The Boy Remembers Everything
Part 1
Get the spirit eye.
Following the voice in my head, I left the village and advanced in the forest. It’s getting dark.
The forest at night is scary. Visibility is limited and the monsters are more active. Being outside the village’s walls, it wouldn’t be surprising if I was attacked by a monster and killed. It’s suicidal.
I take out my knife and peel off the bark from a nearby tree. I smear the sap from the tree on my body. The monsters from here hate the smell of this sap.
The monsters that don’t dislike the smell of this sap can be divided into two groups: those that hate fire and those that are territorial.
So long as I have the sap on me, carry a torch and watch out for the territorial marks, I should be able to pass through the forest. The voice told me so.
“Just what am I doing?”
Listening to a voice in my head without a second thought. Maybe I am going crazy.
If this voice is an illusion, I’ll be monster food by dawn. The countermeasures will be useless and I’ll be attacked at night.
But, when the Stone Maul attacked, I listened to the voice and I was able to save Anna-san. If I survive the night, the voice and the story about the spirits will have even more credibility.
So let’s keep moving. I don’t have much time.
Considering the distance, if I don’t traverse the forest with all I can, I won’t make it in time. So I kept walking through the woods.
Part 2
Four days have passed since I left the village.
I only have a day left. The connection with the spirit world only happens when the stars align. I’ve been walking through the forest without sleep since yesterday.
My fatigue is building up.
Not only did I have trouble sleeping, I also haven’t been eating well. I already ate the apples, so now I’m only eating wild vegetables and animals I’ve hunted in the forest.
My body is weak and my vision is getting blurry.
But I got here.
I followed the voice and came this far. There’s no way I could have made it here without it.
So I walk, walk, and walk, until I arrive on the fifth night. There was a beautiful lake among the trees. I open my eyes wide and the stars start shining in the sky.
With the ability to read the stars that I shouldn’t know, I correctly read the positioning of the stars. The gate is about to open.
Now, to get the spirit eye and remember everything.”
The lake absorbs the light of the stars. It’s started. My mouth opens.
“———”
I speak old words for the spirit to hear.
Sometimes, the spirits receive a favor from humans. In return, the spirits promise to return the favor to their benefactor’s descendants. If their descendants can reach this place, read the stars and recite the ancient words, the spirits will return the favor.
Of course, my ancestors never helped a spirit. I’m just using the knowledge I stole from someone else.
It just so happened that there’s a place that connects to the spirit world near my village, and the stars happened to align. Because I know the words, I can take the reward.
I just stopped thinking why I know all this. I’m just hoping everything will make sense once I get the spirit eye.
The lake shone brightly. All the light that was absorbed was released at once. A blue pillar of light appears at the center of the lake. There was a beautiful woman there. She had transparent wings and a translucent blue robe covered her body.
That beautiful woman opens her mouth slowly.
“I am the Star Spirit. Child of man, keeping true to the ancient contract, I will now repay the favor for your ancestor helping my friend. What do you wish for?”
The spirit gave me the options of the arms that can crush everything, legs that can cross any storm, ears that could hear from a thousand miles, or eyes that could see everything. My answer was already decided.
“I want the eye. Please give me the eyes that can see everything.”
Then, the Star Spirit slowly floated in front of me. I instinctively closed my eyes, then I felt a soft sensation on my eyelids twice.
“Child of man, I have given you the eye as repayment of the favor.”
My eye feels hot, but not painful. This heat, it’s power. I open my eyes.
“So this is the spirit eye.”
I’m at a loss for words. I can see the mana flowing in the air, the flow of the dragon veins, the status and skills of the spirit and even her true name.
What an amazing power! This is absolutely necessary for the class I’m going to awaken to. I look at my own reflection in the lake. My eye was shining green.
“I see, I understand now.”
I saw the truth of the world and remembered everything. The despair of the past and the longing for a second chance.
Even if the memories disappear, the things engraved in the soul remain. The fog clears, and the memories from my soul’s wounds return.
I found myself.
“Thank you, Star Spirit.”
After I thank her, the spirit smiles and disappears.
This is the spirit eye, no, the Jade Eye. My advance preparations are going well.
In two days, I’ll awaken as a Healer, and the hero mark will be engraved in my right hand. I’ll be chosen as one of the ten heroes in the world.
“First, I should retrace history. I have the knowledge, but the skills are gone. If I follow my past life, then I’ll be drugged and forced to heal military warriors. I suppose it’s not bad to get those warrior’s skills.”
But above all…
“I promised, didn’t I? This time, I’ll be the one to take everything from her.”
The image of a single woman came to mind. The pink-haired princess, and Magic Hero, Flare.
Hurry back to the village and meet her again, that’s my first step.
My face that appeared on the surface of the water wasn’t that of a simple boy, but of a distorted demon.