"----"
Puck fell completely silent.
In order to seal away a past she was unwilling to remember, Emilia had used her contract as a lid after Puck rescued her from the ice, locking away her memories.
It was entirely possible.
"Still, regrettably, I don't know about that either."
Puck gave an exceedingly cautious opinion, at least by his standards.
"I met Ria after Elior Forest had already been frozen over. So I don't know why Ria fears my existence, nor do I know why I had such a decisive influence on her past."
As he said this, Puck's voice was unusually filled with heartfelt frustration.
"However, if it really was as you said—if Ria sealed her memories on the condition of making a contract with me—then that would explain why she unconsciously rejected my materialization whenever she was about to remember the past."
Fang Li thought so too.
It was only a guess, but Fang Li retained some memories of the original story. Combining them with the current circumstances, he had arrived at this conclusion.
If so, then this guess was seventy or eighty percent accurate.
(I should've memorized the original story better... Though thinking that now won't help anything...)
After all, Fang Li had watched quite a few anime. Remembering every single one was simply impossible.
Not to mention that Fang Li had already spent several years struggling through the Main God Space. Having personally immersed himself in these worlds and lost his godlike perspective, it was only natural for his memories to become vague.
Besides, by the time the original story reached the "Sanctuary" arc, it was already far into the plot.
Before entering the Main God Space, the parts related to the "Sanctuary" had not even finished airing yet.
Given that, expecting Fang Li to rely on