Mayuzumi gradually recalled some things.
She recalled some broken and messy scenes. Endless darkness, a scarlet moon, a dilapidated house, and crazed figures …
Mayuzumi was alone with a bone-deep fear.
There was nothing there apart from despair.
The tremendous fear made her unwilling to think about it any further, but as long as she saw that person and realized that he was by her side, she would gain courage.
And so, she tried to see those things clearly.
Then, she finally remembered.
"Ten years ago, the same thing happened to me."
Mayuzumi told Seiji one day after Ling Yang left for school.
"Hmm?"
"When the minister blew out the last candle and something appeared, my … my spiritual sense was also trapped in a world … in a soul realm."
That place was far scarier than this place, and I was alone. I was really scared …
"I stayed there for a very, very long time, and I felt like I was about to go crazy … maybe I really did go crazy." She lowered her head slightly.
"… At that time, you fainted for an entire day … no, more than a day before you woke up," Seiji said softly after some thought.
"If we use the ratio of the time we spent here, then you … stayed there for at least ten years."
Ten years.
In a terrifying world.
She was alone.
Just thinking about it was scary … no, the word "scary" was no longer sufficient to describe it!
She would probably go crazy.
It was possible … or even certain …
"Don't think about it any further. It's enough to just remember that something like this happened before!" Seiji said decisively.
"Yeah …" Mayuzumi nodded.
"By the way, why did you remember it? Was it because you were in a similar environment again? "
"I don't know … maybe that's the case." Mayuzumi raised her head.
"When I thought of this, I realized that the nightmares I had were actually memories of me staying there."
After I woke up, I forgot about these memories, but they've always been there … in the depths of my mind.
My androphobia was actually because of this.
"When I was in university, I encountered all kinds of annoying things and didn't want to go out … I accidentally awakened my memory and overlapped the scary memories with reality, which led to my phobia."
"What I'm truly afraid of isn't the men in real life, but those … crazy and scary dolls in that terrifying realm."
"I … seem to have been killed by those scary puppets … many times …"
"Don't think about it in detail!" Seiji said. "Just remember it roughly."
Mayuzumi stopped talking.
There was silence.
"It's good to know the source of the nightmares and phobias." After thinking about it, Seiji said, "Although it's fundamentally caused by the mysterious energy, it's not the mysterious energy that's causing you pain, but your own memories."
"I still don't know how to get rid of the mysterious energy, but memories can be sealed using spells!"
"After you wake up, please ask the president to cast a spell to completely seal away those memories. Perhaps that will solve the nightmare and phobia!"
He smiled.
"Being trapped here isn't without benefits, Teacher."
"Yeah …" Mayuzumi smiled as well.
Then, Seiji thought of something else and his expression froze over.
"Teacher, those memories … are you able to stop yourself from thinking about them?"
Mayuzumi's expression froze over as well.
She knew what this question meant.
"I … don't know."
Those memories came to her naturally, but she didn't know if she could stop them with her willpower.
She could only try.
…
The situation was starting to look bad.
Peach-sensei was unable to stop those memories!
Ever since that conversation, she stopped thinking about those things. However, those memories, those feelings … would still appear, and they would appear more and more often.
Seiji saw how she appeared to be in a daze because of this.
He tried using his own ability to imagine casting a spell to seal away her memories, but failed.
The situation gradually worsened.
Finally, Mayuzumi had another nightmare.
It was much worse than the nightmares she had in real life. In her dream, she felt as if she had returned to that terrifying realm and was experiencing everything there all over again!
'I need to act now.'
Seiji thought to himself as he looked at Mayuzumi's pale face.
If this continued, she would have to endure more and more, and her situation would only get worse.
There was only one thing he could do now.
Although the preparations weren't complete yet, but …
"Teacher, let's proceed to the final step."
…
Her mother was sick.
Ling Yang was worried as she saw her mother's complexion worsening by the day.
She prayed for her mother to get better soon, but her condition didn't improve.
Then, her mother was hospitalized.
Ling Yang visited her mother every day.
But she still didn't get better. Her mother seemed to be getting weaker and weaker.
Ling Yang began folding paper cranes.
Brother Harano accompanied her in folding paper cranes.
He folded them every day. He prayed for her every day. He folded many, many paper cranes.
But …
"Why does my mother never get better!?"
After another visit, Ling Yang lost her temper.
She tore an unfolded paper crane to shreds and tossed out the completed ones as well. Tears welled up in her eyes.
"Because she has a serious illness."
A calm voice spoke up.
It was brother Harano.
He picked up the paper cranes, brought them back, and placed them on the table.
"Once a person has a serious illness, it's incredibly difficult to cure.
Why did my mother get so seriously ill!? "
Brother Harano looked over at her.
The expression in his eyes … Ling Yang felt that it was rather strange.
"This has something to do with you, Little Ling Yang," he told her in a serious tone.
"Wha … what?" Ling Yang had a confused expression.
"The fact that she's seriously ill is actually related to you.
You did terrible things to her, and that's one of the reasons why she's ill. "
"I … did … to my mother …" Ling Yang was even more confused now.
She didn't understand what brother Harano was saying at all.
"I … didn't do …"
"No, you did. It's just that you forgot, or … intentionally pretended that you didn't remember."
Seiji looked directly at the little girl's face.
"I didn't!" Ling Yang shouted angrily. "Brother Harano, you're talking nonsense!!"
Her eyes turned a blood-red color.
The room swiftly darkened as dark gray shadows appeared. The walls began to split open, and numerous eyeballs appeared on the ceiling. An icy black mist began to fill the floor.
Seiji imagined himself creating a barrier to resist the black mist as he calmly looked at Natsuya.
"I'm on your side, Little Ling Yang," he told her gently.
"I don't want to lie to you. I also want her to get better, and I want you to get better as well.
It's no good to lose your temper. Calm down and talk properly. "
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