“What do you think?” I asked.
Miki frowned slightly before taking her hand off the guild master’s head. “I’m not sure we should do anything.”
A few days had passed since I had spent a night with Miki. I was trying to get several things set up before I did the dinsional jump. Since I would be trapped on Earth for a week, I wanted to make sure nothing was being left behind that would cause any problems. The problem that wore on my mind the most was the karmic infection that had invaded all of the people. I had managed to make it so they could function normally by karmic manipulation, but that didn’t an it wasn’t still there.
Most of the citizens didn’t know about such a karmic issue, so to keep things under wraps, I visited Ruby and the guild master. After spending a few minutes checking him with her spiritualist powers, Miki ended up giving an answer that was just a bit disappointing.
“What do you an by that?” I asked.
In my mind, it seed like a rather simple thing to repair their contaminated souls. Well, not simple enough for to manage on my own, but with Miki’s help, I was thinking we’d have a chance.
Miki raised her hands. “It’s not that I’m saying it isn’t possible, I’m just suggesting it isn’t necessary.
The guild master frowned slightly. “From what I understand, this Karmic control is like so kind of mind washing, right? Soone could program to act against my character? I don’t want to turn into a mindless zombie again. This town has dealt with enough zombies.”
I had to nod in agreent. When I first arrived in Chalm, they were under attack from an overflow of zombies coming from an aggressive but new dungeon. That’s what had ended up starting on this strange path I was on. Then, only a few months later, upon freeing the city of ghosts and rebuilding, the equivalent of a rage virus broke out, turning the city once again into one filled with a zombie nace. I knew I wouldn’t feel comfortable knowing there was a switch in my head that could turn into a violent monster.
However, Miki was shaking her head in disagreent. “It’s not like that. This karmic infection ca from Deek, and only Deek can control it completely. Even Elaya, for all of her knowledge, could only broadly influence your emotions, as the source of the miasma all ca from Master. Only Master would have the ability to influence you, and no offense, if Master wanted to do this, he could forcibly infect the city at any ti using his dungeon.
“Ah… that’s true…” The guild master scratched the back of his head. “It’s just a lot to ask…”
“All we have to do is trust in Deek,” Ruby spoke up, and then shot the guild master a hard glare. “Don’t you?”
The guild master stiffened and then laughed. “Of course, I trust him! Most of the people in town consider him a savior! It’s just… what’s the point in keeping it?”
Miki shrugged. “Having Deek’s karmic infection will protect everyone from miasmic attacks. You won’t be influenced by the negative effects of dungeons, and you will have a high resistance to curses. In a way, it’s like having a pseudo-god soul. Furthermore, it will an that Deek can trust you guys.”
“Trust us?”
“Take Demon Lord Aberis, for example. He wouldn’t have been able to invade the soul of soone who had already been infected by Deek.”
“I an… there won’t be another Aberis, will there?” the guild master looked worried.
“You never know. At the very least, citizens of Chalm won’t be able to be turned into spies or otherwise be influenced by dark forces.”
“So, it’s like that…” Ruby sighed. “Then, I suppose I have no problem leaving things as is.”
The guild master still didn’t look convinced. “Are you sure there aren’t so other potential problems with it?”
Miki stiffened lightly, but when I gave her a nod to continue, she spoke up. “There may be one. Since Master’s miasma is in direct contact with your souls, people who are infected by Master’s miasma may find themselves more… susceptible… to Master’s…advances…”
“Huh?” I jerked up.
“I an, people will like Master more!”
“Why did you word it the other way?”
“Isn’t it because Master keeps finding won to seduce?”
“This is hardly the sa thing! Na a single woman in town who is infected that has co to desire more?” I declared.
After a few monts of silence, all of our heads turned to a certain person.
“Why are you looking at ?” Ruby cried out.
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