# 110. Let's Not Carelessly Peek at Others' Memories (3)
Everything depends on my hands.
As she realized this fact, Estia's hands began to tremble.
"I-I'm not going to get beaten up...!? I'm not going to get rolled up in a blanket and beaten...!?"
Tremble—
Estia imagined it.
The situation where she'd be rolled up in a blanket and trampled by the Hero Party.
*'You tried to restore his memories! You traitor!'*
*'Y-you're dead...! It's all because of you...!'*
*'How dare a lowly Saint betray us. You deserve to be punished.'*
*'It hurts! Save me!'*
Thump thump—
Getting kicked inside a dark blanket.
Pain rushing in even while curled up defensively.
Just imagining it hurt, so Estia shouted.
"That's scary! I hate pain!"
Luna turned her head at the loud voice and asked.
"What are you doing by yourself, Estia?"
"N-nothing! I'm not doing anything! Really, believe me!"
"Hmm..."
Estia looked obviously suspicious.
Luna stared at her dubiously for a moment before walking away.
"You'd better think carefully about which choice will help him, Estia..."
"Heh, hehe. Of course! Just trust me!"
Estia, the weakest of the Hero Party.
She could breathe again once Luna left.
"Hmph, of course restoring his memories will help oppa! Even if there are some bad memories, there were way more happy ones!"
It was absurd to erase those happy memories.
They said he'd die from pain if his memories were restored, but
Estia was overconfident in herself.
"Why would oppa die when there's a Saint here! He absolutely won't die!"
I just need to heal him!
Because I'm a Saint!
Estia's confidence pierced the sky.
Reaching the location of the final key,
Estia shouted with a determined expression.
"Put down all the staffs from your back, Hare!"
"Q-quickly... p-please erase that woman from his memories..."
Thud—
With that sound, Hare collapsed to the ground.
Sweat was pouring down her face.
"It must have been very heavy, Hare. I'll fulfill your last wish."
"..."
"Oh my, she's finally gone."
"..."
Hare couldn't respond to Saten's words.
She appeared to be dead.
Saten left Hare alone and asked Estia.
"So then, what do we need to do, Estia?"
"Umm, wait just a moment! I'll read it one more time!"
"...Did you forget in the meantime?"
"I didn't! I was just a little confused!"
Estia panicked and pulled out the book to read.
Inside was written the method to restore Lee Jun-woo's soul, and after connecting with Minerva, the method to delete memories was written.
*'Understood!'*
Estia closed the book and shouted confidently.
"Everyone! Gather oppa's staffs in one place and wait! I'll heal his soul!"
"We can trust you, right? I'm counting only on you, Estia?"
"O-of course! Just trust me!"
"..."
Luna was suspicious, but
for now she gathered the staffs in one place as Estia instructed.
Meanwhile, Estia knelt down and began healing Lee Jun-woo's broken soul.
"Goddess! Give me strength! Restore oppa's injured soul! Return it to the past!"
"...Return to the past? Estia, are you betraying us right now—"
"I said I need to restore his soul first! Just wait!"
Calming Luna who had reached terminal stages of paranoia,
Estia closed her eyes again and began to pray.
Praying with her hands together, Divine Power leaked from Estia's body.
The golden Divine Power brightened the dark atmosphere and seeped into the ground.
It was entering the memories to heal the soul.
"Is this enough to connect?"
"Estia, are you done?"
"Probably! Now oppa's soul won't absorb any more Divine Power!"
Successfully threading the first button.
If oppa woke up like this, he'd have memories of Aina unnie.
His soul was restored, and the memories remained inside.
Estia looked down at the 10 staffs scattered on the ground.
*'To make oppa unable to remember Aina unnie...'*
I just need to burn all these staffs.
Deliberately wound a healthy soul.
Destroy the keys to the memories and it's over.
But Estia had no intention of doing that.
Estia bent down and picked up one staff.
Luna tilted her head and asked.
"Estia?"
"O-oppa's soul is restored! It should be connected to the Goddess too!"
"Then now quickly erase his memories—"
"We can't erase them!"
Clench—
The scene of being kicked like a soccer ball by the Hero Party flashed through her mind, but
Estia bit her lip hard.
Having learned how to move forward,
she steeled her heart not to back down anymore.
Estia filled her lungs with air and shouted loudly.
"Th-these memories! We absolutely can't erase them! That's what's really for oppa's sake!"
"...Are you betraying us right now!? Are you serious!? We should erase his bad memories! They're tormenting him!"
Flinch—
Estia was scared of Luna when it came to matters related to him, but
she gathered courage and answered.
"...They won't always be painful, you stupid Hero! There were 8 happy memories! Only 2 were bad! And oppa wants to find his memories! That's what's for his sake! Luna, you! Don't you have some other motive?"
Prick—
Luna, whose conscience deep in her heart was pricked, reacted strongly and shouted.
"I-I don't have a motive! I just want him to be happy—"
"Did he say he'd be happy if you erased his memories! You decided on your own! How are you different from the Cult Leader! You idiot!"
"Th-that's..."
Luna was left speechless by Estia's words.
*'Was she always this good at talking...?'*
Estia usually resembled a pseudo-human, but
the current Estia was overflowing with confidence and had solid logic.
The experience of surviving in the cult through reading situations and proselytizing didn't rust easily.
"So! Follow my opinion and restore his memories! Saint over Hero! Got it!?"
"U-ugh..."
Luna was completely overwhelmed.
Unable to brazenly face logically correct words, Luna couldn't say anything.
However, it was different for her, who was shamelessness itself.
"So what?"
"Saten? I told you! Oppa's happiness is decided by oppa—"
"So. What do you want me to do about it?"
"...Huh?"
"As long as that woman is inside him, the attention we receive will decrease. But if that woman isn't there? He'll only think about us. If his memories return, I'll only 'lose out.'"
"Uh, uhhh...?"
"You said those staffs are the keys. If I destroy them all, he won't be able to open the door, right?"
Saten snapped her fingers with an expressionless face.
Snap—
"When I see him happy, the inside of my chest feels like it's burning. So I absolutely don't want to restore his memories."
"N-no! You stupid Mage! Don't do it!"
Whoosh—
As Saten snapped her fingers, the staffs on the ground began burning fiercely.
Watching the fire calmly, Saten showed a faint smile.
"My heart finally feels a bit cooler now."
"Y-you psychopath! What are you doing burning the staffs!"
"To prevent him from getting out, I need to destroy all the keys. Now quickly hand over that last staff in your hand to me, Estia."
Saten extended her hand with a detached expression as if nothing had happened.
Having realized 'anger' in the battle with the Demon King,
and feeling anger seeing the happy scene between him and Aina,
Saten felt at ease after burning the staffs.
Seeing such a crazed Saten, Estia couldn't help but be terrified.
"You're a psycho... mentally ill!"
"I'm better than a drug addict."
"I'm not anymore, stupid! Besides, I'm addicted to Holy Water!"
"...Just give me the staff quickly. You're noisy."
Whoosh—
Saten reached out to snatch the staff from Estia.
However, Estia slightly pulled her body back and dodged Saten's hand.
It was an impressive movement even to herself.
"I was kind of amazing just now...? How did I dodge that?"
"Don't be annoying. Come here, Estia."
"No! You're going to burn the staff!"
"Will you come if I don't burn it?"
"Of course!"
"Then I'll step on and break the staff, so come here right now."
"Y-you crazy woman!"
She's not in her right mind!
Estia hurriedly attempted to flee.
Estia, the weakest in physical ability.
"You're cowardly using physical ability."
Of course, Saten was also a formidable shut-in, so she couldn't easily catch up to Estia.
It was fortunate for Estia that Hare had fainted.
"Hehe, how can you catch me! You dummy!"
"If I catch you, you'll die. You'll really die."
"S-sorry! I take it back!"
"Haa... Luna, don't just stand there, catch Estia."
"..."
"Luna?"
Luna didn't respond to Saten's words.
She didn't move at all.
Luna was in a state of minor shock.
*'I was too selfish... you stupid Hero...'*
Self-rationalization.
Luna, hit in the solar plexus by Estia's words, couldn't easily act.
She didn't know she'd be like this,
and she had tried to hurt him without even asking his opinion for her own benefit.
She hated herself a little now, when she always used to like herself.
"Haa... If I catch you, you'll really die by my hands... Haa... You'd better prepare to be used as experimental material..."
"Haa, aaah...!! Save me...!!"
Thus the chase between the two continued, excluding Luna,
and just as Saten, slightly faster than Estia, was about to grab her white hair—
BOOOOM—!!
A tremendous roar rang out, stopping their chase.
The ground shook, making it hard to stand.
Estia shouted.
"H-he's up!"
"Haa... What...? What do you mean?"
"Oppa woke up! This is..."
The sound of him waking from sleep!
At that sound, Saten hurriedly tried to snatch the staff, but couldn't because the shaking of space grew larger.
*'This way oppa's memories will return...!'*
As a result, one key.
Only one door could be opened, but
since the template for the key survived, opening another door was just a matter of time.
They could check which door this key opened by confirming Lee Jun-woo after he woke up.
"I did my best..."
Estia closed her eyes comfortably in the collapsing space.
Having used Divine Power and stamina, Estia was quite sleepy.