"Is that... a living being?"
Annan was somewhat stunned.
This mechanical hand, devoid of any semblance of flesh and blood structure, had somehow obtained life from thin air.
It was not some purely mechanical structure like a clockwork puppet... or rather a "hand puppet." It could move on its own, not because of the gears and springs, nor was it due to the remote control by spells, and it wasn't even because Yawen had inserted a Simulated Soul.
Rather, it was simply... In the instant that Yawen had "completed" it, it had acquired a new life of its own. Though it was still a bit immature, like a newborn child pure and blank as paper, it had indeed come to exist in this world.
"Can it move even without a soul?"
Annan couldn't help but ask.
Yawen just glanced at him sideways.