The next morning, Gelman had to wake Shizuku, who had overslept.
She had clearly patted her chest the night before and promised to set off early to meet Shina in Meteor City, but in the morning she couldn't get out of bed.
After waving goodbye to Shizuku, Gelman used his Administrator-only card to fly to a lush, dense forest on Greed Island.
He found Abengane there, ready to perform an exorcism.
On Greed Island, Abengane's NPC persona was a "shaman," so he lived in a small cabin in the woods.
He wore a strange mask and covered himself from head to toe in a brownish-yellow robe.
Many players came here to complete side quests and obtain cards.
Others came specifically to have a curse exorcised, but the "price" was so high that few could afford it.
Gelman naturally didn't need to pay that "price." Or, rather, he already had.
As soon as Abengane saw Gelman arrive, he hurried forward to greet him.
For a moment, he felt a little dazed, as if he had returned to January 1998.
That was when he had first met Gelman, in another cabin in the woods. Then and now felt just like the same moment.
Abengane no longer regretted meeting Gelman the way he had back then.
Instead, he was glad he'd seized the opportunity and become a pig carried aloft by the wind.
As Gelman's standing continued to rise, Greed Island flourished, and exploration of the Dark Continent resumed, Abengane could only stand to gain more in the future.
With the surrounding trees and plants boosting his power, and Abengane concentrating with all his might, the Forest Spirit exorcised two of Gelman's "negative traits."
"Daydreamer," which affected the effectiveness of Pressure Release treatments, and "Afraid of the Dark," which reduced the accumulation of