At the long-forgotten term "Reincarnation Walker," Sainsai's expression jolted in surprise. Then he stared blankly and asked:
"You actually know about such a concept!?"
The corners of Jietisikoki's mouth rose as he lightly tapped his sharp-edged, crystalline eyeball with a finger. Then, in an unruffled tone, he nodded and replied:
"Of course. The power of the Conduction Prism Eyes has granted me old knowledge as vast and abundant as the ocean, naturally including special people like you."
"Even if their fleshly bodies perished beneath the tide of the ages, the souls of these people would not be easily erased. In most cases, they would reincarnate again and again as lives of later generations. Although their reborn bodies generally came with defects, each new life could automatically inherit the memories of the previous one across time and space. That was why they were called 'Reincarnation Walkers.'"
"Back when I was still in the Old Homeland, I had heard of a few similar cases."
"Besides, as far as I know, most Reincarnation Walkers did not meet good ends. It seemed that as their number of reincarnations steadily increased, these special beings either went mad, became fools, or chose to numb themselves and drift with the current of the times."
"In short, it is not a race anyone should envy. In the end, the only thing they can inherit is memory. Everything else must still begin anew from a mortal body, over and over, over and over, until they finally break completely."
Sainsai fell silent for several seconds. With an inscrutable expression, he coughed twice, then slowly nodded in admission:
"Cough, cough, cough, cough."
"That's right. Just as you said."
"Thinking back, in the beginning, I too was full of youthful vigor, able to fight and sacrifice myself for things like ideals and