Experimentation
Kiran was working inside his tent.
He placed the quill inside the inkwell as he had run out of ink. He missed a little the old disposable pens he was already too used to. They were much more comfortable to hold and practical to use, especially those millimetric ones. Even if a quill looked much better or "awesome", it was kinda tedious to use... or at least that's how he felt regarding the whole subject.
He decided to take a break after writing about physic, math, chemic and more brands of science... although part of himself wanted to continue. The more time he spent away from his original universe, the more knowledge his brain would forget... who knows how many important details had been lost in the oblivion by that moment?
He then felt the needing of standing up and walking towards a tiny chest hidden under a blanket and a table.
Perhaps he was being too paranoid, but he couldn't help himself. He wanted to be sure it was still there.
Opening the chest, Kiran saw a crystal jar, its size was similar to a classic plastic water bottle. He sighed in relief, taking a few seconds to hold it and admire its containment. Part of the reason he checked constantly the jar was to determine if he had perfectly isolated the inside from the outside... since the last time he had made a mistake and the substance had vanished... it seemed to be on the verge of transforming into the gas state of matter.
It would be a bad idea to allow the quintessence to get lost given the fact Kiran had it hard to extract it from corpses after the battle without nobody discovering what he was doing in the act... even with Kagero helping him.
Thinking about the ninja, Kiran remembered he wanted her report.
"Are you there?" he asked as he placed the jar back into the chest and hid it again.
The woman appeared, entering from the "door" of the tent.
Kiran would have said something if Kagero hadn't interrupted him by extending her hand. Kiran's smile was on display as he took a look at what she had given to him.
A black notebook... tiny size, around 14.8cm x 20.5cm/0.48ft/0.67ft. The most interesting detail was the title the cover had. In silver letters, it read.
DEATH NOTE
It was just... incredible how talented this woman was at making covers and binding. She had made an excellent work with his journal after all.
He adored having one of these again, even more with this Necronomicon-style design. It made him think what the police would have thought when they discovered he had a Death Note totally filled with names in his room, especially after reading his mental health register. He had been disappeared for many months already. It was impossible they hadn't registered it by now.
"Thanks!" he placed the money on the table, the ninja took it without saying a single word and nodded.
"So... have you watched something weird regarding that monk?" his voice tone became serious... as he crossed his arms and narrowed.
"With all respect, I don't understand why you'd think he's dangerous."
Kiran didn't seem to care about what she said as he asked: "Has he approached Nino?"
"They both had a short talking a week ago. Since then, she and her children spend time with him, he reads them stories and teaches them magic... although the dark mage one complains a lot about being forced to be there."
The usually stoic woman got a little surprised as she noticed Kiran's facial features changed became... more sinister... that sadic smile of him allowed getting a better effect.
"I see... keep watching him... if he tries to do something... disgusting... " Kiran made his right hand with his index finger raised to move from left to right by the height of his neck... in a clear signal of ordering her to kill him if that happened.
"...Understood." then she turned around and left. Whether she was still watching at him or immediately went after the monk he didn't care.
Kiran pulled from a drawer another note.
Inside this one, Kiran had written down all the names of all members of the order of heroes he knew: information regarding their ranks in the army and what they usually did, and everything he knew about their personalities. At the end of each report he had written:
¿Debería deshacerme de él/ella? (Should I get rid of him/her?)"
In the section about Artur, he wrote: Probablemente. Indicios leves de que quizá sea un pedófilo. (Probably. slight hints of him being a pedophile)
With the time, Kiran not only had begun to be skeptical about the faith his mother professed... he also didn't trust a lot on those who claimed to be spreading god's word.
It was incredible the number of children raped by those... rats?... probably he shouldn't offend the rats comparing those animals with a priest. Even the rats were useful as lab experimentation subjects... and even then Kiran thought it would be more practical to use criminals for that... even rats deserved more respect in his opinion since they weren't exactly intrinsically evil things.
It's not that he wanted to mistrust these people, but the pragmatic side of his mind told him to. He already had felt so relaxed when he could write: No en lo absoluto, se recomienda influenciar su mente para evitar que vaya en mal camino, obtener su confianza y finalmente obtener el poder (Not at all, it's recommendable to influence his mind in order to avoid he going in the wrong direction, obtain his trust and finally get the power) in the section about the prince of Askr. Yet, it wouldn't be surprising if he discovered church worked pretty similar there. Even with the little information he had gotten, he learned the Naga's church had totally supported an invasion to the desert nation of Plegia in order to disappear all those "putrid followers of Grima". While it's truth Grima wasn't exactly a "good" guy, it only proofed they were the same shit from the other side of the coin.
Even in its more docile forms, church and faith always had been an obstacle. 1000 years of praying had never been as effective as 500 years of scientific progress.
He would take care of them in the future... but then there was a question that bothered him... what to do after that?... perhaps... perhaps, after having that power and an army of one... he could return to his world... and conquest Latin America?... if the USA wanted to be an obstacle he would only need to capture the president and beat the shit out of him on national tv... the same with the Russian one since Russia would obviously want to bother... and then the Chinese president...
Heck, given his ideas and now more loyalty for the people of that universe he was now in, at least a 70% of humanity would be his enemy... technically speaking he was a humanity betrayer at this point considering he would be willing to steal the nukes and use them to destroy his original planet in order to save this other one in case it was necessary and he actually could do that.
But... was he right about being like that?... only the time and proofs would tell.
At that moment, he just knew something... if any bastard monk or any other dirt man put a single finger on Nino... he would bury them alive!
When the reinforcements for Eveyln finally arrived after many days, both Kiran and Evelyn said goodbye to each other, shaking their hands and Kiran kissing her hand once more.
The marching back to the castle wasn't exactly happy due to the atmosphere gained by the world of Awakening. Yet, Kiran didn't care too much.
He kept swinging with the Espada Maestra in his right hand, now his left hand could handle it easily, it was necessary to do it with the other one... it felt strange having more musculature in only one arm...
At the very moment, they returned. Corrin ran to give them a welcome.
Kiran inclined himself a little to receive a patting on his head and then a hug as he purred... Robin herself was so confused...
While Kiran under normal circumstances would have asked about the bacteria samples he requested... he right now was more interested to determine if Nino's hermana was not depressed anymore.
"How is Azurita doing?"
"Much better... um..." Corrin's worried face didn't make Kiran feel good "Well, there's a detail."
"What?"
"The Azura I met loved bunnies and, by extension, Azurita does too... I just couldn't say no to her when we went to the town and she saw a man giving them to anyone who asked for one so... I hope you could help me to ensure they allow her to keep it here in the castle."
Kiran shrugged. "Perhaps it's possible for it to live in the castle's garden... but I highly doubt it's possible to convince them to have one of those inside a room..."
"I kinda expected that." she smiled.
"Where is she?"
"Playing with Fae a board game in my room... you know, it feels good doing this, taking care of children is tiring... but beautiful at the same time. I cannot wait for having my own child." Corrin's face displayed happiness... which didn't match very well with Kiran's grimaced one...
Should he tell her?... that hybrids usually are born sterile... he should wait...
"Yes... anyway. I hope my bacterias are in perfect condition."
Corrin gasped. "Um... um... most of them are still alive... but at least two of the containers got dropped."
Kiran sighed. "Well, in the end, I was expecting this to happen... I'll go to my lab. Continue with the little girl."
Had Robin didn't hear from him that love was useless for him, she would have thought this woman was his wife and that girl their daughter... perhaps adoptive, but their daughter anyway.
Yet, she was interested to know about what he was doing. Given some other girls followed him, she thought it wasn't a bad idea to approach.
Kiran extracted a "tiny" amount of the first sample he had at his reach once he opened it... and sighed at seeing some microbiological culture wasn't a pure one. There were at least two types of bacteria inside this one... but well, he couldn't ask for professional work to medieval people that had only discovered the existence of these beings some months ago. Even he was just a miserable amateur. He then asked Miriel to help him now she had seen how to do it.
Once they had checked all the samples and they had isolated the ones that had already got extinct, Kiran turned to see Sharena. "Could you please ask your brother to allow me to insert this shit inside a prisoner? now I need a test subject."
"Okay!" she immediately left.
"Normally, using rats it's the normal protocol, but I suppose humans are just better for getting information. That without mentioning some diseases of us wouldn't affect them." Miriel commented.
"Indeed." He drank more coffee as both extracted more tiny samples with syringes.
Lilina raised his finger in order to ask something, she was clearly scared. "Um... is it absolutely necessary to use needles?..."
"Don't worry, it barely hurts. It's just on the arm or the ass and for less than five seconds." of course, being the bastard asshole he was, Kiran ensured he turned to see Lilina with a devil smile.
"W-Where?!" both Lilina and Robin backed off a little.
Kiran yawned. "Relax, I can't care less about seeing your panties or anything else. I'm a scientist, I approach these situations without any emotion. In case you really don't want to lift your skirts to me, you just need to ask her, a woman, to do the job"
"Remember I'm here," said Miriel.
"Whatever, let's kill bastards in a slow way for the sake of progress!"
"What are you- Arrrggh"
"Keep your useless mouth closed, asshole, I didn't give you permission to opine here." Kiran smashed this man's head against the table. Chains wouldn't allow him to get up as the needle Miriel held got inside his body and its containment entered the body.
This one had been the leader of some bandits that captured villagers to sell them in the black market, he and the survivors of his miserable commerce got the bad luck of being Kiran's first victims.
"Get your putrid hands off from me!" another one yelled as he got a needle introduced. This time, Kiran wasn't as gentile as before and used the Espada Maestra to cause a cute scar on the face.
Once both had finished applying all the diseases, he knew he would have to wait. He ordered the soldiers to return them to jails and be isolated, he didn't need a pandemic happening in the castle.
"That's everything for the moment, thanks for your cooperation."
"Thanks for your knowledge, although the behavior can be questionable."
Kiran shrugged. "I know, but it's in part necessary."
Miriel only adjusted her glasses. "If you excuse me, I would like to continue using the lab."
"Use as much as you want, you're welcome here." Miriel and Kiran shook their hands, then the woman left.
Kiran took a moment to relax as he leaned on a wall... Robin, who had also been present but stayed silent... decided to say something.
"Are you sure... that you're not a bit excessive?" asked Robin.
Kiran's eyes suddenly changed from seeming to be in good mood to being annoyed and so done with life, he also growled. "No, they are criminals."
"So?! one of my friends, Gaius, was a thief! but he became a great ally."
"Did he willing decided to redeem himself?"
"Well, yes, he sided with us after all."
"Then he really deserved the opportunity, look at me at the face and tell me they would want to integrate themselves back into society..." he commented, pointing with his entire arm and finger towards the cells. "They must first earn it."
"B-B-But they are humans! nobody deserves to be treated like this!"
"So your whole point is that being human makes you special somehow?" Kiran crossed his arms and raised an eyebrow.
"Wh-what? of course!" Robin gave him a very concerned face, why would he question something like that?
"Well, following that logic of them being humans, I don't deserve rights. Technically speaking I'm not a human as you understand it after all." he shrugged
What?
"What are you talking about?!" she took a look at him, what was different?
"I'm as human as Tiki or Naga are humans... I'm not. I'm an alien." then he explained to her what the concept of an alien was. "So, if your argument is that I shouldn't do this to them just because they are human, I want to ask you if you think both Naga and Tiki don't deserve it as well even though they aren't human... and by extension it also includes me in the question."
"..."
"What should matter is the person and not the species, I'm a person, manaketes are persons, non-human persons. But these bastards that do not care about that when it's about us, why should I care about them then?... I mean, it's weird hearing that from someone whose job is about ensuring your enemy is destroyed."
"I-I don't take lives down because I want to! it's to protect my friends!"
"Well, I'm taking these lives down in order to create something that will protect not only my friends, but future generations of this world as well from a threat much more dangerous and hard to kill... and I'm not using innocent people... and that's without mentioning I'm sharing this secret to all the worlds of all the heroes that come here so, if you don't like this... please do us both a favor and stay away." Kiran walked faster. He was going to use his personal notebook to register the effects of all the diseases as they developed and, of course, extract the same bacterias once they had died with the body and finally, insert them into other criminals, wait at least three days and then began to give them alive ones. He first needed to proof to Alfonse they worked before he could present this way of preventing pandemics to scholars.
Robin just looked at him as he left... it... it was incredible how one day he could make her feel comfortable... and then suddenly change to being so rude...
So, they by reasons I don't know finally decided to gave me free time to do whatever I wanted and, in compensation for taking so long, forced myself to create this chapter, too... and it's kinda hard for me to believe I managed to due to all the stress and shit on my mind. I guess since this was something that was planned to happen since the very beginning of the fic it was easier to produce... some people say the hardest part of writing is to connect the points of the story you already know. I guess it's true.
Finally, a chapter where I can display much more that side of Kiran that is not like your average all-loving hero who is totally good. This totally sets why he says he's not a hero... what kind of hero does something like this?
I guess why some of you comprehend better why I said Kiran could fall in love with Edelgard.
Something that really bothers me is that needing of thinking that human is equal to person... not really, a person only exists until the brain is generated.
Probably this chapter will cause negative feelings towards me... well, you decide if you want to continue reading or not.
Time to answer reviews:
Half-BeastDragonSoul2013:
Yeah, given the nihilistic nature of this story, you can expect these things. Just to prepare all of you, right now I'm thinking which heroes are gonna die (because let's be realistic, saving everybody is impossible)... Severa has been killed by Veronica already and who knows who else.
This is gonna be standalone... perhaps with the only exception of Kiran one day summoning Gaia (that's how Kiran's female counterpart is called) so we can have all the avatars... but regarding opening portals to other Askrs... no, I don't think so... you see, Kiran is not perfect and while the others heroes helps, they can only support and not create their own things (with the only exception being Miriel and Lute, of course). Now imagine he can meet other Kirans or any other person that could have gotten summoned... it allows him to get information regarding everything easily and pretty much erasing any difficulty... it's just... too easy and convenient for a nihilistic and realistic story...
