Chapter 4: "stigmata consciousness"

Siegfried fell into deep doubts.

He held Judgment of Shamash tightly, in case Sirin suddenly woke up, and suddenly attacked him.

But...

"It's strawberry flavor! So sweet~!!!"

When he saw the sweet smile on the girl's face while eating the pastries. Siegfried's mental defenses were dropping very quickly.

She was like a hamster eating piece of cake bit by bit. Cute but also adorable.

Siegfried's heart melted.

"What the hell am I doing, scared of a child…" Siegfried lowered the Judgment of Shamash.

According to his instincts, Siegfried felt that this purple-eyed girl was not dangerous at all.

Her aura is very different from Sirin, the second herrscher.

And...

Also different from the aura of the white-haired girl who was similar to his daughter's.

... Siegfried was confused.

"I don't know... Maybe I can ask Tesla and Einstein for help? Maybe they can both find out what's really going on here."

Scratched his cheek troubledly. Siegfried came out of the darkness, and he approached the girl openly.

"What are you doing here?"

"Hm!!! Cough! Cough! Cough!"

K-423 suddenly choked violently.

"Drink water if choking, be careful, drink slowly."

Take the glass of water given by Siegfried. K-423 drank it greedily, and she breathed a huge sigh of relief.

"... Thank You."

"It's fine. So, what are you doing out here in the middle of the night?"

Doesn't want to answer Siegfried's question. K-423 smiled sweetly, and she took a piece of chocolate-flavored cookie to hand to him.

"Cake?"

K-423 tries to change the subject.

"No, I don't want it. I'm just asking, why are you here in the middle of the night? Are you hungry?" Siegfried also plays a very straight ball.

K-423 shook her head, and she rose from the floor clutching the box of biscuits tightly.

As Siegfried tries to figure out what this girl wants to do. In the next second, he would not have expected that this girl would run away right away!

"Hey wait!"

Siegfried was stunned on the spot.

Seeing the girl running into her room holding a box of biscuits. Siegfried hasn't recovered for a while.

"Am I so scary?"

When Siegfried doubted himself. Siegfried saw the girl back again, and she looked at him carefully.

Walk step by step carefully. The little girl picked up the Homu doll she had left behind, and she ran back to her room with great speed!

"Auhuhh~!!!"

The girl slipped and fell to the floor!

"Are you okay?" Siegfried asked worriedly.

Rubbing her sore nose. K-423 shook her head, and she immediately returned to her room in a hurry!

Run!

There is a ghost!

Siegfried couldn't help but be dumbfounded on the spot.

"I... I seemed to scare her."

Siegfried sighed helplessly. Without him noticing, A small smile appeared on his tired face.

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"[According to what you said, it must be the consciousness create by the stigmata.]" Einstein, who was in the laboratory, raised her eyebrows.

"[Body condition is fine with no genetic defects, resistance to honkai energy has also increased greatly. The natural stigmata appearing on a clone's body is actually a very rare condition situation, even rarer than that of a pure human.]"

"[Most likely this consciousness embedded in the stigmata was born after she lost her memory. She refers to himself as "K-423" or "My other self" right? It seems the head trauma she experienced played a very important role in the creation of the new consciousness.]"

"[Stigmata that can give birth to consciousness… It's quite interesting to research. But like I said just now, I won't be able to explain it in detail if you don't bring her here, Siegfried.]"

"Sorry Dr. Einstein, now me and this girl are still living in exile, and I still don't need your help at this time." Siegfried politely declines.

Across the communicator screen, a red-haired head suddenly appeared, and she shouted very loudly:

"[SIEGFRIED!!! I don't mind you just calling us if you need anything, but I will confirm one thing, you haven't given her a name yet!?!]"

Tesla was furious.

"[We can't possibly always address her as 'Siegfried Daughter' or 'Kaslana' or something! You even address her as 'this girl', don't you have a heart?!]"

"Dr. Tesla this is my family business. I know that I look very pathetic right now, but give me a moment."

"[What time do you need? It's been 7 years Siegfried! It's been seven years! How long do you need to sink into your sorrows? Cecilia will be very angry with you!]"

"...."

"[Siegfried, listen to me... Siegfried---!!!]"

Turning off the communicator screen without waiting for Tesla to finish speaking. Siegfried took a deep breath, and he drank the alcohol next to him until his tongue and brain went numb.

"BEEP! BEEP! BEEP!"

The honkai detector on the table beeped.

"Okay, let's do some exercise... Staying at home always makes my body stiff."

Takes Judgment of Shamash, and hangs it from his waist. Siegfried left without delay, and the little girl who had been hiding all this time, finally came out.

"The other me, did you hear what daddy said just now?"

"[... Several things.]"

"Then tell me! Ever since father spoke you've been screaming really loudly in my mind! I can't hear anything!"

"[No.]"

"Another me!!"

The girl screamed in frustration.

K-423 also took a deep breath.

"[Some things don't need to be heard for now. It's for your own good.]"

"Muuu... That's not fair. Why can you listen and I can't?"

The girl pouted.

"[Because you look stupid?]"

"I'm not stupid!"

The girl gritted her teeth in annoyance.

After mocking other self. K-423 begins to contemplate what Siegfried said just now.

Stigmata?

He is the consciousness created by the stigmata?

K-423 became very confused.

That meant his current state was almost exactly the same as Seele's and Veliona's. Yet, why did he feel he was a bit different?

Since the beginning of Veliona's appearance, she has full access to Seele's body when Seele is mentally down or when she is asleep. Like a strong consciousness oppresses a weak consciousness.

If K-423 is the same as Veliona, why is their difference so big?

He was the one being bullied by this little girl!

This is so impossible!

"Wait, maybe it's because my stigmata aren't complete yet? So that's why my consciousness keeps getting dizzy and faints like that?"

Thinking through several possibilities, K-423 broke out in a cold sweat.

Since he had first met Siegfried in the kitchen, and after that had been asked all sorts of questions during the day without hiding at all. K-423 doesn't mind this little girl's mouth leaking like a broken bucket.

Instead, he was a little grateful.

Siegfried checks all of her limbs for abnormalities. It was from this check that Siegfried discovered the stigmata behind the girl's back.

These stigmata looked very hazy. Sometimes it appears, and sometimes it disappears.

K-423 at first just glances at it with interest. He thought it had nothing to do with his current self. Turns out, he was dead wrong.

"[Gan! I almost died several times!]"

K-423 roared into the sky in anger.