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Last Embryo Volume 5 Chapter 3 Part 3

So all those times, she was actually being driven by such an ulterior motive?

 

Both Homura and Ayato began to subconsciously distance themselves from Uesugi, who looked like she was deeply hurt by such actions when she finally realized what they were doing and why.

 

「Hey, w-wait a minute! W-What are you even talking about?! I-I, I do not remember something like that happening at all! ! ! ?」

 

「N-No, it is okay, Miss Uesugi. P-Please, do not worry about it. A-Anyway, should we not go back to the main subject we were talking about? B-Because I think that he have gotten ourselves more than a little sidetracked.」

 

「Y-Yeah, right. Exactly what Lady Ayato said. Besides, I also need to talk about something with Big Bro Iza.」

 

Homura said while clearing his throat with a forced cough in an attempt to finally steer the topic of discussion away from Uesugi and her apparent preferences.

 

「So, Big Bro Iza. Knowing you, you must be more than eager to go and have a fight with that Krishna guy, correct? Well, I am sorry to say this, but as your personal doctor I am not giving you a green light to do something as dangerous as like that in your current state. I am pulling a doctor’s stop on you, so your ass is grounded and banned from any fighting until I say otherwise.」

 

「H A A A A A A H N N  N N? ? ? ? ? ?」

 

「Mr Homura?」

 

「Homura-senpai? I think I understand what you are trying to say, but. . . but what do you mean by a doctor’s stop, exactly?」

 

You and Uesugi also got interested when Homura used a term they were both unfamiliar with, so the leaned in to listen when Ayato was finished with expressing her doubts, however, Homura, whom they expect to give them a proper explanation, simply clicked hos tongue and turned away from them. Instead, he went and approached Izayoi with a very serious face and while making decisive steps.

 

「Like I said, you are forbidden from doing any kind of fighting for the time being. It might only be temporary, but right now your whole body has been effectively turned into one big lump of Star Particle Bodies and is being consumed by them. Am I correct in assuming that you have been feeling weaker, and especially sluggish ever since you have woken up? Yeah? I thought as much. But do you know why you are feeling like that? Because there is not enough blood left in the tissues that make up your body, and because of that they have begun to partially collapse. Up until now the Star Particle Bodies that are circulating throughout your body would have already supplemented it with all the nutrients it would need t replenish the reserves of blood that have been lost, but they are all exhausted after the battle you have fought yesterday and they are going to need rest for a while before they resume their proper operation. To that end, do you still feel like you have anemia?」

 

Now that Homura pointed that out for him, Izayoi finally understood the real reason for why he was not feeling like his usual self ever since the moment he has woken up. Or instead of saying that he understood it, it would be more accurate to say that he remembered a time in the past where he went through an experience that was extremely similar to what was happening to him now.

 

It was three years ago when he ended up suffering a huge blood loss after going through an especially tough battle. So in short, he was feeling tired and weak because there was not enough blood left in his body to fuel it properly.

 

「Big Bro Iza, you have one of the 『Origin』 Star Particle Bodies injected directly into your heart, and I think that it manifests itself as a crystalized nucleus that is meant to increase the output of the B.D.A that are hibernating all throughout your body. If it was not like that, then it would be impossible for the B.D.A to materialize itself from the Star Particle Bodies. It would seem that in order to keep itself going it consumes the Star Particle Bodies that are present in the host’s blood in the first place, but the moment that resource runs dry, it is going to move on to feed on the Particle Bodies that are parasitizing directly on the body tissues. So while it works exactly as intended and boosts your body’s overall performance, I think it is safe to say that in your case B.D.A is like a double-edged sword. 」

 

Homura said that with a bitter expression. So, what he was trying to say what that if he made a careless mistake somewhere along the line then he might have died from his body undergoing a meltdown phenomenon, just like it was supposed to be with Parashurama and the Albino pipsqueak, and if that happened, then the act of saving that girl from death and his and Homura’s goal of saving humanity by advancing the Star Particle Research without sacrificing the lives of any more human test subjects would have all been for naught. And the worst part about it is that it was not only a one-time thing, but something that might happen every time when Izayoi decides to use the B.D.A.

 

Back when Izayoi asked Homura if he was holding a grudge against his father for what he did to them he answered that he was not harboring any kind of ill will against him, but right now he felt an indescribable kind of anger burning up in his chest. If only he could, the he would have asked his father what kind of intention was he harboring in his head when he decided to turn his own children into test subjects for such inhumane experiments, but now that his father was dead that chance has been effectively forever lost on him. He was sure that Izayoi would be feeling similarly to him or maybe even worse, but when he looked at him, then contrary to his expectations the expression on Izayoi’s face was not the one of anger, but of relief, almost as if some kind of great mystery has just been solved before his very eyes.

 

「What the hell? So in other words, the reason for why I was feeling so hungry ever since I have woken up was because of the B.D.A?」

 

「Huh. . . . .  hungry?」

 

「Yeah, hungry. But not your typical kind of hungry. Ever since morning, I have been feeling so hungry like I have never felt before, and as a result of that, I have eaten way more for breakfast than I ever would eat normally. It might not have been the gluttonous craving on Kasukabe’s level. . . . 」

 

「. .  .Oi.」

 

「. . .   but it was such an abnormal hunger that I immediately noticed that something was wrong with me. The thing at fault here was the B.D.A, right?」

 

Izayoi asked about that calmly, because in spite of how much he has eaten, he did not feel like his body regained even an ounce of energy or blood that it has supposedly lost. However, Homura, who was talking in a very serious manner, was admittedly taken a little bit aback by Izayoi’s statement.

 

「Well, uhm. . . .  I do not know if B.D.A was truly at fault here, but I can definitely tell you this: if you eat a lot of food, then the calories and nutrients contained in what you have eaten will definitely speed up the process of you blood’s regeneration. . .  」

 

「Then why did you not say that sooner, for crying out loud?! If I knew that it was something perfectly natural I would have not spend so much time worrying about it, because I honestly thought that this unusual hunger of mine might have been an effect of some kinda curse that might have been placed upon me during my battle with that possessed bastard Heracles. . . .   hey, you! Yes, you, lady! Bring me some more food here, pronto!」

 

Now that he knew that he had nothing to worry about when it came to his unusual hunger, Izayoi shouted at a nearby village woman and demanded food for three people to be brought before him.