How did Nicholas do it? An artificial person who doesn’t need a parent...
"Before answering this question," Bishop Daryl whispered, pulling a book from the shelf, "have you ever heard of the Gift of the Cup ceremony?"
"Sounds like a cup-bearing ceremony."
"Indeed."
Daryl said, sitting back on the sofa.
Perhaps it was because he was getting old, or because he had gained weight, but just walking a few steps made him a little tired.
After the fat bald bishop sat down, he put the thick book on the table, took a long breath, and drank the slightly cold black tea in his cup.
Then, he turned the pages of the book and explained in a low voice: "Although the Cup Girl is a righteous god, desire is also the cornerstone of human beings. But in many places, publicly admitting one's belief in the Cup Girl will still be considered frivolous by the public.
Even despicable behavior.
"However, even so, many aristocratic families will still openly believe in the cup-bearing woman. But this does not necessarily mean that they indulge in sensuality... but in order to practice the ritual of 'Gift of the Cup'.
"If you want to perform this ritual, you must openly believe in the cup-bearing girl for at least nine years, and hold a formal, public worship ceremony every September. Then prepare a pure gold cup, which is filled with the practitioner's
Keep a portion of uncorrupted blood for each of the nine months.
"Then, the operator has to add a tube...of liquid containing his or her own genetic information, and then close the lid. After that, every month, the liquid level in the cup will drop by one-ninth, gradually revealing the embryo in the cup.
; And after nine months, a newborn baby will appear in the cup.
"——The so-called 'child in the cup'."
Daryl replied.
...Clone?
This should be an emergency measure when the bloodline cannot be inherited...for example, infertility?
Annan was stunned for a moment, then asked: "Then the child in the cup...is exactly the same as the one who cast the spell?
"Absolutely. And on this basis, their bloodline will be optimized, their appearance will become more beautiful, and their intelligence and physical strength will be more outstanding. Although they cannot be called the children of the Cup Holder Girl, they will also obtain some of his characteristics.
…
"Therefore, when some families completely cut off their bloodlines due to some reasons."
As he said that, Daryl took a deep look at Annan, and then slowly replied: "They will hold the 'Gift of the Cup' ceremony.
"The Cup Girl does not require them to maintain faith in themselves. So after the baby is born, they can declare to give up their belief in the Cup Girl... But as long as this ritual is used, there will be traces of the Cup Girl -
That is, the eyes turn red.
"A family with red eyes will still get a child if they hold the 'Gift of the Cup' again, but the bloodline will not continue to be optimized. They will only get a child with a talent similar to the caster.
"So there will also be some merchant families who can purchase gold cups, or aristocratic families who rarely have a 'genius' born in their families. When they hope to continue the glory of the family for a generation, they will also hold this ceremony. But in more cases, it is still
When the bloodline is about to be cut off, it is a 'last resort' to leave the seeds behind.
"--And this is a typical 'artificial human that requires the sample of the father or mother'. Although it borrows the power of the true god, it is not operated by the cup girl, nor is it the god of the cup girl.
technique.
"'Ritual' belongs to human power, not to gods. This kind of artificial human being is still essentially a life that was not born naturally."
Bishop Daryl said this and paused: "I think you have guessed it."
"...For example, Noah's royal family?"
Annan asked softly.
If he was talking about a family with red eyes, he could only think of this one...
Bishop Daryl nodded slowly.
……I see.
This statement answered one of Annan's doubts.
That's why Philip dared to publicly believe in the Lady of the Cup as the royal heir in a country where Sir Silver was widely believed in. He would not even be considered to have bad conduct by others.
This is rather a tradition.
Because the Noah royal family has actually cut off its bloodline once. Now it is continuing again...
When exactly did it stop?
Thinking about it carefully, Annan seems to have never heard of any brothers or sisters that His Majesty the King has.
Perhaps during Henry VIII's father's generation, the natural bloodline had been completely cut off.
Suddenly, an idea popped into Annan's mind:
——Could Nicholas appear in Noah but not elsewhere just because Henry VIII is an artificial man?
"What about Nicholas?"
After understanding that artificial humans do exist in this world, Annan immediately realized the problem: "Isn't his technology for creating artificial humans better than the one made by the cup-holder woman?"
Daryl sighed after hearing Annan's statement.
"You are really smart, His Highness Annan. And you are very keen...
"Perhaps what you said before is right - what Nicholas created can indeed be called a monster.
"But it's not because they're ugly, or because they're not smart. It's just the opposite...
"The artificial humans created by Nicholas can be considered handsome and beautiful even by the most stringent aesthetic standards. You can call them synthetic humans - using the Hermetic Philosopher's Stone and some cheap materials, they are
Synths that can be easily synthesized in a flask.
"Their bodies are strong and healthy, free from diseases, they are even very smart, and they are very united with each other - taking into account the convenience of implanting common sense and life, Nicholas bundled their minds together from the beginning, sharing a
Soul. Therefore, there will be no conflict between his creations, and the efficiency of work and study is also very high. Rather than being called 'them', or calling it 'it', it is even better to be called 'him'.
"I have to admit that this is indeed a better species than humans. Nicholas did create new life and a new race... just like a god.
"However, there is a fatal problem with his creation. The person who discovered the problem is the moth mother who is in charge of the principle of 'gestation'."
"Although these creations only relied on the Philosopher's Stone and did not need human flesh and blood to be born. But after their birth... they were able to reproduce normally like humans through male-female relationships. However, with humans
, but cannot give birth to offspring.”
Annan's pupils dilated slightly.
What he realized: "So they... ended up losing control?"
"No."
Daryl said simply: "If twelve righteous gods are watching and the situation gets out of control, then it will be an epochal disaster.
“But it’s actually not too different from the Disaster of the Epoch – they didn’t lose control, not because they wouldn’t lose control, but because we discovered it in time.
"As a superior substitute for all aspects of human beings, it has been poured into the common sense of the entire human society. It looks the same as humans, but is reproductively isolated from humans. It can reproduce the race as quickly as humans... To humans, they are better than elves and
Horse people are much more terrifying.
"This is the cause of Nicholas' death and this is his crime.
"In the end, after his death, all his research results and writings were completely destroyed, all the Hermetic Philosopher's Stones that had been produced were destroyed, all the synthetics were captured and executed and burned, and their bodies were also
It was completely destroyed. The memories of the extraordinary beings who knew about this incident had been cleaned. Therefore, even in nightmares, there would be no traces of this incident.
"From the perspective of an alchemist, Nicholas is indeed the greatest alchemist in the world, the second Hermes. He truly completed the great deeds belonging to the gods as a human being...
"But for his great cause, he betrayed all mankind."
Daryl said slowly: "That's why I said, if that person is really Nicholas. Or even just related to him...
"Then we will be in big trouble, Your Highness Annan."