The Handbook for Completing Demi-Human Girls

Chapter 268: Origin of the Completion Handbooks

On the bed in the room, Fisher was intently observing the Cloud Cat-kin girl lying motionless on the bed, Arinur. This was the target he had bound previously, and now she could just be used as the subject of his research.

Although doing research on an unconscious young girl sounded somewhat strange, Fisher was actually genuinely doing research and nothing else; he hadn't even touched the clothes on the young girl's body.

After the Lord Cardinal explained to him, he also came to Arinur's side with keen interest, and spoke with Fisher about the [Cardinals] he manufactured.

The so-called Cardinals were actually mechanical items superior to existing steam machinery by an unknown degree. Unsurprisingly, it was again knowledge obtained from the Completion Handbook in his hands.

Fisher cast a glance at her neck behind, which lit up with specks of light, truly unable to understand how the "Mental Subordination Mechanism" the Lord Cardinal spoke of had entered the young girl's body before him.

As long as the research sample didn't move randomly or resist, Fisher's biological research progress was frighteningly fast. Their appearance and specific physical data were very quickly recorded by Fisher in the book. The Lord Cardinal beside him had no interest in demi-humans, completely not understanding what Fisher was doing, merely assuming he was researching the Cardinal implanted in the Cloud Cat-kin's body.

"Nerves... is this the network of nerves?"

As he researched, Fisher suddenly discovered that the young girl's body before him was illuminated with quite complex networks by the light overflowing from within her body. Initially, Fisher thought these were the Cloud Cat-kin's mana circuits, but when Fisher stimulated her body with mana, another type of pattern would light up on her body. Therefore, he inferred that what was currently revealing traces on the other party's body was exactly the existence called "nerves".

And modern medicine had merely barely confirmed the existence of this kind of thing, completely lacking a deep understanding of its specific growth and functional principles. Yet the Lord Cardinal was already able to directly apply machinery to such a human body structure; one couldn't help but call it "outrageous".

"How exactly is this achieved? I don't see any obvious mechanical devices inside her body.""The Mental Subordination Mechanism cannot be seen by the naked eye. Only under precise observation instruments or magical inspection will it reveal its true shape. Does Mr. Fisher want to take a look at its true appearance?"

Fisher shook his head, pulling his gaze away from Arinur's short and cute tail with considerable difficulty. That intense reproduction desire began to rear its head again at this moment, making him rub his brow quite uncomfortably.

"No, I am merely curious about how it functions."

"..."

But after hearing Fisher's words, the Lord Cardinal didn't answer immediately. Fisher even thought this concerned the contents of the Cardinal Completion Handbook, causing him to not want to answer, so he didn't press further.

As a result, just as he lowered his head wanting to continue researching, he heard the Lord Cardinal's voice transmit again,

"Information retrieval failed... Apologies, Mr. Fisher, my information database doesn't have the specific functional principles of these Cardinals. It might originally be recorded in the Cardinal Completion Handbook, but I have only recorded their manufacturing process and function..."

Fisher was somewhat astonished upon hearing this. Looking at the machine suspended in mid-air beside him, he momentarily wasn't clear whether it was because the one conversing with him was a machine so he didn't know, or if the Cardinal Completion Handbook wasn't on the Lord Cardinal's person at all.

Although the Lord Cardinal didn't directly answer this question of his, he suddenly offered Fisher a suggestion.

"However, if Mr. Fisher is interested in the principles of the Cardinals, you might as well deeply research the Soul Completion Handbook in your hands. There might be quite a lot of content related to the Cardinal Completion Handbook inside."

"What do you mean? Is there commonality in the content recorded between Completion Handbooks?"

The Lord Cardinal swayed his mechanical body, expressing denial before continuing to speak,

"That is not the case. But if you have already read the Soul Completion Handbook, you definitely already have a certain understanding of the recording format of the Completion Handbooks' content... Originally, every Completion Handbook once belonged to a person, and the content on them is mostly related to their experiences."

Yes, Fisher still remembered that the person who wrote down the Soul Completion Handbook was a traveler from another world, seemingly a human from a place called the "United Kingdom of Great Britain".

"The people who wrote down the Completion Handbooks are called [Transferred Persons] by us, humans who entered our world due to some strange combination of circumstances. The former President of the Creator's Society, the Magic Lord, was such a person. She came to this world a very long time ago. She had met all the original owners of the Completion Handbooks, and sequentially invited them to join the Society she founded."

"Under the advocacy of the Magic Lord, these Transferred Persons wrote down the knowledge in their minds and their past experiences, forming the Completion Handbooks we see today. This is also why we know the names of and can recognize every Completion Handbook circulating outside... except for yours. We do not know who the contributor of your book is, where they came from, or why they used the same format as us to record that knowledge."

Uh, the contributor of the Demi-Human Girl Completion Handbook...

You mean [First, I'm Not a Demi-Human Girl Con]?

For some unknown reason, reaching this moment, Fisher suddenly felt he couldn't maintain his composure, so he didn't tell him exactly who the contributor of his Completion Handbook was either. Anyway, he himself didn't understand this true owner of the handbook either.

"But as times have changed, with the original owners of the other Completion Handbooks dying sequentially, their handbooks also constantly circulated in the world... eventually being invited back to the Creator's Society by the Magic Lord... Until a long time ago, the Magic Lord herself also disappeared. But unlike the deceased original owners of the other Completion Handbooks, the Magic Lord is still alive, and her Completion Handbook hasn't appeared in anyone else's hands to this day. If it weren't for the other Completion Handbooks being unable to recognize yours, the Lord of Fate would suspect whether you were the successor of the Magic Completion Manual."

But hearing this, Fisher truly felt somewhat shocked.

The Magic Lord was a living true owner of a Completion Handbook?

One must know, whether it was himself or the likes of Erwinde, the Completion Handbooks they obtained had all gone through many transfers of ownership. And the owner of the Soul Completion Handbook, Caleb Uz, lived thousands of years ago during the Dragon Court period. If the Magic Lord had seen all the original owners of the Completion Handbooks, just how long must she live to completely witness all this?

"Yes, it was exactly under her leadership that the Creator's Society obtained quite a lot of knowledge regarding the regularities of the Completion Handbooks... Mr. Fisher, aren't you curious where exactly these Completion Handbooks came from, why they possess such miraculous properties, and why those Transferred Persons obtained so much miraculous knowledge?"

"The Magic Lord once told the Lord of Fate that none of those pieces of knowledge were brought by themselves. She knew nothing before coming to this world, believing other Transferred Persons were the same... This knowledge was all told to them by 'a certain existence within the world'."

Fisher was somewhat puzzled, momentarily not understanding what exactly the Lord Cardinal meant.

"A certain existence within the world?"

"Yes. According to the Magic Lord, right after she descended upon this world, a human taught her magic. And after that, she frequently obtained more knowledge about magic from those indistinct ravings... It was magical knowledge far exceeding everyone's imagination. Those ravings seemingly could only be heard by Transferred Persons, and they thereby obtained this knowledge closely related to themselves."

"This knowledge all had a direction. All Transferred Persons believed they could achieve a certain purpose through this knowledge, which is why they recorded the content that occasionally flashed through the ravings, forming the Completion Handbooks we see today. And even when we research the knowledge on the Completion Handbooks, we can occasionally hear ravings coming from somewhere..."

Fisher suddenly recalled the bizarre ravings he heard when researching the Soul Completion Handbook previously. That knowledge rushed into his head as if disregarding his life. If it weren't for the Demi-Human Girl Completion Handbook heating up and stopping him at that time, he probably would have either turned into a madman by now, or his brain would have directly exploded open. It was precisely because of this that he fundamentally chose to pause researching the Soul Completion Handbook.

Just as he had guessed previously, all original owners of the Completion Handbooks were Transferred Persons from other worlds; his own Demi-Human Girl Completion Handbook should be the same...

The problem lay in the fact that since all Completion Handbooks were formed originating from the ravings of some unknown existence, then why, when his own book clearly recorded no knowledge at all and its contributor wasn't even known by the Creator's Society, did it still form a Completion Handbook?

Although in Fisher's eyes previously, the special factors of his Completion Handbook were all tinged with strong colors of unorthodoxy, at this moment, after the Lord Cardinal's words, he suddenly felt that the contributor who wrote down his handbook might be an incredible figure.

"Woo woo!"

Right at this moment, the sound of Mya's warship's steam whistle outside became increasingly distinct. Fisher turned his head to look, only to see that at the offshore port, a warship flying Mya's flag had already appeared.

"Mr. Fisher, it seems we have no extra time left. Have you finished your... research?"

Fisher's eyes moved slightly, and two lines of illusory text instantly appeared before his eyes.

[Cloud Cat-kin Biological Research Progress: 21%]

[Cloud Cat-kin Social Research Progress: 1%]

[You have unlocked the stage one biological research reward]

Seeing the gratifyingly progressing biological research progress, Fisher involuntarily breathed a sigh of relief, addressing the Lord Cardinal,

"It's done."