"What is this place?

　I was just one step away from hitting the evil gods, and I seemed to have been transferred somewhere else.

　I'm not sure where I am because it's all dark and I can't see anything.

　And also...


Seriously, I can't use transference magic.

　He couldn't draw the magic circle of transition, he couldn't draw it.
　On the contrary, he couldn't even release his magic power.

　What's going on?


f*ck.

　It was my imagination.
　It was because my intuition told me to stop and I ignored it.

　Will Tina and the others be safe?

　I've prepared as much as I can, so they should be able to return to the mansion even if I'm gone. Once we get back to the mansion, the sea gods will be there, so the evil one won't be able to mess with Tina and the others.

　If anything happens to me, I've told them to run away without hesitation. I just hope they got away.

　Assuming they made it out of there alive, they're probably wondering where I am, and I need to get back to them as soon as possible.


　First, let's assess the situation.

　It's not just the fact that we can't release our magic power that's strange.

　I've got a vague sense that I'm standing somewhere...


　I feel like I'm kind of lumpy.

　I can't believe it, but....

　It's as if I've become a dragon or something...


I will celebrate your birth.

　Suddenly, a voice sounded from somewhere.

　What was it about, birth?
　And where is this voice coming from?

　It sounds like a voice I've heard somewhere before.

What's wrong? I think I can see the eyes.

　I can't see anything, when you put it that way.

That's because you don't want to look around. If you insist, you can do it.

　I strongly hope......... Is that all you need?

　I don't know, but I can't help it, so I follow the voice.

　I want to look around, I want to look, I want to look.


　Oh!　I could vaguely see my surroundings.

　In front of me was a huge dragon, an ancestral dragon.

"Once again. "I celebrate your birth.

Really, Master Aryu?

Yeah, it's got...　What are you, a reincarnation?

　

''Um!　What the hell happened to me?

　Maybe I stepped on the curse of an evil god.

　I thought that the effect of that curse had made me transition to this point.


　But........that wasn't the case.

''You don't seem to understand your situation.

　Saying that, the ancestral dragon brought his face close to mine.
　In its huge eyes, I could see my reflection.


　The one there was not me, but a bright blue dragon.

　When I raise my right hand, the blue dragon that has moved into the eyes of the ancestor dragon also raises its hand.

　It seems that this dragon is the current form of me.

''E.........''

　Why, why!

Reincarnate, you look confused. Well, that's understandable. I am a dragon all of a sudden. I will answer your questions as best I can.

　The Ancestral Dragon spoke softly to me.

　But I wonder why. The way she treated me was different from the time we had met before, which bothered me.

''Soryu-sama. This is the second time I'm meeting you, right?

　I once came to get an Ancestral Dragon Master's claw to make a drop of Katara.

　Has it been forgotten after so much time?

What?　But I don't have any memory of that.... If you are...

　Huge eyes.
　I felt as if he could see through me, everything about me.

"Halt I see. So your name is Hurt?

'Yes, sir!　Yes, I'm Hurt!

　I was just starting to remember who I was.


　But it's not true.

You're cursed by an evil god and you're 10,000 years in the future.

...What?

　I don't know what the Ancestral Dragon is saying, I don't know what he means.

''This is the first time I've seen you.

Yes?

I, who you have met, am I who will live 10,000 years from now?

What do you mean by that?

"You have been cursed by the evil gods of this world. That is why you have come here, back in time 10,000 years. I can only know that because I have the power to see the future.

　I've read in some literature that the Ancestral Dragon has the ability to see the future.

　That's fine.

　The problem is the curse that was placed on me.

"I don't know what it means. What kind of curse is that?

　To begin with, my status is supposed to be fixed-one.

　Even Katara's drops couldn't lift the fixed status curse.

　And yet here I am, changing my appearance into a dragon and being sent away 10,000 years ago.

　Does this mean that the curse I stepped on is strong enough to override the status fixing curse?

　I don't know what it means to be a dragon, or to have been here 10,000 years ago.

What you were put under is the 'curse of reincarnation'.

Reincarnation?

Yeah. This curse is a bit unusual. It's a curse that only skips human consciousness.

'Consciousness... does that mean that my consciousness is the only one in this dragon right now?

That's the way it is. Normally, consciousness and soul do not separate. But what you've been cursed with is a curse that forces your consciousness and soul to separate from each other with certain conditions.

　The humans in this world are made up of 'body', 'soul' and 'consciousness'.

　Since the shape of the body is stored in the soul, even if the body disappears, it can be revived by resurrection.

　Even if the body disappears, as long as the soul is safe, it can be revived by Resurrection. But on the other hand, if the soul is damaged, the worst thing that can happen is death.

　And the Ancestral Dragon told me that the 'consciousness' is what manipulates and moves the soul and body.

''Halt. You were cursed by the evil god to fix your status, weren't you?

Yes, that's right.

''It's a very strong curse. When you were a Saijo Haruman, the evil gods must have put it on your soul when you were reincarnated. It's a curse that has been fixed on your soul, so this curse will never be lifted unless your soul disappears.

　By the way, since the souls themselves are also fixed, it seems that my soul won't disappear.

If that's the case, I don't understand why I'm here now.

Because the curse of reincarnation does not interfere in any way with the body or the soul.

　Well, what does that mean?

''Since it doesn't interfere with the soul, the 'Status Fixation Curse' doesn't cancel out the 'Reincarnation Curse.'''

　Only my consciousness has been sent here, and it feels a little different from reincarnation.

　So that means my body, which has lost its consciousness, is collapsing in front of the evil god's eyes!

　I was guessing that the entire space around me had been transferred, but the situation could be worse.

　It's because my defenseless body is lying in front of the evil god's eyes.


　.........hmm?

　Wait.

'If you're only here for consciousness, that means your body and soul are a set of bodies and souls left in front of the evil gods, right?

Maybe so.

　That means that your body is of fixed status "fixed", so even if you're an evil god, you can't do anything to it.

As long as the evil one didn't transfer your body to another body, that is.

　Well, that would be okay.

　As long as we're in the same world, I'm able to move around in transition wherever I am.


　That's a bit of a relief.

　All we have to do now is to somehow return to our own bodies.

''Master Ancestor Dragon. How can I return to my original body?

　The Ancestral Dragon has a good grasp of the entire forest of this world.
　He can even understand the future.

　He thought he must know how to break the curse of reincarnation as well.

　And that idea was correct, but...


That's easy. It's easy to follow the path of the Six Paths and pass through the cycle of life - in other words, the six times you die, it's better.

What...?

　I was afraid to die, even just once.

　Even once, I was about to punch the god that caused my death....

　It seems that I have to die six times in order to get back to my body.