Bedivere then stared at Hal hard. Then the more he looked, the more he felt that today's little Hal was a little different from usual. Even if the previous Hal was not lively, he was not so afraid that he had remained silent since just now.
He didn't even say hello to his Uncle Bedivere.
"It's getting closer." Paramedis prompted when he saw Bedivere setting his sights on the leopard boy.
"Hal...? But what's the difference..." Bedivere continued to stare at the little black panther.
The leopard man boy who was stared at by Bedivere looked a bit dull. His timid appearance was very strange. Normally, if the child was afraid of strangers, he should hide behind his brother or father, and it was impossible for Bedivere to keep looking at him.
Staring like this but not taking any action. Isn't it common sense for children to hide next to their trusted relatives when they are scared?
In other words... this child doesn't trust Palamedes or Saifer? He looked at Bedivere with a little fear, and at the same time he didn't trust his father and brother. This kind of thing is really
Is it possible?
unless------
Bedivere reasoned from a series of events that had happened before, and suddenly thought of a seemingly absurd, but the only reasonable answer. Unless this was not Little Hal at all, unless the father and brother of the child in front of Bedivere,
They are not Palamedes and Saphire at all.
Following his bold conjecture, Bediwell continued to deduce and came up with the answer in an instant: "Oh my God! The technology of [mimetic outerwear] has been completed? This child is Hal's substitute------"
"Shhh! ------Don't speak so loudly, be careful that walls have ears!" Palamedes interrupted hurriedly: "But you are right, it's really amazing reasoning, and you can reach the correct conclusion so quickly.
!Seifer, you lost the bet?"
"Well, I have to believe it, meow." Saifer also said. I don't know what he had bet with Paramedes before, but in short, he was not optimistic about Bedivere.
"But...it's so awesome!" Bediwell then moved closer to Little Hal's stand-in and looked at it carefully: "The technology of [Mimetic Appearance] is so amazing, you can't even see it if you look closely at it from this distance.
Is there any difference?"
The little Hal in front of him was exactly the same as the leopard man boy in his memory. The short and soft little leopard fur on his body was lifelike. If this child's body was the body of the wooden golem that Logan had made before, then
It’s really hard to imagine that a wooden golem’s body would become the same as a real creature’s body after being equipped with mimicry exterior technology.
However, Bedivere reached out and touched the head of Hal's stand-in. As expected, the mimicry appearance in front of him was just a highly realistic holographic image. When he touched the child's forehead with his hand, his hand
The leopard's hair penetrated the holographic image like it passed through the air, and landed on the head of the hard, wooden golem.
"Would it be wrong if you get so close and touch his head? But this is good enough." Bedivere said. But the child in front of him stood still the whole time, allowing Bedivere to reach out and touch his head.
, with no intention of resisting or cowering. The werewolf young man almost thought that this child was just a statue.
"Hi, kid." The atmosphere seemed a bit awkward, so Bediwell greeted him and said, "Is everything okay? I know you may not be willing to be Little Hal's substitute, but I promise this will be settled soon.
It will pass. After everything passes, we will find ways to help you make a more human body so that you can move more freely, okay?"
At this time, the child finally nodded slightly, not sure whether he was pretending to obey or sincerely agreeing.
"What should I call this kid? Just call him Hal, okay?" Bedivere asked again.
"Karl," Palamedes replied.
"Well, this name is a bit... subtle?" A drop of sweat broke out on Bedivere's forehead. It's not that Palamedes's taste in naming people is so bad, but it is extremely easy to confuse.
What's the matter with the name? If you are not careful, you will call "Karl" by mistake "Hal", so that the two children will be completely indistinguishable...
"Easy to confuse, right? But this is just right." Palamedes said seriously: "During the period when Morgoth and Kaoshan are a threat, Carl will stay in the ship with the other children.
Move around to attract the enemy's attention. In order to distinguish it from my little Hal, of course you can't use the exact same name. But you can't use a name that's too deviant, otherwise you won't be able to deceive Morgoth and Kaos.
."
It was as if he was afraid that the walls had ears, and that the child's identity would be exposed by everyday addresses.
"As long as you like it." Bedivere did not express any opinion, but continued to ask: "So, where is the real Hal?"
"He usually stays in the laboratory with his brothers, and we also use [mimicry] technology to change his appearance into a wooden golem in order to confuse the public." Archmage Logan
Said: "If you see another child who looks like a wooden golem in the boat, even if you know he is Hal, don't call him [Hal], call him [Param No. 2] (prime--
-ii). We told him in advance and he will understand."
"Wow, you have to let him hide incognito... It's really hard on him." Bedivere said with a bitter smile. He was still thinking about Paramedis's obviously bad taste just now, but in the end,
Got a worse old man Logan.
"That's all we can do for now. Once this matter is over, everything will be fine." Palamedes also said with a wry smile: "My little Hal is so good and cooperates with the acting without any objection. It's really great."
"Haha..." Bedivere continued to ask with a wry smile: "So, when do you think it will be [get over]? You and I were both the fathers of a child, and I think you should understand.
, a father will never give up his child so simply. As long as Kaos is alive, he will come to Little Hal again and again, and this matter will never end."
"Little Bedi, be optimistic." Palamedes shook his head: "I'm not worried about Kaos. He wants to see his son, of course he can do so at any time, and we have no right to stop him. I'm worried
It’s just that witch Morgos. God knows what unspeakable experiments she will do on my little Hal through the name of Kaos? I will never let little Hal fall into the hands of that witch, even if
All means are used."
"Even if it means killing Morgose." Bedivere then added quietly.
"Huh, if that witch could be killed so easily, we wouldn't have to worry so much." Palamedes smiled bitterly: "It was a huge miscalculation when Arthur let her go."
Bedivere stopped talking. Even King Arthur could not kill his half-sister so easily. Arthur let Morgoth go, that was a thing of the past, a foregone conclusion---
---And among the people present, no one was qualified to raise objections to King Arthur's judgment back then.
If Arthur had not taken action to stop Morgoth, the witch would probably still be making trouble today.
"Uh, by the way, Karl," Paramedis turned around and ordered: "Don't tell Hal what we just said. That child doesn't know that Kaos is his biological father.
He needs some time to buffer from this."
The wooden golem disguised as a leopard boy nodded to show understanding. Although [mimicry disguise] made the child look exactly like the real leopard boy Hal, his expression was always too dull, and he always felt
He can't play the role of [Hal] well. It's not a big problem for him to keep a secret. This guy hasn't said a word since he was created, and his heart remains closed. Logan said that he has
A sound-producing device has been added to this wooden golem. As long as the soul of the child at the core of the golem wants to speak, he should be able to make a sound at any time. Now he remains silent, not because of material problems, but because of spiritual problems.
on the problem.
This crazy organization [Academy] destroys the children's bodies and seals their "souls" (light souls) into such a small golem core. This will cause huge trauma to a child's soul.
Even after rescuing "Karl's" soul and giving him a free "body," Bedivere still didn't think that the child was saved in the true sense.
He seems to be free, but in fact he is not free at all; he seems to have a self, but in fact he is still a walking zombie, a robot who is at the mercy of others and fate, but only knows how to endure in silence.
If we want this child to be truly "saved", there is still a long way to go.
"Hey, little Carl," as if to change his mood, Bedivere suddenly said to Hal's stand-in: "Can your body structure be used to eat? Do you want Eve to get you something delicious?"
"I have to remind you that although this golem has the function of pretending to eat, it actually just puts food into a storage bag and cannot really digest food." Logan snorted coldly from the side: "Then...
You also need to clean up the food residue in the storage pocket as soon as possible to prevent the food from getting moldy and giving off odor. Its real energy source is always rechargeable, and it has to come to my workshop once a day for charging and maintenance."
"Wouldn't this reveal the secret?" Bedivere then asked: "If it happens to be seen by Morgoth's eyes and ears------"
"When the machine parts are being charged and maintained, I will ask Miss Eve to completely block the inspection workshop." Logan added: "And the location of my workshop is considered a relatively hidden place in the ship. I don't think that some witch is doing this."
Goosi has a way to make her familiars run so deep into the ship. If she can do it, it's either because your ship's security facilities are really poor, or because she's just too powerful. If it's the former, in
You should think of ways to improve it before something goes wrong, stupid apprentice; if it's the latter, then you really can only pray to the gods for blessings--that witch is probably unstoppable."
When Logan finished saying this, not only Bedivere, but also Paramedis and Saifer beside him shuddered involuntarily. Although the possibility is very low, if it is them
Maybe the witch Morgose I know can really do it!
In any case, in order to protect the real little Hal, they have done everything they can, and then they can only let fate decide. Bedivere knows very well that if Paramedis is given a chance,
Leopard warriors will not hesitate to kill Morgoth, the source of all evil. Only by doing so can they have long-term peace of mind.