This time, the images presented by "Person with a Story" were not many. Seemingly affected by some unknown influence, it had shown only that tiny fragment from earlier.
Yet even that brief fragment had been full of strangeness.
The charred female corpse that appeared by the sea at the beginning could be confirmed, in light of everything before and after, to be Luliana. Her NPC information had explicitly stated that she had perished in a sea of flames.
The man had carried her corpse and begged some great existence to resurrect her.
That existence should have been the enormous moon hovering above the sea in the image. Based on the information obtained from Abigail earlier, it was highly likely to be—the Phantom Moon Eye, and also the master of the Dreamscape Layer known as the Moonlight Sea of Illusory Dreams.
For some unknown reason, the Phantom Moon Eye had agreed to the man's request.
Yet the man had so desperately wanted to revive Luliana, appearing devoted and sincere, while the Phantom Moon Eye's assessment of him had been: "Humans are as perverted as ever."
If he had merely wanted to revive Luliana, he should not have been called "perverted."
There had to be some hidden trick to this.
Most likely, the man had done something that even a nonhuman existence like the Phantom Moon Eye found perverse.
But what exactly had he done?
The image had not shown it, but Angel had obtained some clues elsewhere.
Namely... the NPC information.
Yes, although this Person with a Story had not shown much, Angel had learned the man's name from that brief story.
—Doros!
As long as he knew the name, the man's NPC information could be unlocked.
With that thought, Angel raised his head and looked once more at the half-human,