Pow!

　He kicked through the iron door and rushed inside.
　They were in the middle of doing exactly what they were doing.

　There were a number of men dressed like hooded robes ...... wizards, and they surrounded a single magic circle.
　It's not just a matter of time before you'll be able to get your hands on a new one.

　I'm sure you'll be able to find a great deal more information on this.
　It's hard to understand what he's doing, but it doesn't look like he's doing anything good.

''What the hell are you--gafff.''

　He stepped in silently and punched the man's body.
　The man spilled out his stomach juices and collapsed as he did.
　The men around me held their hands up to me and chanted a spell, producing a magic circle.

　They were too slow to react.
　I fleshed out the men one by one, sinking them all in one punch.

　After the men fell, Cell came over with his men in tow.

''Sorry to keep you waiting, Satou-sama...... this!

　Cell's expression changed when he saw the magic circle and the boy lying on the ground.

'Do you know what this is?'
It's a magic circle that separates the soul from the body.
The soul from the body?
Yeah.

　Cell nodded gravely.
　Separating Souls...... increasingly not a good story.


　Leia's one.
　I told Cell about her and asked him to find out the source of her creation.
　Cell quickly figured it out.
　When I learned of the gang's hideout that created her, I raided the place with Cell's help.

　What I saw was a sight beyond my expectations.

...... This girl is still fine.

　Cell said with a relieved look on his face as he squatted down next to the boy.
　When I was relieved too, people came running out from the back.

　Unlike the wizard-like people we just defeated, they look like they're used to roughing it.
　It's probably a bouncer.

I'm not going to be able to get it right," he said.

　Cell said, though his men, who had attached themselves behind him, tried to move forward in a combat stance.
　Before that, I killed the bouncers instantly.

　Conveniently, four of them, I fired a series of infinite lightning bullets of maximum firepower at all of them and sank them.
　I thought "what if" at the connection between the boys and Leia, and I blinked them away, angry at the idea of leaving them to it.

'Let's go ......,'
...... Mm.

　With Cell and his men in tow, we made our way deeper and deeper into the facility.
　More bouncers appeared along the way, and a wizard-like man appeared, but they all blinked and moved on.

　It's not this mass-produced other people, there must be someone, someone who controls and knows everything.
　As I went on, I came to the largest room I had ever been in.

　There was a woman in the center of the room.
　An adult woman, but not in the flesh.

　It was recognizable at first glance as an artificial life form, with only the upper half of her body.
　It was hanging on a hanger of sorts.

''Hey, what is it with you guys?''

　Beyond that was a man.
　His attire was different from the previous guys, and he was clearly dressed like a high-ranking human being, with gold thread embroidery and decorations on his robes.

　I stepped into the bewildered man in an instant, grabbed his throat whistle and settled him against the wall.

'You're in charge here?'
You didn't do anything.
I'm asking if you're in charge.

　Strengthened a bit, the man nodded painfully.

'What was that magic circle out there?'
Oh, heal the boy-- hey.

　I tighten it up with force once more and listen with a dusky voice.

'Nayamileia,'
-Oh!
Speak up, or else.

　I gulped my free hand and put a little more pressure on my hand to grab the throat whistle.

'Wow, okay, ...... speaks, speaks or la ......'

　I loosened my hand a little.

'Ta, I was taking my soul out.
I know that. Why would you do that?
"Put the souls you take out and put them in that thing: ...... It's easier to control them with a tuned human soul.
What have you done?
Did you say you just made a connection to ......?

　I gulped at Cell's point.
　The adjusted human soul ...... no way.

'What do you mean?'
'Guh!　K. Anger, joy, anger, and sorrow are not necessary for a tool. That's why I take it out of my soul and put it in that thing.
Joy and anger: ......
To make ...... a tool? No wonder.

　It reminded me of Leia.
　I thought her emotions were diluted because she was made, but it wasn't, it was because they had removed the emotions of joy, anger and sorrow from her original soul.

'What happened to the joy, anger and sorrow that was removed?'
You don't need to discard them.

　He slammed the man against the wall with force.
　The man who hit his head so hard that he passed out and collapsed on the sly.

'Cell ......'
I don't need to tell everyone. I've been choked up for a while now. There are still people who don't come out, and I won't let them get away with it.

　Cell turned around and had a calm expression on his face, but his eyes were closed.
　I couldn't help but say, even though I knew that if I let him take care of the rest - I had to say it.

''Make sure you can't do this kind of research again.

　　　　　★

　I leave the research facility and return to the city of Samethrene.
　I can't stop being angry.

　At first, I was just going to stop the research.
　I wanted Cell to help me, so that no more unwanted lives like Leia's could be born, and if they were, they wouldn't be treated as unnecessary and forced to commit suicide.

　That's why I went along for the raid.
　I didn't expect it to turn out like this.

　With that in mind, I returned to the inn that served as my hideout and met up with Leia, who made me wait.

'Welcome home, Master.'
...... Yeah.
'Master. Angry ...... and sad?
What?
When the master is angry, I am angry. When the master is sad, I am sad.
That's .......
The Master's feelings flow directly into ...... here.

　Leia said, putting her hand on her chest.
　Somehow, I thought, it's because there's no

　The missing soul, the missing soul, the lack of joy, anger, and sorrow, so my emotions can slip right in there in the sky.

　There's a saying that I can understand the feelings of others, and I feel like I'm seeing it come true in the worst possible way.

　But then.
　But then... if my feelings are going into that empty space, I can't fill it with anger or sorrow.

　I've changed my mind.

"Oh, ...... master's feelings.
"Let's go to the dungeon. Let's go to the dungeon, make some money and eat some good food tonight.
Yes, I'll go with you.

　Leia's expression brightened a bit, as if my positive feelings were contagious.
　With Leia in tow, I headed to the dungeon as usual.

　Lighten my spirits and think about how fun and happy but contagious it would be for her.

　　　　　☆

　Ryota Sato is a human being.
　Because he is human, he has the idea of "non-reversibility" in relation to "damage".

　If you lose your arm, it won't come back, if you lose your leg, it won't come back - if you lose your soul, it won't come back.
　That kind of thinking is ingrained in us, human.

　But the world isn't necessarily like that, if you ask me if what is destroyed or damaged can't be restored.
　There are certainly worms and starfish, creatures that regenerate back to their original state after being damaged.

　And so it was with the soul.

　Originally, emotions are "born" and "sprout".
　Just because you lose it once doesn't mean it never comes back.

(Thank you, Master ......)

　Nayami Leia - change name Leia.
　A small, warm feeling grew in her chest, filled with Ryota's strong feelings.
　It was so small that neither Ryota nor he had noticed it yet, though.
　It was definitely present, and it was growing little by little.