"No, it's not the same." [Where is it the same?!]
Suddenly, Ian opened his eyes, almost simultaneously with Adalbert.
At this moment, Adalbert finally understood what Duke Sorin meant.
— Because he had created artificial souls, he had created the inheritance of the Deceased Monarch, and up to now, the bodies of Humans were no longer 'unique' to their lives.
All he had to do was wait a while, wait until a few years later, when all the residents of Duke Sorin's Domain had artificial souls, and then Duke Sorin would sign this contract with his people.
He would become the Deceased Monarch, protecting everyone through the foreseeable natural disasters and calamities in the coming troubled times.
And just so.
The Avak Viscounty was the pioneering technical trial area.
All the deceased here, even those who were mutilated or tortured to death as test subjects... still had souls!
