A muffled voice rang out. It sounded like Markitas.
"...... no thanks will ...... be given."
He seemed to be going all the way.
"But ...... I have something to tell you ...... before I perish."
Let's hear it.
Surely, there is nothing magic can do about longevity.
"I refused ...... the support golem's suggestion of a ."
I wanted to ask him what he meant by "switching consciousness," but he remained silent. For now, he thought it would be best to hear as much as possible from Markitas.
"That's partly because I didn't want to rely on technology, but more than that, I was ...... concerned."
"Fear?"
"Fear. There is another personality lurking in ...... me. It is me, but it is not me."
"......"
Jin waited for Markitas to explain what he meant.
"Even if my body perishes, perhaps that other I will not perish."
"...... what does that mean?"
"Literally, that's what it means. That's <> of <>, not to mention ......."
"What?"
Jin wanted to ask for more details, but then Markitas' mood changed.
"Gu...... Jin Nido, huh,...... you've finally come this far,......"
"Are you ...... you another persona of ...... Markitas?"
"You can call me that if you like, but ...... I'm probably not from this world."
"What?
Jin could not hide his surprise at the unexpected answer.
"When the consciousness of the master of this body was strong, I was absorbed, but now I can finally come out to the surface.
Gradually, the person who seemed to be another personality seemed to be able to speak fluently.
"Who the hell are you ......?"
When this question came from Jin D, Markitas laughed.
"Ha-ha-ha! Jin Nido, there are things you don't know!
"Of course. There's a lot I don't know about this world.
"......? You have an interesting way of putting it.
"I try to know. It's only natural.
I agree with you on that one.
Surprisingly, the other persona of Markitas, or another persona, and Jin were so far able to talk peacefully.
"...... you meant who I am. I'm afraid I don't know either. I noticed that when this man ...... was a juvenile, he was taken in by ......."
"You mean the magic patterns match?"
"Hmm, perhaps that's the right answer."
Jin imagined that it was like the relationship between himself and his predecessor, Adriana Barbora Zetsi, the "Magecraft Meister".
"But a match in magical patterns can only occur with a very small probability."
"Yes, that's true. So maybe I was lucky. Maybe it was bad luck for this guy."
So you're saying he got possessed ......?
Jin Nido, that's an interesting expression. Possession. My condition is certainly close to possession.
Markitas's alternate personality seems to have understood the word .
"Then what happens to you when your body is destroyed?
Jin asked, as if to confirm the most pressing question of the moment.
"I just leave. And when I'm free, I'll go to ......."
"What happens?"
"I can move around as I please and do as I please in this world."
"Because I have never heard, seen, or felt such a spiritual being on Ars.
Even if we assume they exist," Jin said, "if they are not recognized by us, it's as if they don't exist.
"Mmmmmm. ......"
"It's not a spirit life form, so it can't interfere with matter, can it?"
"What? What did you just say?"
Suddenly Markitas's alternate personality became agitated.
"A spirit life form? Jin Nido, what do you know?"
"What do you mean ...... you said before? I guess you mean that in another universe, there is an old race of <> that have escaped the shackles of matter and are tired of their immortal selves ......."
"......"
With that, the other persona of Markitas fell silent.
Since the support golem did not say anything, Jin assumed that there was no sudden change in his condition.
Eventually.
"......It seems that I was part of that . You pointed that out to me, so I remembered."
"What? You're the ...... spirit life form?
Jin was greatly surprised. But..,
"Jin Nido, do you really know about spirit life forms?
The other persona of Markitas was equally surprised.
"I once into the other universe when this universe had a partial superposition with another universe," he said.
"What?
"There I met and interacted with a spirit life form, who sent me back to my universe ......."
"Oh, no, that's ...... not possible."
"After that, the spirit organisms must have taken some measures to prevent this kind of superposition of contacts from occurring."
"......How interesting."
As Jin explained, he recalled his conversation with in that world.
"You said something about using sub-free magic element "ether" waves.
"I see. We ...... spirit life forms are sub-free magical element (ether) beings.
But here is what Jin realized.
"If superposition contact doesn't occur, does that mean you can't return to your original world ......?"
Jin wanted the , which he could not seem to destroy, to return to its original world.
"Oh, yes. Then it can't be helped. I'll just wait until someone comes along on our world who can take possession of them again."
"...... when will that be?"
"Well, maybe in 200 years, maybe in 200 million years.
Either way, since it cannot be destroyed, there is no other way.
But...
But... * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
The old man quietly told Jin of Horai Island.
"What?"
"What is it?"
It is a spatial oscillation device using <<<< Hanna Theory>>
"<>?
<>.
"Hannah's ...... right?"
<<> in space>>.
The old man said, "But you can't use it to send Jin's body back 400 years," he said.