Rio glanced at the small golem and replied in a calm voice.
"Your father has transford into a higher state of life... We living beings first grow up from newborns, then beco adults, and finally turn into 'energy' as our mortal coils start to wither away..."
The small golem couldn't comprehend the complex words that Rio threw at it out of nowhere.
Rio has never experienced what it's like to have parents, which leaves him lacking in many emotional aspects.
He doesn't know how to properly console soone and help them in tis of sadness and stuff, as he never had anyone to console and care for his feelings either.
But he did see on the internet that you shouldn't be too straightforward in these kinds of matters.
When telling a child about their parent's death, it's better to hide the truth behind a wall of complex words that they will slowly comprehend themselves as they grow up.
Although he never had others teach him how to take other people's feelings into consideration, he learned all that from the internet.
After all, if you don't have the real 'emotions' you can at least 'Act' like you do have them. Rio learned how to do that just in case all his future plans fail and he ends up becoming a total war machine with no emotions.
In case he really did end up as a killing machine, at least he will rember how to 'Act' like a normal human with emotions; that way he will have a solid moral compass and he won't need emotions.
{When a person loses their emotions and their humanity, they have two 'paths' ahead to choose from.
Either the person chooses to keep their morals intact and remains their true self, just like they were before.
Or the person becos an emotionless killing machine that will not care about life and deaths anymore.
Maybe, these two are the fundantal differences between a Kind Hero and An Evil Villain.}
But of course, this is just the backup plan; after all, Rio is trying his best to ensure that this worst-case scenario doesn't happen.
In any case, Rio is quite sure that he won't end up as a 'villain' at the very least.
...
The small golem tilted its head in confusion and asked,
"So, how do I et Father now?"
Rio bent down and gently patted the little guy's head before speaking in a rare and gentle tone.
"Energy has no solid form; your father has beco so great that he has beco one with the world itself; he's now everywhere; he's in your heart, and he's in the air that comforts you..."
"He's in the warm sunshine that consoles you, and he's in the refreshing water that washes away all your sins..."
Hearing such amazing praise from Rio's mouth, the little golem started to jump around in happiness like a little rabbit.
Rio stood up and spoke calmly.
"If you want to beco as great as your father, you should also work hard; you mustn't cry and you mustn't feel lonely... Your father left you on your own because he deed that you are strong..."
"You are strong enough to live on your own..."
The small golem clenched his small fists tightly and nodded his head. There's a microphone fitted inside its mouth, and it used that to speak.
"Yes! I am strong!"
Rio nodded his head at those words.
"Good, that's the spirit..." (I have a feeling... I think Rio maybe will beco a very reliable and good father for his children... right?)
'If... if possible... I would have liked to tell all these words to my own younger self... maybe... maybe that would have changed my life a lot...'
Although there was no one to pat Rio's head and tell him these words when he needed to hear them the most, he can now tell these words to soone else who's in a similar situation as him.
A rare smile appeared on Rio's face while looking at that little golem.
'Well, maybe I also grew up after all...'
The guy who used to be socially awkward and completely oblivious to the world has figured out what it ans to 'live', for himself and for others.
Creating paths in circumstances where there are no possibilities and adapting to the changes in the strings of destiny-maybe that's what it ans to be an 'Anomaly'.
...
"Oh, I suddenly rembered that I heard a voice in my head tell that once I et soone worthy, I must guide them towards the hidden treasure!!"
The small golem jumped up in excitent and hurriedly pushed away a small cupboard
nearby.
Once the cupboard was pushed to the side, a hidden lever appeared in Rio's view.
The vague calling in his head beca even stronger once he laid his eyes on that lever.
Without waiting for Rio to ask, the small golem imdiately operated the lever, and the floor beneath Rio's feet started to move.
Rio jumped to the side and waited to see what would happen.
'Eh, another hidden staircase? Just how many hidden stairs are in this place?'
Rio shook his head and glanced at the small golem.
As if sensing his gaze, the small golem jumped twice to show its excitent and said,
"Co! Follow ! Let's go and find the treasure!! Hehe!"
With that said, the small golem jumped and started to descend downstairs; seeing that there
was no other choice, Rio also decided to follow behind.
He's still wearing his shadow robe along with Miasma just in case so other trap gets
triggered.
But his worries were completely pointless; there were no more traps along the way, and there was no other golem in sight either.
When the two finally descended, they found themselves standing in a brightly lit hidden room with various complex magic circles and diagrams engraved on the walls.
Just by taking a single glance, Rio figured out that those were likely the research-related
notes of the SS-ranker who created this sentient golem.
If Rio can copy all this down and master it, he can also create a sentient golem one day.
But those were not the things that stood out the most.
The thing that stood out the most in the hidden room was a strange, torn-up piece of paper kind of thing that was floating in the center of the room.
That strange-looking paper seed 'Aura-less', 'Mana-less', and 'existence-less' at one glance, and at another it seed to be radiating with imnse power.
As if all the 'Laws' of the world have manifested their powers in that small 'shard' like thing, even the void around seed to be bending and trembling uncontrollably.
'This is!?'
Before Rio had the ti to even react, the shard-like thing instantly turned into a ray of light
and entered his body without any resistance.
[Ding! You have received an 'Unknown Fragnt'!]
[Ding! Warning! This item can't be discarded, traded, or consud. It can only be transferred to others
either willingly or via death.]
[Ding! The 'Imperfect Sword Heart' received a considerable boost!]
[Ding! 'Sword Intent' mastery has been increased considerably!]
[Ding! The 'A??m???' has partially manifested; the manifestation speed has been increased
considerably!]
For a second, Rio's head blacked out, and he seed to have seen a vast amount of galaxies
and solar systems in that instant.
He felt as if he had traveled all over the cosmos in that re millisecond without even moving from his original spot, even a single inch.
It was bizarre; it was an indescribable feeling; he felt as if he had beco detached from the world and the 'Laws' and was floating in the cosmos like a free entity.
It felt as if nothing was binding him and he could do whatever he wanted.
At that mont, Rio snapped out of that weird state and ca back to his senses.
'W-what the!? What just happened!?'
Before Rio could collect himself and calm down, a massive announcent rang out in the
whole factory.
[Side quest of the sentient completed!]
[Main quest of conquering all floors completed!]
[Defeating an SS-rank enemy completed!]
[All conditions Full-filled!]
[Congratulations! The Practice trail has been completed!]
[Starting ejecting all participants now...]
Rio felt the gravity around him disappear, and along with the small golem, he found himself
falling inside a portal that appeared out of nowhere!
Before he even had the ti to react, Rio was thrown out by the portal, and he directly landed
in a familiar soft embrace.
Indeed, Lia caught him mid-air before he could fall down on the ground! As his head was a bit
of a ss at the mont, it was difficult for him to find balance.
Lia ca at the right mont to support him, or he would have had to kiss the ground like
Fade does all the ti!
Rio's shadowrobe had already deactivated the mont he lost his consciousness for a second,
so Lia could see the surprise on his face. A mischievous smile appeared on her face at that
mont.
"Yo! Handso! How about this young lady helps you out if you have had a few too many
drinks today..."
Rio gave a wry smile at those words.
"Stop acting like an evil old uncle who's trying to woo a helpless drunk girl and put
down..."
It was embarrassing to be carried princess style, even for Rio, who has an expressionless face.
Lia nodded her head and put him down, but Rio's feet staggered again, and he nearly fell
down, so Lia had to grab his arm to keep him standing.
"Er... I am not feeling quite good right now... everything's spinning..."
Hearing Rio's words, Lia nodded her head and replied,
"No worries! You can rely on !"
It seems Lia finally got to exact a tiny bit of revenge out of him from all those tis he teased her; after all, his defense was very low at the mont.
...
Author's Notes.
Yo! It's your beloved author here!
Every new Fragnt adds and Auxiliary chapter, don't forget to read the new one in the
auxiliary volu.
Question of the day.
What are your thoughts on this very peculiar turn of events?
(Tell in the comnts)
By the way, don't forget to use those power stones!!
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