Chapter 25: The Man Who Doesn't Wake Up from His Dream

A month ago, when Al and Vis were about to rush to the Winster Empire, something big or small happened on Arashizawa's side.

First and foremost, good news.

Corelli, who has been asleep since the Human Casino incident, has finally woken up!

When Lore and the others learned the news, they were still in class, but they all chose to leave early at the same time.

Hurrying to the sanatorium where Corelli was, Lore suddenly hesitated as he stood at the door of the sanatorium.

The scenes before and after the human casino incident kept circling in Lore's mind, repeating themselves over and over again, each time freezing on Corelli's desperate and empty eyes!

Lore's hands began to tremble unconsciously, and his feet became heavy like lead, and although the door of the sanatorium was in front of him, Lore could not take another step forward in any way.

Leah, Edge, and Nolans all kept whispering in Lore's ear: Lore, it's not your fault! Corelli's tragedy wasn't caused by you! You're just an innocent victim, but unfortunately you've been the target of Ancias's evil plan!

Such words were repeated over and over again in Lore's ear, repeated to the point that Lore himself was about to accept it!

But when she stood at the door of the sanatorium, Lore couldn't help but be terrified, as if even her soul began to tremble!

Lore's eyes gradually darkened, and a thought called "retreat" slowly arose.

"Why? Don't you dare to go in?"

A familiar female voice sounded behind Lore, and Lore's body couldn't help but tremble, and when she slowly turned around, she saw Ric looking at her with a smile on his face!

Over the past period of time, Lore and Rick have met only a handful of times, and every time they meet, they only say hello and then they are left silent, and their complicated feelings make it seem that there is an invisible gap between the two.

And now, Corelli has woken up, and the two of them have rightfully met here!

Looking at the long-lost smile on Ric's face, Lore only felt an inexplicable sourness welling up in her eyes, making her want to cry.

"Rick......" Lore snapped.

Rick stepped forward and gently reached out to take Lore's left hand: "Go in!"

"Hmm!"

Sooner or later, Lore is afraid, and Rick is not, but fear should never be an excuse to escape.

however

When Lore and the others arrived outside Corelli's room, they were stopped by a young man dressed in a priest's uniform.

"Excuse me, are you here to find this young lady inside?" the young man's voice sounded very relatable.

Lore and Rick looked at each other, a little confused, but still nodded slightly: "Yes, we are friends of Sister Corelli, and we heard that she woke up, so let's take a look at her." Who are you?"

"Oh! I see!" the young man looked at him with a look of understanding, and then introduced himself, "My name is Doritt, and I am the mental monitor in charge of Miss Corelli. I will inform you of Miss Corelli's awakening!"

When Rick heard this, he hurriedly thanked: "It turns out that you are Mr. Doritt, I didn't expect you to be so young!

Dorrit hurriedly waved his hand and said, "Where, where, I'm just doing some of my part! How many of you are here to visit Miss Corelli?"

Lore said, "Is Miss Corelli awake now, can we go in and have a look?"

"This ...... It could be, but ......" Doritt looked back at the door behind him, his face a little hesitant.

Lore and Rick couldn't help but feel nervous, and said with panicked faces, "But what?

"Don't worry, Miss Corelli, although she is still relatively weak, she is fine. Doritt was silent for a moment, and then said, "I'm going to talk about Miss Corelli's mental problems, and there is something I must tell you in advance, Miss Corelli has amnesia!"

"Amnesia?!"

Rick and Lore couldn't help but be stunned, and at this time, Leah, Edge, and Nolans, who had just arrived, couldn't help but show expressions of disbelief.

"Amnesia, how can this be?" Rick asked aloud, unable to help but be in the most anxious.

"This young lady, please don't be in a hurry! The patient has just finished rehabilitation training and is now resting, please come with me first, and listen to me tell you slowly. ”

How could Rick not be in a hurry, she couldn't help herself with joy when she heard the news that Corelli had woken up, but how could she calm down when she suddenly heard the news of Corelli's amnesia!

"Miss!" Myron stepped forward and reminded in a low voice.

Rick looked up at the similarly worried Lore people, gritted his teeth, sighed again, and said, "I know!"

Seeing that Ric's mood had stabilized, Doritt stretched out his hand and pointed to the corner of the corridor not far away: "Everyone, please follow me!"

As soon as they stood still, they immediately asked, "Mr. Doritt, what is going on?"

Dorit thought for a moment and said, "This, to be honest, I don't know!"

When I received the news that Miss Corelli had woken up, I rushed to the ward and had some basic conversations with her. Through the conversation, I determined that Miss Corelli's language function and thinking ability were all normal, but only a large part of her memory and cognition were missing, or in other words, most of Miss Corelli's perceptual memories were lost, except for some inherent common sense and acquired knowledge!"

Rick frowned, "What is perceptual memory?"

Well, to put it simply, she forgot all the people and things that made a strong emotional impression on her. ”

"For example?"

Dorrit pondered for two seconds and said, "At this point, it is impossible to determine the extent of her memory loss, but what is certain is that she is no longer able to remember any of her immediate family members and close friends. ”

Doritt's words were steady, but to Ric's ears they sounded like a bolt from the blue: "How can this be?

Dorrit sighed softly and said, "I have seen a few cases of this kind of situation, and there are generally only two cases, one is that the brain has suffered a serious traumatic injury, which has caused the memory area to be concussed, and the other is because of the severe psychological trauma, so that the human body unconsciously seals these painful memories to escape these pains! I don't know about Miss Corelli, but I speculate that she probably belongs to the latter." ”

The latter, Lore, of course, can understand that as participants in that tragedy, they are the most empathetic people!

The false past that Anancias implanted in Corelli's mind made Corelli hate her parents, but those real ones kept explaining their love to Corelli, and they were blinded by the remorse of killing their parents with their own hands!

Three different memories were intertwined in Corelli's mind, like three sharp knives, constantly cutting and pounding on Corelli's heart, until Corelli felt endless pain!

After a long slumber, Corelli finally chose a way to ease herself, that is, to seal all those painful memories and choose to forget, when she woke up again, she would not feel any more pain.

Looking at the different degrees of sadness on the expressions of several people, Dorit hesitated, and said softly: "Although I don't know what kind of pain Miss Corelli has experienced, you should know this better than me! But I want to tell you, it may be a good end for her to forget all this pain! If you want her to be happy again, maybe you should not let her remember those painful pasts!" Of course, these are just some of my personal suggestions, and it's up to you to decide how to do it!"

After Doritt left these words, he turned and left, leaving only Lore and the others in silence.

"What do you think, Lore?" asked Rick softly.

Lore shook his head: "I don't know either. For a long time, I've been thinking about how to face her questioning, how to seek her forgiveness, and how to make up for my mistakes when she wakes up, but now, Sister Corelli has forgotten about it, and I really don't know what to do!"

Rick was silent for a moment, then took a deep breath and said in a deep voice, "I think Mr. Dorit is right! Corelli has been through so much pain, and choosing to forget may be the best outcome for her." I know it's just an escape, but as long as she can regain her happiness, then we should do our best to weave a more beautiful new life for her!

Lore was still a little hesitant, but the three of Leah looked at each other and said almost at the same time, "We also agree with Ric's statement!"

Forgetting the past and starting anew, this is a good thing for Corelli, and for Lore, why not? Lea They really don't want to see Lore be so negative and pessimistic anymore, and Lore's self-blame behavior, they see it, why won't they worry?

The Lore finally reached a consensus, and what they didn't notice was that around the corner not far away, Dorit also showed a relieved expression, and then walked towards the outside of the nursing home.

Only Nono, the little fox in Leah's arms, tilted his head and stared at Doritt's back with a strange look through the window in the hallway, until he disappeared at the gate of the sanatorium.

(End of chapter)