. I'm your most loyal servant and will obey all of your commands," the silver-haired girl said with an indifferent expression.
Success!
This work was finally complete. Akira Mitarai revealed a delighted smile.
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