Chapter 569 – Soul and Embrace

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To be precise.

Layla, who had sorted out the situation to some extent, started talking about her Emma her, taking her luck like this.

“To be precise, her physical state is in a state of separation between body and soul. The curse has punctured her ‘soul’ between her ‘body’ and ‘soul’.”

Through a hole in the soul, various things the soul should have escaped.

They are elements such as memories that are more precious than those stored in the body and are important enough to be retained even after death.

Originally, she would have lost everything like that, becoming a living corpse without her self, memory, and even consciousness.

However, she had two special qualities.

The first is that the body barely uses mana.

Human magic is divided into those that are generated within the body and those that are absorbed from the outside of the body. Of course, the amount of magic generated inside the body is important, but how efficiently it can absorb external magic is also important. It will be determined

In other words, Emma’s body is a strainer so dense that there are almost no gaps.

Since mana does not flow from the inside to the outside or from the outside to the inside of her body, it is difficult for her to use magic, and it is difficult to wield magic from her body.

Well, it might simply be that the amount of magical power she can produce is less than that of an average person.

As for what you’re trying to say- after all, the soul is also a mass of magical energy that becomes the nucleus of the creature.

Since magic does not escape from her body her, her soul her, which should normally escape through a hole, continues to circulate within her body her.

Thanks to that, it can be said that her current condition her is a situation where the effect of her curse her is weaker than the vampire who put her curse her on her assumed her.

If the person affected by this curse was a person with a high magical power utilization rate, such as Lyla or Cleon, she would have dried up and twisted like a mummy on the spot and died.

Indeed, it must be that it is the last step for Dongguijin.

It was miraculously that Emma, ​​who suffered from this, had difficulty in mana management.

But- the fact that the magic power doesn’t pass properly is inside her, that is.

Healing the wounds of the soul is also difficult.

“In other words. The shell is too hard, so you can’t do anything with the stuff inside.”

“That’s right. The posthumous curse is one of the reasons why it’s difficult to break the curse, but her physical constitution is also a factor that makes it difficult to heal. And… Well, for now, listen to the second reason.”

Layla affirms Cleon’s words of her, but Emma’s second characteristic of her that sets her apart from the others-

That is, she is connected to her Dhampir, Illenu, and is a half-person.

Perhaps, she has been continuously supplying her blood her for Illenu.

Originally, it would be desirable to take it out of Emma’s body and let her drink it for a while so as not to stimulate her vampiric impulses and not cause abnormalities in Emma’s body, but it would have been difficult to supply only that amount of blood while fighting vampires. Will be.

Certainly, Illenu must have been in danger of dying several times, and it is highly likely that every time Illenu, who was closest to him, directly used his fans to her to suck Emma’s blood to her.

When that happens, no matter how careful Ilenu is of the Dhampir, the relationship between Emma as ‘subordinate’ and ‘master’ is established in a form that she does not want.

Relationships bound by blood.

A household member cannot easily die without the owner’s permission.

Correspondingly, the intensity of the bondage of the soul to the body is also increased, and Emma’s soul is preserved in her body without loss.

Both facts are the reason she is able to survive the curse of her original strength her, which would n’t be strange if she lost her life.

“Then, what is the separation between body and soul?”

“Even if it’s inside the body… There’s a part where the soul needs to settle down. It should be called a person, but the location is different for each creature.”

In other words, Emma’s soul – if 100% of the magical energy aggregates with information were to be gathered in one part of the body.

Because of the hole in the soul, the soul spread throughout the body, scattered to every corner of the body, and was unable to gather in the necessary place.

As a result, because of the lack of information and memories to be in the necessary place, the time of about ten years was retrogressed.

And the body reads the information of the soul and is affected by it.

In the world of magic, it’s something that can happen for granted.

Just like Sasha did.

“Well then. If only I could gather the souls that spread throughout my body into one place and patch up the holes in my soul…”

“That’s right. Emma will be able to recover all her memories of her and return to her original self of her. There are two ways, but …”

As she said that, Lila pinched her two fingers.

“The first is what Ilenu is trying to do now. By drawing out her her vampire powers her that had placed her curse on her her, dissolved in her own blood her, and breaking her curse itself. Then, in her soul her, I As the hole closes, her spirit her will be restored.”

“…But for that, Illen would have to give her own body to that vampire…”

Cleon darkens his expression as if he cannot accept such an ending.

Of course, it was the same for Lyla, so she agreed with Cleon’s words her with a big nod of her head.

“Besides, what great dangers must be lurking in resealing or defeating a vampire who once surrendered control of her…”

“That part … Illenu said he would suppress himself. … Using his own life of hers.”

At Cleon’s answer her, Amelia shook her head.

“… I can’t do that. Mr. Illenu would risk his life his…”

“Ah. I think the same. …Lyla, what about another way?”

Saying that, Layla picked up her magic tool her, Zamiel, which was placed in front of her.

“Another one, like this gun tried to do, is to pour out a large amount of mana, forcibly driving the soul into one place. That way, the soul won’t be scattered with or without holes.”

“…A power play.”

As Cleon says so and looks at her gun her, Lyla nods at her too.

“Honestly, it’s hard even this way. Filling Emma’s body with magic power, so to speak, fills the balloon with air so that it’s about to explode. If you can’t control it properly… “And it will explode.”

“Such a dangerous…”

The fact that if something goes wrong, Emma’s own life may be in danger, the expressions of Cleon and everyone around her darken, but Layla continues to speak.

“It seems that this magic tool can help stabilize the magic control… Actually, it was a little hard to believe.”

“…Everything, I’m glad.”

As Sasha lets out a sigh of relief with a quiet nod of her head, Lila speaks with her hand on her waist.

“Don’t worry. In the end, the method given as an example is the next best option. If you investigate Emma, ​​the magic gun, and Illenu, there must be a way to heal Emma without hurting anyone!”

Lyla speaks confidently, declaring ‘I’ll save everyone!’

To Layla, Quon was talking.

“… Yes. That’s right, let me know if there’s anything I can help you with. As usual, it seems that he was intending to show her Emma to the High Priestess and treat her…”

Maybe, there might be an int on how to cast her curse on the witchcraft side.

Thinking so, Layla nodded her head.

“Jamiel, until Emma wakes up, I’ll take care of it and investigate further.”

“She might cry when she wakes up and I’m not there…”

As Quon said, she laid down on Cleon’s lap and stroked her sleeping Emma’s head.

“Is he actually older than us…?”

“Ah. He’s older than me.”

As Cleon said that, he remembered the Emma he had seen in the rift of another dimension, and the girl he had met when he first met her at the mansion where her -her Ilenu’s father was located in her own memories of.

Even though she has a soft side somewhere, she tried to show a responsible figure as an elder.

It’s hard to imagine in my younger days now.

‘… Even if she could come back by way of sacrificing someone, Emma she won’t tolerate.’

She couldn’t help but think so.

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On that day, Cleon came back early in the morning, and it ended with a word from Quon to help her rest quickly.

Her her own room her, her her own bed her, which she has barely returned from spending her night elsewhere, clings to her body her more sweetly and heavily than ever and pulls Cleon.

“Whoa…”

After sighing for a moment with his face tucked into the soft blanket, he felt the soma rush to his body her and pull Cleon’s body her under the bed.

There’s nothing more urgent to do today, and it won’t be a problem if you fall asleep like this.

While thinking so, the moment Cleon tried to close his eyes her-

Sigh. He heard a voice and felt someone enter his room.

Since it was almost falling asleep, Cleon lies still and tries to focus his ears to find out who entered.

Layla won’t come out right away because she has a magic tool, a new research subject.

Kuono also said that she would wait for Ilenu to return while keeping her Emma’s side of her.

Lilim hasn’t woken up yet.

If so – Sasha and Amelia are suspected.

From there, the more likely one would be Sasha.

He had already sneaked in at night several times, and every time Cleon didn’t show a big reaction.

Although it was difficult to focus on sleeping while ignoring even the occasional moaning noise coming from behind my back.

Today, if you don’t show any reaction with the heart that I want you to quietly come into the seat next to me and lie down-

She squeaked and felt the weight on the bed on which she lay.

Noticing that it was slightly lighter than usual, Cleon noticed that she was not ‘Sasha’.

“…Cleon.”

And, the voice that came out was a little higher than Sasha’s, and it was a young voice.

“Amelia?”

Then, when Cleon noticed that it was Amelia who had entered her room and raised her body her, Amelia looked a little sad but glad she was n’t asleep.

“…I’m sorry. I know you’re tired, but… I want to talk to you before going to bed.”

“…Ah. Come to think of it…”

Watching Amelia hesitantly continue her words with her hands behind her back, Cleon recalls the morning as if she remembered her.

Apparently, the two talked like this before leaving the barracks.

To Amelia, she offers to carve her mark her anew.

Because that would be a way to resist Adam.

And- if the imprint completely disappears, the means of communication with Cleon will also disappear.

“It was about engraving… Sorry, right now…”

“Oh, no! That, that’s… Tired, I can’t help it…”

Amelia speaks as if she’s a bit regretful, but no matter how you look at her expression her, she feels a little dissatisfied with ‘it can’t be helped’.

As if she was suppressing her emotions her with reason, she sat upright on Cleon’s bed.

“Hey, Cleon.”

And somehow nervously, Amelia glanced around her and spread her arms over her.

“…?”

Cleon has an expression of not knowing what that means, but Amelia speaks while blushing slightly.

“I-no one’s around anymore…?”
“…”

And finally, he remembers that it was the pose Amelia took to hug him in the house play earlier.

“Oh, Amelia?”

“…K, Cleon is always in an adult position… He can’t flirt with anyone… I, if you don’t mind, I’ll accept Cleon’s kidding. That, and hugs have the effect of Dramatically reducing a person’s stress. Because they say there is!”

Amelia tries to take Cleon into her arms while mixing her scientific stories somewhere.

Cleon looked at Amelia like that, and smiled bitterly at her.

“Thank you, Amelia. But. It’s okay now. Earlier… I should say I was swept away by the atmosphere more than I imagined. Is that the magic of playing house?”

Cleon scratches his head and rejects Amelia’s proposal.

But Amelia speaks with a slightly forlorn face.

“…So, let’s go. … Is it because I’m too small to hold Cleon?”

“…It’s not like that. Amelia. You know that well, right? I’m a grown-up… Playing around with Amelia…”

“Uh, I think grown-ups can act childishly! Sometimes like children… No, to children!”

While denying Cleon’s words head-on, Amelia solidifies her will.

“Cleon always accepts my foolishness, he listens to people’s requests… And just like that, as long as he accepts the wishes and wishes of others, just like Layla said earlier, Cleon’s inside his will fill up and explode with a bang.”

“…”

“I, as Cleon’s colleague, want to lighten Cleon’s heart even a little bit. That’s why – Cleon. If Cleon wants, whenever he wants, please play with me.”

Having said that, Amelia moved a little closer to Cleon, bent her arms that had been spread at her side her, and hugged Cleon’s body her.

Turning around his waist his, the hand that went behind his back his was not long enough to cover his entire back his.

To that extent, Amelia’s small body her seemed a little lacking.

But- from the moment Amelia hugged Cleon, the sound of her heartbeat her was transmitted to Cleon as well.

Her nervousness her, her shame, and her heart beating at a faster-than-usual rate as she turned towards Cleon tried to unmask her composure her.

And Cleon … I can feel it in her body her, but I see the light of giving my best her, albeit small.

That fire was created by himself, Lubera, and Aurelia.

As much as this flame, if you don’t protect it.

“That and-“

But there Amelia opened her mouth as if continuing her own words.

“I-I… I still want to play house… I want to play more. Even as Cleon’s mother- no, it’s okay to switch roles…”

She, who was talking in a trembling voice, spoke to Cleon as if she couldn’t stand the shame anymore.

“It’s okay if I- hug Cleon… Please tell me.”