Sora Yatagami was a young boy who lost everything. His parents were framed by a mistake they never commit.
After that none of his friends and other family wants to take him in. And thanks to that Sora lose trust in people and the idea of being in a...
Zora(mind): But the mention of Selka's name didn't cause Alice's Piety Module to become unstable, as far as I could tell. That was either because she'd been an Integrity Knight for six years already or because the stolen memories weren't actually of Selka. Assuming my conjectures about these matters were accurate, then whose memory did Administrator steal from Eugeo?
Not far from where they stood locked in combat was the levitating platform, which Chudelkin had used to flee to the floor above, and which Zora had summoned back down. There was a hole in the ceiling about three feet across. It had to be Administrator's chamber through there, but it was pitch- black through the hole. If she was up there right now, Zora couldn't tell.
But just an hour ago, she had "synthesized" Eugeo there—stealing his most precious memories. But of whom?
There was only one answer Zora could imagine. It was the girl he'd been chasing after for eight years, ever since Deusolbert took her away when she was a child. Alice Zuberg, who was now Alice Synthesis Thirty.
Then why did Eugeo have no reaction toward Alice, who was standing in the very same room with them while they dueled? Eldrie's module nearly fell out just at the mention of his mother's name. If his instability was a factor of how little time he'd spent as an Integrity Knight—well, Eugeo had been one for barely an hour. He should've had an even more violent reaction the instant he saw Alice.
But this Eugeo was completely closed off from the world. If it wasn't memories of Alice that had been removed from him, then who—or what— did Administrator take away?
At that moment, the shine from the two clashing sword skills faded.
Without the propulsion that the system assistance gave them, the white and black blades recoiled from each other. As sparks flew, Zora clenched his teeth and Eugeo looked as impassive as ever. They brandished their swords for new attacks.
Zora: Yaaah!
Eugeo:...!
With simultaneous cries—one voiced and one mute—Zora and Eugeo launched high left-handed swings with perfect synchronization. The blades clashed and recoiled, and next was a swipe from the right side. The edges clanged and slid, leading to a downward left swing. This, too, was firmly caught.
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As they settled into their second stalemate, Zora couldn't help but marvel. Their swords might have identical stats, but the people who wielded them did not. Zora was lighter, with regular clothes, while Eugeo wore heavy plate armor. Eugeo was lugging around many times the weight Zora was, yet Eugeo's attacks were coming with the exact same speed. Either turning into an Integrity Knight bumped up his strength, or this was the effect of that "Incarnate" thing Alice had mentioned just before the fight.
Zora knew that this world contained some systems that couldn't be explained with the logic of all the other VRMMO worlds he'd experienced to this point. Invisible forces like willpower and imagination could, at times, produce effects beyond that of even high-level system commands.
