I took another deep breath and asked Bigg, "Can you explain to me what the hell has happened to me all these days?"

"Yes, I was about to say that. First, your soul is possessed by Nicole. ”

"Why her?"

"That's a good question. Bigg nodded, "Because she's a doll, a doll created by the Second Apostle Herder, and she needs a soul to drive her." Your soul has also invaded it under my arrangement, and it has a conflict with the original soul, so you have a memory bias. ”

Is the memory bias referring to "Andy", a girl who doesn't exist?

"You thought your body was still the same, so your subconscious imagined Nicole as a summoner girl, Andy. Just now, someone has already mentioned that this name will not be a girl's name, this girl is simply yourself, or the puppet you possess - Elementalist Nicole. ”

I wondered, "But she's just a doll, why did she become an elementalist, why did she act like an adventurer?"

"These are Herder's settings, Herder hopes that Nicole can become a top adventurer, become the leader of the adventurers, and then rightfully control the adventurer's actions to help her eliminate the other apostles, as for why she wants to destroy the other apostles, you will know later. ”

"Anyway, I controlled Nicole during this time?"

"You're not controlling Nicole, you're just watching Nicole and the other adventurers' moves as a spectator. But because you can't accept the fact that your body is gone, you still feel alive and think you're fighting alongside Nicole. You even think she's a summoner because you think all her actions are done by you, while 'Andy' relies on 'summons' to fight, occasionally transforming into 'zombies', but this 'zombie' is actually a summon as well. ”

“...... But in the end, I ...... in the mirror of the Magic Guild."

"Before that, you had complete control over Nicole, just after defeating the Eye of Sin. In your memory, Andy' is forever gone, which means that you have fully acquired Nicole's body and all the powers that Herder has given her. ”

"Then why would Sharan want to kill me?"

"Saran discovered Nicole's anomaly, to be precise, the fact that Nicole herself was a puppet, so she wanted to destroy Nicole, but you used the magic you learned in the Sunset Continent, as well as Nicole's own powerful power, the Eye of Fury, to defeat Sharan. As for Shalan's mouth, the mastermind behind her, that's just your crankiness, in fact, she has been tracking and observing Nicole's behavior in Sky City, and it was all her own initiative. ”

"And what's the matter with Alice?"

"Alice is the only one who knows Nicole's true identity, so she immediately discovers you and discovers that your soul is controlling Nicole inside Nicole, so she uses illusion to knock you out of Nicole's body. ”

Basically, everything that should be explained has been explained, and there seems to be no problem.

So where do I go from here? I'm out of Nicole's body, do I need to find a new body?

"No, you're going to keep being Nicole. ”

"But I've been discovered, even if it'......"

"As long as you stop calling yourself 'fantasy', you have to be Nicole, so that Alice won't notice any difference in the soul inside this puppet. ”

"Can't she find out that there are two souls in the doll?"

"She won't find out, because the reason you're able to control Nicole's body is because you're one with her original soul. Your consciousness is in the ascendancy, so you're able to control Nicole's body. Now Alice isn't knocking your soul out of Nicole's body, she's punching your consciousness out. "I'll send you back to Nicole's body now, and you're going to pretend to be nothing and continue to be an adventurer, an elemental." ”

"Wait a minute, besides 'Andy', are those characters my imagination?qigong master Lance?Sword Soul Lando?and Keller and Amy...... and Amy's dead brother ......"

"First of all, Amy's younger brother doesn't exist, he's an Arad Primitive, and he worked with Nicole for a while, and then he doesn't team up anymore. Anyway, Amy is also from the Heavenly Realm, how could she have a younger brother of the priest? Qigong Master Lance, this name...... You mean Nancy, right, she's the qigong master in Lilu's team. And the mechanic Kohler and the gunsmith Amy are real characters, but they didn't go to the heavenly realm, because the sky city has Bakar's magic seal, even if Bakar has been dead for hundreds of years, his seal is still inviolable, his seal is not only useful for the sky city, but also for the entire sky sea, so it is impossible to go to the heavenly realm by any means. ”

"Bakar has been dead for hundreds of years?" I was shocked, "but the information I got was different!"

"The information you get may be that Bakar also rules the celestial realm, but in fact, you are affected by Nicole's memory, because Nicole's purpose as a puppet is to lead the adventurers to destroy the apostles, and her killing intent towards Bakar affects your memory. ”

All right...... It feels like my memory has to be reshuffled.

"Finally, let's sort it out, the four members of Lilu's team, the demon scholar Lilu, the qigong master Nancy, the mechanic Kohler, and the sword soul Lando. Your squad is Amy, the Gunner, the Elemental, and Danio. And you, it's Nicole, their captain. ”

Captain?

"Now, your consciousness will return to Nicole, remember, you are Nicole!"

As soon as I finished speaking, my eyes went dark! I opened my eyes again and saw Alice.

"Hello, I'm Alice, the soothsayer. ”

You're a liar, and you said you were a bard before.

"Unfortunately, the leader of the Magic Guild, Sharan, has been in an accident in Sky City, and I express my deep condolences for this. Alice played the lute in her hand, "And I'll be the new leader of the Magic Guild to teach you about magic instead of Sharan." ”

I stole a glance at the white-haired boy next to me.

"Let me introduce you, he's an ice master from the Demon Realm, Logan. His reckless actions just now were just to test your strength, but Nicole, you're just a beginner elemental, so you obviously didn't react. ”

The boy nodded at me, his expression as cold as ice.

"However, as his mentor, I hope you will let him join your team and continue your adventure. ”

Join the squad?

It's true that my current squad is only three people, and the Adventurers' Guild's regulations stipulate that a squad is at most and preferably four.

The Adventurer's Guild here is of course referring to the Sunset Continent, but apparently Arad is the same.

"Well, then, let's get to know each other. ”

I nodded and said to Logan, "Hello, I'm Nicole, an elementalist. ”

"My name is Danio. Danio smiled, "We also have a female gunsmith on our team - Amy. Because Amy was injured in Sky City and is still recuperating in the hospital. ”

"It doesn't matter, because you don't have any new tasks to carry out at the moment. Alice said softly, "Recently, the Iron Wolf Knights of the Empire came to Huttonmar, and they blocked all the exits and ports of Huttonmar, and the adventurers had to stay in the city. ”

"Why did they do that?" I blurted out the question.

Alice smiled and said, "This is an Imperial affair, and it has nothing to do with you. ”

Her smile was so kind, but it seemed to me that it was just a knife in her smile.

And the act of knocking my consciousness out just now, as if no one else saw it at all, as if she had used some kind of special spell? Or was it an illusion?

In short, I'd better not talk much in Alice's presence, lest she see any difference in me again.

"Then, Rogan, come back to Celia with us!" Danio held out his hand enthusiastically.

But Logan didn't seem to appreciate it, he neither stretched out his hand nor moved, but just said lightly: "There is no task, I will stay in the Magic Guild." ”

The implication is that I will have to wait until the people of the empire leave.

I had to leave the Magic Guild with Danio, and we went to the hospital first, after all, I had just come down from Sky City.

When I came to the ward, I saw Amy lying flat on it with a white cloth tied around her head, but as soon as she saw us, she sat up and greeted her in a very energetic tone: "Nicole, you're here too!"

I was stunned for a moment, then nodded my head - I'm not used to Nicole's identity yet, and I only heard of this name today.

From now on, that name will be my name.

"Amy, how are you feeling, do you still have a headache?" asked Danio with concern.

"Nothing. It's a pity that Sky City is not the road to the Celestial Realm, and I can't go back, so I can only continue to adventure with you in Arad. ”

"Don't be so pessimistic, you will return to your hometown one day, and when the time comes, you will take us for a visit!"

During this time, I didn't say a word, just looked out the window.

The Knights of the Empire were patrolling the streets, and the leader was missing Barn, each with a wanted warrant in their hands.

"Nicole, are you looking at those Imperial troops?" Amy said to me suddenly, "they've been to the hospital to search too. They were looking for two women, who were said to be dangerous elements belonging to an organization called the 'Revolutionary Army'. ”

"Which two?"

"The name, it seems to be Natalia Shoe, and the former Imperial Knight Lobach. Anyway, I haven't heard of either of them, but if such a dangerous person hides in Huttonmar, it won't be a good thing for the principality and adventurers!"

"Since the adventurers can't go out now, why don't you ......," I came up with a bold idea, "how about we come to the aid of the Empire and catch these two dangerous elements?"