Journal from Another World

人間とモンスターの距離D・約束を果たす

They say that when monsters are born… yada-yada-yada. You probably heard that countless times, but allow me to crush that theory for once. For better or for worse I do not possess that very premonition, after all I am no monster at least we should not be considered as one.

GOLEMs, DOLLs, and MARIONETTEs categorized as Reanimated Monsters are not really monsters per se. In fact, some people perceive us closer to Faeries or Spirits than actual monsters. After all, we are lumps of MANA born from strong surge of Emotions.

We are born when we possess or lump our energies to certain elements that surround us when we are given birth and indulge ourselves to what gave us that very birth.

For example, if an influx of pure hatred to something becomes lumped, we will move under that pretext and devour or kill that we would hate. On another instance if we are born under an influx of pure happiness, we move under that pretext and keep doing what makes us happy no matter the cost.

See, we are such pure creatures, why then are we called monsters? Well, the answer lies with how this world defines the word MONSTERs. Monsters are anything or ANYONE who becomes an imminent threat or danger to society as a whole.

We, who are simple acting on a single impulse and will stop at nothing to achieve that impulse without any care for those who gets harmed is the sole reason for us to get branded as monsters by human standards.

Me, well I was born under the emotion of unadulterated mischief. My pure instinct tells me to prank anyone for anything not out of malice but for pure entertainment and it just so happened that there was a large amount of platinum in my surroundings, which eventually gave birth to a PLATINUM DOLL.

When I was still human sized, I would lure men into thinking that I was a true woman and pushed them to despair.

Torture or kill them? I am not so barbaric as to do such a thing. What’s fun in that? What excites me the most is when I see their dream girl turn out to be something they can never have… Hahahaha.

There were times when I would lure out women thinking their men are cheating at them, ahahaha. It is so hilarious.

Since there is no physical harm done against anyone, the residents did not try to kill me, they just considered my pranks a nuisance they can easily brushed off. There were even men who tried to protect me, that itself is hilarity in purest form.

However, as I got older my body grew larger, I became more of a threat and was driven out from that certain town, I kept with my pranks wherever I would go but it just became so difficult with this huge body. So, to change my approach to things, I decided to maximized my MANA and eventually becoming an Anomaly and chose to become a Dungeon.

As a Dungeon, I could do pranks more detailed and numerous when I was still a single entity although it was only limited to where my Dominion can reach me. Unfortunately, and was especially sad when no one would try to get inside my dominion. Monsters tend to stray away from dungeons. Their instincts tell them how dangerous it is inside a dungeon. It would have been better if I had chosen a place not so secluded.

That all change after a year, when three humans went in. a young man, and two children. The moment I saw them I eventually unleashed all pranks that I could fill them with despair.

On the first floor, I left them with [MONGREYS], monsters who just like me likes to prank people by throwing anything edible on them. On the desert, I made sure that it would be difficult to look for the entrances to the next floors… and my masterpiece was exiting on a toilet. Hahahaha. The look on the young man’s face was amazing.

Everything went sour when I got defeated though. Well, that is life, win some loss some. It just so happens that this time would be my loss. However contrary to my aforementioned end, the young man who defeated me asked me to keep a simple promise.

“Hope you will give this two another try after they mature in a few years or so.” I see, he was teaching these two how to become strong and my pranks helped them.

I never did once question myself why I needed to prank anyone, but thanks to him and a single promise. I received something my other kind never received before, a WILL of my own.

With that, I sought more strength and eventually evolved my Core from a ‘Rank A’ to ‘Rank S’. My Avatar (Dungeon Lord Form) also became an ORGANIC WIND PLATINUM DOLL. I had retained my platinum body, but I can now somehow coat it with anything organic, like say a synthetic skin one that looked like a human.

After amassing MANA from the surrounding areas, I needed to evolve my dungeon and increased the number of levels. I also need to upgrade the monsters that spawn in my areas.

Because of this changes, I needed to tell somebody not to come to inside the dungeon for a while. While I am in the process of converting, everything and everyone that enters becomes MANA to nourish me.

It has been a while since I have seen the outside. Unfortunately, I could not go too far outside my dominion... I could always expand, but that would be bad in a lot of ways. I was in a bind on how to inform the twins not to enter the dungeon for several of days.

As I was contemplating, three humans came. “Halt!” I commanded. I was about to tell them not to enter, the three wanted to have a go at me but I was able to scare them off by summoning three ELEMENTAL IRON GOLEMS.

The three then ran without even hearing me… Rude. Then again, if I just stayed here no one would be absorbed while I am converting so… everything is according to plan? Or so I thought…

After a few ticks the three came back and seem to have called in someone familiar. How nostalgic, I remembered throwing him in one of the pillars of my old cradle.

“Ohhh! Finally, a familiar aura!” I told the boy who was trying to erase his presence. If it were ‘me’ a several days prior, l would not have sensed him. They seem to be in guard so I called out to him “You need not be alarmed come out so we can have a talk.”

“You are?” the boy asked

“You don’t remember me?” Why, I should have left a wonderful impact after tossing them around. Wait right, I have gotten smaller “Well it can’t be helped the last time we met I was way 17 meters tall.”

“What...? The Dungeon Lord!”

“Ping pong ping pong”

“What!!!!!!!”

*****

“So, there you have it, since I have evolved, the Dungeon will be undergoing some maintenance and remodeling.” I made sure to give the familiar boy – I believed he was called Len, a rundown to why I am stopping these so-called hunters from entering my dungeon. “Just give me 7 days, by then you will have a better dungeon with 50 floors at that.”

“Well, it’s not like we can handle those IRON GOLEMS that’s tagging along side you …”

“Then boy, tell your older sister I will become much stronger than ever, make sure to catch up with me.” I gave him a smile, a smile I have never given to any human before, one not out of any malice for a prank but one that is genuine. “After all, your Master promised me that you will get stronger in a few years or so.”

“I’ll be getting a head, come at me.”