Chapter 166. Erased
After the day I tamed Agatha, I got so caught up in mnemomancy that I barely had time for anything else—definitely not for being all lovey-dovey. Two days passed in the demon realm, and I finally managed to read minds without getting a splitting headache, though I still can’t keep it up for more than thirty minutes a day. Some of my guinea pigs nearly lost their minds—literally—after I tangled their memories too much while practicing. To fix that, I used the second mnemomancy spell: memory erasure. Thankfully, erasing memories isn’t nearly as hard as reading them. By the end of it all, most demons were left wandering around with empty heads. I called it a success.
Feeling confident, I decided to probe Hillary’s mind next—to uncover how exactly he ended up as an undead. His memories were intact at first, showing glimpses of a normal life... until the moment he met his father at their house. After that, everything turned into a haze, like fog swallowing the edges of a painting.
I figured the only way to get real answers was to return him to the human world—back to the Duke’s mansion.
"Alright, Your Highness. Thanks again for the test subjects. You were a great help," I said to Evelyn, giving a slight bow as she lounged on her throne.
She scoffed, folding her arms. "Whatever. Don’t come back any time soon! It’s not like I liked having you around or anything!!"
Rose grinned beside me. "Are you sure you don’t mean the opposite, hun?"
Evelyn’s cheeks reddened. "Heck no!!"
I chuckled. Great. I had my own personal tsundere demon princess.
After our goodbyes, Rose opened a Dimensional Door to my realm, but she chose to stay behind to track down Berial’s hideout—his existence was too much of a threat. She also wanted to figure out who was pulling the strings from the shadows—the one who supplied Draegonth and the others with those bangles that made them immune to curse magic. A mystery for another day.
Once we were back in my realm, I left my waifus behind and headed to Eldoria with Hillary. But first—I wiped all his memories of the demon realm. I couldn’t risk him remembering any of it.
The moment the spell took effect, he blinked at me, eyes wide like a dazed animal.