A crawl...?

　I explain to Marise, who looks pompous.

'Going back to the past is not realistic at this time. But it's not so difficult to dive into Cynthia's memories and get a hint of the lack of magic.......
Well, that's the first time I've ever heard of that happening!
Hmm?　Really?

　A thousand years ago, memory immersion magic was common.
　It was effective against those who were so traumatized that they couldn't open their mouths.

　However.

''There's one problem with this, Cynthia has to accept me.

　
　I would be able to force myself to break down the wall and enter.......but if I did that, there's a chance that the subject's mind would be broken in the worst case.
　If the subject's mind is completely broken, their mind will change like a maze and they may not be able to leave the spiritual world.
　Hence the need to explain to the subject and get his approval to dive into his memories.

'Oh, I see...'
'Yeah. That's why it's impossible to imitate sneaking into the memory of something you don't like and extracting information from it. In a case like this, like forcing them to open their mouths with the use of force or...?

　Marise's body is frozen.
　What's wrong?

No I know it's too late now, but I just think Kurt is as bullshit as ever to be able to do something like that.
What do you mean? Maryse will learn to do it with practice.
Me?　Do you want me to go into their memories?
Yeah. I suppose I could go back in time a year or so.
You can't do that kind of messed up stuff for the rest of your life!

　The Marlies have rammed me.
　Well, I'll tell Marise and the others about time magic and memory interference magic in due course.

　The problem for now.........

'That's why Cynthia. Can you trust me and give me your right hand for a moment?
Uh, yeah...

　Puzzled, Cynthia fearfully held out her right hand.
　I squeezed that small hand.

''Alright it might be a bit painful, but just bear with me for a bit.

　The magic power is sent to Cynthia.
　At the same time, the spirit inside me(...) is separated from the body once it is separated from the body.

　Well it's dangerous to separate them all, so I'll just use about 10% of the total.
　If that's all there is, it's enough to appreciate her memories.

　And manipulating the magic........I was able to successfully infiltrate Cynthia's memories.



　A world with a white tint to it.
　Is this........a mansion?
　It's a pretty nice house and you must be quite rich.

You really are a failure!

　Snap!

　The sound of someone's cheek being slapped.
　At the same time I heard the sound of someone falling over and I turned my gaze to it.



　There was a little girl, who looked like a smaller version of Cynthia as she was now, lying there, holding her cheek.

　Apparently, she had succeeded in diving into her memories.
　She is able to see me now, the depths of which even Cynthia can no longer remember.

　I wanted to take her hand now.
　But when I get close and try to touch Cynthia, it slips away.
　This is only a magic that allows you to see Cynthia's memoirs.
　Naturally, others can't see or touch me.

"Stop.....
Shut up!　The Fosind family is a failure!

　Cynthia is kicked.
　The woman assaulting her is a woman in a gorgeous dress.

'Are you from the Fosind family?　Still memories of Cynthia before she was kicked out of the house.......'

　Were Cynthia's memories tucked away deep in the recesses of her mind to help her forget these painful memories?

　When I think about it.

Oh, what is he doing here?

　One of the boys came up to me as I said this.
　He's a boy of about five years old.

'--Nard.

　The woman called the boy's name, but he couldn't completely catch it.

'Could it be that you're teasing Cynthia again?　You're just going to put your incompetence on the shelf?
Hmph!　It's none of your business!
'Oh, you don't mind talking to me like that, do you?　Maybe you need a spanking too.

　The boy raises his hand towards the woman.

　Magic power is released outward.
　Seeing that magical color, I lean forward in surprise.

''Hee........!

　The woman's face was drawn up in fear.

''Huh, hmph!　Don't push your luck!　After all, you're an Error, too!

　The woman said a sore loser and walked away.

　Could it be........that the boy had saved Cynthia?
　But that answer would soon be betrayed.

''........You're not the one being eyed by that guy, either.

　When the boy looked at Cynthia, her shoulders shook with a jolt.
　Her expression was more tinted with fear than when she looked at the woman earlier.

　The boy grabbed Cynthia's bangs and forced her to look up.

'Okay?　You and I are the missing piece of the puzzle, you and I.

　The boy's face comes up to Cynthia.

'But I can fill in my blanks with you. But it's too early to tell. You're going to live happily, at best, for the short time it takes for the magic to fill you up.

　After saying that, the boy also walked away from Cynthia.

　.........Hmmm.
　You're using abstract language, it's hard to understand.
　Do I need to dive more into my memory and look at the images?

''No.........I saw the boy's magic power just now and I figured out the situation. There's no doubt about it.''

　I mutter and conclude this from the scene I just saw.


　Apparently, the part of the magic power missing from Cynthia is the boy's.


　I recall the boy's words.

　--You and I are the "error" of the two missing pieces.
　--But you can fill in the blanks for me.

　The same is true for the boy when it comes to gaps.

　The boy and Cynthia's magic. Together they are one complete magic power.
　That's what I realized when I saw the boy's magic power.　

　The words that came out of the boy's mouth were, so to speak, only a supplement to the conclusion I had reached.

''........But since it's in Cynthia's memory, I can't fully analyze that boy's magical power.''

　I found out about the cause of Cynthia's lack of magic power.
　Then I guess we need to see the boy.

　We can solve the situation by analyzing the boy's magical power.
　The only thing left to do is to go back to the memory from earlier to hear the boy's name.......

"...big brother...

　But there was no need for that.
　Because when Cynthia looked towards the boy's departure, she continued.

'....Brother Maynard.



　As I cut the connection with Cynthia's 'memory', Lara and Marise's faces filled my vision.

'D-Do you like it?'
'Are you sure you've seen Cynthia's memories?'
Yeah.

　I nodded in response to their questions.

'So...'
'Of course, I know roughly what's going on with Cynthia. Cynthia, you have an older brother named Maynard, right?

　I'll ask the questions.
　Then Cynthia moved her mouth with a puzzled look on her face.

'There was........I think. Because I've seen the name before. But the Fosind family has a lot of siblings. I don't remember them.''
"Huh?

　From Cynthia's reply, it seemed that she was not acquainted with Maynard.

　But it is true that the man named Maynard appeared strongly in Cynthia's memory.
　If so, does that mean Maynard has been erased from Cynthia's memory? I'm not sure if this is correct or not, but I'm sure it's just a matter of having my memories buried deep within me.

I'm sure you'll be able to find out more about this.

　Maynard Fosindo.
He must have been one of the 'Four Great Sages'.

''As for the cause of Cynthia's lack of magical power, it's because for some reason, her magical power has been separated from the others.
'Kurt. What does that mean?

　In response to Marise's question, I continue calmly.

''Perhaps they were born. Cynthia and Maynard were born with separated magical powers. That's why Cynthia originally lacked magical power, and I think it's the same for the man named Maynard.
'Then why don't you merge those separate magical powers together?
In a nutshell, that will help.

　However, there is something that bothers me.

　Maynard's magic power that I saw in Cynthia's memory.......that was a defective magic power.
　If my guess is correct, why are their magic colors different, even though they were originally the same magic power?

　Maybe this is where the nature of the magic power is hidden, which I couldn't find even a thousand years ago.
　I was excited to think of that.

'Anyway, that Maynard or something like that........hmm?'
What's going on, Kurt?

　Instead of responding to Lara, I looked up at the sky.

'Ho ... that's quite an interesting thing to do.