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“What does that mean?”

Arjen’s negative words made me feel like my mind stopped for a moment.

Naturally, it was an answer that was not expected at all.

As someone who has lived in this world for a long time and has gained experience, I can say with confidence that saying that dragons can’t do it means that there is no real answer.

And Arjen said that it was impossible to save Orha.

“……Umm.”

The only sounds I could make were meaningless replies. Even the common phrases such as ‘Impossible?’ or ‘Really?’ did not come out.

Maybe it was because I was so heartbroken, but I knew that it was truly impossible for Arjen to say that it was unreasonable.

Arjen seemed to have sensed my feelings and spoke energetically.

“Maybe it’s just that I’m stupid and can’t do it! Kaela might come up with a different number!”

With those last words, Arjen switched with Kaela.

Hair that turns blue in an instant. Kaela looked confused for a moment and asked for an explanation of the situation.

Unlike Luv, I once again explained Orha’s situation to Kaela, who had no memories of Arjen’s activities.

“Hmm… I see. I’ll take a look.”

Kaela begins examining Orha again.

Kaela also shook her head, ignoring any expectations she may have had.

“Why? Arzen Akasha said with her own mouth that she could save you if it were you…”

Wayne asked the question ‘Why?’ for me. Kaela answered silently, placing her hand on Orha’s forehead.

“…That bastard said that? …That’s a complete piece of shit.”

“Is there some problem?”

“This man’s spirit has already dried up. Very terribly.”

My mouth automatically opened at those words.

“That can’t be possible. The bastard said he would die if he didn’t take action quickly… but he froze Orha with the help of another dragon.”

“Dragon? Freeze?”

Kaela blinked for a moment and then nodded as if in understanding.

“You met the White Dragon clan. Certainly, with their help, it is possible to maintain the status quo for several years…but.”

Kaela spoke with a proud yet bitter expression.

“The ability of our lineage… Such tricks will not work in front of the Corridor of Memories.”

“Uh, why……”

“Eugene. You should know better, since you were also invited to the Hall of Memories by Akasha. There……”

“Outside intervention or intervention is impossible…?”

I later remembered a fact I had forgotten.

At that time, Akasha did me a favor and left me alone while she read the memories.

At the same time, what I said was that I was the first person at the time to come to the corridor of memories and be able to read my memories in an ‘intact state.’

That means that in most other cases, it will not be left unattended.

Kaela finished confirming the kill with a small nod of her head.

“Just looking at it, it seems like nearly 50 years have passed, but it is impossible for the human mind to last that much time in the corridor of memories. In fact, I couldn’t even find a fragment of consciousness.”

“…Then, Orha is dead.”

“I guess so.”

I closed my mouth. The hope I had held onto for a long time eventually faded.

Untimely sadness did not come. Perhaps it was because I hadn’t talked to Orha for a long time, so I must have unconsciously organized my thoughts.

However, anger did not discriminate against timing. I was filled with fierce anger towards Akasha who belatedly deceived me.

If I could find out his whereabouts, I wanted to go and beat him up right away.

It was Kaela who broke my composure of quiet anger.

“……There is one method worth trying.”

“Really!?”

It seems like Kaela came up with an idea. It was a ray of hope that came once again.

“Originally, if the mind dies, the body also dies, so there is absolutely no possibility, but since this person’s body is alive now, there is a gamble to take.”

Whether it was gambling or something else, as long as there was a chance of coming back to life, that was enough.

“What method is it…?”

I felt like asking for something right away, but I first asked how.

If that gamble was risky for Arjen, there was nothing more foolish than going ahead with it.

I really wish for Orha to come back to life, but I’m not a fool who doesn’t know what to do and doesn’t know what to do.

“…First of all, I… No, I have to explain Arjen’s personalities first.”

It was the first time that Kaela described herself as Arjen’s personality.

“We all originate from Arjen.”

That is reasonable. Arjen’s multiple personalities.

“Who is the personality of Arjen that Eugene met in person?”

“Uh oh… Excluding Arjen himself, Rube, Rosé, Viola… and you, Kaela.”

“Hmm. You’ve met all the ‘personalities that can come out’.”

“What do you mean? Then are there other personalities that can’t appear?”

“Arjen is no ordinary multiple personality. Each personality, including mine, is a reflection of Arzen himself.”

The more I listened, the more complicated the story became. Kaela herself seemed to know that it was a difficult story and continued to explain it step by step.

“The Corridor of Memories is an ability that runs through Arjen’s blood. Do you know what this ability is?”

“The power to connect memories of oneself and others…”

“Okay. However, Arjen had to go through very difficult things at a very young age.”

I knew what Kaela was talking about. This is because I have already seen that scene in all of Akasha’s memories.

She didn’t go into detail about whether she assumed that I had seen those moments as well.

“So Arjen connected himself to the corridor of memories. Arjen was born that way, but we are also separate personalities.”

It was the moment when the principle of their birth, which we had only vaguely guessed until now, was revealed.

“As expected, you were otherizing yourself.”

“That’s right. For example, ‘Kaela’ is the knowledgeable version of herself that Arjen wanted. In short, it is ‘hope for the future’.”

I nodded my head. In fact, aspects like the ‘dragon’s intelligence’ could usually only be felt in Kaela.

“Luv’s ‘yearning’ that he wants to be like his sister.”

Rube, who feels like an older sister who embraces most things and handles situations well, is also connected to Arjen’s older sister, Yudina.

“Rosé… the ‘helplessness’ she felt while being abused by Akasha.”

Rose’s personality is fierce and far from helpless, but when her personality actually appears, Arjen’s strength drops to the level of a normal human woman.

“Viola’s ‘anger’ came from that incident… In addition, she must also have a desire for power.”

Did her unusual strength and violent tone originate from there?

In fact, the othering was even clearer in that regard, to the extent that even Arjen himself attributed the abuse he suffered to Viola.

When he personally encountered Akasha, he appeared to have a mental breakdown in real time, probably because he had a problem with his othering.

“Why are you suddenly telling me all this?”

“Hmm. It’s a story that would be good for Eugene to know, and the gamble we’re about to make from now on is related to this story.”

“What….”

“You asked earlier if there are personalities that cannot be revealed, right? that’s right. As Eugene guessed, there are numerous personalities within Arjen’s memory corridor who cannot come out.”

“How many people are there?”

“At first glance, there must be more than 100 people. That’s right, because Arjen’s personality is formed through everything he experienced and the emotions he felt as a result.”

“The reason they can’t come out is…”

“Yes. In order for a personality to come out like mine, you need impressive experiences and strong emotions.”

“Wait a minute, this has something to do with reviving Orha? No way….”

“That’s right. I will connect the corridor of memory between this human and Argen.”

“What on earth is that…”

I have experienced a corridor of memories. Maybe that’s why I couldn’t even understand what Kaela was saying.

If Arjen connects Orha with the memory corridor, what is possible is not to revive Orha, but to read Orha’s memories.

An additional comment would be that the process of reading the memory is as vivid as if it were something you experienced yourself…

‘Wait a minute, it’s as vivid as if you experienced it yourself?’

I looked blankly at Kaela. Kaela finally spit out the absurd thought I had in mind.

“For Arjen, this Orha strongly reminds him of the entire human life. If you elevate all the emotions this human has felt in his life…”

“Wait, wait! That sounds weird. If that happens, Arjen’s new personality with Orha’s memories will be born. How does that bring Orha back to life?”

“Of course not. I overlooked it too much. Even so, Arjen and this human are strangers, and there is no way this human’s personality will appear to Arjen.”

“Then how on earth…”

“However, there will definitely be someone who will be stimulated during this series of processes. In the corridor of memories.”

Only then did I fully understand Kaela’s intentions.

As if to convince me, Kaela continued.

“That someone is definitely not Arjen or any other personality.”