Chapter 112: Strange
There is no doubt that this person looks like Jack, but when he introduces himself with the words "first meeting", he feels so strange. It's as if the person they see is Jack's twin brother, and although they have the same appearance, everyone else knows that this person is not the "monkey".
Mona and Elsa both had strange expressions on their faces at this time, they had known Jack longer than the mage, so it made them even more sure that the person in front of them was a far cry from the one they knew. This also made the two people subconsciously put their hands on the sheathed weapon again, if the other party's next behavior made them suspicious, then they would definitely not hesitate to aim the weapon at this person.
However, the mage's demeanor at this moment showed that he was sure that this person was Jack. At the same time, he was muttering something to himself, and Elsa got closer to hear what Cheese was saying, only to find that he was constantly muttering some self-reproachful words, as if he thought that Jack's abnormality at this time was due to himself. The proprietress frowned, and she slapped Cheese in the face with her backhand, and this sudden blow really restored the mage's spirit.
"Why did you hit me?" asked Cheese, covering the left side of his face, confused.
"There's no time to worry about your personal problems now. I ask you, what's going on with that guy?" Elsa said angrily, pointing her finger at Jack, who was still standing there.
"Don't worry too much, he's Jack, yes. Sighing softly, the mage also felt sorry for his gaffe just now, when his energy consumption was more serious, cheese would be easily controlled by his usual suppressed feelings, although under normal circumstances, this small side effect would not cause any trouble, but obviously the current situation did not have time to give him a natural recovery.
"I don't agree with that, that guy is definitely not the guy I know. The female warrior said in a deep voice, as Jack's comrade-in-arms, she was sure that this person was definitely not the son of Orion from Dragonspine Mountain.
"It's normal for you to feel weird, Jack is going to be the way he is, it's a soul loss relationship. Cheese explained, but apparently his answer was unsatisfactory.
"What is Lost Soul?" Sure enough, the proprietress was puzzled by the new term proposed by the mage.
Cheese shook his head, and he looked at Jack in front of him and said.
"The so-called loss of soul refers to the phenomenon that occurs when human beings or other intelligent beings are caused by other reasons, or curses, or some inducements, in short, when these souls are more fragile beings and become some new species whose souls are stronger than themselves. It manifests itself as a patient with soul loss disorder, because they can't accept the new power for a period of time after the transformation, so they can't smoothly transition the previous personality and memory to the transformed state, in short, it will become the state of Jack in front of you, he still has all the memories of being a human being, and he also remembers the relationship with us, but these are like stories in his eyes now, although vivid and undeniable, but it does not seem like something he has personally experienced. ”
"Will he be able to get back to his original state?" asked Mona. Although she didn't fully understand Cheese's words, the long list of explanations from the mage intensified her uneasiness, and she had a vague feeling of bad luck.
"Strictly speaking, nothing unusual happened to him. If you ask him all the details of his life now, he will definitely be able to answer naturally, and it may be more detailed than before. He said with a wry smile. Cheese understands that a person who has undergone this kind of racial transformation is like being reborn with a memory, and this rebirth will also make the converted person become indifferent to his previous life and more inclined to follow his new kind. But it is precisely because of this understanding that the mage will feel powerless and self-blame, because for some people, such a rebirth may be more difficult to accept than a happy death. But it's like cheese has been on the lips, and this may be the price of conversion.
"Alright, guys. I know I'm not right now, but I can still trust you as I used to, right?" He still had a smile on his face, which made him look very friendly, but this kind of stranger-like friendliness was even more difficult for the few people he knew well to accept.
"Jack...... Can I call you that now?" said Cheese before Mona and Elsa could get their mood together.
"Of course, my friend. It doesn't matter if you call me a monkey, I still like the nickname. Jack replied.
"Are you going back?" asked the warrioress, looking at her former companion.
"Will you go back to Longji Mountain? Yes, I'll go back with you. There are still my parents there, and now I am not in a hurry, I have a lot of free time to spon. So I'll send them away as a son first. "Monkey" said. Judging from Jack's expression, what he said should be true, which made Cheese slightly relieved, and it seemed that Louise did not ask Jack to reorganize the clan immediately, so that the mage would still have time to make some preparations for the Alexander clan that was about to reappear in the world.
As they spoke, the vampires and wolf witches had already disposed of the remaining Warp Knights. The two old rivals had reverted to their human forms, and Louise was wearing the same outfit that Cheese had worn when she had seen her in the afternoon, and it was not known that she had placed it there when she transformed into a giant wolf. Sander, on the other hand, was much easier to do, and the ability of vampires to transform made it very simple for them to carry one or two miscellaneous items with him, and he wore a noble gown, a black dress with gold thread embroidery on it, which looked decent and restrained.
"Can you see how these guys got to be like this? Solving these things alone won't get the job done. The vampire said, throwing a relatively intact twisted knight's body in front of the mage with one hand. I don't know what Sander did, but the twisted knight was not terribly structurally damaged, but instead of trying to resist like his immortal companions, it remained silent like a real corpse.
"I'll take a look, in fact, I already have some guesses about the appearance of these guys. If my inference is correct, the results will be available soon. Pulling out the dissecting knives from his robe, Cheese crouched down in front of the relatively intact corpse and began to work.
So after the mage entered the working state, the street that had been shouting and killing just now became quiet in an instant. The proprietress didn't know what to say to Jack now, and Sander and Louise didn't seem to have any intention of talking. The crowd was quiet and eerie except for the sound of cheese slicing open the corpse.