Except for the long horns on her forehead that looked like machine antennas, the girl was no different from ordinary people. She was wearing a pure white wedding dress and floating quietly in the transparent coffin.
From Matthew's perspective, it can even be considered beautiful.
"Mr. Frankenstein's... bride? Is this...?"
But Matthew couldn't compare the girl in front of him with Frankenstein, who was already a successful doctor despite being polite.
It is even more impossible to connect it with the image of "Frankenstein's monster" in my traditional impression.
Although compared in terms of mystery and real horror, Frankenstein, who loves beautiful things and knows how to appreciate poetry, is incomparable to traditional ghosts such as Dracula and the Mummy.
But in terms of popularity, the tall monster made of corpses stitched together, the undead creature with strange powers and powered by lightning, and the "Frankenstein's monster" with a square head and a bolt inserted into its head can be said to be the most famous in human history. One of the images.
And now tell Matthew that the terrifying monster is actually just
"It seems that although you are from the future and know Frankenstein's secret, you do not fully know it."
Frankenstein said meaningfully.
"Well, after all, the only record that has actually survived is the one written by Mary Shelley. Although it is very famous, basically everyone just regards it as a story that only exists in fantasy."
Matthew explained this.
"...Can I know the ending of Frankenstein?"
"…Sure, if you want."
After a moment of silence, Matthew decided to tell Frankenstein what he knew.
After all, everything will be corrected after the singularity is repaired. If the person involved wants to know what will happen in the future, Matthew actually has no reason to reject them.
What's more, the content in "Frankenstein" does not seem to take place 100% in the real world, but is merely an adaptation of an existing prototype.
Although he always felt a strange feeling that was a bit inconsistent but could not explain it, Matthew did not think deeply and still told what he knew:
"The... monster you created was abandoned by you because it was too ugly. At the same time, he was unable to join human society while wandering. He became resentful and began to take revenge on you and your family. , in the end your brother, father and fiancée all died at the hands of the monster... In the end, having lost everything, you hunted him down until they both died in the cold ocean."
"That's it...I didn't expect it to be described like this..."
"What's the truth? Dr. Frankenstein."
"My father and brother did pass away...but it was not her fault, but an accident. When I was studying alone in London, my family in Switzerland almost all were killed or injured in a fire. Only my childhood sweetheart and adopted sister—Elizabeth—is left.
After losing everything in Switzerland, we decided to start over in London. However, fate was not going to take pity on me. Just when I thought I had emerged from the darkness, my only remaining lover also left me on our wedding day. Although I was A magician, but unable to do anything about the disease that plagued her. "
"Sorry, Dr. Frankenstein..."
Matthew apologizes for opening Frankenstein's scar with his reckless question.
"It doesn't matter. It's been a long time. It's been so long that I can't remember my father's face. But, I can't leave my beloved behind except Elizabeth. So I tried to resurrect her. Corpse, and stole the surrounding corpses for experiments, and finally I successfully resurrected her body————”
"So is this the resurrected Miss Elizabeth?"
Matthew asked looking at the girl in the crystal coffin.
"Yes, but no."
Frankenstein smiled bitterly, and then continued:
"Although I resurrected her body, I can no longer find her soul. Although the resurrected creature has exactly the same appearance as my Elizabeth, it is already a completely different person inside. Hers Her nature is cruel, her heart is empty, she is born unable to understand emotions, let alone love.
Calling her a monster... is indeed correct. Although her appearance is not ugly, I still abandoned her as you said.
However, the ending was slightly off. In the end, I chased her to the North Pole and did not die with her. Instead, I finally realized that I could not become a human being after all. She took the initiative to give up thinking and life as she lived under the sun like others. , giving up the possibility of becoming a new creature that can replace humans.
But it's really strange, why would I carry her back and give her life with thunder and lightning again? "
Frankenstein asked himself mockingly.
"Dr. Frankenstein......"
Matthew frowned and looked at him sympathetically.
"Even just looking at her appearance like this is enough for me."
Frankenstein opened the lid of the crystal coffin, and the girl who had been sleeping inside sat up straight like a conditioned reflex.
"There is no need to be afraid, Miss Matthew. As you know, the monster is dead. What is left here is just a living corpse."
"But Dr. Frankenstein you clearly resurrected her again, didn't you?"
And perhaps out of sympathy with the beings who were also created, Matthew wanted to talk to Frankenstein's monster.
"Maybe her brain gave up thinking on its own initiative. Anyway, after I resurrected her, she became this empty shell with only her body left."
"The walking dead (Livng dead)..."
Matthew looked at the girl who stood up with her hands held by Victor Frankenstein and guided her out of the coffin step by step, and said with a complicated expression.
"Walking dead, Living dead? Is this what you people in the future call humans in this state? It's really appropriate. But we don't have that leisure time to lament my past. Let's inform Hyde above about our operation. It’s about to begin.”
Victor Frankenstein said after placing the girl in a white wedding dress on the chair.
And the girl's lifeless eyes were staring straight at Mashu, as if she wanted to say something.
"By the way, let's call her Fran. Although she is not Elizabeth, she is still Frankenstein."
Victor Frankenstein, added.
"Yes, I will escort senior down right now."
Mashu nodded and said.
Whatever the fate of Frankenstein's monster, it is now irrelevant to them in this singularity.
