Advancing to the accommodation room that the man had told me previously, I somehow started to feel cold.

No, I could see it properly. There were traces of nail scratches, as well as blood, stuck together on the white wall.

More and more traces like that the further I went north. Judging from this many scratches and bloods, its quite obvious that there were lots of victims.

Apparently, the people from the slum were massacred as they tried to escape. And then, their remains were collected and turned into food for those goblins..

Fate, are you alright

[Why so suddenly? I need to find Mimir for now.]

If only thats just the casebut you dont act like the usual you.

[What do you mean?]

Let me advise you, listen well. From here onward, repress your malicious intent. If you cant stay put in this kind of situation, then lets just stop here.

[But, they are..]

Your impatience is understandable, but still. Its also for you to learn. There is no good and evil when it comes to power. And right now those siblings have more power than you do.

[Greed..I]

Remember once more. Back when we fought the Tenryu. Are you planning to repeat that? Next time, do you think Roxy will be there to save you

Do I want to repeat what happened that day..?

I went to Gallia wanting to become Roxys power, but a fierce fight broke out, and my identity became known at worst possible timing. Even so, it was her who lended me a hand when my power (Gluttony skill) was on the verge of breaking out.

I had no idea how Roxy did it, for all I felt was just a warm feeling. I got to keep my level and stats, and was saved from being engulfed by my own skill. But then, I realized.

I went to Gallia not because I wanted to save Roxy. Rather, its because I wanted to be saved by her

Because I felt that that wont do, I started over once again and worked hard so that I wont end up hurting Roxys feeling again. However, I once again only concerned about the thing laid before my eyes, and lost sight of what I truly have to do its miserable if you ask me.

Just like Greed, Myne and Aaron too, still concerned about me even after Ive become a holy knight. Still, there are too many things to do, so priority had to be made. I guess they always acted unreasonable or aggressive because above all, they want to take the shortest route to the destination.

[Im sorry.Greed. My eyes are open now, its alright.]

Very well then. I wont say anything more starting from here.

[Yeah, please watch over me.]

Roxy.that girl will pay good deeds with another good deeds, but would not necessarily repay evil deeds with an evil deeds of her own. Meanwhile I can only react to evil with my own evil. But as Greed said, I wont be able to advance if I stay that way. I cant do like Roxy does, so I simply has to find my own path.

If I managed to handle this squabble with the Burixes properly, I feel like Ill be able to face Roxy with pride one day.

Grasping the black sword in my hand tightly, I hurried on ahead as a plate with storage room written on it entered my view. The automatic door there was bigger than the one I already saw, perhaps to allow large group of people to pass through it at once.

[Greed, can you do it?]

Leave it to me

I held Greed over the identification plate, which opened up the automatic door with a beep, leading me to an empty room.

There was only one passage here, with several transparent doors on both sides facing each other.

I closed in, and found out that none of the transparent doored rooms were occupied.

Inside, its a pure white room with only some holes for drainage. Definitely not a place where a human could live.

I looked into the rooms one by one. I wonder, where and what have become of the previous occupant of these rooms, since the inside of the rooms were extraordinarily clean.

[There is no one here]

Dont be discouraged yet. Try looking on the innermost room. Those seems different from the other.

The automatic door that Greed directed me to was different from the others. It wasnt transparent, so I couldnt see whats inside like all other rooms.

I didnt find Mimir on any other room. This one is the remaining room leftif Mimir is really in this facility then this is the last possible place she could be at.

I held Greed over the identification plate just like how I entered the passageway.

[Is it open.!?]

Of course. Is that Mimir youve spoken about

[Yeah, there is no mistaking of that purple hair.thats Mimir.]

I had a little doubt myself, but its indeed Mimir Burix.

There is only a bed in that room. Mimir was dressed in white, and she was sleeping on that bed when I entered.

She seemed to be very exhausted, that she didnt even wake up when I entered the room. Moreover, she stayed asleep even when I poked her face. This is really strange.

[Whats going on here?]

She seemed to be sedatedFate, look at her left arm

[This is]

There were numerous small scars on Mimirs arm. Its as if shes been pricked by small needle over and over again on that area. To the point that the skin around the area was pale and congested.

I listened carefully when Greeds voice rang out in my head.

Some kind of drug seemed to have been injected into her body with syringe. And on such a large amount at that. Thats probably why she wont wake up.

[But why would they do that to her?]

maybe some kind of experiment. Fate, try to use appraisal on this girl

According to Greed, if she were subjected to an experiment, then there should be a noticeable change in her stats.

So I used Appraisal as suggested.

Mimir Burix Lv30

Durability: 5165600

Strength: 6197600

Magic: 6138400

Spirit: 5150900

Agility: 5167800

Skill: Holy Sword Mastery, Strength Strengthening (L), Magic Strengthening (L)

Eh..her stats are abnormally high. For her current level, her stats should be floating around 200000ish. But hers are currently higher than 5 million.

Is her abnormal status rise, the result of the experiment that Greed mentioned?

However, Mimir was sedated to sleep due to that.

[I still dont understand what actually happened in this facility as it is.]

Well then, what are you going to do, Fate

[Lets take Mimir out of here. Eventually shell wake up from the repeated sedation administered to her. When she do, we should be able to talk about this.]

Reaching out to lift Mimir, I thought that Ive obtained a powerful source of information in the form of Mimir.

But then, the interior of the white room turned red, and an alarm began to sound loudly.

[Wha!?]

What a blunder, Fate. So thats the extent of your cautiousness.

[What the, why are you talking like youve nothing to do with this!]

Because this me is just a weapon.

[Good grief..as always.]

The automatic door also closed itself without permission. While carrying Mimir with one hand, I put Greed over the identification plate.

[It wont open]

Its only natural. Probably a mandatory locking, they have an intruder after all.

[In that case, what should we do next?]

Do you really have to ask? There is no need to be sneaky anymore. Lets go out from here, as extravagant as possible!

With that said, I brandished the black sword, and cut open the locked transparent door.

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