The Man Who Doesn't Age, The Rumor That Doesn't Die: The Glitch Named Count Saint-Germain

Chapter 1

The Man Who Made Everyone Buzz When He Handed Out His Business Card

18th-century Europe.
When it comes to aristocratic high society, it was the front line of a status-seeking battle.

My family has been Dukes of So-and-So for generations.
No, no, my ancestors returned from the Crusades, you see.

One day, a man quietly appears in such a place.

I am Count Saint-Germain.

Who...?

Family tree? Unknown.
Territory? Unknown.
Proof of nobility? None.

And yet, strangely enough—
No one could kick him out.

Why?

His stories are fascinating.
His education is extraordinary.
He has money.
Plus, he is incredibly refined.

Even though he is suspicious as can be,
Wow... some kind of amazing person has arrived...
is the atmosphere that takes over.

This is already the entrance to a horror story.

Chapter 2

Didn't That Knowledge Come Before Wikipedia?

The Count talks.

He talks and talks.

Ancient Egyptian rituals.
Greek philosophy.
Medieval alchemy.
Gemstone processing techniques.
Music theory.

And what's more,

he says things like, 'Ah, back then...'

Back then!?

It's like,

Yeah, that era was tough.
The aristocrats listening are thinking this inside.
(Wait? How old is this guy?)

And what's even scarier is,

his face doesn't change even after decades.

He has the same face as the Count I met when I was young...
No, I met him 30 years ago and he's the same...

This is the kind of thing that,
slowly freezes high society.

Chapter 3

The Man Who Doesn't Eat, But Doesn't Die

A banquet.
Luxurious dishes are lined up.

The aristocrats are munching away.
The Count is just watching.

Count, will you not have anything?

Then he smiles and says one thing.

Yes, I am satisfied with just a special concoction.

No, no, no.

That is,
the line of an alchemist.

And besides,
he doesn't touch wine or meat.

Yet he is energetic.

His skin is glowing.
His eyes are sparkling.

He is more like,
a high-performance appliance than a human.

Chapter 4

Don't Make Gold, Fix Gemstones

From here, the occult accelerates all at once.

Rumors of Count Saint-Germain's alchemy spread.
He can make gold.

No, he removed a flaw from a gemstone.
He changed the color of a diamond.
And he doesn't deny it.

It's possible.

So casual!!!

Why is his energy so low!?

Usually, this is where you'd say,

Hahaha! Behold my power!
or something, right?
But the Count,

has the temperature of,
Well, if you ask me to do it...
This composure is scary in its own way.

Chapter 5

The Terror of Kings Trusting Him

Suspicious.
No matter how you look at it, he's suspicious.

And yet—

Louis XV
Madame de Pompadour
Frederick the Great

They all relied on the Count.

This is the biggest mystery.

Kings, you see,
don't like suspicious people.
Because of things like assassinations.

Yet only Count Saint-Germain,

they'd say, 'Well, he's fine.'

This is,

beyond charisma, one step away from brainwashing.

Chapter 6

He Should Be Dead, But He Keeps Showing Up

1784.
A death record for the Count remains.

The end?

No, it doesn't end.

Seen during the French Revolution.
Appeared in a 19th-century secret society.
Testimonies of 'I met him yesterday' keep popping up.

What is going on?

A person who should be dead,
is treated as if he was 'just participating normally.'
This is already,

an urban legend manufacturing machine.

Chapter 7

Immortal, Genius, or Just a Monster?

In the occult world,
Count Saint-Germain is called these things:

The Immortal Sage.
Ascended Master.
A being who guides humanity.

On the other hand, from a realistic perspective,

Superhuman memory.
Multiple-person theory.
A spy hiding his true identity.

All of them seem plausible,
but none have a decisive answer.

That is why even now—
he continues to be talked about.

Final Chapter

In the End, What Was His True Identity?

Count Saint-Germain,
might have been a being like this.

How far humans have dreamed of 'immortality'.
How far knowledge can bring a person closer to a god.

The symbol of that.

That is why he,
doesn't end even if he dies.

In rumors,
in eyewitness accounts,
in the occult—
he is still alive.

And today, too,
he might be saying this in some salon somewhere.

Oh? My age?
Well... it's best not to worry about it.

No, I'm incredibly worried about it!!!