“W… What are you talking about?” Young-Joon asked in confusion. “Rosaline is a virus? Rosaline Syndrome? A disease like that doesn’t exist.”0

“I never said it was a disease. In medicine, a syndrome is defined as a set of symptoms that occur together, but genetics defines it as any combination of genetic expression,” Elsie said. “Your intelligence grew to transcend human limits as Rosaline’s intelligence genes were expressed, and you were able to look down on the biological world with her power. I named this phenomenon the Rosaline Syndrome, a name I arbitrarily chose when I first discovered her.”0

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There was a moment of silence. Young-Joon glanced at Rosaline, and she looked at Elsie, slightly surprised. 0

“Elsie, Rosaline is not a virus,” Young-Joon said. 0

“Well, not compared to the viruses we know. Rosaline is much more complex than that,” Elsie said. “But think about it, Doctor Ryu. An organism that can’t survive outside of its host, uses its host’s nutrition and energy sources for its reproduction, is smaller than a single cell, and is bordering between living and nonliving things:...0