Chapter 158: Incomplete Resurrection (2)
“This is strange.”
From the moment I opened my eyes,
I was plagued by a strange sense of unease.
A man I had never seen before.
He seemed quite strong for a human, but that was all.
Naturally, I assumed he was someone’s servant or lackey.
“Those eyes. Caligula. It seems the soul transplant was a success.”
“My, oh my… Do you know me?”
“Don’t you remember me?”
“······.”
A look of bewilderment crossed the man’s face as he spoke.
His expression was as if he had not expected this situation.
There was also a hint of unfathomable depth in his gaze.
“I am······.”
The man seemed to choke up, unable to finish his sentence.
“My comrade! It seems I’ve gotten a new one. Since I’ve become this body, it means I’ve died and been resurrected. You’re the one who brought me back to life······. Right?”
“Yes. As you say. I am the Necromancer Mijung, one of the Four Heavenly Kings.”
“······.”
Only then did the man reply with a faint smile.
I am your ‘comrade’.
A simple relationship.
‘This is still strange.’
Once again, I felt a sense of unease, but I ignored it.
From our conversation, I could tell that the man was a skilled necromancer.
Even Luna would not have been able to resurrect me if my body had been torn to shreds.
This man, despite his frail body, had managed to bring me back to life.
But strangely enough,
this man did not ask for anything in return.
As if it were something he had done out of duty.
He simply handed me a warm cup of chocolate and gazed at me with a mixture of concern and pity.
“Do you really not remember anything? Tell me anything you can remember.”
The man was fixated on my memory.
As if he could not believe that I had lost my memory.
He was particularly curious if I remembered anything about our relationship.
Suspicion grew,
gradually transforming into certainty.
My relationship with this man was definitely not ordinary.
I did not know what it was, but it was clear that it was a relationship that had been accompanied by intense emotions.
The man’s demeanor,
and the way my body and mind felt at ease whenever I looked at him.
When I put all of these things together, there was only one conclusion I could reach.
“Human child······.”
“Call me Mijung.”
“Mijung······. There’s something I’m curious about. May I ask?”
“Anything.”
“By any chance······. Were we lovers in the past······?”
We were in love with each other.
No matter how much I thought about it, that much was clear.
It was a woman’s intuition.
.
.
.
‘What is this crazy woman saying?’
My mind went blank for a moment.
I had never been so shocked in my life.
In terms of eeriness, it was comparable to when Yerina had noticed my affair (or not) and lowered her voice.
In terms of bewilderment, it was even more extreme than when I had heard the news that Jill had invaded Petersburg.
“Why on earth would you think that?””Wasn’t it······?”
“······.”
Kali looked at me with a hazy gaze.
For a moment, my heart wavered at that gaze.
What did I answer when Temulen asked me what the criteria were for distinguishing between people?
Memory.
I said that memory defines a person, and that thought has not changed even now.
Then, should Kali, who has lost her memory, be considered different from the Kali before she lost it?
Kali, who had burned down the village of Mijeong, eroded the World Tree, and slaughtered countless elves, and had countless other crimes to her name.
If such a Kali were to lose her memory, would her sins disappear?
“······.”
I had reached a contradiction.
My head told me that the Kali before my eyes and the Kali of the past were different people.
But my emotions could not separate the two no matter what.
I wanted to support Temulen’s opinion as much as I do now.
That sins belong to the soul.
I wanted to say that the soul defines a person as a person.
‘That must not be.’
However, as a regressor, that was unacceptable.
Even if the soul is the same, a person changes according to the memories engraved in their body.
They could never be considered the same person.
Just look at the current Kali.
Because she entered the body of an unknown person who liked me and followed me well, she mistakenly thought that she had feelings for me.
The current Kali is not guilty.
‘I’ll let her pay the price.’
Therefore, this guy will be properly punished after she regains her memory.
I will awaken her.
I will let her know what she has done.
What kind of monster the druid named Kali was.
How many people she killed.
I will make her remember everything.
And then I will give her the end she deserves.
That is my plan.
“······Think as you please.”
There is no mercy.
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I had to sweat a lot to deceive Kali.
For the time being, as long as I pretend to be one of the Four Heavenly Kings, I should act like I am.
So I used Mijeong as my right arm and cast the magic circle recklessly.
Since Kali’s current body cannot handle magic, it is impossible for her to look into the magic circle.
She just thought that Mijeong was doing something dazzling and just followed along.
However, it seemed that the body of an unknown person could handle some magic power.
It doesn’t seem to be a talent or an outstanding level.
It seems that I should be careful about magic.
I dragged Kali around here and there.
I planned to ask Kali various questions, so I built up a bit of a build-up.
Let me explain the general setting like this.
Currently, the Four Heavenly Kings are in danger due to the betrayal of Solara, the candidate for the Four Heavenly Kings.
Kali was killed while trying to subdue Solara, and her body was handed over to the Vatican, but I recovered at least part of it.
The Vatican is now moving systematically to eradicate the Four Heavenly Kings.
And I am now in charge of protecting the Four Heavenly Kings.
I want to protect them from human attacks by supplementing the weaknesses of Belpegor, Luna, and even ‘that person’.
To do that, I first need to know the weaknesses of the Four Heavenly Kings.······I wrote a drama about it, and Carly believed it without any doubt.
“Ugh······. I’m already sleepy······. The human body is so weak······.”
“······.”
I finished my elaborate setup.
I had been pretending to be possessed, and a whole day had already passed.
As the sun set and night fell, Carly complained of drowsiness like any other human and quickly fell fast asleep.
About 10 seconds after Carly closed her eyes.
Suddenly, her eyes opened.
Her gaze had changed.
Eyes that were fierce and nothing like the easygoing Carly.
It was certain.
This was Nameless.
“Ugh.”
“You’ve worked hard. I’m sorry for lending your body to someone else without your permission.”
“Ugh······!”
Nameless stroked my head as if to say it was okay, and smiled goofily.
I had made Nameless work a little too hard.
I had put a seal on Nameless’s memories and soul, blocking access to control of the body.
Nameless could only move the body when Carly was unconscious.
That meant Nameless could only come out and act when she was asleep or had fainted.
During the day, Nameless must have just watched Carly control her own body.
I felt a little sorry.
‘What was Nameless like then?’
I suddenly remembered.
In that dungeon, Nameless had connected me to the other world.
Nameless had spoken in a completely different tone and voice, showing me that unfamiliar sight in a monotonous voice.
“Ugh······?”
“It’s nothing.”
The difference between the Nameless now and then was so great that I still wondered.
What on earth was that?
Was it because some part of Carly’s consciousness remained?
I still couldn’t be sure.
However, it was certain that there was still much I didn’t know about Nameless.
“Ugh!”
“What. Why?”
“Ugh······.”
She naturally spread her arms.
Nameless hugged me tightly.
I had often hugged her and slept, so now she seemed to think this was her bed.
“······.”
“Why are you looking at me like that?”
“······Nothing, it’s nothing.”
I felt her gaze and looked back, but Mijung turned her head away without looking at me.
She turned away from me for a moment as if she was upset.
Then Mijung came back out and faced me, whispering quietly.
“······Be careful.”
“Of what?”
“······That, woman. She’s hiding, something.”
“······.”
Mijung seemed to have sensed it too.
I thought the same.
Carly was still hiding something from me.
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.
.
I had a strange dream.
A human child······.
So it was a dream about Mijung.
It was so hazy and vague that I couldn’t remember it well.
But he was definitely stroking my head.
And I was happily pulling his hand and rubbing it on my cheek.
I was having that dream.
I woke up from a light sleep.
“······?”I felt a slight pressure.
I think I can smell something pleasant.
I’m wrapped in something warm.
I was surprised by the feeling of my waist being pulled and looked up to notice who it was.
“Hmph?!”
It’s Mi-jung.
The man is asleep, holding me in his arms.
I was so surprised that I almost screamed, but I managed to cover my mouth.
‘It’s not an ordinary relationship after all······.’
Did he hug me in his sleep?
A relationship where you hug each other like a habit can’t be ordinary.
This man tried hard to deny it.
But maybe he was just being considerate of me because I had lost my memory.
If he told someone who couldn’t remember anything that he was her lover, she would feel burdened······.
‘Memories······. I want to get them back quickly······.’
I buried my face in his large chest again.
I put my ear to his chest, where his deep voice was clearly audible.
Looking forward to the day when all my memories will return······.
“······?!”
At that moment, red eyes flashed in the darkness.
A bloodthirsty vampire staring at me with eyes full of murderous intent!
I felt my life was in danger and hurriedly closed my eyes, pretending to be asleep.
This human······.
It seems that I’m not the only woman he has.