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My legs are numb from being tied so tightly, and I stumble my way to where Taura should have been just a few moments ago.
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"Unroll, unroll, unroll!"
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Scrolls that would normally be smooth to pick up are now slow to come out. I'm angry at myself for not being able to do this.
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"Transcription!"
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With the scrolls, I carefully examine the area where Taura used to be to see if there are any traces of him left behind. However, all I find there are the cinders of the body of the three seats of iniquity and a pile of flower petals.
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I crawl on the ground of the cave and move my hands frantically through it, looking for any clues.
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"No, no, no! The information obtained from the wreckage of the three seats of iniquity cannot be discerned from the 《転写》 scroll: ....... All that's left is to pick up bits and pieces of information about the dungeon."
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Without thinking, he slams his right hand, still injured, against one of the scrolls floating nearby.
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The pain of the wound in your palm makes you gasp.
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"───Oh, yes! The scripture I just saw Taura holding, it was a spell tool! If it's about witchcraft. I might be able to figure out what it is."
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Remembering that the scriptures had reacted to my spells, I fumbled for the potion.
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Unable to wait even to open the lid, I slam the bottle of the potion with my left hand against the back of my right hand.
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The broken glass scratches the back of my hand, but each scratch and the hole in my hand is filled up by the effect of the potion.
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He roughly wipes off the blood that is still stuck on his right hand with his clothes, and lightly clenches his right hand.
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"Yes!"
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I crawl on the ground again to try the one spell the sorcerer remembered, and put my hands on the floor of the cave.
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The sorcerer called this spell "sympathy spell". To use this spell, some kind of feeling of the being is required in exchange.
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It seems that the sorcerers used to use empathy spells to pay for the fear of animals and monsters they were slaughtering, but now we have just the thing.
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My anger at myself.
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The disappearance of Taura is directly due to the Johrei that I created.
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What just happened seemed to me as if the Johre itself had a will. Such a thing should have been impossible under normal circumstances.
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Yes, something completely unexpected by me.
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I was so angry at my shortsightedness and inadequacy that I had brought Taura with me so confidently.
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I let my anger stir up.
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I stagger over to Taura's remaining sword and pick it up to use as a medium for the next step.
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It feels heavier than the last time I held it.
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A feeling of apology for Taura wells up in me. You crush the feeling of self-satisfaction, which is flimsy and useless.
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You stagger back to the place where Taura disappeared.
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I kneel down and slowly place the tip of Taura's sword against my abdomen - the place where it had once pierced me.
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