Reincarnation with AI (Unemployment-Free)

Chapter 65 Zanoba

Speaking of the Kingdom of Xilong, it is a small country located in the southern part of the central continent.

According to Rudius's existing intelligence.

In the original work, there are two very important characters here: the third prince, Zanova Cylon, who is the original male protagonist's friend, and the seventh prince, Pacus Cylon, who was originally going to be Lokishi's student.

Zanobá was a divine child born with special abilities, and was feared in the city as the "Prince Who Pulls His Head".

The so-called "divine child" is a phenomenon unique to this world. It can be regarded as a superpower, but its essence is still a special phenomenon caused by magic.

They can be considered a special group of people shaped by a set of global rules.

Rudeus believed that the Laplace factor within him actually utilized the same rules as the birth of a divine child, achieving the ability to possess an infant through the flow of magic.

Perhaps with a deeper understanding of the nature of magic, we can find the answer to this question.

Let's get back to Zanoba.

His ability is superhuman strength, but because he couldn't control his power, he tore his newborn brother's head off his body when he was a child, and he even twisted off his wife's head on their first night after getting married.

Therefore, he earned the nickname "Prince of Head-Pulling".

Although he himself had no ill intentions, he was still feared by everyone in the palace.

Among these people were his parents.

But even though he was afraid, no one drove him away.

As a divine child born with superhuman strength, Zanobah is regarded as a powerful force, which makes him quite valuable.

In the Middle Ages, before the advent of firearms, a Zanopa clad in armor was virtually invincible on the battlefield.

This value led the emperor to keep him in the palace and raise him.

Even if he tore his own brother and wife apart with his bare hands.

This upbringing led to Zanoba's rather distorted personality.

He did not receive normal care from his parents when he was a child, which made him unable to have normal emotional communication with people as an adult.

Alice is seen as a "beast" because of her violence, while Zanova is seen as a true monster because of his superhuman strength.

The fundamental logic of Zanoba is different from that of ordinary humans at its core.

His terrifying physical strength meant that Zanoba would not feel touch unless a sufficiently strong force was applied.

In this respect, it can be said that his ability not only enhanced his strength, but also dulled his senses accordingly.

What does this mean?

This means that hugs, handshakes, and touches, which are perfectly normal for ordinary people, are blank to Zanoba.

This means that he lacked the experience of "warmth" during his infancy.

This is the fundamental reason why he fell in love with sculpture.

To Zanaba, humans are beings that can be crushed with a single touch. Being close to humans brings no joy whatsoever; before they even know it, they are already dead.

Nobody wants to be turned into mincemeat.

Nobody wants to be a broken corpse on their wedding night.

This results in Zanopa only receiving negative emotions of fear from others when he "communicates" with them.

This leads to an endless cycle of negativity.

Therefore, Zanoba believed that people were fragile and unreliable, and he became madly in love with sculpture.

In the face of the ugliness of human nature, sculptures full of artistic beauty are so moving.

Even if those sculptures themselves are cold and lifeless —

The original male protagonist's connection with Zanaba stemmed from the Rocchishi figurine.

Furthermore, the original male protagonist had witnessed Zanaba playing with a bronze statue.

Many people would find this to be perverted.

But Rudius doesn't see it that way.

Even the so-called divine child is still human in essence, and will still have the needs that belong to human beings.

In Rudius's view, Zanoba's way of relieving his emotions through communication with the bronze statues was hardly abnormal; it was simply something he couldn't help.

What's wrong with a magician looking for materials for spellcasting?

For a prince to only be able to do this makes him seem very pitiful.

As a man, I had no idea how warm and soft a woman's embrace is.

It's truly regrettable and a pity.

Zanoba lives in a world where he can never truly "connect" with anyone.

As for Zanoba's younger brother, the seventh prince, Pacus Siron.

In the original work, due to the constant repressive education he received, he eventually launched a coup, killed all members of the royal family except for Zanoba, and then committed suicide after leaving behind his offspring.

This is a very complex psychology. On the one hand, there is such hatred for the royal family that one wants to exterminate them, while on the other hand, one leaves behind one's own offspring to preserve the royal bloodline.

Hatred and resentment intertwined, making Parkus's entire life seem like a complete tragedy.

Although in the original work, Pakus points to Loki as the one who ruined his life, Rudius believes that Loki is definitely not the main cause.

It was just that at the time, when Parkus was reminiscing about the past and venting his emotions, all the members of the royal family had been killed by him, and Loki happened to appear in front of him, which is why he said those things.

Rudius thought that if Pakus really hated Lokishi that much, he would have chosen to kill Lokishi without hesitation.

Rudius had no intention of getting involved with these two.

If we need to make magical armor in the future, I might try to contact Zanova again.

Despite having mentioned so many of Zanoba's shortcomings.

In the original work, Zanova also appears to be uninterested in anything other than dolls.

In reality, he was very knowledgeable and insightful, but he just kept it hidden.

In the world of art, there's no need to communicate with those struggling in the arena of power.

Rudius could understand that feeling.

As for Pacus, Rudius just wanted everyone around him to stay far away from him.

From Rudius's dirty adult perspective, Pacus has no bargaining chips to put on the scales.

Finally, let's talk about La Noah Magic University.

Because the mountains of this central continent are inhabited by red dragons, making direct passage impossible, one must avoid the mountains and take a long detour from the west to reach it.

Because red dragons travel in packs, climbing the mountain means being besieged by them.

Therefore, apart from the Dragon God, everyone else had no choice but to detour around the Crimson Dragon Mountains.

Even Rigellud, the Spelud warrior captain who had participated in the siege of Laplace, was no match for him.

The mountain range is called the Crimson Dragon Mountain Range, or perhaps the Dragon God Passage would also be appropriate, since only the Dragon God moves along it.

Of course, this wasn't said in the original work.

Rudeus just felt that, for the Dragon God, no matter how many Crimson Dragons came, they would all be sent to their deaths. Wouldn't that mean that the Crimson Dragon Mountains had become the Dragon God's exclusive passage?

Without the clue of the Seven Stars, Rudeus might have tried to climb up the Red Dragon Mountains, find a place to hide, and wait for an unexpected encounter with the Dragon God.

Without information about the Dragon God, this is clearly much more reliable than searching for the Dragon God all over the continent.