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"But a crucial factor in determining the quality of a person's day is how well they sleep. Therefore, childhood is extremely important, both in terms of personality development and education."

"But this child has already missed out on childhood?" Alice frowned sadly.

Ilya's physical appearance is only five or six years old, about the same age as Karen.

However, Karen is still a mortal child born after ten months of pregnancy, and her physical abnormalities have already made her mental state very special and precocious.

This is especially true for Ilya.

Sera and Lizzie, who were produced in the same batch as her, already had the mentality of fully grown adults, and their minds and knowledge had been prematurely matured.

Ilya already possesses the same level of intelligence and knowledge as them, but with a different focus, which has led to her personality and way of thinking becoming almost fixed.

In this situation, even if Luo Zhen used the Third Law to grant her immortality.

I wonder if it will take her decades or centuries to escape this state.

Irisviel frowned sadly: "I want to help this child."

“Even if it takes decades, I want her to learn how to express her feelings and understand that she is not a weapon… Darling, I want to be her real mother, is that okay?”

“Of course.” Luo Zhen took Irisviel’s hand.

Compassion for her blood relatives, Irisviel's own kindness, and even the sense of responsibility that Ilya was born because of her, all destined Irisviel to never abandon this girl.

Her affairs are also Luo Zhen's affairs.

Then, Luo Zhen came up with a solution.

"I might be able to improve Ilya's mental state, but it will take several years of practice."

Luo Zhen looked into Irisviel's expectant eyes.

He continued, "Seal off Ilya, whose spirit has now become solidified."

"Then I modified Ilya's body so that she could continue to grow like a normal child. I created a physical personality, a pure child starting from scratch."

"Let the physical personality take the lead, while the spiritual personality remains dormant. Create an artificial dual personality, allowing the body to influence the mind."

"Given time, your personality will definitely be transformed. It's just that it's uncertain how many years it will take. And after your personality is liberated, Alice, you'll essentially have two children. Is that alright?"

"Two kids...that's amazing! (€€€€€€€€€€€)"

Alice was overjoyed and excitedly pounced on Luo Zhen on the bed, kissing him fiercely!

Luo Zhen also had to be careful not to crush Ilya.

"..."

Awakened, Ilya glanced at them, her pupils devoid of any luster, cold and indifferent.

Irisviel nodded repeatedly, tears of joy streaming down her face, "I do, I absolutely do!"

"Whether it's the Illya of today or the Illya of the future, I love every version of Illya! I will definitely love them well and make them happy! ...Just like my husband, you make me happy~"

“Indeed,” Luo Zhen said. “If you think about it that way, I’ll have to create an Illya myself.”

Is this what it feels like to be a father?

Luo Zhen also has to shoulder the responsibility of creating a life, and he has to take good care of Illya.

Chapter 147 Clock Tower Conquest Plan (4k)

The next day, Luo Zhen immediately began preparations for sealing Illya's mind.

Ilya is an artificial human, and according to modern scientific concepts, she is very close to a clone.

She was also an individual formed by meticulously modifying and then accelerating the maturation of the Winter Saintess's genes.

This raises a question that is difficult to define in both the magic and science communities: What exactly is Ilya?

If we're only referring to this physical body, then Ilya is undoubtedly alive.

With just a little modification, we can restore her growth potential and ensure she can grow up healthy in the future.

But when it comes to memory, personality, ways of thinking, or even the more ambiguous soul, there are no answers.

Irisviel certainly wanted to preserve the emotionally detached Ilya she was in now, rather than erasing her current personality and creating a new one.

Therefore, it is necessary to define Ilya and preserve her current personality.

Luo Zhen was drawing a magic formula in the room.

He shrugged one shoulder, holding his phone between his ears, listening to Orange's rambling explanation on the other end of the line.

Orange is a typical obsessive-compulsive and perfectionist with extremely high requirements for precise rituals and utensils.

If she weren't currently busy arguing with her teacher who was far away at the Clock Tower, she would really like to fly to Germany herself to perform surgery on Ilya.

Luo Zhen listened to Orange's repeated instructions on the absurd requirement that "the rune angle deviation cannot exceed 0.5 millimeters," and kept nodding in agreement.

As for how accurate the drawing actually is... well, it doesn't matter, as long as it's successful!

After chatting on the phone for an hour, Orange finally hung up reluctantly.

Luo Zhen twisted his stiff shoulders: "Even in the perfect state of 'soul materialization,' the body will still get tired. No, it's the mind that's tired?"

After all, the body and soul are already immortal and have no needs.

If even the mind doesn't get tired, then humanity will surely be lost rapidly, and eventually one will become a monster.

Luo Zhen was glad that he could still feel tired; it was a good thing.

"Honey, you've worked so hard~"

The thoughtful Mrs. Alice massaged Luo Zhen's shoulders and gave him a kiss on the corner of his mouth.

When Luo Zhen was enveloped in her overflowing heart, his arms and shoulders instantly stopped aching.

Luo Zhen picked up Illya, who had been lulled to sleep by Irisviel, and gently placed her in the center of the magic circle.

While preparing for the ceremony, Luo Zhen asked, "Aili, guess what? Do you know why Orange can resurrect infinitely, and why each of her backup bodies is a perfect version of herself?"

"Can I guess?" Alice blinked curiously.

Her question meant, "Is it really okay to speculate about the orange's magic trick?"

After all, every magician will stick to their own magic principles.

The more people recognize a mysterious essence, the weaker its power becomes. Therefore, it is easy to become a mortal enemy if you try to pry into the magic principles of others.

Luo Zhen gave a thumbs up: "No problem, go ahead and guess."

Since Narojin had said so, Irisviel nodded.

"I've heard that Orange can create doll bodies that are exactly the same as real people. Judging from my current experience using the body she made, this is an absolutely realistic assessment. It's truly remarkable."

"But if all you can do is create a human body that looks incredibly realistic, that doesn't qualify you as a Grand Magician. After all, modern science has started developing genetic engineering, so if you just want to create a person, you can just clone them."

Aozaki Touko's puppetry, with its perfect replication and infinite resurrection capabilities that astonished the entire magic world, was far more than just creating a physical shell.

Besides, Orange doesn't like blood.

The materials used for her doll body are all inorganic, so they will not rot no matter how long they are stored.

Only when a person's soul is incorporated into the body will the inorganic doll-like body instantly transform into a living, breathing flesh, becoming a true human being.

It is precisely because of this property that oranges can maintain spare bodies all over the world, waiting to be activated if they suddenly die.

This is a miracle of turning lead into gold; it's only one step away from magic.

Even when the sealing order was given to Touko, many people in the Clock Tower speculated: "Touko Aozaki may have already reached the Third Law."

Irisviel's heart skipped a beat: "Miss Orange, have you developed a technique to manipulate souls? Like when you transferred my soul from my original body to this new one?"

“Yes, or more accurately, it’s soul transfer.” Luo Zhen nodded.

Orange, of course, cannot materialize its soul; it cannot make its soul immortal.

At the same time, the technology used in Orange is not a clone.

The dolls she creates are all inorganic matter. They cannot develop their own souls or consciousness, meaning they cannot become new life.

What she developed was a technology for transferring souls.

It can perfectly transplant the soul of a living being into a new body, giving this inorganic body the properties of a "living being," and then it truly becomes a perfect living person.

Luo Zhen continued, "The reason why she can be resurrected infinitely and each body can perfectly inherit her memories is also very simple."

"Because every part of her body is like her finger, and a person doesn't lose their memory just because they hurt a finger."

"...So, Miss Orange's soul isn't in her current body?" Irisviel was astonished.

This conclusion is correct, but not entirely correct.

Luo Zhen explained to her, "Chengzi has transformed herself into the 'collective unconscious'."

"Because she is an extremely rational person. And because she can create a perfect body, she no longer sees any difference between real and fake. Her spirituality is perfect enough that she has truly managed to untie her soul and spirit from her body."

"Her self-awareness is perfectly fine. Humans only have one pair of eyes and one mouth, so she can only control one body at a time. At the same time, her soul exists in every one of her bodies, yet it doesn't exist anywhere else, just like a chess player who controls pieces from a higher dimension."

"When a body dies, it simply switches to the next body to start. No one can capture or destroy her soul unless all her existing bodies are destroyed together. In fact, this nature is closer to the second law than to the third law."

Orange is indeed a peerless genius. If she had been born in the Age of Gods, she would definitely have been a great witch villain who would have gone down in history.

Irisviel listened in stunned silence, clapping her hands in admiration.