I stood in my alchemy lab, staring at the half-finished golem I'd been working on before the whole Lustrous Indulgence business kicked off.
"Haah…"
The thing looked pathetic now—lumpy clay body, mismatched limbs, that asymmetrical aesthetic I'd somehow convinced myself was 'functional'.
My enhanced left eye tracked over every circuit etched into its surface, and all I could see were flaws, inefficiencies, and compromises born from my weaker senses and limited understanding.
"Well, might as well properly invest my time into this thing."
I cracked my knuckles and got to work dismantling the golem.
No point salvaging something that wouldn't meet my current standards.
The clay came apart easier than I expected, revealing the circuits I'd painstakingly engraved inside, alongside all of the natural parts created through pure alchemy.
I stored the components carefully—waste not, want not—but my focus had already shifted to what came next.
