74 – memory modification
“Christine. Don’t do anything from now on. Whatever they say to me or to you. Ignore them all. Okay?”
“I understand. My God.”
“I’m just… silently praying here. If you listen carefully, I’ll make your heart explode later.”
At my words, Christine made a face full of joy. My cheeks were dyed red, and the eyes looking at me were filled with ecstasy.
Neither of those who say that if you listen carefully will make your heart explode, or those who like to hear it, neither is normal.
“Ah, to grant such undeserved grace to this lowly lamb. I do not know what to do with that mercy…”
Leaving behind Christine, who trembled and twisted her legs, she walked towards the place where the royal knights gathered. As they walked, they observed the atmosphere among the knights.
As expected, the atmosphere was not good even with empty words.
‘Because of Christine’s personality, there’s no way she would have treated them kindly, so that must have been a problem.’
And above all, that arm.
Alessia’s eyes turned this way when she heard me approaching. I ignored it and looked carefully at the female knight whose arm had been torn off.
Sections were a mess. It’s not a clean cut, but it looks like it was forcibly ripped off. I couldn’t see where the torn arm went.
It must have been Christine.
There was no need to look further. If he had been attacked by a black blooded monster, his entire body would have rotted and died before he could even feel that much pain.
However, it was hard to see that a human who was as good as the Royal Knights was seriously injured by other monsters, so there was only one person left.
“Stop.”
Serung, Alessia thrust a knife into my throat. The tip of the knife stopped right in front of my uvula. The eyes looking at me were brutal.
Not only Alessia, but the eyes of the other knights were also not pretty. I don’t know if the emotion in those eyes is vigilance or anger.
One thing was certain, it was that if I said the wrong thing, he would stab me in the neck right away.
Even if I do, I won’t die.
“Who are you? A face I haven’t seen since I first came here.”
“I was caught in the belly of a monster. That nun saved me.”
As soon as I mentioned Christine as that nun, the atmosphere changed dramatically.
If the atmosphere just before was in doubt as to whether or not to be hostile to me, now they were very clearly wary of me.
I thought Christine had done a pretty good job of stopping me from doing anything, but it didn’t seem to be the case. You already did it in your own way when I was in the belly of the monster.
Still, if one arm was ripped off, by Christine’s standards, she had put up with it quite a lot. Originally, the neck would have been torn off, not the arm.
“Can you put down the sword and speak? As you can see, I’m just an adventurer without any weapons. I don’t think the knights are openly vigilant.”
At the same time, he raised his hands to head level to make sure he had no intention of fighting. Alessia’s eyes busily scanned my waist and palms.
“I can’t believe it. How can you be so fine when you say you were in the belly of a monster? You don’t look like you have a single wound.”
“Because they were saved before they were digested.”
“Don’t talk nonsense.”
It’s not bullshit, it’s true.
The monster couldn’t digest me because of my super regeneration ability, so it’s true that Christine saved me before I was digested, but they don’t believe me.
“And, that crazy bird… if the nun saved you, you’d be even more untrustworthy to us. Don’t you really know what that nun did?”
“What have you done?”
“Look behind you. We came to save people, but our arm was pulled out. Why should we believe someone who says we’re on the same side as that nun?”
“I didn’t say a word about being on the same side?”
At those words, Alessia snorted.
“I remember clearly what the nun said. Where are you going to embrace God? He said he remembers what he said to that monster properly. And he said that he was in the belly of the monster and then came out. even an idiot can know?”
Did Christine ever say that?
As far as things went, I had nothing more to say. The Royal Knights were now treating me like Christine, and it was too much to persuade them with words.
It’s possible if you give it enough time. But Alessia wasn’t in the mood to give her enough time.
can’t be I have no choice but to use the last resort.
“If that’s the case, I can’t help it.”
“You’ve thought of it well. I won’t say anything long, so right away—”
“Charlotte.”
Suddenly, when I called Charlotte’s name, Alessia stiffened. The life in his eyes began to disappear. The other members of the Royal Knights also hardened just like Alessia.
I carefully pushed the tip of the knife that had reached right in front of the uvula with my fingers. Alessia’s sword descended smoothly as I pushed.
I glanced at Christine behind me. I wondered if she would respond to the word Charlotte, but Christine was on her knees praying, even shedding tears.
I don’t mind. I calmly turned my head again. Alessia’s eyes, which turned cold, greeted me.
“Did you hear what they said just now? Now that the situation is like that, let’s start over. The erasure range is from when they first arrived here. Blame the monster colony for destroying this area…”
Now I was talking to Charlotte.
It doesn’t mean that Charlotte descended here directly. If you do, it’s obvious that you’ll have a fight with Bonama or Christine and go to shit.
It was thanks to the magic on the armor of the Royal Knights. Magic that allows Charlotte to change the mind and memory of the armor wearer at will, if desired.
All royal knights’ armor is enchanted with this magic. The only person with the right to activate it is Charlotte. I refused to give permission to me as well.
However, this magic does not make it possible to communicate with a distant target.
The reason they went crazy as soon as I called Charlotte was because Charlotte was watching me using observation magic.
Normally, I’m a bit restrained thanks to the fact that I’ve nailed myself very firmly not to do it, but in this situation, not watching is even more strange.
I have a very good excuse to watch the Royal Knights fight.
Well, I’m pretending to pass over the excuses that are blindfolded and at the level of Aung. I can’t deal with it if I block out all the details for no reason.
By the way, that magic doesn’t apply to Serena’s armor.
Charlotte at first, of course, brought out the armor engraved with that magic, but it was the result of a fight with Serena as she insisted on giving the normal one.
Had it not been dried in time, the palace would have been destroyed.
“Have you finished changing your memory?”
Nodding, Alessia’s head moved slightly up and down.
“Good work, Charlotte. Oh, one more thing as a bonus. Can you put a new one on his arm?”
If the arm was like that, it would obviously have to correct even the memory of why it was ripped off, and that would make it twice as annoying as it is now.
Even if you don’t fix it right away anyway, you don’t have to worry about living as a one-armed person because the royal magicians will take care of it when you return to the palace.
Charlotte’s reaction was quick. A green light emanated from his bare shoulders, and the cluster of lights formed the shape of an arm.
By the time the green light faded, not only the arms but also the armor had been restored.
According to Charlotte’s explanation, it is not a concept of recovery or healing, but it is closer to regenerating the entire damaged area, but I just didn’t hear the detailed explanation.
I don’t know if it’s magic that destroys the body, so I’ll use the magic that restores the body.
After confirming that the arm that had been ripped off was completely restored, he made a last request.
“Don’t kill them even if they go back to the palace?”
“…”
“I have to answer.”
Alessia nodded slowly. It felt like I was being forced to do something I didn’t want to answer, but it didn’t matter. Because Charlotte isn’t the type to lie.
It’s because he’s the kind of person who doesn’t really lie.
“Okay. Then… let’s try again from the beginning.”
The memory alteration was very successful.
The memories of Alessia and the knights under her command changed to not coming here on time and meeting Christine, but arriving late after the monsters were all dead.
The purpose of coming here was not to subdue the black blooded monsters, but to investigate the movements of the unusual monsters, so it was changed.
Therefore, Alessia not only had no reason to be wary of me and Christine, but rather, thanks to the fact that we defeated the monster first, she came to like me in reverse.
“You mean that nun burned all the monsters and purified the surroundings?
“No. Please don’t touch me. He’s praying right now, so you’d better wait until it’s over.”
Of course, there was a crisis in the middle, but I was able to overcome it somehow.
It’s a prayer before my heart bursts. I knew what Christine would do if I interfered with that.
Things went smoothly after that.
Escorted by the Royal Knights, we returned to the city where we bought the wagon, and went to the Adventurer’s Guild and Wagon Rental to tell them what had happened.
The Adventurers Guild was shocked to learn that all but one of the A-class parties had died. The same was the case with the carriage rental office.
The reason why those people were able to believe my words without any doubt was Alessia’s help. Who would dare to question the words guaranteed by the Royal Knight Commander?
“It’s time to say goodbye. Before that, just shake hands for a while—”
“I am okay.”
After finishing all of her work in the city, Alessia said goodbye to me. Perhaps because he has a very easy-going personality, he even offered to shake hands, but he politely declined.
It was a very standard and plausible reason that he could not dare to shake hands with the Royal Knight Commander as a low-level adventurer.
Of course, in reality, if you come into contact with me, you cannot guarantee Alessia’s fate after returning to the palace.
Perhaps, as soon as Alessia and her knights return to the palace, the memories of meeting me will be wiped out. Because Charlotte will make it so.
In the meantime, did you even shake hands with me? Before the memories are extracted, they must have suffered all the pain that humans can experience.
I don’t know if she only had ill feelings or just met someone I just happened to be passing by, but Alessia was actively trying to help me, so it was a bit like letting her go, knowing that she would end up like that.
It wasn’t that there were any emotions.
Favor for favor, grace for grace. Since Alessia did me a favor, I only returned that much.
“Christine, are you ready?”
“I’m finished. What about God?”
“I don’t have to do anything else, do I?”
Next it was Christine’s time. Christine squeezed my heart several times with an ecstatic expression. He brought his mouth to the blood flowing from his heart and drank it.
It was a useless act because everything was restored anyway, but Christine seemed to feel a great ecstasy at the very act of doing such a thing.
While drinking my blood, I did not forget the attempt to kill me using divine power. Putting aside the question of whether it is possible to kill me with the divine power that is my source.
Christine crushed me all night and then left, saying that she did not know what to do with my mercy, and that she was praying for repentance.
The eerie words of preparing a thousand new sacrifices were a bonus.
Two weeks have passed since then.
