Scenario:Alchemist's Desire - Chapter 1: Life, Created - Episode 1

Alchemist's Desire - Chapter 1: Life, Created - Episode 1

Several years after she begins her study of alchemy, having lost her parents long ago, Mireille attempts again and again to create a functioning, artificial body for herself. One day, Mireille is startled when a body she made begins to speak with a mind of its own.

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???: Someday... A healthy body...

???: Mngh... Where am I?

Mireille wakes up to find herself sprawled on a desk. She sits up and looks around, still half-asleep.

Mireille: The research lab? So I was dreaming...

Mireille: Didn't think I'd still dream about when I was little... It's been so long since Mother and Father passed away...

Mireille: Cough, cough...

As a series of small coughs escapes Mireille, a drop of blood trickles down from the corner of her mouth.

Mireille: (Blood from just a cough... I really hate being in this body.)

Mireille: (But soon the new body will be finished, and if all goes well...)

Mireille shifts her eyes to the massive water tank that stands across the room, filled to the brim with a peculiar liquid.

In the tank is an artificial body created in Mireille's own image, suspended in the liquid as tiny bubbles float around it.

Mireille: (My artificial body that I created with alchemy...)

Mireille: (If I can successfully transfer my soul into this body, then my wish will finally come true.)

Mireille: (Although, I've no way to be sure I actually made the body correctly...)

Mireille: (It's just a lump of flesh without a soul, but so many problems came up every time I tried to make one.)

Mireille: (In the end, I couldn't even make it look exactly like me...)

Mireille: (Is it because I'm using blood from my body as the catalyst? Or am I missing something without knowing it? I did teach myself everything, after all... Maybe it's both.)

Mireille: ...

Mireille: Well, whatever. What matters is the inside anyway.

Mireille: I just have to keep trying until it works.

Mireille: I'm definitely going to make a healthy body. And then my dream will...

The shrill sound of a bell interrupts her thoughts, signaling the completion of the body.

Mireille: Looks like it's done. Hopefully it'll work this time...

Mireille ejects the liquid from the tank.

After dressing the body, she gives it a thorough check, comparing the completed product to the description in her book.

Body: ...

Mireille: (Looks okay so far...)

Body: Your orders, Master...

Mireille: ...!

Surprised by the sudden voice coming from the body, Mireille jumps back and falls onto the floor, a look of astonishment on her face.

Body: ...

Mireille: Did you just... talk?

Body: Yes.

Mireille: But... I only made a body. Without a soul inside, it should only be a lump of flesh...

Mireille: Why is it... talking? Not only that—it's... sentient?

Mireille is shocked that the body appears to have a will of its own.

She stares at it, unsure of what to do in this bizarre turn of events.