Confidently, he pointed to somewhere. Even though it was difficult to find a clear location by pointing, considering it’s a doll stuck on the floor.

“There are things like spells that make someone who had no magic gain magic! How impressive, right?”

I applauded, responding to Hwangdoju’s words.

Thinking about it, through Hwangdoju, I might be able to easily find out what I’ve been curious about lately.

“So, what are you curious about? Tell me anything.”

“Um… Among magic.”

“Yeah?”

“Is there a magic that makes someone lose their memory?”

At those words, Hwangdoju’s face brightened.

“There is!”

“Oh, really? Then, please tell me that story. If that’s difficult, if you let me know where the book is…”

When I roughly looked around, there were no books about magic.
“The books about magic are all up there. The first floor has general books. If you want, I can fetch them for you. But…”

“But?”

Is it not allowed? Was my response lacking? Should I praise more to get assistance?

However, after those words from Hwangdoju, the following statement was a bit different from what I had in mind.

“But you probably haven’t lost your memory.”

“Huh?”

“You haven’t lost your memory; you’re under hypnosis.”

What is he talking about again? I looked at Hwangdoju quietly, blinking my eyes. However, Hwangdoju stared at me with a firm expression.

“Me?”

“Oh… You didn’t know, huh? Well, it’s understandable. Because the body and soul are different.”

Hwangdoju walked confidently and suddenly hopped up by stepping on the shelf of the bookcase.

As our eyes aligned at the same height, Hwangdoju stared at me intensely.

Due to the statement that the body and soul are different, my mind became distant. I even felt like something inside me was completely exposed from Hwangdoju’s scrutinizing gaze.

With a nod, Hwangdoju, who was examining me, slowly nodded.

“Your body has the power to cast a strong hypnosis.”

“Is that… magic?”

“That’s right. The power of magic that weakly descended in your family manifested like that.”

I have the power of magic? In response to the unexpected statement, I stared at him intently.

“Hypnosis doesn’t require any activation word. It doesn’t need a magic circle. The words you repeat over and over again would have been the activation words for hypnosis. That’s why naturally, there are people around you who are hypnotized.”

Come to think of it, Shasha had said something like that. My words seem to have power, and when she hears my words, she feels relieved.

Unable to hide my surprise, I stared at him.

“And it doesn’t necessarily apply only to others. You can do it to yourself too. To avoid, to forget the situation, people cast hypnosis on themselves. You did just that. A long time ago, you cast hypnosis on yourself.”

“Then, what I lost my memory earlier…”

“Yeah. You didn’t lose it; you confined it. To not even recall it with hypnosis.”

“Oh.”

“Your self-imposed hypnosis was so perfect that you couldn’t even remember it. But as you become someone with a different soul, that hypnosis is gradually unraveling. You’ll remember soon. Maybe even today. Eventually, you’ll remember. Your hypnosis was cast on a different soul.”

Hwangdoju, who claimed to be a wizard, seemed to see me properly.

That my body and my soul are different.

“Do they all… recognize it like that?”

“Regarding hypnosis? Or that the body and soul are different? There’s no need to ask. In ordinary cases, they wouldn’t notice. Only those who have experienced such a person can recognize it through experience. Only I will know it here. I am quite remarkable, after all.”
Looking at the excited Hwangdoju and the cute figure, I didn’t have a particularly different reaction.

“Anyway, the hypnosis will soon be lifted. Once you realize that you’re under hypnosis, it unravels. Moreover, the hypnosis seems to be engraved on the body and soul. Since the soul has changed, it seems to be accelerating.”

The small hand of Hwangdoju Doll touched my cheek.

“Oh… I see. I have… memories that I’m forgetting.”

“But you seem to be worried about something other than that. About what I’ve discovered.”

“…”

I realized it in an instant. What kind of hypnosis is placed on this body wasn’t important to me. It was more crucial that the original owner of this body disappeared, and I took control of it. It was more important for others to know about it.

“Don’t worry. I have no intention of telling anyone. I survived thanks to you. Why would I talk about it? Besides, I have no desire to appear in front of others. So don’t worry.”

Although I met him for the first time today and he claimed to be the owner of this library, even forgetting his own name, I couldn’t believe everything the doll that had been here for a long time said.

Even his claim of having no intention of telling anyone.

I wanted to receive a firm declaration not to talk to anyone like that, but I couldn’t. The moment I talked about it, it felt like I was exposing my weakness.

So, I nodded my head as nonchalantly as possible.

“Alright.”

I didn’t properly ask what I should have asked.

Whether Rodelo was under memory loss magic, whether such magic existed, and if it did, how it could be undone.

I should have asked such questions, but because of the revelation that I had cast hypnosis on myself and that my body and soul were different, I awkwardly smiled.

“I should go now.”

“Already leaving? Too bad, it was fun. It’s been a while since I had someone to talk to. Besides, interesting things came up.”

“I just remembered something I need to do. I feel like I left my younger sibling alone for too long.”

It wasn’t true. It was just that, after exposing the truth, I wanted to escape. Unaware of that, Hwangdoju even waved to me as he said his farewell.