210 Mitsue Natsume, You Dummy! (1/2)

And Spiritual Academy too, Kimura Kazuki thought to himself.

It was important to note that one's memories were engraved in the depths of one's soul, while the brain only functioned as storage space. The answer as to why someone who suffered a concussion and amnesia could retrieve their memories back was because they had not damaged their soul during the event.

It was also the reason why people who died and turned into spirits were able to keep their memories intact. On the other hand, those who turned into demons were bothered by negative emotions, and as such, parts of their soul would remain within their corpse, making them lose the memories they had of their past life. These demons would only be able to recall their memories with continuous and fruitful practice, and even so, their recollection would only be in part while their characters would change dramatically.

He knew that Mitsue Natsume had just utilized the power of consanguinity and soul to tamper with Kumoko's memories. He had destroyed his own soul directly because he wanted Kumoko to live a life free from remembrance and grief. Additionally, he also wanted to make sure that he no longer could recover Kumoko's memories.

However, from Kimura Kazuki's perspective, Mitsue Natsume had been doing research on the Seven Emotions Spells for decades, but he had ultimately gone astray. Did he not realise that life was full of unpredictable events of both sorrow and joy that completes life? Now, Mitsue Natsume was tampering with his daughter's memories regardless of whether she consented to it, imposing his own intentions upon Kumoko, and also himself.

Yet, recalling Mitsue Natsume's words, Kimura Kazuki realized that Mitsue Natsume had naturally been aware of these reasonings, but he had chosen to do so anyway. He was only enraged by Mitsue Natsume's actions because their beliefs and values were not in line with one another.

However, Mitsue Natsume obviously did not know that Kimura Kazuki was from the future and that the knowledge in his head was beyond that of Mitsue Natsume's imagination.

In his past life, during the recuperation of reiki where demons had been causing chaos, numerous people from the Spiritual Academy had begun creating their own spells. Naturally, they had a profound understanding of souls, thus birthing countless spells. It went without saying that there were people who specialized in the area of Soul Memories.

Some Kings of Ghosts would nurture demons and control their consciousness just to turn them into puppets. Such demons caught by the Spiritual Academy's Combat Department were often completely ignorant and could provide no information to them. Once people began developing the area of Soul Memories, a large number of new spells had been created.

Among them, the most renowned spell had been the 'Soul-Searching Spell,' but the spell had the effect of causing long-term damage to the soul.

Only when Kings of Ghosts who had fallen into the demonic path began causing substantial detriment to the country did the country's attention truly focus on those Kings. Researching geniuses in the country started directing their efforts into the field of souls. Eventually, they produced a spell named 'Initial Desire.'

The function of the 'Initial Desire Spell' was to revert the tampered memories of souls into their original versions, which at the same time, would retain the soul's memories of events after the alteration. It ensured the intactness of souls while acting as the key for locating Kings of Ghosts.

However, the utilization of the 'Initial Desire Spell' required one crucial material. As he thought of this, he turned his attention to Kumoko who was hiding beside him, pulling at his shirt. Applying gentle pressure to a point on Kumoko's neck with his fingers so that she fell unconscious, he scooped her up into his arms. Kumoko was, in fact, 18 years old, but she looked as if she was only thirteen with a petite figure. Moreover, being half human and half ghost, she was extremely light and easy to carry.

Upon such a sight, the Usui Spirit could only watch as it happened with reluctance in his eyes. Although it did not understand the process, it had just witnessed everything that had happened and had also heard what Mitsue Natsume had said. It was apparent to him that there were errors in Kumoko's memories. It seemed as though the shrine maiden that Master Kimura had been looking for was going to be leaving with him.