There was a facility devoted to researching the creation of artificial life.
One of its creations escaped—quietly, without anyone noticing.

For the first time, he breathed the open air, savoring its sweetness.
Then came the ambush.

Goblins—failed prototypes from that very same facility—swarmed him. They tore him apart and left him dead. As they gathered to feast on the body, something impossible happened.

The homunculus woke up.

Fire exploded outward in a violent surge, erasing every goblin in an instant.
But the being that rose from the ashes was no longer what it had been before.

It wasn't a homunculus at all.
It was something entirely new.

After reducing the facility to ruins, it set off into the world. The first life it saved belonged to a runaway princess. Cliché, I know.
But one event led to another… and then another… until, somehow, both the princess and her guard ended up owing him ten million gold coins.

Unfortunately, the princess had no gold.

He was generous, though.

So he simply made them his slaves.

Muahahaha—what an interesting turn of events.

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There will be some mistakes, so please point them out and I'll correct them.

I'm still writing it on Patreon, so visit there to see the early drafts.

AN: This is an AI-assisted project.