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”A Druid? But that's…” King Alexander hesitated, not entirely sure what to think about this exposition.

”Shouldn't be possible, I know. But I am certain that she awaken such a bloodline for some reason. After all, not just anyone could use a Memory Erasing Ability quite like the Druids do.”

”Druids, an ancient race born with the forest and dies with it. All druids are innately close to nature. They could communicate with beasts, have a very strong life force, and could even rouse the power of nature to some extent to aid them in battle. I'm sure she must've shown these qualities, am I right?”

Everyone was stunned, it was Leona who spoke and confirmed Raven's words: ”One of her weird traits has always been talking with animals. We always made fun of her for it since we didn't believe it was possible but she repeatedly proved us wrong. She' extremely durable as well, all shallow wounds she received would almost immediately heal. There was even a time when she summoned gigantic vines filled with sharp thorns to protect us from being sieged by beasts.”

”So that basically confirms it.” Old Lee said in a whisper.

”Druids are innately pacifists.” Raven added, ”From what I know, they would often prefer to push back intruders rather than killing them. Of course, if it all boils down to it, then they would not hesitate to kill in order to preserve the forest.”

”Druids are gifted with the ability to create fake memories or erase them. They often used it to erase the memories of the intruders about what they saw inside the forest or forge a fake ones. The effect is incredibly subtle according to what I know. Some says that one wouldn't even notice that they were already under it's effects. Those who have deeper connections with nature could even erase the memories of a whole country should they desire. No records are left to prove this claim but isn't that the point?”

”While it is possible for a regular human to erase someone's memory as well, no one does it like the Druids. Their technique could only be dispelled by the one who casted it, so we could never hope to recover whatever it is that she's hiding from you all. But this situation is strange since you all shouldn't have remembered anything, yet you did.”

”And from what you all told me earlier, it seems that Queen Elizabeth must've erased your memories about her in a gradual manner. As for why she did so, I have some speculations, but I think it would be wiser to ask her myself.”

As soon as Raven said this, his eyes glowed a rainbow colored light and a fierce fluctuations of energy started emanating out of his body.

”Are you planning to…” Morel didn't even finish his question before Raven answered him.

”Yes.” He nodded, ”I might not have any recollections about her but for you all to be so certain that she is the Queen proves one thing. Uncle told me that she's in there so I will search for her. I will do my best to bring her out.”

After saying that, Raven placed a hand on Elizabeth's forehead and closed his eyes. The fluctuation around him vanished and Raven's body remained standing even after his soul left his body.

Raven's soul arrived at the psyche of the Queen. He almost had to immediately start defending himself due to the harshness around him.

”What horrible psyche this is…” Raven said in a whisper, ”It is surrounded in poisonous fog. This must be her defense mechanism - well, is it hers? Or Lucy's? I have to find this out.”

His soul started wandering out to the vastness of the Queen's psyche. Raven was still in awe on just how unfriendly her psyche is. His defenses are being eroded by the powerful Poison Laws present inside, due to it being her defense mechanism, it's not holding back at all. Fortunately, Raven's actual soul isn't just some prey waiting to be devoured.

Raven's soul is an adult one. The very same one who experienced the pain and tribulations of his past life. Yes, his soul might be extremely weakened for now but this kind of defense mechanism is nothing but a child's play in front of him.

Raven ventured deeper onto the consciousness of the Queen. He eventually arrived at a place where the poison fog was concentrated the most. A brief wave of his hand and the smoke parted instantly, as if making way for him and revealing what he wanted to see.

There he saw a silhouette of someone he never seen before. This person is a girl with a purple hair and fair skin tone. She's wearing a sleeveless emerald dress that hugged the curves of her body. One thing that Raven noticed is that she is stuck in a cage like a prisoner. Her hands were chain as well as her ankles, she even appeared to be in constant pain.