Chapter 459: Memory Loss
"I, I am Arthur, your husband. Have you lost your memory, Amelie?" Arthur stuttered a little. He thought his wife didn"t recognize him anymore.
"Those orange eyes and that reddish black hair... Arthur, honey, what happened after that attack? Is everything all right? I"m sorry for failing to defeat that devil." Amelie muttered quietly. She finally remembered the man who hugged her.
However, she remembered something very important and immediately panicked. "Ah! Our baby! Are we still in Avrora Forest? Is our baby son, Theo, unharmed? Theo is okay right? Where is he? I need to make sure he doesn"t get hurt immediately!"
Arthur was stunned for a moment. He had no idea what happened, but it looked like his wife had no recollection of memories of what happened after the attack thirty-six years ago.
"My wife, Amelie lost her memory?" Arthur glanced at Elysia and the G.o.ddess of Nature, but he could only see the curious gazes. "They don"t know either? Nevermind, I think this is the best result I can get. My wife will live a blisfull life without being disturbed by the memories of tragedy and suffering for thirty-six years under the control of that evil spirit."
Arthur nodded in agreement with his internal claim. It was a much better result than what he could have hoped for.
"Nee, answer me, Arthur! I want to check our baby son, but my body is so weak and helpless. Take me to see our baby Theo, now!" Amelie pounded her husband"s chest, but there was no significant force.
"All right, okay, but, looks like we need to talk. You"ve been in a deep slumber for thirty-six years, you know? Our son and I were really worried, but we couldn"t do anything and could only wait for a miracle.
Today, a divine being gave a divine help to bring you back to me. Who would have thought the legend of a n.o.ble prince and sleeping beauty is actually happening to us." Arthur created a new scenario with a thought in mind.
"Huh? Thirty-six years? I fell in a deep slumber for that long? Did that terrible devil ghost cast a curse upon me?" Amelie"s eyes widened in surprise. But, she immediately returned to her main objective. "Wait, then, our baby son..."
"Yeah, he"s grown up. You"d be surprised to see the lite version of me because our son is just like me." Arthur gently flicked his wife"s nose.
"I didn"t believe you before I was our son with my own eyes. I"m sure that our son bears a lot of resemblance to me." Right after saying that, Amelie"s expression became gloomy spontaneously.
"Amelie, are you all right? Let"s go. You need intensive care because you"ve been asleep for thirty-six years." Arthur panicked a little. However, before he could do anything, his wife put her hand on his chest.
"No, I"m fine. I"m just sad that I wasn"t there to be by our son"s side. Does oue bay Theo remember me as his mother? I was a bad mother. Our baby Theo must hate me..." Amelie sighed and closed his eyes.
"It"s actually the opposite. Our Theo is looking forward to the day you return to the family. He also misses you very much, just as much as how I miss you." Arthur tried to convince his wife. For some reason, he felt relieved.
"Is that true?" Amelie opened her eyes again with doubt, but there was an expectation.
"Yeah." Arthur nodded.
"Really, really? I mean is it really true?" Amelie asked for another confirmation.
"Yeah. Let"s meet our Theo now and confirm my words. We also need to have a private family talk." Arthur repeatedly nodded with a smile on his face.
"Then what are you waiting for? Let"s get out of here. Go!" Amelie raised her hand high.
"All right, all right. Please hold me tight because I can go much faster than the wind." Arthur fixed his wife"s position in his princess carry, then he walked toward the gate.
"Eh? We have a lot of guests? Woah, that dragon-armored man looks really strong." Amelie"s attention was drawn to a group not far from the stone gate, especially to the tallest and biggest man.
"You just woke up and already glanced at other men even though the? one perfect is carrying you like a princess?" Despite saying that, there wasn"t the slightest hint of jealousy or irritation on Arthur"s face.
He was actually happy to see his wife did not receive any mental backlash and was still as cheerful as he knew.
*Bam!*
Arthur simply kicked the stone gate with his Emperor-level strength. It collapsed instantly into rubble without much magic due to the inactive mechanism.
"Everyone is very welcome at Aeddoterra Palace. But please allow me to excuse myself." Arthur said goodbye to Elysia"s group, then ordered the two people near the exit. "Lucas, Lawrence, please accompany my honored guests."
"Understood!" Lucas and Lawrence gave a knightly bow with a hand on the chest.
After that, Arthur sped away up the stairs with his wife in his arms.
"Hmm... Queen Amelie doesn"t remember what happened?" Elysia muttered softly with an astonished expression.
"Miss Elysia and everyone, this may sound a bit harsh on our part, but we sincerely implore you not to bring up any tragedy to Queen Amelie. This was probably the best outcome because Queen Amelie couldn"t remember any horrific events. Only G.o.d knows what happened during the past thirty-six years under that evil spirit"s control." Lucas made a request politely. He and Lawrence gave a bow after that.
"Mm, you don"t have to worry. Let"s get back to the surface." Elysia just gave the nod, although she was confused in her mind. She thought that it was an unexpected mistake from her side.
"Ely, it"s not a mistake if it ends up being the best. Let"s say it was an unexpected miracle." Elena gave an approving nod to remind the confused Elysia.
"Ah, you"re right, Sister Elena. But, allow me to speak to Rhea and Nell to find out their point of view on this. It would be terrible if something like this happened in the future. It is not always desirable to accidentally erase the patient"s memory." Elysia nodded in understanding. Then, she walked toward the stairs, and everyone followed after her.
"Alright, I"ll just wait for the results here~" Elena hummed, then threw herself onto the soft bed.
"Nee, Rhea, Nell, did Elena and I do something wrong while synchronizing Queen AMelie"s spirit to her body? Why did she lose her memory? Also, is it that easy for an evil spirit to possess someone and take complete control? It was terrible when I think about it." Elysia opened a conversation via telepathy.
Nell became interested instantly and landed on Elysia"s shoulder. "According to my eyes, what you are doing is flawless. Amelie"s spirit was perfectly synced to her body. That is as far as what you can do to a mortal. It would be very risky if you tried to touch her synchronized spirit, Ely. She mortal remember, not divine like my big sister that you can touch at will. After all, Arthur seemed very pleased with this result. Why do you feel worried?"
"Hey, why does that sound a little weird to me, Little Nell?" Rhea raised her eyebrows to protest.
"Hehe..." Nell just giggled and floated down to her big sister.
"Master Elysia, I can answer all your confusion earlier. Would you like to hear it now?" Rhea just let Nell sit on her lap. She looked up at Elysia"s face for confirmation.
"Mm, I"m all ears. Please tell me." Elysia gave a gentle smile.
"Hm, you know, the truth is, evil spirits can"t possess someone with a healthy, clean, or pure soul. In other words, they can only possess someone with deep regrets, depression, major sins, and other bad things. Evil spirits can only take complete control over beings with a lot of sin or negative energy.
To be sure, Amelie had committed a grave sin in the past, and she was suffering in silence. After Amelie defeated at her vulnerable state, the evil spirit took advantage of it? to completely possess her body." Rhea gave enough explanation for Elysia to understand easily.
"But, sigh... It turned out to be true. It wasn"t just devils who were evil even though that race had the word "evil" in it. All races are actually the same, including humans. We can only judge them individually." Elysia took a deep breath, then let it out slowly.
"Yeah, it hurts to say, but it"s the truth. Even though I am a Human G.o.ddess, I am aware that humans are not as good as I expected. Maybe only some of them can live up to my expectations. For the rest, they are nothing more than evil embodiments but in human form." Nell sighed to admit that without hesitation.
"Humans aren"t as good as you might think, huh… Apparently, we"re just lucky enough to meet individuals with good hearts. But, please prepare yourself, Ely. We might meet the worst one day. As you know, sometimes, humans are the worst creatures on Earth. This world has many sentient creatures. So, you know what I want to say, right?" Elena looked up at the galactic sky in the Soul Realm with a sigh.
"Mm." Elysia switched to a private connection to respond only to Elena.
"Ah, Master Elysia. For your other questions, I suspect that Amelie lost her memory due to two or three possible causes. This is just a possibility based on my observations and knowledge, okay?" Rhea returned to the topic of their concern. She couldn"t even confirm with complete confidence about the cause of Amelie"s memory loss.