Isekaid 40ish Man Returns, Regressed as a Peerless 17-Year-Old - Chapter 5.03

「You have a child?」

「I had a hard time. After all, I had a hard time having a child since I couldn’t feel doing it with this body. I tried all kinds of drugs developed by humans but we nullify most drugs in the first place….No, I don’t need to tell you the details. Anyway, we have succeeded in having a child.」

Susanoo let out a small sigh and continued.

I don’t want to hear anything too graphic about a variant’s sexual situation, you know.

「What was born was a normal human child.」

That is to say, they are unable to procreate by their own will – or instinct, if you prefer to call it that.

As he says, if all living things are meant to procreate, then variant is the only one like that.

I don’t know how wonderful it is to have offspring.

However, I can only imagine what it must be like to find out that we are the only ones who can’t do what all living things can do.

I can only imagine.

I’ve never had children after all.

「I couldn’t bear to eat my child so I had humans raise my child secretly.」

「So you feel like that too.」

「….you’re wrong. I just remembered myself before I became a variant and immersed myself in sentimentality.」

I don’t know if this sad expression is fake or genuine.

However, I believe that he had a desire to tell these stories.

「Do you despair of not being able to leave a seed?」

「No, it didn’t shock me as much as I imagined it would. However, I became more interested in the creatures called variants. Thus, I’m curious to know what those who have the power to defeat us think of us. 」

「I see. If I were to fully believe what you just said, that means you are our natural enemy.」

「I suppose so. So, are you going to wipe us out?」

「No.」

「Heh….why is that?」

Susanoo leaned forward a little, he looked curious.

「Bears and lions are the same in the sense that they can “kill and eat humans”. It doesn’t matter to the prey whether the predator can leave a seed or not.」

Unless, of course, they are increasing at an extraordinary rate.

「However, unlike bears, we only eat humans. The only way for us to survive is to eat humans.」

「That may be so but many humans are being eaten by beasts all over the world. Not many people care about that.」

「You are more ruthless than expected for a 17 years old.」

「However, I will not tolerate anyone who’ll mess around me. A bear that is afraid of humans will not come down to the countryside that often. I’m not going to say that some of you are good guys or that I will kill as many bears as possible to prevent them from harming humans. The only question is how to kill those who crossed the line. 」

「And you seem to have the power to back that statement up.」

「It’s not a question of power. It’s about “if you come to kill me, I’ll kill you instead”.」

I’m fully aware without power to back me up, this is nothing but an empty statement.

「I see, interesting. Thanks. In return….I promise not to try to eat you and Shiratori-kun.」

「Is that so?」

I’m not the kind of berserker who will kill someone who talks like this from the bottom of his heart.

However, at the same time, I’m not going to be stupid enough to believe a unilateral promise that a variant imposed on me.