Ritual
What should I do with this person... If they do something weird to someone I know, I might end up destroying him... actually, for the sake of all women in the world, for the sake of the Goddess and the unworthy Demon King, it might be better to destroy him. But what happens to souls that can't go to heaven or hell? On Earth, the souls of the dead were supposed to disappear. No, technically, they probably don't disappear. Because I'm here now.
I formed a hypothesis. Perhaps souls flow through worlds? In other words, they might be reborn in another world after death.
Then why did Teth interfere with me? If I can reincarnate in another world without interference, there would be no need for him to interfere. Well, only Teth would know the answer to that.
But I don't know why. When I think about this, my chest feels cloudy. It feels like I've forgotten something. Something that makes up me is trying to remind me, but I feel like I shouldn't remember. Everything is fake...
"Princess!!"
"Huh?"
Alicia suddenly shouted. My brother, Master, and Anon, who were all pointing their swords at Eibon, turned around in surprise. What's going on?
"Oh? … No, I'm sorry… it seems I was mistaken. I thought there was a bug at my feet and I panicked."
I immediately teleported to another place to escape. I hate bugs.
But I don't know. It doesn't seem like Alicia was being honest. My brother also had a puzzled look. Anon thought for a moment and then turned towards Eibon, poking him with her sword. It seems she gave up thinking about things she didn't understand. At this rate, she might be called muscle-brain in the future. Try to think a little.
"Well, first, you need to teach me that magic. How should I do it?"
"... I don't mind, but this is a very rare ritual inheritance magic, so you need to perform a special ritual to acquire it. There are also dangers."
Hmm. Indeed, it's rare. It's already a lost form of magic. It was common in ancient times.
For example, performing a ritual and defeating a specific attribute dragon with just one hand. All the tasks were unreasonable, and this form of magic fell out of use once magic books became widespread.
My brother and the others also made clearly displeased faces. Ritual inheritance magic is too dangerous.
"Princess..."
"I will take it. I absolutely want to obtain this magic."
I'm not backing down here. I want to reach greater heights.
"That's a good resolve. I also need to get serious and regain my strength from when I was alive... I'll kill that spirit later."
"I'll purify you first. If you're going to fight the Dark Spirit, I'll be your enemy."
As an undead, you can't possibly beat me... why don't you realize that?
"W-well... let's talk about that later. And we can perform the ritual here. It's not such a strict ritual. This is a dialogue with oneself. You just need to subdue your own copy... though sometimes the copy appears as a dragon or something incomprehensible."
"That's too dangerous!!"
Why a dragon... hmm, could it be that you fight your old self? If so, it's not surprising if a dragon appears. Does that mean fighting my past life? In that case, a human should appear for me. But... it's still dangerous. Because I don't know what I did. But I should have lived in a world without magic, so the threat shouldn't be that great. In a battle of skills, I should have the advantage.
When I told Eibon to perform the ritual immediately, he started drawing a magic circle on the floor.
It's probably an ancient magic circle that I don't have knowledge of yet. Drawing such a complex pattern without making a single mistake shows that he is indeed a Great Mage. In fact, it's not uncommon for magicians to go mad from making mistakes while drawing magic circles.
After about an hour, Eibon finished drawing the magic circle and threw away the chalk with a sigh. That was a high-quality gem, I think... By the way, Anon and the others were drinking tea as if on a break, but I kept watching the magic circle. Ancient magic is fascinating. Figuring out what unknown formulas are for can help efficiently use other magic. I actually found some formulas that can be optimized and discovered new magic based on them.
"You really like magic, don't you? Usually, no one stares at a magic circle this much."
"Intriguing. Thanks to this, I can further improve my skills."
"Impressive. In my era, if there had been magicians with such enthusiasm and talent, we could have created an even greater era. The magic circle is complete. Once activated, you can't leave the circle, but you basically won't die. In my case, the copy that appeared didn't try to kill me, and the Mage who taught me this ritual said the same. He said he was rather encouraged."
If the one that appears is my past self, they certainly wouldn't try to kill me. Isn't the difficulty low?
I moved onto the magic circle. It was drawn in a place slightly away from the temple, about 50 meters in size. Apparently, it was a place prepared for occasions like this. Eibon has been researching magic in this temple for hundreds of years.
If I could meet my past self... I have so many questions. So many things I want to talk about. I want to know what kind of life I led, what I thought as I lived, why I sought knowledge to this extent, why I died, what I am. I have so many questions.
"Are you ready?"
"Yeah, activate it."
With my words, the magic circle lit up with a faint light, illuminating the space. After a while, the magic circle started spinning, and light began to gather in the center, forming a human figure. Everyone watched the process.
After a while, a girl appeared. She looked around with a slightly annoyed expression and then sighed softly before looking at me.
The girl had the same emerald-green eyes as me, but her hair was blonde. She didn't seem to be Japanese. And she was wearing a baggy white coat... she looked like a little brat.
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