CH 34

After the excitement over medicine to restore my mother's magic was over, I consulted with Sandra about creating a new special spell.

Right now we are both in the room with the blackboard in the training grounds.

But, Master Rid, as you can imagine, after what just happened to Nanalee, is it safe to be thinking about new special magic?　 Better to spen time with your family. ......"

"I appreciate your concern. But I thought I'd give mu parents some time together today, rather than spending it with the family.»

Sandra looked convinced, but then immediately looked doubtful.

"...that's not something you say at your age, is it, Master Rid?　Like a married couple. When I look at your everyday life and whatnot, it's like ...... yes, your soul mature one."

Sandra points her index finger at me as she puts her hands on her hips, " =

Still feeling weirdly sharp and twitchy.

"How could that be so stupid?"

'...... it is, though. I think it's possible, because Rid is out of the ordinary."

I keep a calm mind and go through with it.

"I'm thinking about the spell I've been working on, and I'm wondering if I can make the spell of remembering work."

"Master Rid, you ignored my remarks, didn't you?　Well, that's OK. I'm sure you have an interesting idea. You want to make "remembering spell?"

Sandra's eyes lit up.

She has been studying magic for a long time.

She loves this kind of things .

I quickly explained to her about the spell "remembering."

It is the knowledge of memories from a previous life, and once stored in the brain, they are never forgotten.

It is only stored deep in the brain.

Whether this is true or not, one never forget our experiences.

But I have memories of the past, even though I was reincarnated.

This means that my memories are not only in brain, but also in soul. I thought, "How can I pull those memories out on surface ?

As a result of thinking about it, I came to the conclusion that it could be done by magic.

So I decided to ask Sandra's opinion before trying it.

Sandra listened to me with great interest.

Of course, I was not talking about memories of a previous life.

But I did wonder if people's memories are not imprinted in their heads but in their souls as well.　

Is there a way to see the soul's memories, or something similar?

"Is there a way to see the memories of the soul, or something similar? Then, she wrinkled her brow and muttered.”

“It's a way of thinking like ...... Seima Shinto."

"Seima Shindo?"

I had never heard of it.

Is it some kind of religion because it has a path attached to it?

Sandra explained to me, not understanding what she was talking about.

"Seima Shindo is one of the ideas in magical studies, but it is a minor category, so it is not generally known."

After saying this, she began to write letters on the blackboard.

What is "Seima Shindo

Life force is

The source of magical power

It is an endless path leading to the gods

that shows the way.

"This is how the letters are written, so we call the head part "Seima Shindo" (the Way of the Living Devil).

"Heh, that's interesting."

Hmmm.

I don't remember this kind of language in my memory from the game.

And I don't remember it in Rid, or in any memory outside of the game.

Perhaps it is a philosophical thing in this world where magic has always existed?

But how does this connect to what we discussed?　

Noticing my curious look, Sandra continued her explanation.

“ Every idea must have had a reason that led to that idea. We believe that this "birth-magic path" is also a path that connects the life force, which is the source of magic power, to God. In other words, I think it is the closest to the soul that -Rid is referring to."

I see. ...... So you're saying that you're going to try to do the opposite of what you do when you convert magical power?"

"I hadn't thought about it, so I never did."

After she finished her explanation, she shrugged her shoulders and replied to my question.

“In other words, when you convert the magical power created by conversion back into life force, where does the life force go?”

“Does that mean that's where the soul is?’

'Let's give it a go for now. . The returned life force goes to where the soul is, right?"

“.....I can't even imagine what will happen. Please don't take it too serious".

"Yes, I understand. ".

I somehow sat down on the ground and did a zazen meditation.

Sandra looked doubtful at that.

I don't mind and make my spell as usual.

When I feel magic power, I put it deep into my body to convert it into life force.

But I don't feel any change.

For the time being, I decided to keep it for a while.

I sat in zazen meditation, which is like meditating from a past life.

How much time had passed?

Until now, I had the feeling that the magic power was being repelled by something.

But the magic power was going into just a little bit, a really small gap.

It felt like that.

Is this it?　I thought so, and the moment I focused on that gap , I was struck by the sensation of my consciousness being sucked into my body.

(Oh, this is a bad !).

I felt it intuitively, but I couldn't do anything and I was sucked into that hole.

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“...... where am I?"

When I regained consciousness and looked around, I saw that there was a vaulted ceiling, and the whole area was filled with bookshelves in a circular pattern.

The building is probably a tower of columns.

What is this place?

As I was thinking this, I felt the presence of someone behind me and turned to see a small child with silver hair and purple eyes.

She looked a little like Mel.

The child smiled at me and greeted me.

"Hello."

", I'm Rid. May I ask your name?"

I carefully spun the words and looked at him.

“Well, let's call me Memory. It means "memory," so it's a good name for me, right?"

The child who said it’s name was Memory laughed

"Memory, what are you?"

'I am your memory incarnate. Rid must be here to take your memories in and out of your previous life."

I don't know, Memory was so close to me.

It was like meeting a friend you have known for a long time.

In the meantime, would he memory willing to cooperate?　I decided to ask about it.

“ I want to recall and use my memories as I like. It's like the search in Internet in my past life, but how do I do it?"

It would be very convenient if I could search my memories like a net search," and asked Memory about it.

If it has my memories of my previous life, he should be able to convey them to me.

"It's not easy to do that , but if you go through me, it should be fine."

"What?"

According to the memory, this world is originally inaccessible.

But this time, I happened to recognize the memory in this world.

So, the next time I call a memory, I will be able to connect with this world.

What I need to do is to use magic power. If I could connect to the memory with magic power, the memory would give me information about this world.

"This world is a very sensitive place in Rid's soul, so you must never come back here again, okay?　If you need anything, just call my name as if you were using special magic."

Memory looked at me with a very serious and worried look .

“I understand, thank you. Okay, thanks. I think I'm going back now.”

I had a feeling that I should not come to this world, just as was said .

I was so happy to hear her words, and she smiled and said goodbye.

At that moment, I lost consciousness.

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"Oh, my God!"

..what's this place?

I said goodbye to my memory, and as I was disoriented and ...... confused, I noticed Sandra sitting in front of me, her eyes rolled back in her head.

"...... Sandra, what's wrong?"

'.... what's wrong?　It's not a normal ."

Sandra stood up, her face turning red, and she babbled on with her words.

"I thought that since Rid had been so quiet since we started the experiment, he would be okay, so I was just checking on to see how you was doing, when you suddenly started yelling, which surprised me."

"Oh, well, I'm sorry for worrying you.

She looked at me seriously and then said with a worried look on her face .

"Are you feeling all right?　I didn't dare call out to you since you had been quietly concentrating for quite a long time, but I was very worried."

'Well, I'm sorry for worrying you. But it looks like i failed this time.”

I lied. I can't explain that well.

The raw magic path is probably dangerous.

If I was not good at it, I would not be able to return to the real world.

It was a dangerous place.

"I'm sorry I couldn't help you."

No, it's fine . I had considered the possibility that I might not be able to do it in the first place.”

I thanked Sandra and told her that was all for today and we parted

After that, I went back to my room alone and cast a new special magic.

“Memory”

I muttered this in my mind, and a little later, a bright and cheerful voice echoed in my head.

'Yay, Rid . You made it home safe . I'm glad~."

"Memory, it really connects to me doesn't it? ......"

I was surprised because I didn't think we would really connect, even though I had experienced it myself. I didn't think I could really have a conversation with the memory inside myself .

You didn't believe that feeling, did you? Well, never mind. So what do you need ?"

"No, I just used it to see if it would connect to memory, so I'm good for today."

". Okay, well, call me if you need anything else."

"......."

When the communication was over , I let out a sigh.

And I had some thoughts about the existence of memory.

But I decided to keep it to myself and not say it out loud.

Thus, I was able to use my new special magic, "memory," which allows me to take out memories as I wish, without telling to others.