Wait, What You Mean I Got Reincarnated As A Heroine In Another World? Chapter 20 - 16 - Transmigration

Not long after she replied with such a snarky remark, Mytheia device once again dimd its glows.

"Instead of telling, let show you the truth behind the chanism of transmigration."

’Show, don’t tell’ taken too literally indeed...

I had thought that to myself, referring to what had been unveiled thus far with things like DNA and its relation to magic. However, I wasn’t satisfied and instead asking her yet another question.

"Off-topic but... how much do you know about this Mytheia device?"

I have had a suspicion about this earlier. From the way Helen—I an, Professor Helena used it as if she was using a manua akin to the way this socially inept walking encyclopedia had done so thus far. Apparently, there seed to be quite a distinction between both in terms of Mytheia’s usage. As if—

"You were right."

No no no, I haven’t even finished. What do you even an by that? Did you just pre-move my conclusion like a ntal chess ga or sothing?

Perhaps, I shouldn’t have done this kind of monologue in front of her. But it couldn’t be helped when curiosity did get you, for it to be a monster disguised as a wisdom. Once you got into the abyss, it’s over for you. I went too philosophical and might break this NPC AI in front of again, didn’t I?

By the ti of her ’reading’ those, she sighed. Disappointnt clear on her face.

"You... maybe please quit with all of these unnecessary overthinking elents, will you?"

Hey, you were the one who pulled into this.

"I don’t care. Just tell ."

"Well, isn’t that obvious? I’m the one who invented it."

Of course... I was waiting for that answer.

Her face remained steady, but perhaps she was being haughty inside with all of her arrogance. Who knows.

"Does this have anything to do with the ’miracle’ you ntioned it earlier?"

Ariadne’s thread thod really is useful when it cos to this...

I was gauging her reactions, yet I couldn’t find any to point out. She had been this composed since the first—no, fourth if counting her deceptions sor far. The truth is, I was curious if all of these had anything to do with the previous topics.

"Obviously."

No, you don’t get it.

Arghhh, I wonder why I felt like I was talking to a broken casette right now.

Duh, maybe I should find a way to make her actually speak more.

"And... why? Do you know sothing about it?"

She sighed once more, now looking down on .

Seriously, what did I do to her, really?

"Such a sha, I thought you were better at this."

Nah, not sure what you were trying to refer as ’better’ here if you haven’t explained anything so far. I have had a conviction about this, but if she said sothing crucial, I would figure this out.

"Are you perhaps treating my answers as so kind of clues? Intriguing."

I got caught... intentionally. Perhaps this was the only way to determine a villain’s ulterior motive.

"If you want it so badly then yes, it has sothing to do with the previous topic."

Yep, that’s it...

So, not only Mytheia was a device she invented, but also the fact I had been sent to another world due to this device too.

"Once again, you were right. I’m totally impressed... but don’t you want to know the chronology and chanism too?"

I nodded imdiately, not wanting to delay her explanation this ti.

"Alright so... your so-called ’deduction’ was more or less correct, but the truth is Mytheia has been used as a device to decipher ’miracle.’ And such a ’miracle’ then is considered to be the chanism of magic. Therefore, ’miracle’ or science is in-truth the chanism of magic."

Okay, how was that actually obvious? Hindsight-bias from my side or sothing?

Apparently, the hindsight already suggested it earlier but maybe I overlooked it. However, I would rather cut-off these overthinking for her demonstration imdiately.

"So, are you ready?"

Once again, I nodded. I perhaps may have prevented the plot from moving forward. Wait, that sounds quite familiar... never mind, forget it.

"Alright then."

Instantaneously, she had shown the Mytheia device brightened its glows once again. But this ti, it was quite an eyesore-inducing one, so much so I was reminded by my tragic ’death.’ And soon after its glow dimd slowly but sure, I saw Selene murmuring sothing while walking around the circle that she had drawn.

Is this the ritual? Doesn’t look like it.

Upon my observation, she moved all of her body parts. From head down to toe. Not only that she went circling, she also was shaking her head, stretching her neck, doing sothing similar to exercising, moves to do sports basically.

"Uh, sports? Exercise? Are those so kind of rituals too?"

Ah, shit. Here we go again.

I thought I had told you not to question anything that gotten into your curiosity, didn’t I? Also, stop misinterpreting these stuff. These are not rituals, what the actual f*ck.

"Eh, I was rather curious about the last word too but sure, if that’s what you asked for."

No, not even that one, you kiddo. Listen, this is why you shouldn’t pry into soone’s privacy by reading their mind. Now, stop minding that and ignore those terms. This is for the best.

"Okay, enough. Let’s get into the details. Was this the ritual or what? Why it looked like what humans commonly do in their daily basis?"

She titled her head slightly, chin propped up, perhaps pondering on my question.

"So, are those movents what humans normally do? If that’s so, then it makes sense. I did that to ensure the magic energy’s circulation coursing through my body. Regular magicians normally don’t do that because they are still able to use the magic without any form of rituals. However, during the ritual, you will have to move that much because you are going to be connected with sothing divine, which is the ’miracle’, sothing that is believed to contradict magic. Anyway, after done walking around the circle, I stood on the middle of circle then repeated the spell to seal the magic energy, which was exactly what I showed you previously when posing as Professor."

Hm, so exercise indeed is vital for human beings...

I thought as I was getting into these things. Doesn’t that an magic indeed is connected to science, the so-called miracle? Anyway, this explanation was a bit too long-winded and sowhat beating around the bush. Well, not that I’m complaining.

"You were right. Magic indeed is connected with science. However, that’s not what I have been trying to explain here."

I carefully listened to her so-called ’lecture’ which would have been more significant had it beco a thesis titled "On Magic & Science: The Discovery of Miracle" in a public seminar with so kind of flashy presentation format to attract . Yes, that’s what I’d been visualizing upon hearing her explanation.

"What you called as ’transmigration’ does connect with the vessel exchange we have done. Your soul wandered to mine because of this ritual I perford. And to explain it even further, reincarnation was possible because your soul identified mine as the most compatible."

Wait—did she just say that my soul wandered into hers because of a ritual? That’s not how transmigration supposed to work, is it?!

No, no, no. Hold on a second.

From what I’ve read... transmigration, as the na suggests, is a phenonon where your entire body is transported to another world. aning the whole package gets transferred—body, mind, mories, everything—just dropped into a new reality. Alternatively, in so cases, only the soul gets moved, inserted into a new vessel with help from so external ’agent’ or system.

But either way, the one for sure is that you retain your own consciousness. Not this "soul searching for the most compatible vessel" nonsense.

"That’s false. Magic works according to scientific principles when it cos to this exchange—transferring your own consciousness to my vessel. This, however, does not an you beca . What occured was a rging—your history blended with mine, forming an amalgamation. In terms of mory, you now carry fragnts of my past as residual traces, just as yours has been rewritten to fit into this world."

"For instance, the part where it said you were a healer prodigy. That is true—for you... but for ? Not really, not at all. This consequence leads to the situation whereas you have my vessel, but not for your own consciousness. In other words, you were transmigrated, experiencing soul’s modification to mold into my vessel, eventually shaping your own experience by a certain bond forged through a ritual as a result of this exchange."

ABSOLUTE CINEMA.

Not gonna lie, this was kind of boring but this info-dump approach in-fact explained everything... I had been suspicious by the fact her background as a great mage didn’t fit mine that was regarded as a prodigy healer. However, I wonder if that has anything to do with what she really wanted to live in my world.