Magnan's expression stiffened.
A few seconds later, the corner of his mouth finally twitched. "And this isn't crude behavior?"
"It is," Yuri admitted with a frank nod. "And I suddenly feel that it's not bad."
Magnan: "..."
Semler, standing nearby, was the first to react. The grim, solemn archbishop looked at Magnan, who had clearly appeared in the hall in illusory form, and nodded. "So you are now 'alive' in a state similar to Archbishop Selena's?"
"I don't know," Magnan said, finally lowering his head to look at himself in confusion before noticing Selena beside him. "Earlier, I entered a muddled state. When I regained consciousness, I found myself trapped in a space full of faint light. Even now, I have no idea what happened..."
"You underwent Brain Servant conversion without adequate preparation, causing your soul to be completely extracted. I collected the fragments," Selena explained briefly, allowing Magnan to quickly grasp the situation. "At present, like me, you have become a ghost in the network. There should be no problems for the next few years, but afterward, you will need to consider finding a 'mental calibration point' in the real world."
Magnan blinked, taking a moment to digest the fact. At last, he sighed with mixed emotions. "This really isn't what I imagined at the beginning..."
Semler nodded and looked toward Selena. "Then he has completely severed ties with his body and cannot return to it?"
"That is indeed the case. This was not a simple separation of soul and body. It also involved the shattering and reassembly of his soul, as well as a 'death.' At present, no technology can restore him under such circumstances."
Magnan suddenly sensed a hint of danger in Semler's words and instinctively asked, "Archbishop Semler, why are you asking that?"
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