The , as Ars mankind calls it, that developed in Hale, also reached out to the field of artificial life.

Through magic and science, they have revealed the structure of the human body and created replicas of it with artificial cells.

They were called , meaning followers.

By the way, even though they were the , the original genetic information was necessary.

The original source was the DNA of the developer.

The developer, whose name is no longer known, provided his own cells, made duplicates of them, and had them work as assistants.

"100001, take this."

Yes, sir.

100002, help me with this.

"Yes, master."

The developers assigned six-digit numbers to their followers. The first digit is used to identify their purpose, and the remaining five digits are their serial numbers.

The appearance, or age, could be set as desired. < have is only for the purpose of constructing their bodies, not for the purpose of dividing cells to make the same ones.

In short, they are immortal.

They were also called .

* * * *

After many years, the who created the < is no longer around.

The <> had become an indispensable existence for some of the <>.

"4591, have you finished cleaning?"

"Yes, master."

98351, clean up this room.

"Yes, sir."

80021, we're going out. Take him with you.

Yes, sir.

Later generations of engineers also created their own homunculus and took care of the people.

And again, many years pass.

< had begun to decline.

They leave their home planet of with its resources depleted.

After some twists and turns, the colonized the planet .

> supported their lives.

However, even the immortal < is not immortal.

Their numbers have been decreasing due to changes in the concentration of free magical element (ether) and unforeseen accidents.

However, the main reason is that they fought and sacrificed themselves to protect their <> from the attacks of the mutated <> of Ars.

However, a few <> homunculus survived.

Among them were the 600012, 700 No. 672 and others existed as followers.

And time passed again. .......

* * * *

"Mr. 700672, <>'s consciousness doesn't need to have a <>, does it?"

"Yes. It is an additional consciousness to be used as a <>."

Hannah had asked 700672 a question.

"I see. ....... I knew it. If that's the case, then once the personality and knowledge are stored in something like a , additional consciousness is added to it. And then you <> into the homunculus' brain, right?"

"Yes. ...... Hannah, you are a genius. You know ten things when you hear one ......, or so they say in Jin-dono's world, and you are just like that."

"Haha, that's too much praise!"

Worried about Martha's recent poor condition, Hannah has started to research on .

The old man was lending a helping hand, and <> of <> was also concerned about Milowina and was giving his full cooperation.

"I think we've solved most of the technical problems."

Hannah's face was bright.

"But the biggest problem is the material ...... or ......."

<<<< mental catalyst>>, Hannah>>.

"Yes. ....... Hey, old man, let's not use anymore. I'm too old for it.

<

"Well, I understand that."

<

"But we can't use all of them, can we?

< is also a cure for .

And there were other problems as well.

There were two other problems: an <> problem and a <> problem.

The former is whether or not it is acceptable to turn a subject into a homunculus of <> at one's own convenience.

The latter is that society would be in chaos if people who are not supposed to be alive were alive.

"Well, yes, that's true. But I think human wishes are selfish to a greater or lesser extent.

If I had to give a reason, it would be for the world.

<

"I think that's a bit too aggressive, though."

Hannah smiled bitterly.

<> are cooperating fully is because we can't bear to lose our master (Mylord) and Milowina.

"<>, right?"

<>

"I see, the old man misses you too, doesn't he?"

.

The old man felt that he could not bear the thought of losing Jin.

There is a difference between spending time believing that you will see him again after 400 years and never seeing him again.

It was the same for Reiko and the other Horai Islanders, who were all worrying about their future within the limits of they were allowed to have.

Although Jin himself says, , Jin and his descendants carry a different weight to them.

created by Jin wanted to serve < in any way they could.

Jin himself is unaware that his creations have such feelings, and he will never know them in the future. Nor does he need to know.

Thus, Hanna's research on homunculus is going on.

The old man also accumulated data for this purpose.

The results will surely appear in due course.

* * * *

? ......>>>

On September 17, 3899, Jin was sent back 40 But due to a mysterious phenomenon that occurred at that time, the <> Jin remained.

This means that Lao Kun no longer needs to create a homunculus of Jin.

The reason why he did not create a homunculus of Jin until this point is because he wanted to have all the memories of <>.

In other words, he wanted to add the memories of Jin who stayed in this time period temporarily due to the accident to the memories of Jin who stayed in this time period 400 years ago.

This is because Jin confided to me after his return that some of his memories were not clear as if in a haze.

The idea was that if Jin had returned 400 years later, his memories would be complete.

And now there is no more danger of Jin's < and , which would bring them face to face with each other.

The old man's movement was the most stable ever as he looked at the complex body of Jin before he woke up.