Green Skin

impossible.”

“Speak.”
“I may be able to do so by going directly into their minds, but it’s a fight between minds after that.
I will be directly attacked if I try to go in and erase memories of you.”

“Interesting…does that mean you can come to my mind?”

“Yes, although physical contact is necessary.
However, if I go in directly…”

“One of us may suffer damage?”

“Yes.”

I brought Baek Ahyeon back because I wanted to test something.

 

“Baek Ahyeon.”

“Yes, savior.”

 

 

She came in excited at being called and stared at both of us.
I spoke to Elisha.

 

“Come inside me.”

“Yes?”

“I said, come inside me.
Baek Ahyeon, if something happens, behead this elf.”

“Yes, savior.”

Elisha looked tense.
I thought she was incapable of pulling a trick and that I should get used to things like this if I had to fight Japan.
Also, I remembered I had not been that vulnerable when fighting that Japanese mage.

I knew I could beat her, and Elisha also seemed aware of the fact.
She kept hesitating, and I took pity on her.

 

“I promise I will not harm you.”

“…Right.”

 

Elisha began to cast a spell, which seemed to take time.
While her magic was weak, the spell was complicated.
She opened her eyes after a while, and they were blue.
She seemed ready, and I nodded.
Elisha then reached out.

 

“Then, please, let me.”

 

She held my hand, and I felt something come at me.
It was weak enough to deflect, but I accepted the probe.
I felt memories swell up around me like a panorama but felt that she could not touch them.
I was now sure that she could not touch my spirit, which was useful.

I felt that she was oppressed by my mind and was cowering.
Showing my memories to someone else, perhaps because Elisha was so timid.

 

‘So, this is how it feels.’

‘Yes.’

‘Can you see what I’m seeing?’

‘Yes, I cannot avoid seeing…’

 

It was then Elisha’s mouth opened wide in shock.

 

‘You…’

 

While I did not know what made her feel so shocked, I guessed it was my return in time.
While I did not really care what such a weak being saw, I pushed her away.
She went back to her body, and I now opened my eyes.

 

“I now know what happens.”

“Savior, are you all right?”

 

I looked over myself but found nothing wrong with my memories.
I also did not feel any differently towards Elisha and her country.

 

“How long did this go on.”
“Less than a second, Savior.”

“Umm…”

It seemed that time was relative inside my mind.
I thought I should see how Elisha was doing but was surprised to see that she was crying.
She was sobbing, and I thought I should know why.

 

“I am sorry, I really am…”

I did not understand why she was crying, as my sad memories were limited to a few events.
However, her sadness became a force inside me.
She was not feeling despair but sadness on her account.

 

[The eighth seat of the Eight Evils, Sadness, accepts this force.]