“It’s useless and inconvenient to bring up one’s past as the past is the past. It doesn’t matter anymore.”

“That… is probably correct. However, please keep this in mind when you investigate DIO contracts in general.”

After saying this, Sungmuk closed his eyes. Obviously, the tense atmosphere had already subsided considerably, but Miho, who had been silent for a while, spoke up right then.

“… Is it not possible for me to regain my memories?”

“You're curious about why you were slated to go to hell in your past life?” Sungmuk responded.

“Well, it is my past.”

“Oho. You’re a pretty tough kid, aren’t you?” Sungmuk broke into a smile like he found something funny.

Miho’s eyes burned red after seeing Sungmuk’s playful yet somewhat condescending expression. “Stop talking nonsense and answer me. Is there a way?”

“I’m not sure, but when I was dragged to this place, I saw the Noblesse taking something from the souls of a few centaurs who had arrived around the same time I did. They didn’t take my memories away, but they did for those centaurs, so that was probably the process by which they extracted the centaurs’ memories.”

“So, the Noblesse are in possession of others’ memories? Well, perhaps that...