The Sorcerer King of Destruction and the Golem of the Barbarian Queen - Vol. 1 Ch. 3

[Thoughtgap]

@u2l2rq "i think the soul of skeleton girl possessed the golem the mc made, that's why its so intelligent and some kind of emotion."

In [certain settings of] Dungeons & Dragons, golems are created by binding a spirit into the golem shell. If done "properly", the spirit loses all free will, but still retains enough intelligence to interpret complex orders ["as if by magic"]. It was the rationalization for why golems didn't function more like programmed robots, but it also ended up being a pretty dark secret to the magic. While typical golems were created with nature spirits of limited intelligence and personality, it was also possible to bind more complex souls through necromancy. I recall that at least two different Forgotten Realms novels touched upon the shittiness of trapping a soul in that situation.

Anyway, point being, this wouldn't remotely be the first setting to utilize spirit binding as a form of golem animation. As such, it's perfectly reasonable to assume that, rather than just being a coincidental influx of magical happenstance derived from his desire for a companion, the situation is one where the spirit was intentionally bound [by the magic circle beneath the skeleton] with the intent of it serving as golem food. The only unexpected part, then, would be that the protagonist broke precedence by invoking a circumstance upon the golem that provided it with some degree of free will.

Between it being a long-established trope and along with the personality clues the golem has shown so far, there's just no reason not to think of the golem as being possessed by a "living" spirit.

 

[Ironclad]

 

[mdy]

Why are people saying the golem’s going to turn into the girl? He’s still on the front cover.

 

[Arvanil]

Gol tarou is bestest Boi

 

[castrix]

Boi

 

[marianolinx]

the queen appears in the

Spoiler

ch6 and yes is the golem

 

[Taerene]

poor skeleton (

 

[Fuko]

@mdy
it is japanese, eventually everything turns into girls

 

[Drifter]

It would certainly seem that the corpse was used to create the material that was in turn used to create Goltarou. That hairpin and the golem's feminine body language suggest the name might be a bit off.

 

[Tsudow]

@marianolix where did you find that image, couldn't find it on comicwalker

 

[Seink]

If this golem wasnt asexual, I am sure it would be gay ;p

 

[stal2walk]

Golem Waifu Voted

 

[CountryMage]

Rather than being a byproduct of the summoning magic circle, i think that Gol-Tarou's body was made from the condensed magic of the girl in the cell, she probably tried to force her way out before dying, and a ton of magic was poured into that white stone, enough to make it last way after her death. The residual personality of the girl in the magic stone, was probably reawakened by him pouring all his magic into it.

 

[GrimThoughts]

@CountryMage Great theory, I hope this is canon now and the golem will be able to speak lol

 

[jimmyclear]

This is becoming Slice of Life by the chapter.

 

[Luca44]

@Tsudow check LHscan (Not the translation site). it’s a site that post raw chapters regularly

 

[SilverSun]

@stal2walk voted

 

[thegoatrider]

Thanks for the work translating.

 

[Karkeys]

Damn this is really comfy. TY for translating again.

 

[BiddinWar]

RIP.. ya guys need someone to check the grammar but ty for translating anyways.