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Although they have become immortal, this is still a problem for those who cherish life.
Isn't that a form of eternal torment?
If you put yourself in their shoes, this is truly a terrifying thing.
That means you will be alone until the end of time.
You cannot feel family affection, friendship, or love; you can only struggle in eternal pain and entanglement.
This is the curse of the god Ankhseram.
For those who violate absolute taboos... eternal punishment!
But why, if the Galactic Empire in the celestial display has actually created so many demons, why... has it not suffered this curse?
Lucy: "Ankhseram, I've read in books that he is the god of life and death."
"The book records that all life is now under the control of the god Ankhseram."
"Logically speaking, such a large-scale creation of life should not have failed to alarm this deity, right?"
Levy: "Lou and I have different opinions. God! He's elusive and no one knows if he really exists."
"Rather than calling it a curse, I'm more inclined to think of it as... the rules of the world."
Hades: "The rules of the world?"
"Does a little girl dare to presume to speak of the rules of the world?"
Jelf: "Perhaps... I know why!"
“We can really understand it as the rules of the world. Once you violate them, you will incur this curse. Of course, we cannot rule out the existence of gods.”
"It's something like God intervening."
After Jelf finished speaking, the world channel seemed to fall silent.
After all, this person was truly cursed.
Perhaps, at 17, he really does know the reason behind it all.
Brian: "So, what exactly do you mean?"
Jelf: "I don't know how to describe how I feel... I've never thought about this kind of thing before."
"But I have a feeling that the curse is definitely not something that was brought about by the very boundary between graduate students and death."
Within the nameless land, he looked up at the sky.
His brows were furrowed deeply.
"Perhaps... it was because of the creation of demons, no... it should be the Ether Demons, that we were provoked!"
"So, only the founders are cursed?"
Sera looked at Irene, who was explaining things to Henna, with a puzzled expression.
"Actually, that's not quite right either," Eileen gently shook her head.
"Jeff has given a similar answer to this question before; to summarize, it's roughly like this."
[Eileen turned her gaze towards the incubation room ahead as she spoke.]
The reason they were cursed was because Zeref, in his study of life, created the race of Aether Demons.
"The only way for an etheric demon to be created is through human intervention."
"In other words, through the life-construction technology created by Zeref, the Aether Demon race truly appeared in the world."
"They are a new race, truly independent of the demons that existed in the original world."
"Zeref was punished and cursed, and the race of Aether Demons truly gained the right to exist in this world."
"This also signifies the world's true acceptance of the Aether Demons. Therefore, our actions are merely conforming to the Aether Demons' mode of birth; strictly speaking, they do not constitute the creation of life!"
Outside the sky.
After Eileen's explanation.
Countless people suddenly realized the truth.
Brian: "So, this is the card mechanism??"
Hades: "Now I understand. The Galactic Empire has successfully created life by exploiting a loophole in the world!"
"Hiss! So does that mean everyone can create an ether demon?"
Hades paused abruptly at this point!
He couldn't help but recall the magic he had used before.
In the Book of Zeref, Chapter 4, Section 12, the forbidden magic—the Executioner's Divine Punishment of the Inner Magic Paradise!
The essence of that magic is to create demons from inconspicuous clods of earth!
If we examine it closely...
That can be considered the most basic form of life.
Similar to... a single-celled organism!
Hades: "I see, I see!"
"This way we can perfectly avoid the curse of the god Ankhseram!"
Jellal: "But if Zeref hadn't told me about the method of creating the Aetheroids, no one could have created them."
Mavis: "Unauthorized research... could lead to unpredictable consequences."
Makarov: "This thing is really terrifying, so it's best to avoid things that involve life and death."
[In the scene, after Irene's explanation, Honez nodded slightly.]
Seeing this, Eileen continued her story.
"Originally, having successfully mastered this technology, we were preparing to begin the second phase, which involved constructing experimental subjects to study the feasibility of perfect dragon transformation for Dragon Slayer Mages."
"Even the experimental questions had been successfully constructed, but... who knew that the news would leak out at this time, becoming an excuse for other kingdoms on the continent to attack us."
"And so, war broke out."
At this point, Eileen's tone was full of helplessness.
"Those bastards really should come and see what the demon they fear is really like."
"I dare say, the Aether Demons we created are even more innocent than those profit-driven bastards!"
Henatsu shook his head slightly upon hearing this: "Even if they saw it, they wouldn't admit it."
"Ultimately, this is just a pretext for uniting the entire continent to gradually devour the Galactic Empire. Even if it weren't true, they would have fabricated it."
Eileen nodded in deep agreement.
"Those bastards, during the negotiations a while ago, they actually dared to ask us to cede land and compensate their empire for hundreds of years' worth of finances. What do they take us for?"
[Eileen spoke angrily.]
"So how did you respond?"
[Henatsu looks at Irene.]
"What else can we do? Let them come and attack me if they dare!"
The moment she said those words, Eileen straightened her back.
[His tone was firmer than ever before.]
[It can only be said that Eileen truly lives up to her title of Queen; her domineering spirit, daring to defy the world, is something that ordinary people cannot possess.]
"By the way, can I go see that experimental subject you mentioned?"
[Henatsu looked at Irene and asked.]
"Perhaps... I can help you improve this experiment."
"Your words..."
Irene's gaze also turned to Black Natsu.
His expression gradually became agitated.
"You're absolutely right! This is your theory!"
"However... I might not be able to stay much longer," Henatsu said.
Upon hearing this, both Eileen and Sera, who was standing next to her, widened their eyes in surprise.
Eileen asked anxiously, "You...aren't you staying?"
"Stay here and be king!"
"Young Master? Are you leaving? No matter where you go, Sera will follow you!"
Hearing their conversation, even Black Natsu couldn't help but give a wry smile.
"I...can't stay."
"I don't belong to this era!"