When the synchronization magic is dispelled, a feeling of being far away arrives. It’s like coming out of a narrow, long tunnel backwards. As the lonely body pulls on her consciousness, the connection between the golem and the Abbie stretches like a web that has reached its limit.
Took, and cut off.
Captain Abbey returned to reality.
Abby woke up on the mat. I put it in my room in case I fell down and got hurt during synchronization.
Also, it was laid out separately for stretching.
“Whoa.”
Abby took a deep breath and hugged her arm for a moment. Under the uniform, soft skin is touched.
There is nothing wrong with the senses. Not a golem, but her body for sure. If you use sync magic often, you sometimes get confused whether you are a golem or not, so you had to test it in this simple way.
After checking, she crawls out of the soft mat with her knees.
When you step out of the room, you see a narrow, dark and busy office. A dry room filled with only what was necessary for the mission and mortally excluded from the unexpected.
On one wall, ‘windows’ the size of a palm were attached to each other like a honeycomb. Most of them were as dark as lighting the night. There are only two ‘windows’ through which even the remnants of light can be seen.
One of them was covered with a blue sky and a vast wilderness, and the other was dark and hazy as if covered with dark clouds.
Aby pulled out the key from his biological extremity and put it in the slot next to the blurry ‘window’. Then the gray dark clouds swirled and gradually formed a certain landscape… .
Then the window reflected the dining room of Tantalus. It was not yet dark, and the entire hazy landscape was visible through the window.
“father… What the hell kind of wind is blowing?”
I can’t guess the intention. But what is certain is that the founder still remains in the abyss, and he wants to learn to cook.
The very fact that she wants to learn to cook suggests that she will spend some time in the abyss. There won’t be any problems for a while.
Rather, now that the golem inside Tantalus has been arrested, it is necessary to deal with it. Abby started the next job.
Abi, who sat facing the ‘window’, closed her eyes and concentrated her mind. Then the air trembled, and another law began to overwrite the world around her.
Although she was a soldier in the military, the magic she uses is different from the ceremonial magic. A manifestation of one’s own world that does not require any spells or chants to change the world.
unique horse. morning glory.
An annual flower that blooms only in the morning and fades during the day.
A morning glory stem made of magical power wrapped around her body and slowly bloomed. It was like a beautiful creeper hugging her, or a hungry snake trying to devour her.
It doesn’t matter if it’s the former or the latter. If only I could do my duty.
Abby raised her magic power, and the morning glory that grew from that magic power formed buds on the side of her cheeks. It soon bloomed beautifully with a fresh purple hue.
Preparation is over. Abby, who opened her eyes, spoke to the pistil of the morning glory.
“This is Captain Abbey, the military signal operator. UL, calling from Ab.”
Words no one will hear.
Words that will never be transmitted if you try them in this remote place, in an isolated place.
However, the morning glory with the power of ‘sympathy’ conveys the news to other flowers that may have bloomed somewhere in the world.
Then, as if waiting, a voice came from someone far away.
“Abby! I’ve been waiting!」
The unusual voice was the same as it had been a few days ago. Aby responded to the voice coming from the other side.
“Uel. Connection confirmed.”
“Long time no see! To be precise, 6 days, 21 hours and 34 minutes! If I had been a little late, I would have filled a week! Don’t make me worry, Abby!
“Thanks for your concern, but there was nothing to contact. There was no information to be updated as the only ‘window’ in the main building was arrested.”
Clap, a clapping sound came from beyond.
“Ah, right! Did I mention that the ‘windows’ are almost all broken? Are the other two broken by any chance?”
“denial. However, the last one monitoring the inside of Tantalus has been arrested. Or, can you supply other ‘windows’?”
“Ugh. Sorry but you have to wait. As you know, our ‘windows’ are so difficult to make. Because it’s not easy… . Even more so if it breaks easily.”
A total of forty-nine ‘windows’ that AB originally had. It was the limit she could handle, and it was the number that the military gave generously in consideration of the uniqueness of the abyss Tantalus. It means that the outlaws of Tantalus, who can easily tear even humans, will not leave the golem alone, so prepare it.
Perhaps the prediction came true, among the so many ‘windows’, forty-seven were easily broken, and only two remained.
But Abby also had something to say.
“It is the responsibility of the main building, but it is not entirely the main building’s responsibility. It was not uncommon for a trainee to break ‘windows’ in Tantalus, but none with such paranoid and meticulous care as ‘he’. In the first place, General Patraxion was responsible for arresting criminals and not disarming them… .”
“Ahahaha. Shout out to me. Even if we don’t belong there, we shouldn’t say that to the general.”
UL cut off the conversation with good timing. Abby, who was about to vomit her feelings to UL, took a deep breath and calmed her heart.
“… I will correct it.”
“No, no~. Things like that happen, too! We are signalmen, not vampires without emotions! Although there is no difference in that it does not receive sunlight!”
There was a joke mixed with self-deprecation. It is UL’s effort to obscure the rigid atmosphere.
Feeling the uncomfortable feeling of causing trouble to the other party, A.B turned the topic around.
“How did the supply of magic herbs you requested last time go?”
“yes! I think we’ll be leaving soon! But, you know? Signal Soldiers must never use magic candles! A watchman will be dispatched to check this part!”
UL, who is gentle in everything, does not use a strong tone to A.B. If such a UL emphasizes ‘absolute’, it means that it is something to really avoid.
But Abby knew. The fact that UL, who was saying such things, made every effort to supply A.B with magic herbs.
So, since the laborers betrayed me, I couldn’t dare to say, “Please cancel the supply of magic herbs.” It was because the appearance of UL, who would have been happy with A.B’s request, was good in his eyes.
While I was choosing a horse for a while, I heard a beep from UL’s side. order has been received. A bewildered voice came over the morning glory.
“oh. Wait a minute. An emergency order.”
It was too long to be called a report, and too short to be called Saddam. Now it was time to end our story.
Abby said while fixing the clothes she was wearing.
“Excuse me while you are busy, Captain Yuel.”
“no. Nice to hear from you after a long time. later, again… . let’s talk.”
The voice of longing fades away, and the petals of the morning glory begin to fall helplessly. UL’s voice resounded like an echo with the faint reverberation.
“This is the military signal officer, Captain Yuel… . Your request… .』
blurred voice. After that, the morning glory that bloomed on Ab’s shoulder withered. The stems of the vines break in strands as if they were withered.
They fell to the ground and melted into the air like mist.
Unique magic is unique. This is because one image that one person has is different from another.
This is a supreme proposition that arose from the moment the mystery of magic was instilled in the human body.
But.
Gathering people with similar aptitudes and cultivating their image through rigorous and standardized education.
Can we learn the same magic?
The military actually did it. A signal soldier who was specially trained and nurtured by recruiting talents carefully selected from the secondary military academy.
Their magic, of course, differed in form, but there were characteristics they had in common.
tuning.
With this magic, the Signal Soldier could communicate with other Signal Soldiers without mechanical devices or magic circles, and he was able to access the specially made Golem using the biometric terminal and key.
Considering that even the most trashy communication equipment is huge enough to be compared to a building and is prohibitively expensive, the Signal Soldier was a success story of the military that greatly eased that burden while also giving it flexibility.
However, there are only a handful of people with such talents, so a signalman becomes a captain immediately upon commission, regardless of age or experience.
Even if you become a captain, the only thing you can handle is a golem, more like a trooper than an officer.
“Take care, Yuel.”
Hoping for the happiness of the person she was closest to, Avi turned her head.
A single small lamp illuminates this stuffy space. On the narrow desk, documents and cipher texts are scattered in a clutter.
There are clothes packets so you don’t even need a closet, and canned beans so no other food. Everything you need to survive is in one cupboard.
Other than that, there is nothing to decorate life.
A comfortable sofa where you can rest for a while.
Even magazines with nonsensical content that flowed more like ridicule than laughter.
At least, even a window that lets you look out for a moment.
nothing.
This is a windowless room. There is no such thing as an outside door. Even if it’s a window.
Opening the curtains and letting in the sunlight, opening the window and letting the wind in, is impossible in the first place.
Signal Officer Captain Ab, the only ‘window’ allowed her, and the only one through which she could see the outside world, was the golem.
The signalman’s room should be dry. If there’s anything to look out for, it’s probably because I’m neglecting communication.
In order to receive supplies, to do business, or to observe the world for a change, they had to go through their own window, the golem.
It’s the only way to interact with the world.
The only rest allowed… Although talking to another carrier. Even that is not easy.
I went to the washroom and washed my face. Avi, who wiped her face with a towel packet, looked at herself in the mirror. Neat uniforms and hats, neatly cut to match, flutter. Maybe it’s because I can’t see sunlight, so my skin is white even under dim lighting.
In the past, there was a slightly yellowish feeling, but recently it disappeared while stretching unintentionally.
I don’t want to thank you for that though.
Once again, the thought of ‘window’ went crazy. Abbie sat back on the chair and looked out the window.
The golem on the ground looking at the flowing clouds and the distant wilderness,
And sitting in a corner of the restaurant, the golem of Tantalus staring at the dimly lit restaurant.
Ab, who was staring blankly like a golem, suddenly muttered.
“… Shall I go back?”
Abby stretched out her hand as if possessed. Among the remaining two windows, after pondering for a moment, he grabbed the key of the golem inside Tantalus.
And unknowingly, I started stretching. Your body remembers the stretches you’ve done incessantly for the past three days to tune in.
Captain Ab, who was unwinding his legs, suddenly remembered a fact.
“ah. It was released.”
Abby brushed her teeth, remembering the shame of the past.
The synchronization rate is similar to the object to be synchronized, the higher the similarity. That’s why the Synchro-Type Golem has a human form and has human-like senses.
Of course, in order to synchronize, you need to take a movement that is as similar to the target as possible.
Even if it’s tearing your legs apart.
When the key was inserted into the biometric terminal, the synchronization magic that resonated with her informed her that she had to rip her leg. Then Captain Abbie had to clench his fists, tremble and spread his legs.
There is a saying that if you look into the abyss, the abyss also looks into you. Captain Ab’s body, who had been manipulating the hard golem every day, suddenly hardened like a golem. Being stuck in a room and controlling a golem, it was natural for her to lose her flexibility.
The new ordeal given to her inflexible was too harsh. However, Abbie, who was trapped in a room without a window, had only one option to overcome.
First day.
He put his feet on the wall and pushed himself back. As she held her breath and pulled the wall, Abby’s legs formed an ambiguous obtuse angle.
For a golem, ripping a leg is just the arrangement of parts. Only Ab’s body felt pain. Abbie screamed as she experienced an unfamiliar experience that her body hurts more than the golem.
Second day.
Is it because of stretching rather than stretching all day? The range of motion has increased compared to the previous day. As a side effect, I couldn’t close my legs in the morning, but that was a really trivial thing. Anyway, the tuning rate was relatively high, so I was able to stay connected.
After so much effort, Captain Ab, who connected to the golem, saw what he saw for the first time.
It was a speaker placed in a position that was barely reachable by hand.
quick. Something about Captain Abbie broke.
third day.
There are things that no effort can do. Repeating stretching will make your body flexible, but even lying on your stomach with your legs spread out is not something that takes a day or two of effort. This is because the body is honest and does not allow cramming.
But I couldn’t give up. If you continue to be locked up like this, your mission will fail, and it would be terrible for one ‘window’ to close completely.
In that way, Abby continued to tear her legs in revenge, remembering the man who tied her up.
“The culprit… . I will never forget this shame.”
Although it was the ancestors who redeemed the golem now, it was not even a speck compared to what was accumulated on him. No, if it hadn’t stopped in the first place, I wouldn’t have been arrested like this.
Abby vowed revenge and connected to the Golem of Tantalus.
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