Chapter 109: Chapter 109: The Moon of Rebellion
"What is the name of your Mystic Eyes?"
Aozaki Touko marveled at his Mystic Eyes.
Even with her vast knowledge, she found their capabilities to be downright absurd—a natural enemy of magicians. Even immature Magicians might be easily handled by them.
Throughout all of human history, not a single case similar to his could be found. These Mystic Eyes were truly one of a kind.
If she had encountered him more than ten years ago, she might have brought him back with her to Misaki City to give her younger sister a tough lesson.
If that had happened, she definitely wouldn't have lost back then!
"They don't have a name."
Roy stared at Aozaki Touko coldly. The chill in his voice felt like it could freeze the air.
"Is that so? Such powerful Mystic Eyes should have a name. If you don't mind, how about I give them one?"
"Whatever."
"What an unlovable child."
Aozaki Touko shook her head helplessly.
From the scars on his body, she could already guess what kind of life this artificial child had led in his earlier years—or rather, his "first half of life," considering his lifespan.
"Alright, I'll teach you magic now!"
"You should learn the technique of 'personality segmentation' as soon as possible. If you keep showing this 'dead mother' face to everyone, it's inevitable that some magicians will feel offended and bypass Aoko to deal with you themselves. After all, an artificial human under the protection of a Magician must have some unique traits. I'm sure many people have their eyes on you. But if you completely master those Mystic Eyes, that's another story. Then, there wouldn't be a single magician in the world you couldn't handle. Truly, it reminds me of the King who gave magic its soul..."
Roy said nothing.
Only Aozaki Touko spoke incessantly.
She could tell that although Roy's expression was indifferent, he was listening to her.
"Alright, back to the main topic."
Aozaki Touko paused, seemingly choosing her words carefully.
"Magic, at its core, is just achieving what humans can do through methods unknown to ordinary people. The price for accomplishing these tasks is paid in a different form—this price is magical energy. For example, if a magician wanted to construct a building, they could achieve it in a few minutes or even seconds by expending magical energy, while humans using technological methods would take days, even years. Magic, however, is a completely different matter, so we'll set that aside."
"The essence of magecraft lies in the study of history. By researching and analyzing concepts developed over thousands of years of human history, and then applying them, one can create various spells."
"But fundamentally, magecraft is just another karmic stain created by humanity—one of the many karmic stains in this planet's 4.6 billion years of endless cycles. Even if you pursue it to its very end—"
"Magecraft is karma?"
Roy suddenly raised his head, interrupting her explanation and asking curiously.
"Interested in this part, are you?"
Aozaki Touko chuckled ambiguously and pulled out a pack of cigarettes from her pocket.
"That's right. Magecraft is indeed a form of karma, but it's just one of the countless karmic stains that emerged over Earth's history. From the perspective of Earth's entire history, it's just a trivial fragment."
So that's how it is.
Roy lowered his head, seemingly lost in thought.
"What are you thinking about?"
Aozaki Touko, puffing out smoke, asked him curiously.
"Touko, do you remember the question I asked you earlier?"
"Which one?"
"About what kind of creatures humans are."
"Ah, that one."
Aozaki Touko scrutinized him from head to toe, her expression gradually turning serious.
"So, have you arrived at an answer now?"
"I've thought about it for a long time. It's still immature, but I do have an answer."
Roy nodded, his expression neutral, neither happy nor sad.
"I think humans are incomplete beings. Whether out of goodwill or malice, they ultimately leave indelible sins on history. Even with the irrational power of magecraft, all it does is exacerbate the cycle of good and evil. Karma can never be erased. Even if this cycle continues, humanity will never reach the ideal shore."
"…An interesting conclusion."
Aozaki Touko's expression turned complicated.
This conclusion reminded her of an old acquaintance.
A monk she hadn't seen in a long time.
That monk had spent centuries arriving at such a painful realization, while this artificial boy had reached the same end point in just a few short years under the harsh hammer of reality.
"Now that you've reached this conclusion, what do you plan to do?"
Aozaki Touko tentatively asked Roy, concerned he might head down an extreme path.
"Destroy this incomplete species called humanity and reset everything? Or research the Sixth Magic and experiment with reaching the Root, erasing all evil in the world?"
"No, evil is ingrained in human nature and can never be eradicated. Resetting humanity is utterly meaningless. Besides, I don't have any effective method to achieve that. People who talk about these ideas are just indulging in fantasies to satisfy themselves—it's not even worth calling 'armchair strategy.'"
Roy smirked sarcastically, his tone full of ridicule.
"However, I do have one idea—a possibility that might work."
"Humans are indeed incomplete, inherently lacking the potential for perfection. If that's the case, the only way is to use an external force to make up for it. However, that external force cannot be something like magecraft."
As Roy spoke, he raised his head.
In the sky hung a bright golden moon. Most of this world was covered in dark clouds, but occasionally there were such brilliant moons.
Roy lifted his hand, stretching it towards the unattainable moon in the sky, as if trying to grab it, and clenched his fist tightly.
"Touko, I've thought of a name for these Mystic Eyes."
"Oh? Didn't you say I could name them?"
Aozaki Touko appeared slightly miffed.
Roy ignored her complaint and gave his answer.
"Rebel Moon."
"These Mystic Eyes shall be called—Rebel Moon Mystic Eyes!"
Aozaki Touko pondered for a long time but still couldn't grasp the deeper meaning behind the name.
Roy stood in the courtyard of the mansion, gazing at the unchanging moon in the sky. A light gradually shone in his eyes, and that light grew brighter and brighter.
Yes.
The Rebel Moon Mystic Eyes.
The "moon of rebellion" wasn't the moon in the sky.
It was Type-Moon's moon.
Ultimately, humans are all the same.
No matter how many cycles they go through, good and evil are deeply rooted in their souls. These are immutable truths.
Life itself is constant; humans are both creators of sin and victims of karma.
What truly irked him was the rules by which this infinite world operated!
What he had to do was already crystal clear.
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