Chapter 275 – Their Circumstances
“Ummm…”
What is it? That man.
A man’s face continued to flicker in a corner of Alicia’s mind. It was a very strange feeling.
Very young.
A wolf once wandered into the garden, and little Alicia, who had been sneaking out for a walk in the middle of the night, froze in place as soon as she saw it.
It was a very large and ferocious black wolf with a long scar on the bridge of its nose.
Contrary to its appearance, it did not harm anyone and gave a long howl to the sky before disappearing suddenly. I still vividly remember that fearful yet mysterious experience.
Now that I think about it, it seems that the wolf is very similar to a man named Wolfgang. It’s black, it’s big, it’s scary, and it’s full of scars.
Did the man appear as a wolf, or did the wolf appear as a man?
“Wolf… A wolf has appeared…!”
—Wheejeokwheejeok!
Alicia casually muttered her words as they came to her stream of consciousness. She was still clenching her fists, waving his limbs and kicking the empty air.
Two tightly closed eyes and a frowning face.
It was as if he was talking in his sleep. In fact, it was a reaction that was not very different from talking in my sleep.
Hasene answered, avoiding the princess’s kick that flew towards her with her skillful movements. It was a very peaceful tone, as if watching a fire across the river.
“I see. A wolf has appeared. What did the wolf do to the princess?”
“Nothing… He didn’t do anything… Contrary to what he seemed, he was harmless!”
“…”
Hassene murmured, letting out a deep sigh inaudibly.
“Haa… It’s a big deal that the mental system resistance is too high…”
A drop of cold sweat ran down her forehead. It was because her stamina was exhausted.
Hypnosis originally starts with inviting the subject to a ‘trance state’, a realm of unconsciousness similar to sleeping, but it was very difficult from the beginning.
Of course, it’s not that troublesome in the first place.
Unlike her normal hypnotists, her paranormal ability, Hasene, can hypnotize her subjects with great ease. It’s because if you mix the basic process with the thought wave, it’ll be done in no time.
However, the problem was that Alicia’s mental barrier was too hard.
I’m guessing it’s not the monster who absorbed Hasene’s supernatural powers into her reverse. Despite the loss of her memory, Alicia’s subconscious mind bounced off Hasene’s thoughts.
Besides, I wonder if he is a type of person who is not easily hypnotized physically.
She managed to make it at least after tidying up the messy room, serving warm milk, and even singing her lullaby to make her feel comfortable.
“Ugh… It’s really disgusting…!”
Hasene’s white hands trembled with her anger.
In my heart, I want to pinch and stretch the shameful lord and new sister’s soft cheeks, but…
The back seat was scary.
If she played her crap on Alicia, her brother might really kill her.
— Creepy… !
“It still hurts…”
There was a blue bruise on Hasene’s shoulder now in the shape of Wolfgang’s handprint, and the sensation of her choking breath still pierced her bones.
She was Hasene, who did not want to cross the nether road at the hands of her brother. She might as well make her baby with her brother.
So, she decided to focus on her treatment.
The next step is to lead the subject towards a deeper unconscious.
“Your hands are so pretty.
Hasene muttered to herself and held Alicia’s hand tightly.
And with her eyes closed, she began to slowly assimilate her mental wavelength to Alicia’s. Her head dropped as Hassene’s consciousness slowly sank deeper.
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[Inception]
Hasene’s hypnosis was special.
She uses her supernatural powers to penetrate the human psyche to the limit, and is confident that no other hypnotist can follow her.
She is able to hypnotize her subjects as well as infiltrate a subject’s unconscious and manipulate her memories. This is the secret that made all the blind men of the Empire’s midwest part of the Schwartz family.
It was the moment when her ability, which had been abused only for family and personal gain, was used to help others for the first time.
—Bugurr…
With the sensation of falling into deep water, Hasene’s consciousness sank into Alicia’s inner self.
From now on, a very meticulous process is required. This is because if you get lost in the mental world of others, you may never wake up.
In an extremely dangerous environment, such as jumping barefoot into a stormy sea, it was necessary to use certain concepts as safeguards in order not to get lost.
Either a person or a thing. Any concept that is deeply related to the subject of hypnosis.
‘Brother… ‘
That’s why Hassene immediately used Wolfgang as a safety device.
In the case of Wolfgang, since he was an existence that occupied a significant share not only in Alicia’s mind, but also in Hasene’s own consciousness, her safety device was more effective.
— Flash… !
As soon as I strongly remembered Wolfgang’s existence, it soon became a ray of light, cutting through the pitch black darkness and soaring to a high place.
In pitch black darkness.
The light that rose like the morning star soon shattered, but the remaining light did not lose its light and was divided into many branches, each pointing in a different direction like a signpost.
It is a mystery that cannot exist in reality, but it is possible because this is the inner world of a human being.
Hasene swam along the largest of them all. Since it is a space where the laws of reality do not apply, she was able to arrive quickly despite the fact that it seemed to be quite far away from the destination.
‘Hey there?’
The moment she opened her eyes to find the ground where she could finally set foot on the other side of the abyss-like unconsciousness.
“Kyaaaaagh?!”
Witnessing a sight she hadn’t expected, Hasene let out a shriek of her own.
* * *
As far as Wolfgang knew, the one most adept at all sorts of mysteries was his teacher, Arien.
The numerous experiences she has accumulated over the course of a thousand years have been reconciled with her age, allowing her to acquire a great deal of knowledge regardless of her type.
She seemed to be able to find her a clue that could solve Alicia’s amnesia.
“Master, are you there?”
So Wolfgang left the Palace of Light and went straight to Arien’s cabin.
There was no sign of anyone in the cabin, and the plants growing in the garden had lost their unusual freshness and were hanging limp like ordinary weeds.
“Did you leave your seat?”
Wolfgang weakly lowered his head.
Apparently, his teacher is absent. It seems like a day has passed since I left the house.
As a soul as free as the original wind, it wouldn’t be strange if he left somewhere to see the world. Needless to say, he is absent at the same time.
Even if the timing is bad, isn’t it too bad?
Now that you can’t enlist the help of your most trusted mentor, you must find a workaround. Wolfgang stroked his chin in place and began to ponder for a while.
There are two main conditions for seeking help.
You have to be wise enough to have a deep understanding of the human mind, but be heavy-mouthed enough not to brag about Alicia’s symptoms.
“Um…”
It was not an easy condition.
Wolfgang now can be said to be one of the influential people in the empire, but he tended to keep his connections narrow and deep rather than wide, so he didn’t deserve anyone who could seek help for this.
The first person that came to mind was, of course, Ophelia.
“No. That’s not going to work either.”
The Celestial God’s divine power was specialized in trauma treatment, and for the human mind, it was limited to making people feel better or boosting their morale.
It was one of the reasons why doctors and pharmacists were still surviving, despite the fact that they could cure almost any sudden illness or injury by going to the temple.
Of course, the story might be different if it was Ophelia, her saintess, but her movements are too noticeable.
If the princess of the empire were to suddenly find her saintess in seclusion, wouldn’t it be tantamount to advertising the fact that Alicia’s condition was not good to the whole world?
Then, the last remaining candidate is…
Wolfgang’s gaze suddenly turned to Volcano Vulcan, hundreds of kilometers away from the islands.
If it were her, she would probably keep her place. Where would the mage tower be if it were not in the mage tower?
— Kwok… !
Wolfgang muttered, gathering strength in his legs.
“A few jumps will suffice.”
Clear winter day.
It was the moment when sightings of the black meteor embroidering the skies of the archipelago increased.
