Chapter 593: what I have to do to 生存

Chapter 593: what I have to do to 生存 what I have to do to 生存

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Silence filled the control room.

The only sound was the occasional faint whirring of the unknown machines installed in the room—Coco, coco.

Food shortage.

I can’t think of any solution to this problem.

Time just keeps passing...

<Ah! Can you eat the floor material of this room?>

Here, Extra-sama, unable to bear the awkward silence, voiced her idea!

Alright, that’s it!

I immediately crouched down and scratched the floor.

But no good.

The floor of this room... and probably the walls and ceiling too, are protected by a barrier, just like the cell I was in.

“We can’t... scrape it off and eat it...”

“OF COURSE NOT!!!”

Majurog retorted, kicking the floor repeatedly in frustration, at my calm analysis!

But I, having been in many desperate situations, and overcome them all, understand.

That it’s in times like these that I have to stay calm.

So I looked around.

Searching for something to break the deadlock!

And then, I noticed the wooden box Majurog opened earlier.

What’s inside... are yellow magic stones...

“This is it...!”

I ran to the wooden box, took out a yellow magic stone, held it up, and turning to Majurog, shouted!

“Hey! Can’t we eat these Darkeyalon magic stones!?”

“WHAT ARE YOU SAYING!?”

Majurog, rushing towards me, and snatching the magic stone, shouted back!

“Of course not! Stones aren’t food! You’ll get a stomachache!”

“It’s fine. I’ve never had a stomachache.”

“What’s with that unwavering trust in your stomach!? But even if you don’t get a stomachache, it’s still a no! I need them to draw the teleportation magic circle! I can’t reduce the number!”

“Mu...”

If she says so, I can’t eat these magic stones.

So Majurog... you don’t have to be so wary.

It’s okay, it’s okay, I won’t eat them...

Ah, she locked the box.

<But... then, what should we do?>

I looked around again.

Extra-sama rephrased Majurog’s words so that I could understand them easily.

...Here.

I realized something.

Majurog has been acting troubled and angry, but—

It’s not for her own sake.

...It was for my sake?

<Well, if she can live without eating, then I guess so.>

Extra-sama agreed with my thoughts, but in a displeased, sulky voice.

“Majurog...”

I... involuntarily—

—Spoke my mind.

“You’re kind.”

Even though you’re a dirty old man.

“Even though you’re a dirty old man.”

“That last part was unnecessary...”

Majurog slumped her shoulders, and sighed at my compliment.

<But kindness doesn’t fill your stomach. Such kindness is meaningless.>

Extra-sama, jealous of my increased appreciation for Majurog, said that spitefully.

You’re really childish sometimes, Extra-sama!?

But, Extra-sama.

<What?>

About what Majurog said earlier.

Listening to that... besides ‘Majurog is kind’, I also thought of something else.

In other words—

“Can’t I also... live by absorbing mana?”

...That’s what I mean.

I’ve often eaten stones when I was really hungry.

And even such an act, which would normally make someone sick, isn’t a problem for me.

Because the stones are “something-decomposed” and absorbed in my stomach.

...Right, Extra-sama?

<It’s ‘mana decomposition’, Emi. But what you’re saying is correct. And because of that, you can live as long as you have something to put in your stomach... be it stones or sand.>

Is there any difference between that “mana decomposition” and absorbing mana?

Aren’t they the same?

Haven’t I been surviving by using mana as an energy source all this time?

<...Strictly speaking, ‘mana decomposition’ is different from 【Absorption】, which Majurog just performed... or ‘mana absorption’... but yes, you’re right, ‘you can live by absorbing mana’... that’s certainly true.>

“‘You can live by absorbing mana’... Hmm, interesting. Even for a human, theoretically... that might be possible...”

As if echoing Extra-sama’s explanation, Majurog also put her hand on her chin, and started speaking thoughtfully.