A Real Human Being: Chapter 23
Added 2026-01-14 14:47:13 +0000 UTC
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Just try to fucking stop 'em.
Wiererid
2026-02-08 01:13:20 +0000 UTCKinda but not really. Instead of sewing together flesh, you instead sew together a magical core of a monster. Otherwise, yes.
Wiererid
2026-02-08 01:13:04 +0000 UTCWell, since I'm really late in reading this chapter, I will ask one thing - will Protos give his life for Aiur?
TheOchreKnight
2026-01-28 11:34:49 +0000 UTCLooking forward to seeing how Chimerology works in the future. It's literally Frankenstein's magic science, right? Thats epic! Tho based on Protos, it's a lot better at making them really cute.
Nine
2026-01-26 18:35:55 +0000 UTCYknow, im curious. Frieren stopped travelling and became a Hermit 600 years before Himmel found her. And we saw Frieren make mention that she should stop travelling soon after killing the umbra mage Demon. Hmm..I wonder, will Albert meet up with Voll the Dwarf at some point since they're in the Northern Lands and become friends or acquaintances? π€ I was just wondering because Voll the Old was having trouble remembering his wife, either face, eyes or voice, and I thought it'd be PERFECT for the Memory Mage Demon Albert to pop up for him at some point in his life. I don't think he's been born just yet, but its pretty close. I think we're around nearly 400 years before canon now? Or cloae enough to it. Somewhere between 400 and 430, maybe?
Deathknight134
2026-01-25 19:40:56 +0000 UTCThank you Jojo.
Wiererid
2026-01-18 17:46:20 +0000 UTCMayhaps.
Wiererid
2026-01-18 17:44:58 +0000 UTCGrazie per il capitolo, e fantastico .
Giovanni Laurito
2026-01-18 14:26:58 +0000 UTCLisch about to live up to his name?
Alexander
2026-01-17 20:41:10 +0000 UTCVery happy to hear that, I was sorta nervous about this chapter.
Wiererid
2026-01-16 20:42:49 +0000 UTCMore will be written!
Wiererid
2026-01-16 20:42:27 +0000 UTCYou take this back
Wiererid
2026-01-16 20:42:18 +0000 UTCI fucking love this book man.
Winmau5
2026-01-16 08:57:21 +0000 UTCDesperate for more of this.
FrostyNips
2026-01-16 05:57:21 +0000 UTCMy boy Lisch is finally Nagash maxing. Such is his power
Happy Chaos
2026-01-16 05:10:43 +0000 UTCIn the previous chapter before 10 years into 40 years time skip, the CREATURE was started being created. It was the biological machine to process emotions that Teuflisch proposed. Obviously Albert came to the next place only after he was done building it.
Wiererid
2026-01-15 18:50:09 +0000 UTCI donβt know if I skimmed something or just outright missed something but was there a mention of the cat being created earlier in the chapter or in previous chapters? Seemed out of the blue for it to suddenly appear.
Connor
2026-01-15 15:27:46 +0000 UTCThank you. Will do.
Wiererid
2026-01-15 14:44:02 +0000 UTCThe last few chapters have been so peak I knew I had to subscribe. I did a reread and saw how much Albert has changed since chapter one, definitely looking forward to seeing how becoming a teacher affects him.
SirSpudicus
2026-01-15 14:36:43 +0000 UTCKinda, sorta. yes.
Wiererid
2026-01-15 11:19:25 +0000 UTCSo, basically Albert is building Hogwarts with Lisch playing either basilisk or sentient tree guardian?
GrinBean
2026-01-15 10:39:29 +0000 UTCThank you for your kind words. I'll try to deliver the next chapter sooner to give you your worth I guess.
Wiererid
2026-01-15 04:21:05 +0000 UTCAlbert is a bit limited by the monsters that do exist. I remind you that he can't customly grow core pieces he needs, he has to harvest them in the right configurations from the right creatures. As for humans using knowledge in poor ways... Well, that would happen with any progress, true.
Wiererid
2026-01-15 04:20:28 +0000 UTCNah, the vines here are way too far from Irem. The ones here are actually vines, for one. Thanks for the kind words. Albert is already a grandma in every way that counts. Protos is as cute as he is because otherwise the little bastard will be murdered. His cuteness is a survival trait for his shitty character.
Wiererid
2026-01-15 04:18:41 +0000 UTCNo, but the heart still sure does look like one, does it not? Especially with how much he would want to protect it.
Wiererid
2026-01-15 04:16:32 +0000 UTCNah, he'll lich.
Wiererid
2026-01-15 04:14:59 +0000 UTCLisch turning his name into a noun.
Wiererid
2026-01-15 04:14:28 +0000 UTCYes, Protos has no mouth, that is the joke.
Wiererid
2026-01-15 04:14:04 +0000 UTCNot exactly how I would have taken it, but not too far either.
Wiererid
2026-01-15 04:13:42 +0000 UTCI sort of loved juggling between obvious answers and following troped and deviating. It's a fun mix up.
Wiererid
2026-01-15 04:11:29 +0000 UTCGlad to hear it.
Wiererid
2026-01-15 04:10:31 +0000 UTCWhile hilarious, thats not the main reason.
Wiererid
2026-01-15 04:06:34 +0000 UTCWell, I am glad to hear it, that was the goal. Hopefully it was satisfying.
Wiererid
2026-01-15 04:06:11 +0000 UTCDepends a bit on what package will be traveling with the spell. There is also no active war right now.
Wiererid
2026-01-15 04:05:47 +0000 UTCIt's designed to be adorable (to prompt less of a retaliation for its personality and eating habbits).
Wiererid
2026-01-15 04:03:56 +0000 UTCI am glad this turned out enjoyable. I was very uncertain how engaging the chapter will prove.
Wiererid
2026-01-15 04:02:56 +0000 UTCThank you!
Wiererid
2026-01-15 04:02:00 +0000 UTCI can finally make sure that set up pays off.
Wiererid
2026-01-15 04:01:51 +0000 UTCI wanted to include it for a LONG TIME.
Wiererid
2026-01-15 04:01:03 +0000 UTCIndeed. Probably got corrected by grammarly like this.
Wiererid
2026-01-15 04:00:50 +0000 UTCProtos eats emotions. The emotions he eats are forever recorded in his core. More details will be revealed.
Wiererid
2026-01-15 04:00:16 +0000 UTCYeah. Honestly, the idea for this chapter was way too ambitious, and I am not sure Hanseln's chapter POV was entertaining enough.
Wiererid
2026-01-15 03:59:07 +0000 UTCIndeed. I lost count how many fakeouts there was by this point, but it's finally there.
Wiererid
2026-01-15 03:58:10 +0000 UTCYou don't want to know.
Wiererid
2026-01-15 03:57:35 +0000 UTCHow does it mroaawww without a mouth
Mrfacemanlol
2026-01-15 03:06:28 +0000 UTCWell, the madlad actually did it, he became a Lich.
N0T0B0K
2026-01-15 01:55:42 +0000 UTCWhyβs it taking so long for the new chapterβ¦. Oh itβs only 3 times the normal length
Sour
2026-01-15 01:39:48 +0000 UTCIt's pretty interesting where things are going. Him developing a school is really cool, and it was my understanding that he developed Protos to lessen his homicidal urges since he'll be interacting with a lot more people like this. I am a little confused though, it was said that Protos can consume one emotion, or record one emotion? but at the end they seem to be draining all of the emotions, and it sounds like the school is instead a way for Protos to absorb a lot of emotions from the students for Albert to study?
Nictis
2026-01-15 00:43:00 +0000 UTCThe next one would not need no real body. I think should be 'not need a real body'
Nictis
2026-01-15 00:39:35 +0000 UTCI really liked the monologue about goddesses magic it really expands the world
gabisvabi
2026-01-15 00:13:59 +0000 UTCyour most recent chapter, the previous one was so good, and the reveal of S that it got me to pledge, will probably be an on again off again type, but this story is phenomenal
anon patron
2026-01-14 23:54:41 +0000 UTCWill Albert try recreate any creature he remembers from his human life like pokemon or final fantasy? I could see this type of monster research creation could inevitably lead to horrible monstrous creatures being created from degenerate human mages.
Technobread
2026-01-14 23:24:45 +0000 UTClovely dovely I love seeing this again, hi wiererid! albert you lovable menance keep being himself. I wonder if the next kid's bribe is the knitting toys? Will he learn baking or sweet-making? gotta add to the grandma vibes! protos a cute lil bugger i imagine it other breatherin will have a favorite emotion flavor, funniest is gonna be the mood killer type lische my guy got Albert in a frumply cat mode I wonder if vines in the house are the same type the king once used for his people, but it's a subspecies adapted to that land!
angie bell
2026-01-14 23:20:29 +0000 UTCThe monster ate and recorded your rage and frustration at your friend becoming a Lich......... OMG. Did he use the heart as a Phylactery?
StarBat
2026-01-14 23:20:26 +0000 UTCTy
Alba
2026-01-14 23:04:08 +0000 UTCWhen your best buddy tries to become a Lich but becomes a Transhuman Mind Upload instead
Grey Jack
2026-01-14 22:06:00 +0000 UTCTFTC!
Voral
2026-01-14 20:01:23 +0000 UTCCute monster, Lisch fulfilling his name, and Albert making Hogwarts. Love the setup in this chapter
Dan The man
2026-01-14 19:05:13 +0000 UTCBeautiful chapter. And he should have given Protos a mouth. All the better for it the Mraow with.
Darkarma
2026-01-14 18:52:52 +0000 UTCMy theory is that the Goddess magic is a complete magic system based on her logic. Each individual spell is a fixed function because they are part of a greater whole. It cannot be modified because it subtly relies on the other spells encoded to keep itself stable. To modify it people would need to study the entire array of the goddess spells and piece them together like a giant magical Frame Puzzle. Once you do that you can pretty much create your own magical frame puzzles and let random solve it.
Eternity Smut
2026-01-14 18:49:45 +0000 UTCDemons have been shown to have pointed ears.
AnonymousJohn
2026-01-14 18:48:29 +0000 UTCI really enjoyed this chapter. I think the foreshadowing on Lisch is really good. In retrospect this outcome was super obvious, but I also had zero suspicion in advance. Even if maybe I should've. He's just not the searching for immortality type.
Green0Photon
2026-01-14 18:41:29 +0000 UTCLich*
Deathknight134
2026-01-14 17:47:21 +0000 UTCChapter looks good to me.
Baron of Awesome
2026-01-14 17:46:39 +0000 UTC"He reached up and deliberately touched the pointed tip of his ear," Huh, did he alter his core to give him elven ears instead of his normal ears (which appear round in his art) to help sell the deception of everyone thinking he's an elf? I saw no mention of this before by Albert, which is interesting. This was an absolutely amazing chapter. I love it. And I didn't expect to see Zaudern again even if I wanted to ask about Albert not fulfilling his promiss of meeting up with them after they've become Adventurers for a while. But Artificial Creatures, ey? I wonder what Serie willthink of this once their creations and distribution reach her? What will Frieren think of it? I imagine that in the future, stationary Mages will at least have one around to comfort them and help deal with their frustrations or anger. Its too useful not to. And I hope Lisch succeeded, honestly. It would be tragic if he failed. π
Deathknight134
2026-01-14 17:46:16 +0000 UTCOr it could be like Slugma from pokemon
Eternity Smut
2026-01-14 17:31:51 +0000 UTChmmm~ so albert gave himself pointed ears... I was wondering why people accepted that he was an elf so easily... does that mean when serie's student shows up, she'll actually think albert is a male elf? lol. it must be a kick i the teeth to that enchanter, that he begged to be taught as a kid, and was refused and now albert is making a school 70 years later... lol, I wonder if he will claim the animal is to help people meditate? eating emotions could seem sinister otherwise.... ohhh do you think ppl will think he was over exposed to it and that's why he's so blank? xD lisch became a lich? noooo, really? lol albert that was so obvious~ I'm hoping he succeeded though... albert deserves a friend that will stay~ it's a great chapter~ I'm glad we got to see albert from a stranger's pov~ do you think that the baker's wife will make a new bakery? or do something else? edit: "The next one would be fire itself, given shape." calcifer, is that you? xD is albert going to be howl? will he upgrade go a moving castle? I'm here for it tbh... what else would you do with eternity?
MagicWafflez
2026-01-14 17:19:52 +0000 UTCHe truly is a real Disney Princess. Edit: ah I just realized Albert is prioritizing the fire elemental to help with house fires in the city like what happened to that woman's late husband.
Yeno .M Evig
2026-01-14 16:29:43 +0000 UTCI like this chapter a lot. It sets up a lot of different things.
Turncoat
2026-01-14 16:29:03 +0000 UTCDemon slice of life continues, while the war between the Demons and Humans is still ongoing? And his friend wishes for immortality... I wonder if the tracking spell on the faraway correspondence in the last chapter is going to be noticed by him.
Duke of Coffee
2026-01-14 16:22:40 +0000 UTCI imagined Protos to be a bit scarier :p
drdwastaken
2026-01-14 16:19:11 +0000 UTCOh, the necromancer became a Litch, didn't he? (Unless he died, but I doubt that.)
Starking63452
2026-01-14 15:55:52 +0000 UTCThis was very good. I am eager to see how our main character deals with teaching others.
Mr Burns
2026-01-14 15:40:06 +0000 UTCTFTC! Welcome back!
Dandy Ghost
2026-01-14 15:26:48 +0000 UTCGreat chapter. Lisch is going to be a lich, I presume. Haha.
Morticus Mortem
2026-01-14 15:19:06 +0000 UTC
