Chapter 3812 Isn't That Simple (2)
"Of course they don't connect!"
"Things aren't as simple as you think!"
Did Elaina seem to know more?
So, after bluntly dismissing Fern's naïve idea, she unhurriedly raised a slender index finger and wagged it, then explained in the tone of someone teaching an ignorant apprentice:
"Listen, Fern."
"You—"
"Even Frieren, perhaps—you really can extract and copy complete memories. You can even make a Pensieve and revisit scenes and certain people from those memories, like watching a play."
"I'm not denying that. Even a genius like me can do it with ease."
"But!"
After saying that, she paused deliberately to build up Frieren and Fern's anticipation. Once she'd milked the moment, she continued:
"To reach the level of Teacher Annie, where the images in the memories aren't just visible but can also be touched like real people, and even spoken to to a limited extent—that's simply impossible!"
"At least for the three of us, it'll remain impossible for a very long time!"
"I'm not making this up!"
As she spoke, she put down her little mirror and paced barefoot across the carpet in the warm living room, holding forth like a magic professor lecturing in a classroom.
"The craftsmanship and magic-conducting structure required to create a magic necklace that can reliably store specific memories, let you access them at any time, and interact with them already far surpass what an ordinary Pensieve requires."
"It involves extremely precise enchantment, Transfiguration, a magical AI core, and material reconstruction."
"And that's not even getting into manifesting the memories and giving them the ability to interact in a limited way!"
She glanced at Annie, who had grown bored and started building a little tower out of cookies, then continued:
"The magical knowledge and rules involved in that... the