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After questions about memory and identity, his question, \"Do you remember me?\", is answered with a shocking confession.","summary_language":"en","summary_source":"chapter_translation","summary_status":"editorial","summary_verification":"verified"},"summary":"A young woman who touches the crystal orb shows an unexpected aura reaction. The priest asks for her to be handed over to the temple for research, and terrified, she begs for help. The Grand Duke has the World Tree sap sent by the High Priest brought in and makes her drink it to force her to tell the truth. After questions about memory and identity, his question, \"Do you remember me?\", is answered with a shocking confession.","key_events":["Priest explains aura requires body and mind pushed to limits, finds her reaction strange","Woman calls Grand Duke merciless killer yet confesses he is the only person she accepted","Young woman touches crystal orb and shows unexpected strong aura reaction","Woman gives contradictory answer about memory loss, says question was wrong","Grand Duke is interrupted before final question and says he reached the truth he sought","Grand Duke dismisses priest and asks woman directly if she remembers him","Woman forced to drink sap which compels truth and involuntary movement","Priest offers to take woman to temple for research, she refuses and pleads for rescue","World Tree sap is brought in with warning that over three drops seizes mind","Woman recalls drinking sap as child with no effect, now effect is extraordinarily strong"],"characters_involved":[],"transcript":{"available":true,"format":"plain-text","language":"en","content":"PLEASE PLACE YOUR HAND ON THIS CRYSTAL BALL.\n\nTHIS REACTION...\nIT'S AURA.\n\nWHAT DO YOU MEAN...?!\nDO YOU KNOW THE CONDITIONS REQUIRED TO AWAKEN AURA, PRIEST?\nYES. ISN'T IT A POWER THAT MANIFESTS WHEN THE BODY AND MIND ARE PUSHED TO THEIR ABSOLUTE LIMITS?\nWHICH IS WHY AURA USERS ARE EXTREMELY RARE, RIGHT?\nEXACTLY. IN THAT CASE...\n\nDOES SHE LOOK LIKE SHE POSSESSES THE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL STATE CAPABLE OF THAT?\nI'M A VETERAN AT THIS, SO WHAT.\nFEIGNING IGNORANCE!\nHMM... IS THE BODY REACTING BECAUSE MY SOUL HAS ALREADY BEEN TRAINED TO ITS ABSOLUTE LIMITS?\n\nI'M NOT ENTIRELY SURE, BUT IT IS FASCINATING.\nI HAVEN'T FOUND ANY TRACES OF PHYSICAL TRAINING ON HER, SO I FIND IT QUITE BIZARRE AS WELL.\nBY ANY CHANCE,\n\nIF YOU ARE HAVING TROUBLE DECIDING WHAT TO DO WITH HER, YOUR GRACE,\nPLEASE LEAVE HER WITH OUR TEMPLE FOR RESEARCH.\nAH... NO!!\n\nA KNIGHT CAN DIE ON THE BATTLEFIELD, BUT I REFUSE TO SUFFER SUCH A DISHONORABLE FATE!\nThey'll use experiments as an excuse to feed me suspicious things!\nP-PLEASE,\n\nSAVE... ME?!\n\nDID YOU BRING THE ITEM I REQUESTED?\nEXCUSE ME? ...AH, YES.\nHEY, DON'T IGNORE ME...!\nIT IS THE SAP OF THE WORLD TREE SENT BY THE HIGH PRIEST.\n\nSINCE IT WAS A REQUEST FROM YOU, YOUR GRACE, WE MADE A SPECIAL EXCEPTION TO BRING IT OUTSIDE.\nAS YOU KNOW, THERE IS NO LONGER ANY SUPPLY OF THIS ITEM, BUT BY ANY CHANCE...\nI SWEAR NOTHING ABOUT TODAY WILL LEAVE THIS ROOM.\nTHANK YOU. PLEASE USE IT WITH CAUTION.\n\nUP TO THREE DROPS IS FINE, BUT...\nANY MORE THAN THAT, AND THE POWER OF THE WORLD TREE WILL OVERWHELM THE USER'S MIND, CAUSING THEM TO LOSE CONSCIOUSNESS.\nTHREE IS MORE THAN ENOUGH.\nWAIT A MINUTE... IS THAT BY ANY CHANCE...\n\nTHE SAP OF THE... WORLD TREE?\nDRINK IT.\n\nI ALREADY DRANK THE SAP OF THE WORLD TREE ONCE WHEN I WAS A CHILD.\nTHE LIQUID THAT FORCES YOU TO SPEAK ONLY THE TRUTH IN RESPONSE TO ANY QUESTION, RIGHT?\n\nBUT IT DIDN'T WORK ON ME AT ALL BACK THEN?!\nDRINK UP.\nYOU DON'T HAVE A CHOICE.\n\nI'M ONLY DRINKING IT BECAUSE YOU'RE THREATENING ME, GRAND DUKE.\nBUT YOU WON'T GET THE ANSWERS YOU WANT FROM ME.\n\nANSWER HONESTLY.\nIS IT TRUE THAT YOU LOST YOUR MEMORY?\nTHAT IS CORRECT. I LOST MY MEMORY!\n\nYOU COULD SAY I LOST IT, BUT YOU COULD ALSO SAY I DIDN'T!\nUH-OH? WHY DID MY SPEECH BUBBLE CHANGE?\n\nEVEN MY ENTIRE BODY IS MOVING ON ITS OWN?!\nIT DEFINITELY DIDN'T DO THIS BEFORE...?\nTO BE HONEST,\n\nI AM A VERY COMPLICATED PERSON, GRAND DUKE.\n...DID YOU MIX ALCOHOL INTO THIS?\nO-of course not!\nAhem! ...It seems the effects are overwhelmingly strong on this young lady.\n\nTHIS IS HUMILIATING.\nTh-that's wh-why I'm s-saying th-the qu-question was f-flawed f-from th-the s-start.\n...Did you catch any of that, Grand Duke?\n*MEANING: THE QUESTION ITSELF WAS FLAWED FROM THE START.\nNORBERT, ESCORT THE PRIEST OUT AND WAIT OUTSIDE.\n\nYES, UNDERSTOOD.\n\n...THAT WAS A USELESS WASTE OF TIME.\nENOUGH PLAYING AROUND. LET'S GET STRAIGHT TO THE POINT.\n\nI HAVE TWO QUESTIONS LEFT.\nWILL I ACTUALLY BE ABLE TO HOLD OUT IN THIS STATE?\nDO YOU...\n\nREMEMBER ME?\n...WHAT DOES HE MEAN?\n\nDID HE ACTUALLY RECOGNIZE ME?\nNO, THAT'S IMPOSSIBLE.\nMY APPEARANCE IS COMPLETELY DIFFERENT, AND WE HAVEN'T EVEN TALKED ENOUGH FOR HIM TO DEDUCE WHO I AM.\n\nIF THAT'S THE CASE...\nTHAT QUESTION...\nHE MUST BE ASKING THE ORIGINAL OWNER OF THIS BODY.\n\nI REMEMBER. VERY WELL, IN FACT.\nA RUTHLESS SLAUGHTERER WITHOUT A SINGLE DROP OF BLOOD OR TEARS.\nA BLOODTHIRSTY DEMON.\n\nTHE HOMICIDAL MANIAC OF THE CENTURY.\nTHE LUNATIC OF THE BATTLEFIELD...\nSTOP.\nTHAT'S ENOUGH.\n\nLET ME FINISH. BECAUSE THIS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT PART.\nYOU ARE...\n\n...THE ONLY PERSON I'VE EVER ACKNOWLEDGED.\nGAH!!!! THIS DAMN BODY!! THAT WAS PRACTICALLY A CONFESSION!!!\n\nPLEASE, MAKE IT STOP!!\nTHEN HERE IS MY FINAL QUESTION.\n\nARE YOU...\nARE YOU FINISHED, YOUR GRACE?\nDID YOU OBTAIN THE TRUTH YOU WERE SEEKING?\n\nYES...\n\nI GOT IT.\nAAAAGH! 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