Volume 10 Chapter 26 Medusaena, The Four Daughters Who Govern Death
Sitting at the table in the goddess's kitchen, while everyone is enjoying shiratama anmitsu, Sir Ciel reaches out to the glass tube containing Med, which is placed in the center of the kitchen.
"Alright then, Ms. Lydia. Are you ready?"
"Yes!"
The reason everyone is eating their shiratama anmitsu first is that if too much time passes, the shiratama will harden, so I wanted them to eat it quickly.
The shiratama, chilled well in ice water, along with the sweet red bean paste and fruits, tastes best when it's cold.
Since Sir Ciel is checking in with me, I nod vigorously.
In my hands, I have a bowl of shiratama anmitsu and a spoon.
Everyone is watching us while enjoying their shiratama anmitsu, creating a relaxed café terrace vibe in the afternoon.
As Sir Ciel's hand touches the glass tube, the part in contact with the glass glows mysteriously red, and a paper labeled 'Forbidden' flutters down.
The glass tube sparkles and fades away, leaving behind particles of light, and the liquid inside vanishes like grains of sand caught in the wind.
Sir Ciel effortlessly lifts Med, who is about the size of a 3-year-old child, with one hand.
Med starts squirming like a small animal suddenly brought from darkness into the light.
Sir Ciel forces her mouth open by sticking a finger inside.
Wow, Sir Ciel is pretty ruthless.
I thought he'd be more gentle, but he's quite forceful.
I'm momentarily surprised by Sir Ciel prying open Med's toothless, slippery mouth with his finger, but I quickly scoop up some shiratama anmitsu with my spoon and shove it in her mouth.
"Med. It's shiratama anmitsu, shiratama anmitsu. This is shiratama anmitsu!"
I keep repeating "shiratama anmitsu" to help her remember it.
Since the shiratama contains strawberries, mandarins, and cherries, there's a chance the fried horse mackerel phenomenon might happen.
I really hope she likes the shiratama anmitsu.
"You're really desperate, Lydia.".
Sir Roxas says while watching me.
Just as the shiratama anmitsu goes into Med's mouth, Sir Ciel pulls his finger out of her mouth and closes it tightly with a "gyumu." I forced the shiratama anmitsu into her mouth pretty roughly.
The other kids had opened their mouths properly and enjoyed it, but with Med, it felt like I was force-feeding her.
I hold my breath, watching as Med swallows the shiratama anmitsu.
"Gyuu aoo!"
After swallowing, Med lets out a strange sound and opens her mouth on her own.
I snap to attention and start tossing more shiratama anmitsu into her mouth.
Med munches on the shiratama anmitsu, gulping it down, her snake-like tail flapping around.
She looked more like a big fish just pulled out of the water than a snake.
Her upper body is human, and her lower body is fish──like a mermaid.
"Ooah!"
Med makes some kind of sound. It's a voice like a little child.
"Fried horse mackerel."
"She's saying she's such a dummy that she can't even talk properly."
And Nel-Nel is being harsh.
Mr. Lucian, holding Nel-Nel, comes over to my side.
There's some sweet bean paste around Nel-Nel's mouth.
I'll have to wipe that off later.
"Delicious... ah, thank you..."
Med says hesitantly, her tail flapping excitedly.
I can feel her glowing body entering me, just like with Eir-Eir.
With a splash, Med dives into my body like a fish jumping into water, and suddenly, a strong emotion wells up in my mind.
──Hate.
──Hate, hate.
Hate. Hate. Hate. Hate. Hate. Hate. Hate. Hate.
The Alexandria that took God Theobart from me. The God Theobart that took my baby from me.
Everything is hated. Let it all break. Let everyone die. Die. Die. Die.
Ah, my baby. It sparkled so brightly. It was like a jewel. Even so, even so, I loved it.
Because I gave birth to her. She was inside my belly.
Why are you taking her away? Why are you taking everything from me──!?
"...!"
Med's memories of Sylphina were filled with hatred, sadness, and anger.
A wave of intense emotions, unlike anything I had ever felt before, surged through my body.
The overwhelming intensity and pain made me cover my mouth, and I felt like I was about to collapse.
Sir Ciel took my hand and held me in his arms.
"Ms. Lydia, are you okay?"
"...Y-yes. I'm fine. I was just surprised. ...Med was given nothing but memories of hating the world."
Maybe that's why Med was the embodiment of 'death.'
Pure hatred from Sylphina wishing for the destruction of this world and the death of people.
"...fried horse mackerel."
"Med is just the remnants of memories. So, she's saying she was a failure."
Nel-Nel is harsh, but it seems she feels sorry for Med.
She's trembling and has tears in her eyes.
I got up from Sir Ciel's arms and pressed my chest, saying, "I'm okay now."
Everyone who had finished eating the shiratama anmitsu came over to us.
At the same time, the magic of the goddess's kitchen dissolved, and the scenery returned to the research lab it had been just moments ago.
On the floor of that lab──there was a soft, round thing that looked like shiratama rolling around.
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