Chapter 983 Understanding

Starlit went into one of the rooms within the facility they are in and strapped Kisuke into a bed that was just right for his current size before hooking him up to a bunch of wires that seems to be designed for him too, 'It has been prepared', thought Kisuke while pulling his harnesses, "What are you doing!?"

Starlit ignored his protest and turned to her communicator. After pressing a few buttons, she only had to wait for a minute before the old Luxato that Kisuke met when he first came here arrived.

[Did you get his consent?], asked the old man. But seeing what was happening, he didn't need an answer to get what was going on.

Starlit shook her head and replied, [I couldn't do it. There's no way for us to communicate. I tried using illustrations, but it seems that there is too much difference in culture that I couldn't get through.]

'What illustrations?' Kisuke asked inside his head before recalling the scribbles that she has been showing him these past few days, 'Wait... Those are? Aren't you just really bad at it?'

[I already concluded that he'll be able to take the burden, but it's going to hurt a lot. Are you sure about this? He might not trust us going forward.]

[Probably.] Starlit shrugged her shoulders, [But we won't be able to move forward like this, Doctor. Whether he could trust us or not, it's still better to start somewhere and get even the tiniest information about his origin and home world.]

The old man sighed and walked towards the consoles that are on the side of the bed, [Fine... But you'll have to take the responsibility for this.]

The girl nodded with a smile, [That's obvious. Since he was assigned to me, I'll take responsibility for whatever happens to him.]

'That's admirable, but that's not reassuring at all!'

Kisuke prepared to shield his piece of soul and allow any necessary changes this procedure will do, 'If it comes down to it, I'll just self-destruct to avoid any complication. Though I would have to find another avenue for this plan... Which might not present itself like this.'

Kisuke didn't have to struggle long as both Magic Power and Spirit Particles began flowing through the wires and entered his body. At first, they did nothing but avoid Kisuke's own circulation of energies but moments later, they directly went for his head, 'Seriously!?'

Kisuke braced himself as he didn't think that they'd go straight to his brain without much examination from their side. But it wasn't just that. While the Magic Power side went for his physical brain, the Spiritual Particles made their way to his Soul in an attempt to modify the same part. At that point, the pain started to set in as if someone was drilling into his skull.

Still, that wasn't enough for Kisuke to let out a peep so he pretended to be hurt by shouting at top of his lungs while watching closely what was happening.

It was similar to what Kisuke did when he made the candy that could make the girls understand the language of the world, however, it's a lot more unrefined when he did it, 'This... is messy? Is this what they have to do to make it more universal and adjustable for more races? No wonder they need that translation device. This is rough.'

As soon as they imprinted their knowledge, the Magic Power and Spiritual Particles slowly retreated and the pain subsided with them, prompting Kisuke to breathe out slowly.

"Is it done?" Starlit asked the old man.

The old man didn't answer immediately and checked Kisuke's vitals, "There doesn't seem to be any problem as far as I could see, but we'd still need a thorough checkup just in case."

Kisuke didn't listen to them and checked the changes that they made, 'It's functioning as intended, but it's badly done. A shame, but I'll have to erase this. It'll also be safer that way.' He then passed out, restoring and resetting his Gigai.

Kisuke woke up in his original body and exited the pod while stretching his limbs, "Before I can talk to them properly, I have to practice my proper pronunciations first... Or maybe I should start out as a broken speaker first?"

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The next morning, Kisuke finally decided to return to Twilight Manor. And when he reached the gates, he caught the two guards that he saw last night just ending their night shift, "Good morning~ Is it alright if you inform Loki-sama or Riveria that I've returned?"

"Ah... It's you. It's fine. We've been informed to let you in once you arrive. Loki-sama said that you should go to her private lobby and you should already know your way in." One of the guards answered. Though he has been wondering how this man would know the way inside the manor he figured he has been a guest in the past.

"Is that so? Then I'll be excusing myself."

Kisuke went straight in and he came across some familiar faces but even more unfamiliar ones, 'It would seem that they've tripled in size.'

Everyone was curious about who he was, especially his relationship with Riveria, but none of them approached him as they were already notified to leave him alone for now.

It didn't take too long for him to reach Loki's private lobby and in there he saw Loki and Riveria were already waiting for him with some drinks prepared.

"It looks like they didn't let you off easy." Kisuke commented after seeing the deep crease in-between Riveria's eyebrows.

Riveria massages her temple to ease the headache from the hangover, "What choice do I have?"

"You won't heal yourself?" asked Kisuke as he sat down beside her.

"I'd like to have a natural experience this time around."

"Want me to massage it for you?"

"That would be helpf-- !?" Riveria realized what she was about to say and where she is so she instantly shook her head, "I'm fine!"

However, that was already too late as Loki started chuckling at their interaction, "I knew you two would be close enough after all those years, but it's still very surprising to see it in person. And Riveria, I think it's fine to let your guard down when it's just me."

"Absolutely not!"

Loki didn't push her any further since she knew that it would only work against her so she instead turned to Kisuke and said, "Now then, to explain why everyone forgot about you once again... Well, the short story is what you've shown everyone is very detrimental to their growth. Before they reached where they are now a few years ago, they were having very unrealistic expectations."