Chapter 81: Memories of the Clockwork Spirit

As Ike becomes more and more proficient in his use of the Z-drive, the time period he can rewind will expand from seconds to minutes, and as far as Jeno knows, this period has been extended to four minutes and twenty-eight seconds when the little fan brother Ayuna has an accident, and even longer in the future!

In the midst of the sparks, Jeno gave a thumbs up to Ike in the air, and the other party also scratched his scalp and smiled when he saw this.

Ike just thought that the atmosphere of Zaun was too dull today, so he went to the ground to take a look, originally he had the idea of coming to the big exhibition to sell the Z-drive.

In exchange for some money to help Zuan Mitong rebuild after the disaster, it also allows his parents to stop working 5 to 9 every day to send him to Skin's school for further study, so that they can spare time to spend time with him, because since he began to value time, he found that his parents are aging too fast.

However, the friends who came with him persuaded him not to sell the Z-type drive, and Ike's invention of the Z-type drive was completely accidental, and it was basically impossible to create another one after selling.

A few days ago, on Ike's name day, he used the Z-drive to go back seventeen times to save the performance-loving Ayuna, and today he went back forty-five times to save a passerby girl, and also helped Jinx successfully escape, which made him feel that the Z-drive on his body was even heavier - this device would become more meaningful in his hands! He'll save more people with this device!

He decided not to sell anymore! There is no way to live without money! People who are poor can't be short-minded!

Ike put one hand on the shoulder of his little fan brother Ayuna, he was very tired now, and wanted to go back to sleep in the warm bed, and he was so sorry that he couldn't help his parents share the burden.

Jeno ran to Oriana's side, and Orianna was crying in tears, still held tightly by Jano in a daze, unable to say a word.

"Let's go back."

Oriana's reaction seemed to be a little excessive, the whole person was like a stupid, no matter how Jano screamed, there was no response to Jeno, Jeno had no good way, so he could only take her back to the nearest apartment.

The fireworks in the square were all extinguished after a few minutes, and Wei breathed a long sigh of relief to learn that no one had died. She didn't know what Caitlyn would think, but Jinx and Giggs must have been on her blacklist anyway.

Back in the apartment, Jeno put Orianna on the bed, washed her face and wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes...... Oh, and then he found that he couldn't wipe it clean, and he wiped Orianna while flowing, and he didn't know what sad memories came to mind.

Jeno poured a glass of water and put it on the table, thinking that she might cry and get dehydrated, so she prepared it first. Then he sat on the edge of the bed with her, holding his head bitterly and thinking about something.

"Hex, is it because of you that I can keep my memories under Ike's reboot."

Jinx Caitlyn and the like, they all lose their memories after the save point in each reset, except for Jeno...... And what makes Jano different from them is that he uses a primordial crystal.

The Z-drive is made from a fragment of the same primordial crystal.

"Sir, I didn't do anything. I can't do it if you break me in time, although each crystal is essentially a collection of energy, there are differences between us, for example, I have an independent personality and the ability to think, which they do not have.

As I thought...... What really prevents your memory from being reset is your magical talent. It seems to have a high priority, so that no one can control your soul, and memory is a part of it. โ€

The reason Hex's memory is also retained is that it was originally a primordial crystal...... And it didn't help Jeno keep his memories, Jeno kept them on his own.

"My magical talent ......"

Jeno still hasn't been able to figure out what his magical talent is. What does it do? When asked about those who know how to do it, they only know that it is at the soul and spiritual level, and he can't understand it if it's too mysterious, not at all like Lux Brand and the like, who manipulate the elements and have a very distinct magical talent.

All he knew now was that he was immune to psychic invasions, and it would be too much to ask him to say that if it was all magical talent.

However, this talent played a very important role in this rescue, and if Jano had not kept his memories, Ike alone would not have been able to save Oriana, and he had only witnessed Oriana's death again and again.

If he wants to find out, he may have to go to the Bajo Islands to ask Aloy, the sacrificial priest of Naga Kapolos, for a soul torture, if he is ready to suffer.

"By the way, Hex, can you spy on Oriana's memories, I want to know what's wrong with her, she's lost her soul."

Returning from the square, Oriana had to be in this state for almost two hours, which was no longer a simple mental disorder caused by excessive shock.

After a while, Hex's voice sounded in Jeno's head, but it brought unexpected news:

"Oriana's memories are all deranged, and her mental world is undergoing some kind of upheaval."

"So what to do?" Jeno was confused, and when he talked about the upheaval, he remembered the seizure, could it be that Oriana was crossed? Do you want to tie her up first? No, wouldn't it be cold for Oriana then?

"Wait!" Hex couldn't do anything better about it, and inaction was the best thing to do.

I don't know how long it took, but Jeno looked out the window from day to dusk, the alchemy street lamps glowing with cold lights, accompanied by curling green smoke from inadequate reactions, and suddenly thought about whether it was time to eat, he and Orianna hadn't eaten much today.

"What should I eat?" With Jeno crossing, there is also his difficulty in choosing, every time he decides what to eat, it is a tragic war, he looked at Oriana who was still in a daze, and sighed: "Choose some that are easy to feed." โ€

As soon as Jeno reached the door, he heard Oriana shouting, "Father, don't go."

"What's wrong?"

He thought in his head that he was a human being in two lives, and he didn't have a wife, so why did he like to be a father? The body hurriedly turned back.

Oriana had regained her senses, but the tears were even more raging, and she grabbed Jeno's hand and began to cry:

"I had a long, long dream that there was no you in that world, that I had lung disease from inhaling poison and was bedridden with coughing all day long, and then my father replaced me with a mechanical lung.

But the situation did not improve, the toxin spread to nearby organs, and my father used all his family wealth to develop various artificial organs for me to replace in order to save me.

This lasted for a year, and at last my whole body was transformed into a machine, and except for my heart, which miraculously escaped the contamination of the poison.

I became a clockwork man......

The mechanical structure changed my personality, I became apathetic, I began to get bored with my father's teachings, and slowly, the only thing that held us together was my heart.

We moved to a workshop somewhere on the cliffs of Zu'an, ready to make a comeback, and made a little money selling haze filter masks. Becoming a clockwork man wasn't without its benefits, at least I became much more comfortable making tools, and the wind-up doll I made by chance brought a lot of joy to the Zaun, and we made more money for a piece of Hex Crystal.

Then we were targeted by the alchemy barons, who coveted our wealth and sent men to loot the workshop. Because of this, I spent a month making a puppet for myself to use as a caretaker.

But the good times didn't last long, and my father, because he had been working in Zu'an for a long time, was invaded by alchemy exhaust gases and poisoned his heart.

I knew that my father loved his former daughter, but I felt like I wasn't that girl anymore. Maybe returning this heart to my father will keep my memory in his heart forever, because I have begun to forget that memory.

I fed my father sleeping pills, and with the help of a puppet, I changed my Hex's heart, and I was freed from the clockwork. Then I slit open my father's chest, and exchanged his failing heart for the last thing I had left as a human beingโ€”the heart of Oriana, whom my father once knew and loved.

After listening to my father's steady heartbeat all night, I left behind hundreds of mechanical figures, including an unwound golden dancer who could spin and dance forever, which represented me as I used to be.

Without the blood connection, I still love my father deeply, but I want to see the world as wonderful as it is in the opera.

So at dawn I left the workshop and never saw my father again. โ€

Jeno listened carefully to every word and looked at Oriana dumbfounded: "Oh my God! Isn't this the memory of the Clockwork Spirit? The world line is merging?! โ€