73: Amber's Memory Tunnel

Chapter 73: Anberer'er's Memory Tunnel

Ten minutes later, Alice was also summoned via telepathic transmission to help.

The Soul Contract was very reliable, making Alice the most trustworthy slave.

Before long, Dick arranged dozens of magic stones on the ground into a bizarre pattern that looked somewhat chaotic from a distance.

Each magic stone had runes carved beneath it, connecting end to end, forming a massive magic array, with Dick and Anberer'er standing in the center.

This was a Spirit Channeling Array, its prototype nowhere to be found in books; Dick had created it specifically for Anberer'er.

"Resentment is a ghost's burden, and even more so, a shackles. As long as it exists, you will never be free."

"There are many ways to break free from resentment, but ultimately, the methods fall into two major categories: breaking free from the outside, or... breaking free from the inside!"

Saying this, Dick placed the Soul Extinguishing Curse on Anberer'er's forehead, injecting not magic power, but soul power.

Upon feeling Dick's soul power, Anberer'er's eyes immediately turned crimson, her body trembling, almost losing control.

Delicious, it was simply too delicious. Anberer'er could even determine on the spot that Dick's soul power was the most delicious thing in the world!

"Quiet!"

Dick shouted loudly and made a strange gesture. Anberer'er immediately calmed down, and her previously uncontrollable desire vanished.

"S-Sorry, I was a little out of control just now..." Anberer'er said sheepishly.

Dick didn't scold Anberer'er, but instead turned to look at Mina, gesturing for her to activate the Spirit Channeling Array.

Buzz—

For a moment, the magic array on the ground emitted buzzing sounds, and one rune after another slowly lit up, with silver-white glowing dust constantly rising.

Dick and Anberer'er, standing in the center of the array, were enveloped by the glowing dust, and their figures began to turn transparent.

A powerful force invaded Anberer'er's soul body, making her very uncomfortable and causing her to subconsciously struggle and resist.

"Relax, Anberer'er. I need to enter the depths of your consciousness and find the true nature of the resentment in your memories."

"Hand over everything to me. You can only rely on me now. Only I can help you find the true culprit and help you break free from the resentment..."

Amidst Dick's gentle voice, Anberer'er gradually closed her eyes, and then, with the help of the Spirit Channeling Array, transformed into a door of light.

Seeing this, Dick no longer hesitated, using Soul Body Separation Technique. His physical body fell backward and was steadily supported by Alice.

And the separated Dick's soul slowly walked into the door of light.

After a few seconds of haziness, Dick arrived at Anberer'er's memory tunnel.

This was a tunnel with no end in sight, surrounded by intermittent memory scenes and various holographic projections constantly flashing by.

These were all Anberer'er's memories. The further forward one walked, the earlier the memories were.

Dick didn't stop, but walked forward quickly, soon seeing the memory of Anberer'er meeting Cecilia on the rooftop yesterday.

Cecilia didn't realize Anberer'er was eavesdropping; she didn't have any talents related to ghosts, after all, Exorcism was an extremely rare profession.

Therefore, all of Cecilia's murmuring was heard clearly by Anberer'er, and now Dick knew about it too.

"That Rogue who was spying on me was indeed Cecilia, but... what's with the husband she mentioned?"

During Cecilia's several minutes of murmuring, Dick heard the word 'husband' over a dozen times, and even words like 'child'.

After some thought, combined with the information revealed by Cecilia, Dick deduced that it was likely a marriage bestowed by the Empress, a common means of winning people over.

Although Cecilia was an absolute stunner, Dick was clearly not going to be captivated. His true target was only the Empress herself.

However... he could use Cecilia to approach the Empress. A tool delivered right to his doorstep, why not take it?

Dick continued walking towards the front of the memory tunnel, through January, March, October... one year, two years, seven years...

Anberer'er hadn't lied; she really hadn't harmed anyone. At most, she would turn into a red-clothed female ghost to scare some timid students.

But ultimately, with Anberer'er's low strength, it would be somewhat difficult for her to harm anyone.

Generally speaking, students with a bit more courage could easily deal with Anberer'er. Low-level ghosts have very poor ability to interfere with the physical world.

A soul body's memory is far superior to a physical body's, which resulted in Anberer'er's memory tunnel being very long, but Dick had ways to accelerate his progress.

Soon, Dick arrived at the memory tunnel from ten years ago, the point in time when Anberer'er transformed from a human into a ghost.

However, a thick wall blocked Dick's path, preventing him from seeing Anberer'er's memories from when she was alive.

"So that's it. Anberer'er's memory was sealed by someone. No wonder she couldn't remember how she died."

Dick suddenly understood. He gently placed his hands on the thick wall and tried pushing it, but to no avail.

"Heh heh, petty tricks, trying to show off in front of a master..."

He unleashed a burst of soul power, and the thick wall directly shattered. Dick shook his head and chuckled lightly, continuing to stride forward.

But beyond the wall was not the same memory tunnel as before, but a patch of pitch-black mist.

"I didn't expect to encounter the resentment so quickly. It seems my guess was correct; Anberer'er's cause of death is where her resentment lies."

Dick didn't hesitate much and walked directly into the black mist ahead.

After a moment of daze, Dick arrived in a classroom. It was break time, and many students were chatting here.

After a brief observation, Dick determined that this should be the Medical Department classroom from ten years ago, Anberer'er's memory space.

Most of the students in the classroom were girls, because females are naturally skilled in healing and purification magic. Therefore, 90% of the Academy's Medical Department were girls.

Anberer'er was a student in the Medical Department when she was alive, but her talent was very poor, ranking at the bottom of the department.

Soon, Dick found Anberer'er in the corner of the classroom.

She had heavy bangs that covered most of her black-rimmed glasses, and her body was curled up in her chair, looking very timid.

None of the surrounding students were chatting with Anberer'er; she was clearly isolated by the entire class.

And due to prolonged bullying, Anberer'er had become very unconfident, not daring to talk to anyone, simply sitting quietly in her seat reading a book.

But even so, Anberer'er couldn't find peace. Soon, several gaudily dressed female students came over to pick a fight.

"Hey, I told you to go deliver a love letter to Senior Kier yesterday. Did you go or not?"

"You must have been lazy and didn't go, after all, Senior Kier hasn't replied yet..."

"You really need a lesson. You can't even do this small thing right. What's the point of you even existing?"

Facing the three girls' harassment, Anberer'er only weakly whispered, "I... I did everything as requested. I put the love letter in Senior Kier's shoe locker..."

"So you're saying, after Senior Kier read my love letter, he deliberately ignored me?"

"What kind of joke is this? Senior Kier is the department head's direct grandson, a polite young man. You're practically insulting him..."

Hearing this, Anberer'er panicked greatly, trembling and waving her hands, saying, "N-No, it's not like that. I didn't mean to insult anyone. Maybe Senior Kier just forgot to look..."

Before Anberer'er could finish speaking, the leading girl raised her hand and swung it. This was a very loud slap. If it landed, Anberer'er's face would likely swell up.

But Anberer'er didn't resist, not even using her hand to block.

Because she knew that if she blocked this slap and didn't let the girl get her satisfaction, she would face even more brutal bullying.

Just then, Dick made his move. Before the slap landed, he firmly grasped the girl's hand.