Chapter 223

223 – Wight

The skeleton sits down against the shrine wall, holding its leg. It uses its jawbone to make a clattering sound, giving an impression of loneliness.

Could it be that there a human consciousness in there…? Ah, I really shouldn’t have done this.

“Gaah!”

With my partner’s cry, black light once again envelops the bones. The separated leg and arm return to where they belong and connect.

I see, without [Soul AppendmentFake Life] it won’t stick together.

I wonder if I can’t check this guy’s status.

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Species: Wight

Status: Cursed

Lv: 1/5

HP: 7/7

MP: 2/2

Attack: 2

Magic: 3

Speed: 2

Rank: F

Characteristic Skills:

[Grisha Language: Lv 1] [Undead: Lv -] [Dark Attribute: Lv -]

Resistance Skills:

[Status Condition Nullification: Lv -] [Physical Resistance: Lv 1] [Magic Resistance: Lv 1]

Normal Skills:

[Gale: Lv 1] [Death Curse: Lv 1] [Life Drain: Lv 1]

Title Skills:

[Servant of the Evil Dragon]

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It-it’s a wight… As expected, this is no good. I’d guessed as much from its appearance, but this guy’s completely stopped being a human.

Status condition nullification, huh… It seems like if it were to evolve, it could be quite powerful. What’s with [Servant of the Evil Dragon]; I don’t want it.

Should I break it? Would breaking it be for the best? At this rate I’m totally just playing with someone’s remains. It looks like they might be in pain as well. It’s got a curse even though it has [Status Condition Nullification]. [Soul AppendmentFake Life] must be something like a curse.

Let’s take a look at what kind of monster a wight is. Yeah, that’s a good idea. It’s won’t be too late to decide what to do with it afterwards.

【[Wight]: F rank monster】

【A corpse possessed by an evil spirit.】

【It’s not very strong, but there’s the danger of it ambushing targets by pretending to be ordinary human bones.】

【There are many cases of wights transferring to animal bones becoming a [Beast Wight]】

It’s not even a human spirit! Its got an evil spirit, or rather my magic power inside it. Just like the description of [Soul AppendmentFake Life] said.

With this I’m free to break it without worry. If I’d returned a human soul half-assedly I might have gotten stuck in an impasse. I’m glad, I’m glad.

For now, there’s that. I’ve learned that I shouldn’t be using corpses.

Sorry wight, I’m going to destroy you now. As I raise my arm, the wight kneels down and bows its head.

It’s got [Servant of the Evil Dragon], so it probably has no choice but to submit to me. It looks just like a monster that I’ve made. Actually it doesn’t just look like it, that’s what it is. It can’t hit back at me because of this shitty skill.

I’ll break it apart then bury it in the forest.

I gently put my claw on the wight’s neck. Still, the wight shows no sign of resistance.

“Gaa…?”

My partner peers at me from the side. “Is it ok to kill it?”, she seems to ask.

S-stop it. You’re making it hard to do. This thing’s just a bundle of magic power. It’s not even a living thing, let along a human. Instead it has occupied the remains of a living thing’s body, controlling it.

… The one controlling it is me though. No, that’s precisely why I need to return it to its original owner with a clean finishing blow… with a finishing blow…

The wight clatter’s its jawbone. Is it laughing…? No, it’s shivering. Even despite its complete obedience, it has some will of its own…

…

I gently remove my claw and observe the wight.

While still shivering, the wight peers up at me wondrously and raises its head. That gesture somehow makes it look young and innocent. It was the fearful look a child would have when caught doing some mischief by their parent. Through the wight, I could almost see the child who was the original owner of the bones.

… I can’t destroy it. Wh-what should I do? First of all, I need to make sure that none of the Lithovar people see it. If they did, it would definitely end poorly.

“Guuo…”

I point my head to the depth of the shrine. The wight stands up and staggers in that direction. What should I do, what should I do?

Raising a wight is is different from raising spiderlings There’s no way a skeleton can grow up. Its growth phase is already long past. Its life is already over, so it’s all wrong.

Even if it were to grow up, it’s not like I could return it to nature. I can’t exactly let a skeleton monster roam free. It might try to (forcefully) increase its comrades.

Yeah, this is still sacrilege to the dead person. But then it’s not like it has their appearance from when they were alive…

The first roommates are spiders and a skeleton, seriously what are we doing here. Is this a haunted house or something?