novelraw Chapter 728: Renee's Fragrance
Chapter 728: Renee's Fragrance
"Buzz buzz..."
Since Hamon Hamon left, this place temporarily became an extremely rudimentary laboratory for Fisher, Gou Wen, and David. According to the previous division of labor, the highly encrypted file within the Cardinal was handed to David to process, expanding on this aspect Fisher and Gou Wen basically knew absolutely nothing.
However according to what David said, he didn't have full certainty in unlocking that file, only able to do his best.
While Fisher and Gou Wen were responsible for researching the main bodies of Mikhail and Michael, with Emhart as the recording officer, helping them make experimental records or whatever.
This process also wasn't simple, because the rank of the fungal colony formed by Mikhail and Michael was very high, and would subconsciously attack those approaching that central illusion, giving Fisher and Gou Wen a big headache.
But Fisher very quickly came up with a method, first using the method of Usurping Life to form a prosthetic to attract their attention, subsequently using the Fluid Sword from a distance to extract mycelium back for research.
Very quickly, they also encountered the same bottleneck as David.
Originally Fisher felt Hamon Hamon's [Non-Self] and the Life Completion Manual's [Usurping Life] had the shared marvelousness of reaching the same goal by different routes, especially when they acted on life, both equally would cause the physical form of life to happen a change.
But after experiencing repeated comparisons, even asking Hamon Hamon to come experiment again, he then discovered the difference between these two was huge.
Still remember the process of reading the complete Life Completion Manual requires the "Treasure", and the so-called "Treasure" actually exactly is the life trait whose color won't change no matter what it is subjected to. Therefore saying, the ability of Usurping Life is extending the form of life etc., while Non-Self is completely different.Non-Self's alteration to any matter is complete and irreversible. Under the effect of such power, there will hardly be any similarity before and after the change, let alone identical...
Even Hamon Hamon Herself would be completely altered under the influence of the Authority. But the situation currently placed before Hamon Hamon exactly was that Michael and Mikhail after being subjected to the power still retained a part of their past properties, this exactly aroused Her exceptional attention.
But even knowing this point yet it still had absolutely no benefit to Fisher and Gou Wen's research. Just the various traits and possible answers recorded by Emhart already made his belly full, making him suffer unspeakably.
Then, what about Renee?
Mhm...
She was slacking off.
Seeing yet another strand of white mycelium on hand consumed clean yet not providing any answer, Fisher somewhat headache-ingly rubbed his brow. Gou Wen beside also sighed a breath,
"Let's rest for a while, and then we'll go fetch new mycelium over... I'll go over there to see how David's progress is."
"Mhm..."
"Ugh, Fisher I'm going to die..."
Emhart weakly and feebly sprawled on the table beside, muttering thus while squirming.
Since Hamon Hamon left previously, they had continuously worked for two days. Fisher and Gou Wen had relatively high ranks, so of course it didn't matter, they merely felt slightly depressed because of zero progress; while Emhart, a pure black slave, was tired until he couldn't stand it anymore.
Fisher looked at him sympathetically, subsequently gently picking him up placing him in his embrace, letting him rest properly for a while.
Subsequently, he then raised his eyes looking above this space filled with mycelium, yet seeing on a platform roughly over ten meters up, the black-haired purple-eyed, older-sister-like Renee exactly lying on her side, holding her cheeks spacing out.
Actually one couldn't blame Renee for doing nothing. As mentioned previously, the avatars of Gods are merely the embodiment of Their Authority and consciousness, if the main body wasn't nearby actually the effect is limited. And coincidentally Renee's main body also had to be busy near the Barrier, so regarding the matter of analyzing Hamon Hamon's Authority she basically couldn't offer much help.
Adding on, she originally didn't like doing these.
Still remember previously when Fisher was in Saint-Nazareth it was exactly like this. Fisher busied himself with affairs related to academia while she was bored to death on the side, truly when bored tight she would activate "alarm clock mode", talking to herself noisily on the side.
If Fisher also endured through "alarm clock mode", ignoring her words no matter what sassy words she said, then our Miss Renee would also super evolve, turning into a pure "troublemaking element".
Either coming over to tease and flirt with you, or exactly "nominally helping but actually doing a disservice", forcing Fisher to put down the matters at hand to take her to do something else.
As for now... not knowing if it's because she knows the matter is urgent unlike the minor quarrels when in Saint-Nazareth, so forcefully enduring not making trouble, yet also having no way to help Fisher and the others with anything...
Mainly acting as accompanying.
Only when Fisher raised his eyes looking at Renee at this moment, the originally bored to death Renee who was staring blankly at unknown what above suddenly lowered her head exchanging glances with Fisher.
"Stare~"
"..."
A second or two later, Renee's cheeks puffed up slightly. Then she yawned, sat up her body slowly floating downwards,
"How is it, any progress?"
Fisher shook his head, looking at the mycelium materials on the desk fetched an unknown number of times yet without much left saying,
"None, there's nothing special on the mycelium, and we also haven't discovered traces of soul on the main body of the mycelium... According to what Hamon Hamon said, the power of Her Authority will simultaneously alienate the soul, turning into a certain existence we completely cannot comprehend..."
Materially completely alienated by Hamon Hamon's Authority, the soul seemingly also like this, but that unchanging thing inevitably appears in one of the two aspects.
Gou Wen felt it was possible that when a part of the fleshly body was transformed into mycelium it coincidentally retained a certain structure, because previously when they took down mycelium they discovered mycelium structures similar in shape to fingers and palms.
But Fisher felt it was possible because of the soul aspect...
When Fisher spoke up to here, Renee imperceptibly pouted,
"You feel it relates to the soul... couldn't be because of the Ocean right?"
"..."
Fisher found himself slightly startled, a "thump" sound seemingly transmitting from within his heart.
Good fellow, after the matter of Helaire previously broke out Renee probably was already gathering momentum to strike, only not having the time because there were urgent matters at hand. And now just resting, exactly falling into quietness, didn't this exactly come?
Looking at Renee's purple eyes waiting for an answer, Fisher sighed a breath, determining to face it.
"It's not, actually up until now my heart still hasn't completely linked her with the [Ocean] of legends in charge of souls."
"Speaking of which, you still have her in your heart then?"
Renee instead instantly caught the blind spot from Fisher's words, her expression also turning jealous.
Fisher raised his eyebrows, walking from one side of the experimental desk to the other side, leaning against the edge of the desk softly saying,
"... I'm afraid she isn't there anymore, otherwise I wouldn't have gone tit for tat with her for you previously."
"Hmph~"
Renee lifted her nose, that originally jealous expression also seemingly like cloudy turning sunny becoming a bit brighter.
She snorted a sound, raising her fair hand gently knocking against Fisher's shoulder. With a slight movement of her gaze, she asked,
"Then previously what Hamon Hamon and Gou Wen said, what exactly was the matter of you jumping down the Sea of Chaos to rescue her?"
"At that time there was a Transferred Person bewitched by Outer Gods, she occupied the Dragon Continent, exactly a place in the current Southern Continent, known as the Ideal State..."
Fisher recounted the rough situation of that time with Renee a bit. Of course, he was one hundred percent honest towards Renee, it can be seen from the fact that he surprisingly even spoke out the process of turning Helaire from sexless to female.
"I didn't know she was the Ocean at that time. Speaking truthfully, she truly hid too well, and her level was too high, simply seamless... In the Tree Continent, Gou Wen and us were pursued by the Nineteenth-Tier Tao Gong. At that time we were in a matter of life and death, Tao Gong almost killing me right before death. Her rank at that time was roughly similar to the current Gou Wen, yet she resolutely stood before us, resulting in almost dying before my eyes..."
"But, all of this was completely her acting."
"... Yeah."
Fisher's gaze lowered slightly. Actually when he recounted this he still inevitably felt sad. She came aiming for the precious property on his body, if it wasn't for the precious property on his body, perhaps a human like himself couldn't even enter Her eyes.
All the previous might all completely be Her pretending in order to retrieve the property originally belonging to Her on his body. Only after all he took it as real back then, so inevitably feeling disappointed.
Hey, then treat this as the punishment for his past evil deeds ba.
Thinking of this, Fisher also didn't overly wallow in self-pity, he quickly adjusted his state raising his eyes saying to Renee,
"At that time, in the past she once played a game called [Give One and Receive Three] with me. I feel the rough meaning was probably [Pay a price, obtain three blessings]. And moreover, when leaving at that time she sent down two fingers, seemingly meaning two blessings were bestowed."
"One price, three blessings... needless to say, that one price definitely is that precious property on your body."
"Ah, regarding one of the blessings I have a bit of a clue."
"What?"
Fisher turned his head looking at Renee, saying to her,
"You."
"..."
Renee gave a fake smile, merely her fists clenching bit by bit,
"Although I know what you mean, but turning me into her blessing really makes me very angry oh~"
"Accurately speaking, Renee, it's your Authority."
Mentioning this matter, Fisher then handed all the information he deduced to Renee.
Previously when he left ten thousand years ago, the Mother Goddess suddenly descended out of thin air, and combining the later records it seems, She didn't have any consciousness, nor carried any mission of destruction, exactly like sending the Infinity Authority into the world to act as a tool helping the Gods. So Fisher believed this exactly was the first blessing Helaire sent down.
"But, if it's like this, previously the Ocean's avatar coming here targeting me, wanting to take away my Authority instead doesn't make sense ah..."
"..."
Fisher began pondering, recalling the words Heidelin said before leaving, murmuring,
"No, although she came here because of you, the objective is absolutely not to take your Authority, but some other thing..."
"Some other thing? But I feel nothing is missing... wu, wait until later I'll inspect my body again."
"Oh, your main body?"
Fisher's tone rose slightly, Renee crossly glared at him,
"Mhm ne."
"Alright, then the other blessing she has already sent down? This one blessing I've thought of for a long time, yet haven't thought of a corresponding thing..."
Renee looked at Fisher before her eyes, suddenly speaking faintly,
"Could it be, actually my Authority is the second blessing she sent down... as for the first blessing, exactly is the marital intimacy with her?"
"..."
Fisher blinked his eyes, a face full of unbelievable,
"No way right?"
"Hehe, what if? This exactly is the Ocean ah! Being able to share a bed with the legendary Ocean, Heavens, Fisher, you are simply the leading figure inside and outside the Barrier aih... Causing on fingers to count, you didn't only save the life of the legendary Ocean, but also slept with her, isn't this too amazing ba? Can I ask you for an autograph, Mr. Fisher?"
Renee counted on her fingers, a face full of a worshiping expression. Although the tone sounded genuine but want how sarcastic there was how sarcastic.
"Slap!"
Looking at her pinching her fingers counting Fisher's sins, Fisher hurriedly reached out grabbing her palm, making Renee's gaze tremble looking at him.
"Stop teasing me, no matter how you think about it this can't possibly be a blessing... I mean, comparing it with your previous Authority."
The focus of these words was actually in the latter half sentence. Although Renee didn't want Fisher to compare her to a blessing sent down by Helaire, but if saying "sharing a bed with the Ocean" cannot compare with "your appearance", wouldn't it sound a bit better?
Renee evidently read a bit of the voice-over, her complexion turning slightly red, immediately stopping being sarcastic, yet still snorting softly saying,
"In any case a God, acting without even wanting face pretending to be an angel without gender, just to whet your appetite and... that with you, truly is..."
"What you said is right, Lord Renee."
"..."
Looking at the Fisher before her eyes whose face was full of sincere repentance, full of thoroughly renewing himself, Renee who always followed "Leniency for those who confess, severity for those who resist" also didn't do anything. After all thinking carefully, if that Ocean truly was willing to throw away Her face disregarding everything to deceive people, let alone a gentleman like Fisher who loved Demi-human Races, I'm afraid the Gods within the Spirit World also no one could guarantee they wouldn't fall into Her trap...
However, there was one matter Renee was still very mindful of...
Renee hesitated for a moment, those purple eyes flowing with boundless charm also flickering a bit of shrinking back. She cleared her throat, wanting to open her mouth several times but all letting the words be swallowed down, until remaining silent for a while she then suddenly whispered and whispered saying something,
"..."
"What?"
With Fisher's current rank he couldn't hear it, it can be imagined how small that sound exactly was, thus he asked bewilderedly thus.
"Thump!"
Renee blushed crossly hammering his shoulder, subsequently opening her mouth, finally after all opening her mouth.
Although those words spoken were still soft and gentle, but ultimately could be heard and understood,
"I mean you... I... anyway exactly is doing that kind of thing truly that important?"
"What thing?"
Fisher innocently asked thus, making Renee almost blow her top. Before she fiercely made a move, Fisher hurriedly opened his mouth explaining,
"How could it be... actually I don't value this..."
"Then why besides me all others..."
"..."
How to say this...
Fisher looked at the slightly blushing Renee beside him, coexisting with shyness and confusion, within his heart exactly like having thousands of loose ends to recount, but gradually, those chaotic thoughts gradually quieted down.
"Perhaps because I always feel I am a human ba... always feeling, although many mysteries appeared on my body, even the main body also became bizarre and weird, my cognition towards myself seemingly never changed much... nothing more than a flawed and greedy person. Perhaps I want more and better things to decorate my affection, yet can only adopt this primitive method to vent the possession towards each other, I am like this, they are also like this...
"But in this world there isn't only this one method... based on fleshly body expressing affection, in the eyes of some people it is an embellishment, in others turning out to be everything... Exactly like Mikhail and Michael, Michael until death never changed gender, neither male nor female, but seeing the scenes remaining from before they were alive, I'm afraid no one would doubt they spent thousands of years in comradeship... So, Renee, my answer to your question is also equally so..."
Speaking up to here, Fisher smiled looking towards Renee, gently extending a hand knocking her shoulder exactly like she gently knocked his shoulder previously, saying,
"No need to pay attention to her (Ocean)'s words... didn't you just ridicule me who was deceived and duped, don't follow my disastrous footsteps."
"..."
The corners of Renee's lips also curled up bit by bit. She slightly swayed following the force of Fisher gently knocking her shoulder, first towards the other direction, then gently swaying back, suddenly resting her head on Fisher's shoulder, emitting a soft "thump" sound.
Fisher opened his mouth, turning his head looking at the Renee resting on his shoulder, because after finding a backer she then didn't leave again, merely relying on Fisher like this.
"..."
Fisher traced her features, no matter how looking, he felt she was very far from the so-called "Gui", the so-called "Infinity Authority", even if they looked identical when meeting previously.
Probably because, Renee is exactly Renee ba.
"Tired, let me lean for a while..."
"The ones continually doing experiments are me and Gou Wen, even David is deciphering files, haven't you been lying down all along?"
"..."
Renee's cheeks puffed up bit by bit, immediately about to get up, while Fisher hurriedly reached out wrapping her shoulder about to leave, gathering her back again, sincerely saying,
"I was wrong."
"Hmph!"
Renee again comfortably leaned perfectly onto Fisher's shoulder. A smear of faint, pleasant-smelling subtle fragrance transmitted into the tip of Fisher's nose, making him suddenly recall the feeling of living at home in Saint-Nazareth back then.
Although merely a rental house, but actually that there exactly was Fisher's home right?
The room at that time was always permeated with the subtle fragrance from Renee's body, even after she temporarily left, that smell would linger for a long time...
Thus, that smell accompanied Fisher in all the time inside the room every day...
The place with her smell, exactly is Fisher's home.
Probably this kind of feeling ba...
So at that time in Saint-Nazareth University when Renee and Elizabeth went tit for tat Fisher was still worried provoking Elizabeth into anxiety she would call the fleet to bombard Ms. Martha's rental house ne, in that case, that house filled with her faint subtle fragrance would then be razed to the ground right...
"Rumble rumble!!"
Just as Fisher calmly relied on Renee, the entire Shelter instead suddenly violently shook, accompanied by bizarre rumbles, pulling Fisher and Renee's attention back to reality.
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