episode_0217

“Arjen? When on earth did you go there…?”

Rube turned his head with a dumbfounded expression. In fact, Arjen was by his side just fine.

“Oh, wait… Then that kid?”

Luv, who belatedly noticed that Arzen over there had no horns or tail, belatedly realized that she was Orha.

“It was really successful.”

“Yes. Thank goodness.”

Orha looked blankly at Rube and Kaela talking and then opened his mouth awkwardly.

“Uh… Um, doppelganger? Wait, if the three meet, won’t they die…?”

Just as Arjen’s personalities were surprised to see Orha’s very similar face, Orha also fell into a huge panic when she saw their faces.

Crucially, Eugene did not tell Orha that the two resembled each other.

“Ugh…! Uh, what should I do!?”

Luv asked Kaela while looking at Orha in confusion.

“Why are you like that?”

“…Maybe it’s an aftereffect of the dead spirit being revived.”

” Or maybe it’s a burden to be here? This is my first time letting someone else into my world of images.”

“No matter what happens, I don’t think there will be any good in leaving it like this.”

If you revive it and it dies again, you’re in trouble.

Kaela, who did not want Arjen’s efforts to be in vain, quickly calmed Orha down.

“Calm down. Because no one will hurt you here.”

“Ah, ah, no! Now that I think about it, where am I!? And who are you?”

“We are the personalities of Arjen.”

“Yes? Oh, Arzen?”

It was only then that Orha became quiet when a name he seemed to have heard before came out.

In fact, there are very few people in the world these days who don’t know Arjen’s name.

That’s because Arzen was producing most of the food for humanity.

Moreover, I had heard that she was Eugene’s true wife.

“Da, you are Arjen?”

“Arjen is the kid lying here, and my name is Luv.”

Orha’s eyes fall on Rube’s fingers. There, a woman who looked exactly like him was lying there with her eyes closed.

Not only the face but also the color of the hair was the same, so Orha felt eerie for some reason.

Just as Orha was about to ask another question, Kaela interrupted.

“I’m curious and there are a lot of things I want to ask, but there’s something that needs to take priority. Would you like to think of the last memory you can recall?”

“Yes? Remember…? Ah…!”

The moment Orha heard Kaela’s words, a past memory came to mind.

In a split second that was hard to recognize, Wayne blocked his path.

It was a memory of the dragon’s energy flowing through his body, which appeared in an instant, ignoring Wayne, who was blocking his path.

“That’s right! What happened to that naughty dragon?”

“Did the memory stop there…”

“Okay. Then I guess I should explain that first.”

Rube, who shared memories from when Arjen was active, spoke as if he had heard the story from Eugene himself.

The immediate aftermath and the 45 years that Orha has been asleep. It was an explanation designed to avoid as much shock as possible to the fragile human mind.

But Rube’s consideration was a bit lacking.

“Uh… So, since that day, I fell under the dragon’s trick and have been in a coma for over 40 years, and I just woke up now?”

“Yes.”

“Luckily, another dragon froze the body so it stayed intact?”

“That’s right. You summarize well.”

“Huh….”

Orha collapses, making a sound like a deflated balloon. Rube quickly helped her up.

“Are you okay? As expected, it seems quite a shock.”

It was inevitable that I would be greatly shocked.

Anyone who hears that 45 years have passed without even realizing it would do the same thing.

This means that all of my acquaintances have aged by 45 years. Some may even have already passed away.

It was natural to feel gloomy.

Considering that humans are social animals, it was virtually as if her entire life before had disappeared.

“Human! If you sleep here, your mouth… no, your brain might work!”

When he looked like he was about to faint, Rube slapped Orha on the cheek.

This is Arjen’s mental world, not reality, and we don’t know what will happen if she goes back to the unconscious realm of dreams.

In the worst case, your existence may be scattered again along with your memories, and your mind may die.

“Ugh… I woke up…!”

Orha barely came to her senses after being slapped by Rube.

“Your hands are very nice…”

“Huh? I relaxed as much as possible.”

“Oh, that’s right. You said it was a dragon…?”

“Yes. And this is the dragon’s mental world. It’s not a good place for you, a human, to be in the first place.”

“Aha. Then I guess I should leave quickly.”

“That’s right.”

“Uh… But I don’t know how to get out. Because I didn’t walk in here on purpose in the first place…”

“We know that too. We have to let them out.”

“…Then can’t you let me out now?”

“Well, he may have to wake up.”

Rube pointed to Arjen, the owner of the body. He was still unconscious with his eyes closed.

“Originally, I should have successfully saved you and unlocked the memory corridor, but I collapsed before I could.”

“Well, isn’t that a big deal then!?”

“Not at all. This was definitely my first time trying this, but Arjen has been out of his mind quite a few times in the world of images.”

“But it might just happen…”

Kaela, not Luv, who was talking to Orha’s small retort, reacted.

“The dragon is the one who calculates things meticulously, down to the last detail. If you look closely, humans are too fussy.”

“Kkiing….”

Orha suddenly lowered her tail like a downcast puppy. Eventually, just as Kaela said, Arjen opened his eyes.

“Whoa!”

“Wow!”

Orha is once again surprised by Arjen’s spirit as he wakes up.

“Huh? You woke up?”

However, Orha soon felt relieved when she saw Arjen behaving friendly toward her.

“Ah, hello….”

“Hmm. We feel more familiar since we talk face to face like this!”

“Thank you?”

Of course, Orha couldn’t help but feel confused by Arjen, who showed a very friendly attitude despite meeting him for the first time.

Arjen realized belatedly that she had forgotten the explanation due to her bewildered reaction.

“…So, this is how I brought you back to life.”

Knowledge of the corridors of memory, a singularity of the world of imagery that can materialize and share experiences and emotions.

There was nothing that Orha could immediately understand by hearing it, but there was something she could know nonetheless.

The fact is that Arjen in front of us did his best to revive himself, who was practically dead.

“Thank you. Thank you so much……”

Although she was carrying the heavy task of becoming a saint, if you look closely, she was just a young virgin who had just passed her retirement age.

Orha shows sincere gratitude and tears.

Arjen and her personalities looked at this with warm eyes.

“Aw, don’t cry here. I feel sick because my emotions are in sync.”

Except for one person, Rose, who was quietly watching the situation from the side.

“Oh, sorry… Whoop!”

“Anyway, let’s go out now! The corridor of memories is about to collapse.”

“Yes, yes!”

Orha’s heart began to pound.

If you leave here, you will return to reality. Although I don’t remember it, it is a reality that 45 years have passed.

Anxiety about the reality that everything would suddenly change made her heart pound, but there were actually other reasons as well.

The fact that I see Eugene again is what makes my heart race.

Although he doesn’t remember, does his body know that he hasn’t seen Eugene in 45 years, or has Arjen’s love for Eugene melted into him in the name of a world of images?

Either way, Orha didn’t know and didn’t need to know.

“……Huh?”

“Why, why?”

“I solved the Corridor of Memories.”

“You solved it…?”

“But why are you still here?”

“Well, if you ask me that…”

“…….”

There are many Arzens in the world of imagination. But no one there could open their mouths.

Only Kaela, who had guessed something, sighed quietly.

“Ha, it’s ruined.”

“Kaela!? How did this happen?”

Just like an elementary school student in trouble looking for a cat robot, Arjen immediately scolded Kaela.

“Hmm. I think two problems overlap.”

“Two problems!?”

“One is that that person has been here longer than expected.”

“Why didn’t you wake me up sooner?”

“…If this had been the only thing, it wouldn’t have been a problem… Secondly, Arzen, it seems that the synchronization rate between you and that person was higher than I thought.”

“Well, what does that mean?”

Leaving Arjen pressing for an explanation, Kaela walked toward Orha.

“Hmm. Did I tell you to climb?”

“Yes? yes. He tells me to go up. Although it may be undeserved, I hold the title of saint… I don’t know if it’s still valid…”

“I am Kaela.”

Although Orha stared blankly at Kaela’s attitude as she immediately shook hands and shouted loudly, she did not avoid the outstretched hand.

“Bar, nice to meet you, Kaela?”

“Okay. Welcome to Arjen’s new personality. Let’s get along well from now on.”

Kaela’s words fell like a lightning strike to both Arjen and Orha.