Compared with the past, in addition to the gap between the current Norman and the past, in many aspects such as spells, music, costume design, etc., in fact, the biggest change is Norman's ability to think about problems, which is also an aspect that the Templar Order focuses on cultivating.

Norman, the peasant in the past, did not have a systematic way of thinking at all, and was completely the most simple mode of thinking, that is, following the problem and thinking only for the actual problem.

If Norman in the past encountered the current problem of riding a tiger, then he could only follow the problem and think about how to strip the cyan light band from his subjective consciousness until he died.

But the current Norman is different.

When the current Norman found that he could not think of a good solution to this problem, he decisively abandoned this line of thought.

Since this path can't be figured out, it's better to think about it from a different angle.

And he not only changed his way of thinking, but also changed in a very big direction - he completely ignored the real problems he was facing now, ignored the cyan light band, the subjective consciousness, and thought about a problem that was far away.

What is the soul?

It's like someone is slashing at his head with a knife, and the blade is only a palm's width away from his neck, and instead of thinking about how to dodge, this guy thinks about the meaning of life.

This is not at all related!

Norman, however, thought he was right.

Just like Lancelot once said, only by knowing oneself and knowing one's opponent can one win a hundred battles, and now he has not even carefully figured out what the soul is, how can he hope to solve the current dilemma?

So, what exactly is the soul?

From the point of view of expression, there is no essential difference between those souls and his spiritual body, everyone is the existence form of the light belt, but there are differences in color and thickness, which shows that the two sides are very similar, and they are both spiritual power in essence, which is also the basis of his previous idea of wanting to devour these souls and turn them into his own spiritual power.

But the soul is obviously not equal to the spiritual power, so what is the difference?

Norman reminisced about yesterday and what had happened just now, and gradually came to his senses.

It's memory.

Rejana's soul can actually be divided into two parts, one part is the cyan light band body, that thing is spiritual power, so it is easy to merge with her own subject consciousness, which is a homogeneous body, and the other part is Rejana's memory, which is a heterogeneous body.

From the perspective of homogeneity, everyone is actually the same, and the key to determining that everyone is different, that he is Norman, and that she is Regina lies in the heterogene.

Thinking of this, Norman thought of what Lancelot called "self-awareness".

Lancelot believed that matter determines consciousness.

Norman didn't understand this theory before, but combined with his own experience and the state of Regina's soul in front of him, he gradually began to understand it.

Is Rejana self-aware? Yes, of course, but where did Rejana's self-consciousness come about? Out of thin air? Obviously not.

Judging from Norman's experience just now, Regina's self-consciousness is actually composed of all her experiences from childhood to adulthood.

In the process of experiencing Rejana's life experience just now, he clearly felt the impact of each experience on Rejana's consciousness: her mother's earnest teaching from childhood to adulthood made Regina develop a quiet character, and the guidance of the etiquette teacher made her disgusted and repulsed by the behavior of eating and smacking her lips......

These are big aspects, more small aspects, and those aspects are more imperceptibly affecting her: her father's golden hair made her have a special affection for blonde men, and her childhood companion once pulled her braids, which made her very painful, and since then she has gradually reduced the number of braids, and feels more and more that the long hair that falls down is beautiful......

If you break it down, you can see that Regina's self-consciousness is actually made up of countless fragments of experience.

Regina's self-consciousness is consciousness, and these vast fragments are matter, and consciousness is determined by matter.

And in the case of Norman himself, it is even more obvious.

The Templars' teachings to him and the things he had experienced in the past few months had made him very different from the Normans of the past, and that matter determined consciousness. But at the same time, the imprint of his rural life in the past ten years is still clearly left on his body, his aesthetic still retains the distinct imprint of the past, and he still has the wildness of growing up in the difficult rural life, which is something that has gradually changed but has never disappeared, which is also the material determines consciousness.

If we look at it this way, then it is clear what the soul is: first, the spiritual substrate, and second, the self-consciousness constituted by memory.

The idea of solving the problem became clear here.

If he wants to absorb the other souls into his own spiritual power, and he wants to keep himself unaffected, then all he has to do is erase Regina's self-consciousness, and Rejana's self-consciousness is made up of her countless memories, so all he has to do is erase all of Regina's memories!

But how could he erase all of Regina's memories?

This made Norman think again.

And in the restaurant, the dinner continues.

With the presence of Shival, a person who is very good at chatting, the atmosphere of the dinner is very good, basically there is no cold time, it is a pleasant dinner.

Especially with such a beautiful aristocratic lady present at this dinner, it is even more pleasant to feel restrained just by looking at it.

"Mr. Pirno,"

After taking a sip of Langton Shel's snail puree, Shanny asked Pirno, "I've heard that during the Golden Autumn Festival, Mr. Sage Norman personally came to Jebel Danner, I wonder if you were there at the time? Did you witness this Mr. Sage? I'm very interested in that." ”

The family education of the big noble family has always been very strict, especially the current city lord Aubrey, for some reason more attention to the upbringing of children, so this noble lady has carved reserve into her bones.

Even though she really wanted to talk to the lady Sharia beside her now, the reserve, which was deeply rooted in her bones, made Shanny restrain herself and threw the conversation to the other side.

Of course, the center of the conversation was the lady Sharia next to her—oh no, I should say that she was suspicious of the lady next to her.

Sharia is Norman, and in Shanny's mind, this is just a very likely guess, and she can't be 100% sure yet.

Getting the accosting of this beautiful lady made Pirnault's spirit suddenly lift, after all, everyone has a love for beauty.

But fortunately, the reverence for the Sage took the lion's share in Pirno's heart, so instead of showing off to Shanny that he was a "Sage Squire", and that it was the Sage Norman next to her, he replied in a proper manner: "Of course, we were in Jebel Danna at the time, but unfortunately, we were not able to catch a glimpse of the Sage." ”

"Is that so?" but how did I hear that the whole city had contact with the Sage at that time?"

Pirno nodded and shook his head, "That's right, everyone who was in Jebel Danna at that time had the privilege of hearing the voice of the Sage personally proclaim our respective sins, but we really didn't get to see the Sage's demeanor......"

The two chatted and chatted, and Shival interjected from time to time, and as he spoke, he roughly restored the situation at that time.

“...... At the behest of the vile and shameless evil mage, the merciful Sage gave up on judging him, and the Great Sage finally decided to take all the sins upon himself and forgive everyone. ”

"If I don't go to purgatory, who will?"

Shival said this sentence at the right time, and hit the table in admiration: "This sentence is what the Sage said, right? The Sage's heart is really admirable, if I can see him in my life, then I will have no regrets in death." ”

Pirneau nodded, "This is indeed what the Sage said at the time, and his noble character has made us all awe-inspired. ”

Shanny listened quietly, her eyes twinkling and sparkling.

Although it was not the first time she had heard it, every time she heard it, imagining such a scene, it made her heart flutter, especially now that the legendary adult might be sitting next to her, which made her feel even more emotional.

After a long time, she said, "That hateful Mr. Mage, it is really right to realize his mistake and judge himself in front of the Sage, in that case, with the kindness of the Sage, his soul may still be able to enter the Heavenly Kingdom." ”

The speaker has no intention, but the listener has a heart.

This sentence reached Norman's ears, and was transmitted from the mental power that was responsible for body control to the main consciousness, which made Norman, who was thinking, shake suddenly!