The Book Eating Magician Chapter 250:

Chapter 250 - Ominous Identity (3)

 

 

Theodore didn’t think that Gluttony was exaggerating when it talked about the East Continent’s empire . Masters like Theodore couldn’t stand that temptation for a minute, so ordinary humans would fall with just one gesture .

Shim Samho must wear the cotton cloth to suppress that mind control . Or it might be a device to induce the opponent’s carelessness, just like with Theodore . Either way, it was an insidious ability .

However, Theodore was more concerned with what Gluttony said .

‘Shim Samho—no, Lust might’ve got her hands on this empire? Is she a grimoire that seeks power?’

-You are half right, half wrong .  For Lust, power isn’t a purpose but a means .  She always takes control of the power base in order to carry out the purpose of her existence .  I will describe it in detail later .  Right now, I need to deal with her .

‘ . . . Okay, I’ll leave it to you . ’

A human couldn’t intervene in the conversation between two of the Seven Sins . Just like how Pride had treated Theodore as a monkey in the past, there was no way that Lust wouldn’t look down on humans .

Still, there was no need for Theodore to provoke her .

As such, Theodore remained silent, and Gluttony opened its mouth, -Your behavior doesn’t seem to have changed from before .  That female body is just a ‘terminal?’

-Well, that’s right .  I can’t use it anymore because of your host .  Shim Samho—no, Lust giggled as she pointed to the hole in the middle of her upper body .

Her body had been damaged by the 7th Circle magic, Shock Bound .  The shockwave which had struck from a short distance wasn’t a power that could be sustained with human durability . A rock would’ve shattered, and a piece of iron would’ve been crushed . As such, the attack magic had certainly destroyed the woman’s body .

Pride would’ve restored the injury in an instant, but Lust wasn’t equipped with such ability .

However, Gluttony coldly shot down Lust’s complaint, -Don’t be condescending .  It was a preemptive attack .  Didn’t you and I make a promise of non-aggression?

-Ah, that is true .  I didn’t think it was your host, so let’s end it here .  You know that I don’t have any direct combat skills, right?

-Hmm .  Gluttony fell silent for a moment at Lust’s words .  In any case, Lust’s body wasn’t here, and it was dangerous to be hostile to a person who had taken control of the middle kingdom .

Additionally, the Seven Sins had originally been designed not to be hostile to each other . Pride and Gluttony were inevitable because their natures were contradictory, but Lust usually maintained neutrality with all of the Seven Sins .

-This is the only time .  Gluttony thought about the pros and cons and stepped back .

Lust received the answer, and her lips, which were as red as blood, twisted sexily .  -Indeed, you understand quickly, Gluttony .  But it is too bad . I thought I could finally get a decent seed after a long time .

“Uh!” Theodore felt a heat rising in him as Lust glanced at his lower body .  To think that his body became filled with sexual desire with just a look . . . ? The mental interference from a myth-grade existence was truly terrible . If someone other than Theodore had been tempted, they wouldn’t have hesitated .  Fortunately, it wasn’t at the same level as before . However, the loss of his reason was a truly terrible feeling .

Lust asked Gluttony, -By the way, why have you come to the East Continent? Didn’t you say that you gave up on shamanism?

-It was an accident .

-Accident? Lust asked with a bewildered expression .

Then Gluttony explained, -I was caught in a random space transition .  I never imagined that I would be moved to the East Continent .

-Aha! I knew you wouldn’t have come by yourself .  Lust nodded a few times before looking down at her broken body .

It might’ve been controlled remotely, but Theodore’s blow had stopped the body’s life function and disconnected Lust from the body . The evidence of this was how the low-frequency voice was becoming increasingly weaker .

She shrugged and said to Gluttony, -I am reaching my limit . I’m sorry but please take care of this .  I don’t have any convenient features like destroying evidence .

-Are you going to come again?

-No, this person is your host, so I don’t want to touch him .  If you are thinking about coming to the capital, then I will meet you again, Gluttony . Human, if you change your mind, you can always contact me, Lust whispered coyly before Shim Samho’s body collapsed like a broken puppet .

Once the connection with Lust’s main body was cut off, it returned to being an ordinary body . Its life had been lost the moment Theodore’s strike hit it .  Due to the loss of connection with Lust, Shim Samho’s dead body could no longer capture Theodore’s eyes .

“Sigh . . . ” He sighed as he looked around at the **** room . “In the end, the cleaning up is left to me . ”

-I will start telling you the story as soon as you are done .

Why did Gluttony’s words sound so spiteful…? There was the naked body of the woman on the floor, and blood covered the ceiling, making it look like a gruesome murder scene . It was impossible to call the servants to clean this up .

Theodore summoned flames on his palm with a weary face and got started .

 

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After an hour, Theodore cleaned the room of all the bloodstains and stench, and sat down .

The cleaning didn’t consume a great amount of magic power, but his fatigue was great due to his meeting with Lust . It was like when he used Umbra to the limit .

“Hah, I still can’t stand against real monsters . ”

In the past, Pride had overwhelmed him with force, and now, Lust had just suppressed him mentally . The memory of his body trying to escape from Lust’s control was terrible, and he didn’t want to think about it again .

As if it knew Theodore’s mind, Gluttony woke up as soon as the cleaning finished .

-User, are you ready to hear the story?

“ . . . Start . ”

Theodore was tired but he had no intention of resting . At the very least, he wanted to know what power that Lust of the Seven Sins had .

As Theodore’s blurred eyes became clear, Gluttony started to list Lust’s information .

-The collection production type grimoire, Lust .  You met her terminal so you know that she has no direct combat ability .  She is a creature with a reproductive instinct that uses an irresistible mental dominance and places a subordinate instinct in her **** partner .  She can be called a type of queen bee .

“She brainwashes them by having sex?”

-It is similar .  The other person submits to Lust’s command with their own will .  He is loyal enough to devote his life, even if he knows he is being manipulated .  Once applied, this brainwashing can’t be released, so it is the highest level ability .

Theodore got goosebumps at these words . To think that even Gluttony, who had knowledge from the Age of Mythology, asserted that this brainwashing ability couldn’t be lifted . . .

If Theodore hadn’t been able to regain his sanity, he would’ve become Lust’s slave . At this level, her lack of combat capability wasn’t an obstacle at all . This was comparable to Pride’s feeding evolution and Gluttony’s predation .

Simultaneously, Theodore had a question . “Gluttony, I was wondering one thing . ”

-Um?

“What is Lust’s purpose? What is it trying to accomplish with these two functions—sexual **** and brainwashing?”

Pride tried to regenerate into the ultimate creature by eating all creatures and absorbing their qualities . Meanwhile, Gluttony’s purpose was to collect magic knowledge with its predation ability, so it saved rare artifacts in its body to achieve this purpose . As such, the powers of the Seven Sins was directly linked to their purposes of existence .

If so, what were Lust’s powers for?

Perhaps Theodore’s question was unexpected . Gluttony paused for a moment before speaking again .

-It is within the acceptable range .  To be as clear as possible, Lust’s existence is to become the ultimate womb .

“ . . . The ultimate womb?”

-That’s right .

‘The ultimate womb…’ Theodore looked down at his left palm .

The tongue protruded and moved slowly . -Lust’s ability to seduce and brainwash others through sexual **** is a by-product of reaching the end .  It is possible for Lust to collect genetic information from an organism she has **** with and to store this separately .

“So, it is the same ability as Superbia . ”

-No, it is similar but significantly different, Gluttony denied it decisively .  If Pride took on the characteristics of the creatures it fed on, then Lust took advantage of it through reproductive behavior . However, there was a big difference between the two abilities .

-The ultimate creature . . .  As you say, two of the Seven Sins have the same goal, but the method is different .  If Superbia wants to reach it with its own body, then Lust’s purpose is to ‘give birth . ’

“Give birth?”

-It is to give birth to a child that is superior to the parents .  This is Lust’s ability and the purpose of her existence .  I don’t know how many generations it will take, but if this process keeps repeating, she will reach the goal someday .  Lust is the incubator .

Despite the words Theodore didn’t know, his brilliance meant he immediately understood Gluttony’s explanation .

In some ways, Lust’s goal was to make the ultimate hybrid .

In a species, it was easy to observe the difference in the quality of each individual . Among the same type of humans, some of them were inferior . Some had superior athletic abilities, while others had superior learning abilities .

The power of Lust was to analyze the genetic information, extract it, and give birth to a more advanced fetus . In other words, it was an ability that could be the origin of a divine human being .

-Lust’s fetus will continue to progress with each generation .  Physical, mental, and even the purity of the soul will keep rising until the end .  In fact, some of the top species that existed in the Age of Mythology were her descendants .

Theodore heard Lust’s purpose and realized the depth of the danger . In the ancient myths, there was a story about a marriage which had been ruined because of the prophecy that a child superior to the father would be born .

The process of evolution didn’t take place overnight . It couldn’t happen overnight . No, it was a miraculous phenomenon that would take place over hundreds, thousands of years .  Yet Lust could artificially reproduce such a miracle .

Gluttony connected this power to its application in reality before Theodore did and muttered with a heavy voice, -It is dangerous .

Theodore’s head was still confused by the mental interference, but the gears of Gluttony’s mind rotated at a different speed to those of humans .

-User, do you remember the words of Abe no Seimei?

“Seimei? Why are you suddenly mentioning the Onmyōji—ah!” Theodore’s eyes darkened as he was reminded of the forgotten advice .

[If you go to the East Continent, never approach the capital in the center . If you have to go, only try it after you have reached full transcendence . ] Seimei’s warning about not going to the middle kingdom echoed in Theodore’s mind .

What had Lust said as she left here? That they would meet again if Theodore went to the capital?

“Seimei’s warning, was it about Lust?”

-The possibility is high, Gluttony’s voice flowed from Theodore’s left hand as it trampled on the rest of his hopes . -According to the records, it has been a long time since Lust vanished from the West Continent .  If Lust disappeared 2,000 years ago and repeatedly gave birth over the past thousands of years . . .  The potential of that ‘child’ would already surpass the top species .

“Perhaps . . . ”

-It is as you think, User .

Both of them came to the same conclusion .

In contrast to the astonished Theodore, the grimoire Gluttony spoke its hypothesis in a somewhat interested voice, -The royal family of the Middle Kingdom, the family that has ruled over the East Continent for thousands of years . . . that is probably where the most likely candidate is .