Episode 172 Shadow Puppet 2

"How do you know that the D-Particles weren't evenly mixed?"

I ask Metis a question. Metis had a high ability to perceive magical power, but her ability to perceive D-Particles should have been weaker than mine.

[ The book contained examples and causes of failures. ]

During the final touches, it seemed that the reason why it cracked like that was because the D-Particles were not evenly mixed.

I started to feel tired because I failed.

"I'll sleep for today. I failed because I'm tired."

I tried to escape reality and went to bed. It was true that I was tired, so I decided to take a rest and then try again.

The next day, I started making Shadow Puppets in the morning. The magic core paired with the ring broke when it failed, so I took out five DarkCat black magic stones and started making a magic core and ring.

After making the magic core and ring, I took 3kg from the Shadow Clay. I poured the D-Particles into the Shadow Clay and kneaded it. I did this carefully.

Next, I transformed the Shadow Clay into the shape of a black cat. For some reason, a three-headed black cat was completed. It had the cuteness of a kitten and the virtue of a beckoning cat.(TN:Beckoning cat is the cat figure with 1 paw raised usually considered to be good luck.)

[ It's a failure. ]

"No, this seems to be fine."

[ But, the balance is bad. ]

"As a test, let's finish it."

After I put the magic core into the head of the three-headed black cat, I poured magical power into it. Just like yesterday, hair grew on the surface of the body, and the parts of the face were completed. This seemed to be the face of a cat that I imagined.

A kitten-like face was completed, and four legs and a tail were completed. It seemed to read the image of the cat I drew in my head and corrected it with magic. The interior had also changed from clay to muscle and bone.

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However, it was not real muscle or bone. The fake was heavier and stronger than the real thing. Completely a kitten puppet. The finished kitten walked around and sometimes fell over. It was so cute.

Metis looked at it,

[ It was a failure after all. ]

And said that. Hearing that, I nodded. But, I thought there were Shadow Puppets like this too.

"No, this is an experiment. It has been proven that the D-Particles are evenly mixed with the current method."

[ Well, that's right. But, that doesn't help. Right, let's try to see if the disposal method works properly. ]

It seemed like it would be healing, and I felt like I wanted to watch it all day long. It was no good, it seemed like I couldn't dispose of it if my feelings changed. Besides, I felt like it would be cruel to remain a kitten forever without growing up.

I turned my heart into a demon and destroyed the ring paired with the magic core. At that moment, the kitten puppet crumbled and scattered. It looked like a real kitten, but that confirmed that it was fake.

"Does a Shadow Puppet have intelligence?"

[ It has the basic knowledge from when it was a monster, and a certain kind of intelligence, or rather it has a limited learning ability. ]

I was interested in basic knowledge, but Metis didn't seem to know the details. However, it seemed that the person with the ring was conditioned to be the master.

[ Grimm-sensei, would you like to go to the bookstore? ]

"Are there any books you want?"

[ If there was a picture book of cats, I thought it would be good to buy it and use it as a reference. ]

Metis seemed to have a sense of crisis that the Shadow Puppet might not be completed. I went to the bookstore and bought a picture book of cats.

Using that picture book as a reference, I created a third Shadow Puppet. Since I carefully imagined it and made it, a Shadow Puppet with a body shape almost the same as a cat was formed.

What remained was the finishing touches.

[ Before that, could you please embed the Sorcery Eyes and Sorcery Ears that you purchased? ]

I implanted the two types of magic tools into the eyes and ears.

After that, the magic core was embedded in the head and magical power was poured into it. What had been a lump of black clay transformed into something that looked like a real cat. The Sorcery Eyes looked like real eyes. However, since the Sorcery Eye was made with reference to the human eye, it felt strange. That said, the cat-shaped Shadow Puppet was completed.

I put the ring paired with the magic core into the bag containing Metis. I wasn't sure, but it seemed that there was communication between Metis and the Cat Shadow Puppet.

After that, the cat-shaped Shadow Puppet began to move. It jumped from the table I was using as a workbench to the floor and started walking around the room.

I turned my gaze to Metis who was on the table.

"Is Metis the one moving it?"

[ That's right. It seems a bit interesting. That's right, I haven't told you about the Shadow Puppet special skill yet. ]

"I can imagine. Isn't it the same as a DarkCat?"

[ Yes, it can hide in the shadows. ]

When the cat-shaped Shadow Puppet approached, it jumped into my shadow. The black cat that disappeared in the shadows looked up at me with only its head sticking out. It was eerie as if there was a cat's severed head in my shadow.

I learned how to make Shadow Puppets. I thought a lot of people would want something like this.

"Next is the creation of a Shadow Puppet that can attack monsters, but is there any need to hurry. Let's proceed with the capture of the Narukami Dungeon first."

I felt the need for a powerful Shadow Puppet because I wanted a something with the role of a shield and also a sentry while camping. However, the activities in the Narukami Dungeon were still on the 2nd floor.

Since it wasn't deep enough to camp, it would just be used as a shield. In that case, I might use it in front of other adventurers.

"If I used it as a shield in the dungeon, I needed to report the Shadow Puppet to the Adventurer's Guild."

There was no such thing as familiars or the ability to use monsters in the world. Shadow Puppets may be the first familiars humans have acquired.

I believed that if it was made public, the response would be tremendous.

[ We are not prepared for the reaction. The announcement should be held off for a while. ]

Metis seemed to be against the announcement.

Even if we didn't announce it, we should continue researching Shadow Puppets. Metis seemed to know that it was possible to fuse with magic tools, but Sorcery Eyes and Sorcery Ears weren't the only magic tools. I would like to experiment with that aspect as well.

"Research on Shadow Puppets has only just begun. Let's proceed slowly without rushing."

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