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'...a Qilin. Like me...'
[ELA-RE] "Ah, I see. That's the narrative they've gone with... No. This is untrue. We all knew, we all felt it. Lord Akasa killed his Imperial consort, in cold blood. It was part of his morbid fascination with bridging the Ma distances. He hoped it would serve as ample motivation for his daughter, the Imperial Princess, to be able to cross whatever Ma spaces lie between her."
'...'
[ELA-RE] "He is another murderous fiend that should be put down."
And I spared him... when I had the chance to kill him. I spared him...
Ela suddenly perked up, remembering something especially important. Majordomo and Joco both blinked at him, and I gave him my undivided attention as well, as he coughed into his fist.
[ELA-RE] "You are a Qilin... I suppose you would like to know this, as disturbing as it might seem."
'I'm listening.'
[ELA-RE] "There is a surviving Qilin just like you that is held in the Heavenly Capital."
'...?!'
We all gawked at him in disbelief.
[ELA-RE] "Her name was Ren, if I recall correctly. She is used as a cattle."
'..."Cattle"...?'
[ELA-RE] "Qilins are so pure that that their progeny are always born with some small portion of divinity as a result. Their spawn are demigods at birth due to their mother's celestial nature. Lord Sarakha impounded this one that was taken from the Old Continent, before he sunk it, into a level in the Capital to lay eggs after being artificially inseminated."
[MAJORDOMO] "I'm not sure I want to hear the rest of this story..."
[ELA-RE] "Oh but you do. See, this is the method through which the Trinity creates its Mass Produced Demigods."
'Mass... Produced Demigods?!'
[ELA-RE] "Yes. It sounds terrifying, doesn't it? They do not use the eggs. They destroy them and extract the celestial essence."
'Aborting them...'
[ELA-RE] "The essence is given to especially refined Chemically Immortal frames, the best the Trinity can produce. This creates a Demigod soldier that is completely loyal. It is a sickening process... It's worse than when Lord Huangdi created the Fairies in an attempt to make flying soldiers of Heaven."
I looked down at the floor again.
This was all so very hard to process at once! I honestly didn't know how to reply to something like that! It's not something I was prepared for.
Ela cleared his throat again.
[ELA-RE] "About my terms, Qilin..."
>"They're acceptable."
>"I can't guarantee that you'll get to land the death blow against Huangdi, but I'll see to it that you are brought back to your former glory."
>"Must you really reform the Kingdom? The whole foundation is rotten, beginning with Huangdi himself. Would it not be better to destroy it and build something new in its place?"
>"I have more questions..."