episode_0219

Arjen said he failed to save Orha.

It is said that he assimilated into his own personality and came to live in Arjen’s body.

And Orha’s body actually became a new body in which Arzen’s other personalities could appear.

The reason this is possible is because Arjen’s mental world has merged with Orha’s memory corridor.

Kaela said that she may not have understood the principle right now, but if she were to analyze what had already happened, it was quite possible that she came out through Orha’s body.

“Wait a minute… Orha becoming Arjen’s personality means that Orha can come out like other personalities, right?”

Kaela, who had taken over Orha’s body, nodded to my question. I spoke again.

“The fact that you can come out through Orha’s body means that Orha can also come out through Orha’s body?”

Kaela nodded once again. Only then did I feel relieved.

In that case, Orha could also appear in Orha’s body. Isn’t it virtually the same as being alive?

Everyone here seemed to understand this, and smiles appeared on everyone’s faces, including mine.

“Thank you… Thank you so much, guys.”

“Ugh~? I did all the hard work myself!”

Arjen speaks bluntly for no reason. I heard that only the original Arjen can use the Corridor of Memories, and that it was Arjen who read Orha’s memories.

I stroked Arjen’s head with a strange feeling.

“Hehehe….”

Arjen felt my touch and his expression became relaxed.

“Um… Then, would you please sing Orha first? I have a lot to share…”

Deep down, I felt very sad saying these words to Arjen. Anyway, it was like calling another woman in front of my wife.

“Yes! Okay!”

However, Arjen casually nodded and closed his eyes.

After accepting Orha as his own person, he may have stopped thinking of her as a stranger at all.

“…But if you’re going to call Orha, shouldn’t I have gone?”

Kaela’s words were thrown out without any thought. When I heard it, it turned out to be true.

The person currently occupying Orha’s body was none other than Kaela.

Before I could correct my mistake, Arjen’s eyes slowly opened.

Reddish-brown eyes that are slightly less saturated than Arjen’s. It was a slight difference, but it was clear that it was not Argen.

“Orha…?”

“Hmm…? what? Eugene?”

Orha, who borrowed Arjen’s body, looked blank for a moment, but soon shed tears.

“This… isn’t a dream, right? I’m alive, right?”

“Yes, that’s right.”

“Ah… I’m glad. Thank goodness… Eugene, I’m glad to see you again…”

I watched Kaela for a moment as I watched Orha slowly approaching me. But soon I stopped, wondering what I was doing.

If you look at it based on the body, it would be like looking at Orha’s thoughts as he sees Arjen approaching.

What was supposed to be simple turned out to be twisted and the result became too complicated. I accepted Orha into my arms.

“You worked hard, and I’m really sorry for not being able to protect you at that time…”

“No, no. I came forward because I wanted to be helpful, right?”

Now that I’ve said it, I’m thinking about it again, but at that time, it would have been really dangerous without Orha’s help.

Stella’s arrival in the summer was something I had never even thought about.

As a result, thanks to the expansion of the Sanctuary, Akasha was able to prevent him from using the Satan Station, and when Stella descended, he exhausted all his strength and ran away.

In fact, it was Orha who drove Akasha out of the dwarven village, not Araz or me.

So I can’t help but say something to Orha. Even if I were to give a speech just expressing gratitude and apology, it would not be enough.

However, both I and Orha had developed a bond with each other to the point where there was no need to express it in words.

This was quite a surprising result, because it was separate from my admitting of a crush on Orha.

It seemed like my sensors were broken after Orha was incorporated into Arjen’s personality and used her body.

If I wanted to, I could treat Arzen the same way as other personalities.

And maybe I’m just overlooking it, but it felt like Arjen wouldn’t be particularly opposed to it anyway.

“…I think it would be better for Arjen to be here than me right now.”

Kaela, who read the mood, said that and closed her eyes implicitly. The blue hair quickly turned silver.

Hair of exactly the same color as Orha’s original hair. However, the eyes that opened were brighter and redder than hers, complete red eyes.

“Oh, have you two finished saying hello?”

Orha, Arjen, who appeared in human form, smiled brightly and said.

“Let me introduce you. This isn’t Orha… you two met before me? Hehe.”

Arjen smiles with a goofy expression. As Kaela said, she was really deeply connected to Orha, and she was really trying to introduce Orha to me as if she were her other personality.

“Arzen. Thank you so much for saving my life. I will never forget this grace for the rest of my life.”

“Hmm? That’s enough, that’s enough. What is the greeting between us?”

“Hahaha….”

‘So what on earth are you guys related to?…’

As I watched Orha laugh awkwardly, I tried to block the words that were about to come out.

If you think about it, the reason Arjen developed such a deep bond and intimacy with Orha was because of my unreasonable request.

“Ugh~ Is this good? At first, it was just a thought to fulfill Eugene’s request, but it felt like I suddenly gained a new body.”

With Orha’s body, Arjen could theoretically present two personalities into the world.

This was fundamentally different from the possession magic often used on Wayne. Just looking at it, it seemed like there was no need for any special magic treatment or even magic when appearing in Orha’s body.

Above all, perhaps because Orha’s body, which was the original, was so similar to Arjen’s, there was no sense of discomfort even though they swapped bodies like this.

Unlike Wayne, who appears to be Wayne when possessed by Wayne, Arjen’s personalities that came out of Orha’s body came out with their own physical characteristics just like when they came out of Arjen’s body.

Yes, it literally felt like Arjen had an extra body.

Orha, who realized what Arzen was talking about, looked at him and quickly raised his hand.

“Um… Arzen. I know it’s greedy, but… I want to stay here as long as possible…”

Yes. This was a clear difference compared to if Orha had been completely saved.

If Arjen wanted to do that, Orha could have remained trapped in Arjen’s mental world and other personalities could have emerged.

To put it a little harshly, it would be no different from having your body taken away.

The good news is that Arjen is not that mean. Arjen nodded willingly.

“Hmm! Well, it can’t be helped. That’s because this was originally your body.”

“Ah… thank you so much…!”

It was Arjen who worked hard to save Orha. Therefore, even if Arzen asked for a certain share of Orha’s body, it was not a big violation of morals.

Let’s forget all the philosophical questions about whether good deeds done with the expectation of receiving something in return are really good deeds. Because it makes no sense to impose humane standards on Arjen in the first place.

Anyway, in that situation, Arjen was willing to grant Orha’s request. Doesn’t this mean that he likes Orha or considers it a part of himself?

However, Arjen’s next words were something that even Orha was surprised by.

” Let’s assume that the human lifespan is approximately 100 years, and that we can continue to live for the next 80 years. Instead, from then on, we have to follow ‘our’ rules?”

“Uh… 80 years from now?”

Orha still had human standards. Therefore, you may be wondering why it is so difficult to say that it is actually a lifetime.

Of course, unlike Orha, I knew from the moment Arjen said those words that she had no intention of ending Orha’s body in a simple human lifespan.

Orha immediately asks Arzen whether he is completely oblivious.

“Uh… Arzen?”

“Huh? Why, Orha?”

“Just in case, I’m asking… How many more years will I live?”

“Hmm? Are you asking how long I have left to live? Hmm, even if I look like this, I’m still young for a dragon. Wouldn’t it be easy for 10,000 years?”

“Ma, ten thousand years…….”

“Is it possible to live longer than that? They say that being happy increases your lifespan, but I’ve been so happy since I met Eugene.”

Arzen may have said something positive in his own way, but Orha, who was actually listening, did not seem to be able to accept it that way.

You can see the next question being asked with a completely white face.

“Ho, does that mean that I too will live for another 10,000 years…?”

“Huh? Why ask the obvious?”

“Hoeeeh…….”

“Uh… I don’t know why you’re so surprised… Didn’t Kaela say it earlier? Welcome to my new personality, let’s get along well in the future.”

Oh, I guess they’ve already said hello like that. If such a conversation had taken place in the virtual world, it was safe to say that Orha was undoubtedly one of Arjen’s personalities.

“Kuhmm……”

I cleared my throat and expressed my condolences to Orha, whose lifespan had suddenly increased 100 times.

I thought I had lived 20% of my life, but suddenly it felt like I hadn’t lived even 0.2%.

I also became a god, and my lifespan increased rapidly, so I knew what it felt like.

“Ha…Haha……”

Orha smiles as if she has been liberated. Arjen glanced at her.

Is it my imagination that I feel something bewitching in those eyes?

“Well… there is something I want to test.”

Ah, I guess it wasn’t my mistake.

Arjen, who had taken over Orha’s body, suddenly started taking off his clothes.