After another round of persuasion from Luke, Mika decided to enter Yuichiro's memories, and Yuichiro agreed to it as well.
Mainly, since Luke already knew he was awake, Yuichiro knew he couldn't safely escape with his companions even if he went all out. It was better to resolve the confusion that had been lingering.
Seeing that he had agreed, Luke said no more and pushed the dining cart in front of Yuichiro.
Yuichiro was indeed a bit hungry, but why was Luke being so considerate? There was definitely a catch!
Luke saw through Yuichiro's little thoughts and explained with a smile.
"Don't worry, entering deep memories requires energy for your consciousness. Currently, you can only supplement calories through eating to provide the necessary energy."
Yuichiro approached the dining cart half-doubtingly, but finally couldn't help but ask.
"What exactly is your goal?"
Yuichiro really didn't understand. Luke sometimes stood against him and sometimes helped him; how could he fully trust such a person?
Luke tilted his head in a thoughtful pose.
"I'm just an ordinary Vampire with a hobby for collecting. At most, I know some things a bit earlier than you do. Stop asking and eat up; it's better to be on your way after eating."
"Uh... I always feel like there's something weird about that phrase."
Yuichiro finished half the food on the cart and truly couldn't eat any more. Then, Mika floated out from his body.
"Well then, I'm going into Yuu-chan's memories. Here I go."
Then, Mika disappeared from before Yuichiro's eyes. Yuichiro also closed his eyes, sending his consciousness toward that missing memory according to the method Mika had just taught him.
Luke could feel that not long after Yuichiro closed his eyes, his body became completely empty.
The preparations were complete, and Luke could easily send his consciousness toward that memory just like Yuichiro and the others.
This was different from Rig's method of direct viewing. Yuichiro and Mika's method was similar to traveling to that time, except they couldn't affect anything, like ghosts.
Luke felt that watching Yuichiro's memories was more cost-effective.
Of course, a viewing partner was essential.
Luke woke Krul from the memory sharing with Rig.
"What are you doing?"
Krul didn't expect Luke to disturb her at a time like this.
Luke mysteriously took Krul's hand and walked toward Yuichiro's direction.
"Come on, I'll take you to get a more comprehensive understanding."
Soon, Krul looked at the meditative Yuichiro with her arms crossed, understanding Luke's meaning.
"You mean watching Yuichiro's memories?"
"It's an experience. Anyway, there's definitely information you want to know."
..."Where is this?"
"Yuu-chan, over here!"
Yuichiro's consciousness arrived at an unfamiliar place. Then he saw Mika waving at him from behind a stone pillar, and he realized they both had the bodies of children now.
"Look over there."
Yuichiro came to Mika's side and looked in the direction Mika was pointing. His pupils couldn't help but shrink.
Not far away, the Progenitor was walking in one direction with a group of Vampires.
Faces like Krul, Ashera, byakkomaru, Thunder Demon, Shinya, Moonlight Rhyme, and others were clearly among them.
Mika was a bit worried.
"I wonder if they'll notice us."
Yuichiro said quite nonchalantly.
"Is this our memory?"
Mika shook his head and corrected him.
"It's your memory."
Yuichiro tried to think about it but to no avail.
"I have no impression. But our seas of consciousness are merged now, so maybe it could be your memory too."
Mika thought that made sense and stopped dwelling on it. But when he turned his gaze back to the Progenitor's side, his heart suddenly skipped a beat.
"Yuu-chan! Look!"
Yuichiro turned to look, wearing the same expression as if he'd seen a ghost.
At this time, two more figures had suddenly appeared among the Progenitor's group of Vampires.
"Krul, you really haven't grown taller at all! Hahaha!"
Luke was walking backward in front of "Krul," his gaze jumping back and forth between the two Kruls for comparison.
Krul first confirmed that these "colleagues" couldn't see the two of them, then gave a cold snort.
"Heh, we Vampires don't value height. What we care about is survival time and whether the blood is delicious."
Luke tried to poke "Krul's" face. Strangely, his finger didn't pass directly through. However, no matter how hard he pressed, "Krul" had no reaction. Her cold, iron-like face just kept walking against him, and Luke had no power to resist.
"Non-interactive, huh."
However, Luke could see that "Krul's" cheek had been deformed by his pressing, but she herself was completely unaware.
Refusing to believe it, Luke casually grabbed a wooden stick nearby and struck Shinya with it. Shinya was fine, the stick was fine, but Luke's hand felt numb. He dropped the stick, and the moment it left his hand, it disappeared and returned to the position it was in before he took it.
"Krul, there's a ghost!"
Luke shouted and jumped onto Krul, who caught him in a princess carry.
With a dark face, Krul immediately let go to drop him on the ground. Fortunately, Luke was agile enough not to fall. Krul looked at the street environment, roughly figured out the time period, and shouted to Luke.
"Enough, stop playing. Let's head to the Progenitor's residence first. Follow me."
Honestly, watching Luke poke "her" face in front of her was a truly strange experience.
Luke also stopped messing around, brushed off non-existent dust, and followed Krul. At the same time, he gave his usual annoying praise.
"What a great memory, still remembering the way after thousands of years! I have to recite a mnemonic just to remember how many days are in a month!"
The direction they left in was the same as the direction the "Progenitor" was currently moving.
Watching Luke and Krul walk away, Yuichiro finally closed his wide-open jaw.
"They... they also entered my memory?! But it seems the Progenitor and the others can't see them... eh?!"
As Yuichiro was speaking, a middle-aged man passed by the stone pillar and bumped into him.
"He knocked me over!"
Mika nodded.
"The people in the memory can't see us because it's just a memory. But just like us touching the ground, physical contact is possible?"
Yuichiro smashed his right fist into his left palm.
"So that's why Luke is so unscrupulous!"
"Yeah. But since we still have senses and can touch things, we might still get hurt. We should still be careful. Let's keep up!"
...Inside the grand mansion of the Progenitor, in the underground hall.
Yuichiro poked his head in from outside the door.
"Mika, there's a coffin in the middle! Ah, Luke, Krul, you're here too."
Luke smiled and waved at Yuichiro and Mika, while Krul only gave them a faint glance.
The two groups met here.
As soon as Mika appeared, Luke shouted to him.
"Mika, come look in the mirror!"
Mika was somewhat confused and went to the coffin with Yuichiro. This coffin was made of some kind of crystal, and the lid was transparent.
Inside the coffin lay a young boy with wings. This boy's appearance was exactly the same as Mika's.
"Mika, he looks exactly like you! But he has wings. Is he an angel?"
Yuichiro couldn't help but exclaim when he saw the boy.
"Ah, indeed. It's said he's the Progenitor's child..."
Mika was also quite surprised.
"I have a memory of this."
"What?"
Yuichiro looked at Mika and said very seriously.
"I remember, I used to always lean against this glass and talk, with him... ah, it's so frustrating. It's right on the tip of my tongue, but I just can't remember what I said!"
"Does Mika have no impression?"
Luke, who had been watching, spoke up and asked.
"This is Yuichiro's memory. This child who looks like you might be you. Do you have no impression?"
Mika tried to recall.
"I feel like I have an impression but also don't. I only remember an annoying guy who kept calling 'Mika, Mika'..."
"Isn't that me?"
Yuichiro said excitedly.
Mika wondered.
"Then how long have we lived? I want to find out."
"Then you'll have to go back to even older memories."
Krul responded casually.
Yuichiro and Mika then realized.
"Speaking of which, why are you guys here?"
"Why do you think I let you investigate past memories? We also need to investigate some things. Although there's some useful information in this period, it's ultimately limited."
Yuichiro asked innocently.
"Then why aren't you going yet?"
Luke smacked Yuichiro on the back of the head.
"We're passengers. How can we go if you, the driver, are still here?"
Krul then remarked to Luke with emotion.
"It's a good thing Mika was the one left as the Seraph Project observation subject. If Yuichiro had stayed in Sanguinem, one of you would've annoyed me to death, and the other would've made me die of stupidity."
Luke retorted.
"I was supposed to die; you're the one who saved me."
Krul sneered and pinched Luke's arm.
"The more I think about it now, the more I feel like you did it on purpose back then!"
Luke's face contorted, and he quickly changed the subject.
"Let's go see even older memories!"
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