Alchemists do not need self-cultivation

This somewhat elderly professor, a scholar who would later make great contributions to the Third Reich, died directly.

"Next, we'll deal with the people from the Far North Guild, but before that..."

Isaac turned around and saw the giant snake that Envy had transformed into still coiled there.

The shadow beneath their feet instantly dissipated, transforming into sharp blades that stabbed towards Envy, whose fate was unknown. Red lightning enveloped Isaac and Envy within it.

Following Sloth, Pride, and Gratoni, the fourth android was devoured by Isaac.

Sigrún has taught at the Iceland University of the Arts as a part-time lecturer since and was Dean of the Department of Fine Art from -. In – she held a research position at Reykjavík Art Museum focusing on the role of women in Icelandic art. She studied fine art at the Icelandic College of Arts and Crafts and at Pratt Institute, New York, and holds BA and MA degrees in art history and philosophy from the University of Iceland. Sigrún lives and works in Iceland.

Besides Isaac, thirteen-year-old Alphonse also came from another Amestolis.

He had already seen Edward and Hohenheim on the rooftop while Isaac and Ekater were fighting, so he bypassed them and went straight to the rooftop.

After going upstairs, Edward, who was helping Hohenheim to escape, met his younger brother.

Edward was stunned as he looked at the familiar face in front of him and the coat he used to wear.

"Al...is that you? You're still alive..."

"I've finally met you, brother."

Without saying a word, Alphonse stepped forward and hugged Edward tightly.

"Great!"

"……yes."

Seeing Alphonse so moved that he was in tears, Edward also smiled gently.

It would be wonderful if my younger brother could be safe and sound. I thought I would never see him again, but it happened again in this kind of situation.

Is Dad here too?

Releasing Edward, Alphonse looked at Hohenheim, who was being supported by Edward.

“Yes, I’m here too,” Hohenheim said with a smile.

That's great, the family is finally reunited.

Chapter 978: It's Time to Go on a Trip

Envy, in his dragon form, was stabbed by Isaac's shadow, but surprisingly, he didn't let out a scream. It's likely that he hadn't recovered from the previous German attacks.

Red energy continuously flowed into Isaac's body, and Envy's body also emitted a large amount of lightning.

Gradually, the energy transmission stopped, and after Envy closed his eyes completely, his huge body turned into black powder and drifted into the air.

After absorbing Envy's energy, Isaac closed his eyes and began to feel it.

呲——

Isaac's left hand suddenly underwent a transmutation reaction, transforming from its original intact state into a serrated blade.

Envy from different worlds are remarkably similar in their abilities, all possessing the power of 'transformation'.

Its transformations not only allow it to turn parts of the body into weapons, but it can also conceptualize the shape of the entire person. Envy uses this ability to swindle and deceive people everywhere.

Isaac can now easily change his appearance, body structure, species, and even gender using this ability.

However, this ability doesn't seem to be of much use to Isaac, but it's better than nothing.

As the transmutation reaction began to erupt from his body, Isaac suddenly shrank into a cat, meowed, and then his body changed again, transforming into a giant python that could move on the ground, before finally returning to his original form.

"...It feels like I ate something useless, but oh well."

With a snap of his fingers, flames roared down the ground floor, and Isaac leaped up, transforming into an eagle and soaring toward the rooftop.

Since we've already eaten, we might as well use our abilities for now.

……

Hohenheim, Edward, and Alphonse from Amestris were exchanging pleasantries when an eagle flew down in front of them and, to their astonishment, transformed into Isaac.

“The people downstairs have all been dealt with. Hohenheim, please tell me about the Far North Guild.”

After Isaac finished speaking, he found that the three people in front of him were looking at him warily.

Why are you looking at me like that?

"Are you Envy?"

"How could that be? I am Isaac."

"Then why do you have the ability to change?"

Upon seeing Isaac suddenly transform from an eagle into a human, the three instinctively felt that the person in front of them was Envy in disguise.

“I have taken Envy’s abilities for my own use.”

"Are you kidding me? Is this really something a human could do?"

"and many more."

"Hornheim said suddenly."

"Homunculi cannot use alchemy. I remember you could use alchemy in this world, right? If you can, then I'll believe you are Isaac."

"Ok."

Isaac nodded and casually placed his hand on the wall beside him.

As blue lightning leaped up, a large door appeared above.

"...It really was you. I didn't expect you could use the abilities of an artificial human."

There are many things you haven't considered.

As Isaac spoke, he glanced at the raging fire on the first floor, estimating that the entire building would soon be burned to the ground.

"Let's leave here first, I have something to ask you."

"it is good."

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After spending the night, Isaac led the family of three back to Munich from Berlin and settled them in Alphonse's home.

The building in Berlin was filled with the bodies of soldiers and researchers. Isaac disguised it as a fire scene, making everyone look as if they had been burned to death by a sudden fire.

Having learned from Hohenheim about the existence of several people in Amestris, Isaac spent a whole night traveling all over Germany, secretly assassinating all the union members and some high-ranking military officers who knew the inside story.

This move plunged the entire German leadership into panic.

Of course, the three people in Munich pretended that nothing had happened.

When Isaac returned after silencing the witnesses, it was already the next morning.

"What are you planning to do? Now that you've reunited, do you want me to take you back?" Isaac asked. "It wouldn't be a difficult matter to send you back to Amestris."

"No, we won't go back for now."

In the Alphonse family home in this world, Hohenheim said to Isaac with a smile.

"It's a rare opportunity for the three of us, father and sons, to be reunited, and we want to travel the world for a while."

"...Have you forgotten the pain once the wound has healed?"

“How could that be? To be honest, this whole thing started because of me,” Hohenheim said. “I feel it’s necessary to make amends.”

"Ok?"

“I remember you told me yesterday when you came back that you once wrote an alchemy textbook and forgot it in this world, right?”

"really."

Just yesterday, when Isaac picked up the three of them and brought them back to Munich, Isaac and Hohenheim talked about this matter, and Isaac took the opportunity to ask about the Phantom Book.

Hohenheim didn't know much about the Phantom Book, but he had heard about it from other members of the union when he was at the University of Munich. It was a secret hidden in the darkness of this world.

“Your textbooks have turned into phantom books. Only one has been recovered so far. If the other three had fallen into the hands of those with ulterior motives, what is happening now could very well have occurred,” Hohenheim said. “When I travel with Alphonse and Edward, I will help you find out about the remaining phantom books.”

"Oh, that's a great help."

Hohenheim then took out a map of Europe and drew a few lines on it.

"Isaac, you've recovered one of them, and the other one is in the hands of a man who calls himself a 'professor,' and he seems to be in Germany as well."

Are you trying to say that my textbooks are basically distributed in every corner of Germany?

“No, if I’m not mistaken, the scope should be expanded to Europe.” Hohenheim pushed up his glasses. “Eikart’s book was supposedly obtained in Italy.”

"This……"

"So we split up and started searching. Edward, Alphonse, and I set off from Germany, passing through Italy and Austria all the way to Romania, while Isaac, you can go to England to search first."

Why Britain?

"Because there are legends about magical books in England, and I happened to be quite familiar with a nobleman there when I was in England, you can go there and ask him."

As he spoke, Hohenheim took an invitation from his briefcase.

“He used to be a good friend of mine and wanted to invite me over, but I never had the chance to go.”

"I see."

Isaac accepted the invitation, which had a wax seal on it, seemingly the mark of a large family.

"Disward?"

"Yes, he is a British viscount named Wesley. I met him once a few years ago."

"Alright, I'll accept the invitation."

Isaac put the invitation in his pocket and looked at Hohenheim and his two sons.

"You can't use alchemy in this world, can you?"

"Yes, indeed."

“I can’t use it either,” Alphonse said.

“You guys will probably have trouble finding the textbook; you can’t do it without alchemy.” Isaac took out the textbook he had retrieved from Ekater from his pocket. “Take this.”

He handed the textbook to Edward.

"Is this the textbook you wrote? Let me see."