“Strange.”
From the moment I opened my eyes,
I was tormented by a bizarre sense of discomfort.
A man I had never seen before.
He seemed strong for a human, but that was all there was to it.
Naturally, I assumed he was someone’s attendant or servant.
“Those eyes. Kali, huh? It seems the soul transplantation was successful.”
“Kid… Do you know me?”
“Don’t you remember me?”
“……”
The man’s eyes showed traces of confusion.
His expression seemed to indicate he hadn’t anticipated this situation.
There was something unsettling in his face.
“I am…”
Choking up, the man couldn’t finish his sentence, swallowing his words back down.
“My comrade! So you’ve taken on a new companion. Taking this body means I’ve died and been revived. You brought me back, didn’t you… right?”
“Yes. As you say. I’m Mi Jeong, the necromancer, part of the Four Heavenly Kings.”
“……”
Only then did the man respond with a faint smile.
I am your ‘comrade’.
A perfectly normal relationship.
“Really strange.”
Once again, I felt that discomfort but brushed it aside.
From our conversation, it was clear that the man was an excellent necromancer.
If his body was completely torn apart, even Luna couldn’t revive him.
Though his body was weak, he managed to bring me back to life.
Yet strangely,
He didn’t ask anything in return from me.
As if it was a matter of course.
He naturally handed me a warm chocolate drink and looked at me with a gaze filled with concern and doubt.
“Do you really not remember anything? Just tell me what you do remember.”
He seemed obsessed with my memories.
As if he couldn’t believe that I had lost my memories.
Especially curious about what I remembered regarding our relationship.
Suspicion built up.
Gradually transforming into conviction.
Our relationship was definitely not ordinary.
Whatever it might be, it was undoubtedly accompanied by intense emotions.
His demeanor.
And for some reason, this body of mine feels at ease every time I see him.
Considering everything, I reached only one conclusion.
“Hey, human…”
“Call me Mi Jeong.”
“Mi Jeong… May I ask you something?”
“Anything.”
“Um… were we lovers in the past…?”
We were in love.
No matter how you look at it, it was undeniable.
A woman’s instinct.
.
.
.
“What is this crazy girl saying?”
For a moment, my mind froze.
I had never been so shocked in my life.
It was as terrifying as Yerina noticing my affair (or not) and lowering her voice.
It exceeded the bewilderment I felt when I heard Jill had invaded Petenburg.
“Why do you think that?”
“Wasn’t it…?”
“……”
Kali looked at me with a distant gaze.
For a moment, my heart wavered.
What did I say to Temurlen when asked what distinguishes one person from another?
Memory.
I said memory defines a person, and that belief hasn’t changed.
If Kali, who has lost her memory, is different from the Kali before losing it,
Then does that mean the Kali who annihilated Mi Jeong’s village, devoured the World Tree, and slaughtered countless elves is no longer the same?
If such a Kali loses her memory, does the crime disappear?
“……”
I reached a contradiction.
Logically speaking, the Kali before me and the Kali from before are different people.
But emotionally, I couldn’t separate the two.
I wanted to support Temurlen’s opinion as fervently as I could.
That sins belong to the soul.
That the soul defines who a person is.
‘This cannot be allowed.’
However, as a regressee, I couldn’t accept that.
Even if the soul is the same, people change according to the memories engraved on their body.
They can never be considered the same person.
Just look at Kali now.
She has no crimes just because she has entered the body of a girl who likes me and is obedient to me.
Kali, in her current state, is innocent.
‘I will make her pay for her sins.’
So, this creature will receive her proper punishment only after regaining her memories.
I will awaken her.
I’ll 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’ll present her with a fitting end.
That was my plan.
“…… Think whatever you want.”
There is no mercy.
Kali put up quite a fight pretending to deceive me.
After all, since I was acting like a member of the Four Heavenly Kings, I had to look the part.
So, I made Mi Jeong act like my right hand and cast formations all over the place.
Since Kali couldn’t handle demonic energy in her current state, she couldn’t look into the formations at all.
She would only think Mi Jeong was doing something flashy.
However, it seemed that the nameless girl could control her mana to some extent.
Not at a level of talent or excellence, but…
It might be better to be cautious regarding magic.
While dragging Kali around,
I planned to pepper her with questions and build up conversation.
To roughly explain the setup:
Currently, the Four Heavenly Kings are in danger due to the betrayal of a candidate, Sola.
Kali was killed while trying to subdue Sola, and her body ended up in the hands of the church, but I managed to recover at least a part of it.
The church is currently making organized moves to annihilate the Four Heavenly Kings.
And I am in charge of protecting the Four Heavenly Kings.
I aim to bolster the weaknesses of Belphegor, Luna, and even ‘that person’ to protect them from human attacks.
To do this, I first need to know the weaknesses of the Four Heavenly Kings thoroughly.
…With that dramatic setup, it seemed like Kali believed it without a doubt.
“Ugh… I’m already getting sleepy… Human bodies are so weak…”
“……”
I poured all my energy into the roleplay.
As I worked hard to look the part, a whole day passed.
As the sun set and night came, Kali, like any other human, complained about her sleepiness and quickly fell asleep.
Had it been about ten seconds since Kali closed her eyes,
Suddenly, her eyes flew open.
Her gaze transformed completely.
The vacant look was nowhere to be found.
It was definite.
This was the nameless girl.
“Ugh.”
“Good job. Sorry for borrowing your body without permission.”
“Ugh..!”
The nameless girl smiled blissfully as if to say it was alright, patting my head.
I had made her work quite hard.
I put a seal on the nameless girl’s memories and soul, blocking access to the control of her body.
The nameless girl could only move when Kali lost consciousness.
In other words, she could only come out and act when Kali was asleep or fainted.
During the day, the nameless girl must have just been a spectator of how Kali controlled her own body.
I felt a bit sorry.
‘What was the nameless girl back then?’
I suddenly wondered.
The nameless girl who connected me to the inner world in that dungeon.
Speaking in a completely different tone and voice, showing me that unfamiliar sight clearly.
“Ugh..?”
“Nothing, really.”
The disparity between the nameless girl now and then was astonishing.
What exactly was that?
Did some remnants of Kali’s consciousness remain?
I still couldn’t be certain.
However, it was clear I didn’t know much about the nameless girl.
That much was certain.
“Ugh!”
“What? Why?”
“Ughh…”
Suddenly opening her arms wide,
The nameless girl wrapped herself around me.
I guess after often hugging her to sleep, she now thinks this is her bed.
“……”
“Why do you keep staring?”
“……It’s nothing.”
When I turned around, Mi Jeong, who had been staring at me intently, quickly turned her head.
For a moment, she looked away like a sulking child.
Then, she faced me again and whispered softly.
“……Be careful.”
“What about?”
“……That woman. She’s hiding something.”
“……”
Mi Jeong seemed to sense it too.
I thought the same.
Kali is still hiding something from me.
.
.
.
I had a strange dream.
A human child…
So, it was a dream with Mi Jeong.
I can’t remember it well because it was so vague and dim.
But he was definitely patting my head,
And I was joyfully pulling his hand and rubbing it against my cheek.
It was in the midst of that dream when I woke from my light slumber.
“……?”
I felt a faint pressure.
There was a pleasant scent in the air.
I was wrapped in something warm.
Startled by the sensation pulling at my waist, I looked up and recognized what it was.
“Huh?!”
It was Mi Jeong.
That man was sleeping while holding me.
I almost screamed in surprise but managed to cover my mouth just in time.
‘This is definitely not a normal relationship…’
Did he embrace me in his sleep?
There’s no way a habitual embrace could be normal.
Though he tried to deny it, perhaps it was a consideration for me who had lost my memory.
Explaining that I was his lover to someone who couldn’t remember would surely burden me…
‘Memory… I want to regain it soon…’
I buried my face in that large embrace again.
I pressed my ear against his chest, where his heartbeat was clear and steady.
Hoping for the day I would regain all my memories to come soon…
“?!”
At that moment, a crimson light shone in the darkness.
A blood ghoul with an unmistakable murderous intent glared at me!
Feeling a threat to my life, I quickly squeezed my eyes shut and pretended to sleep.
This human…
It seems there are other women besides me.
