ââŠI kind of had a gut feelingâŠBut I think I do for sure nowâŠâ
âMaybe youâre one of those spirits.â
âA spirit that forgets its memories?â
âYes.â
ââŠThen maybe Iâll never be able to remember anythingâŠ?â
If it was a spirit born from rumors and lore that wandered forever in search of memories, then it might not have any memories to recover.
If that was the case, no matter what I did to help, the memories would remain unrecoverable.
âWe donât know as of yet. If you feel like you know me, itâs quite possible that you have simply forgotten your memories due to the work of another spirit.â
As I said this, Eleonore, who was listening beside me, chimed in.
âIâm sure youâll be fine. I think Rina-chanâs memory will come back once we find out what kind of spirit did this.â
ââŠI hope so.â
Rina smiled, but just a little.
âDo you have any idea?â
âYou mean about the spirits that make you forget your memories? Hmm, not that I could rememberâŠ. But if we look around places we have visited, we might be able to find one.â
With a hopeful expression, Rina smiled.
âBy the way, arenât we taking the same path over and over again?â
Lay said, and Rina nodded her head.
âThatâs right. This is the fourth time weâve been through here.â
âWhat the heck are you talking about?â
Sasha asked, with a look of doubt on her face.
âThere are places in the Spiritual Academy that you have to follow a set route to get through. Itâs not magic, so you wonât be able to see it even with your magic eye, and I donât think youâll be able to find it without knowing about it.â
Rina stopped in front of a door she had passed many times.
When she opened it, she found a small room inside.
There was nothing special about it.
It was a plain and simple room.
âCome in.â
Rina walked into the room.
âThereâs nothing in there, you know?â
Sasha walks into the room, contemplating the meaning of her words.
Once she was sure everyone had entered the small room, Rina closed the door once and opened it again shortly after.
ââŠEh?â
A surprised voice leaked out from Sasha.
What was spread out beyond the door was a vast forest.
No, it wasnât just a forest.
Instead of fruit, there were countless books on the trees that grew everywhere.
âThis is our destination, the [Book Forest]. The books that grow on the trees in this forest contain a lot of information. The Green Book contains information about spirits, and the questions posed by the Great Tree of Eniyunien are based on this book.â
âSo if you know whatâs in that book, you can get points?â
Rina nodded.
âBut arenât we supposed to do the test in class anyway?â
Sasha asked, but Rina shook her head.
âItâs Eniyunienâs philosophy that classes are just remedial work and that you have to study on your own. Thatâs why in the quizzes, youâll be asked questions that you didnât learn in class.â
âWhatâs with that⊠thatâs not fairâŠâ
âThe Scarlet Monument King did said something to that effect, didnât he?â
He must have been thinking that it would be impossible to cover the entire range of questions in a week.
At the same time, it was also a confirmation that he didnât know this place.
âAre we collecting Green Books?â
âYes.â
Misha reached for a green book that had fallen to the ground.
Then, stick-like limbs sprouted from the book and moved around a bit.
ââŠIt escapedâŠâ
âWhat was that?â
Books with arms and legs were running around the forest.
Then the books that had become trees all fell at once, sprouted limbs as well, and moved.
âLeeran, the book fairy. The books in this place are spirits.â
Rina said.
âWow. It looks like thereâs plenty of green books alone to capture!â
ââŠA game of tag, is itâŠâ
Eleonore chuckled, and Zeshia was enjoying the situation somehow.
âIf itâs a game of tag, Iâve never lost.â
With that, he unfolded a magic circle, stacking a hundred of them on top of each other.
He quickly dipped his fingertips into multiple magic circles.
The magic of <Forest Universal Harmony Yi Guneas> was activated, and his right hand took on a pale glow.
If you can cross the distance and hold everything in your hands, even numbers are meaningless.
I beckoned to him with the hand of <Forest Universal Harmony Yi Guneas>.
Instantly, the limbs of the green books retracted, and they all flew towards me, lined up on the ground.
There were 1799 of them.
With a flick of my index finger, the pages of all 1799 books were flipped one after the other with tremendous speed.
I fixed my evil eye on them all and watched closely.
Eventually, I finished flipping through all the pages, and the Fairy Leeran books were closed.
âHmm. Iâve memorized it.â
âHuh? You memorized that?â
Sasha exclaims in surprise.
âAnos is smart.â
âI wouldnât say heâs smart, heâs just weirdâŠâ
âI could only read half of it.â
Sasha looks at her sister seriously with a stern gaze.
She wanted to ask if they really had the same root.
âItâs okay. Thatâs half of what I remember.â
âDonât follow up⊠youâre making me feel sadâŠâ
I beckoned with my index finger to Sasha, who was lamenting about something.
Then a book flew out and landed in my hand.
âRina,I know the description of the kind of fairy that seals memories, but it wasnât in the book here.â
ââŠI see. But not all spirits are mentioned in the Green books either, soâŠâ
She looks down, a little disappointed.
âBut there was one page that caught my attention.â
Opening a green book labeled Volume 771, he shows Rina a certain page.
ââŠFran the Love FairyâŠ? A spirit that gives form to unrequited love and binds it together⊠it is said that there are as many of them as there are of devoid of loveâŠâ
Rina reflected her eyes on the next page.
But it was not the page of Fran, the fairy of love.
Only there, the page had been torn out.
âItâs possible that this page contained something about memories.â
There are 1799 Green Books, which may not contain all the spirits. It would have covered most of the spirits involved, though.
If that was the case, then there was no small chance that this torn page would have something about the spirits that seal memories.
âIf itâs within a hundred years, Iâll be able to do something about it.â
I applied <Time Manipulation Rivide> on that book.
The Book Fairy Leeran was mentioned in the Green Book, so we know its origin.
The <Time Manipulation Rivide> activates without any problem, and the bookâs time was sent back by several decades.
But it didnât go back far enough.
Using my magic power and the bookâs origin, I went back in time as far as I could, but the pages were still torn.
ââŠLooks like it was torn out a long time ago.â