Back at the Temple where Kikyo stayed.
Kagome was undergoing the Dream Technique, gradually stripping away the memories in her soul that did not belong with a girl her age.
The whole process looked fairly easy.
"Miss Kikyo, how long will it take to completely strip away those extra memories in Kagome's soul?"
Beside the bed, Li Xia held his young girlfriend's hand as he asked.
Across from him, Kikyo, who had just withdrawn from the dream, gave the young man before her an indifferent glance.
This fellow acted so interested in me just a while ago. He even held my hand and put his arm around my waist. Who would have thought he would forget it all in the blink of an eye?
Hah, men.
"Don't worry. With me handling it, stripping away those attachments from her previous life won't be difficult.
"If you want quick results, we could seal all those memories away instead. However, that seal would break after I died.
"So if you want to eliminate them completely, you'll have to be patient.
"This isn't something that can be finished in a day or two."
Kikyo looked at the girl who had yet to awaken on the bed, her expression complicated.
Originally, she had already stopped caring about most of those old memories.
But through Kagome, hadn't she just experienced them all over again, etched into her heart?
Sigh.
"Roughly how long?"
If it would not take long, he would stay here and protect them for a while.
If it would take too long, he would have to attend to his own affairs.
Romantic attachments should not become shackles that restricted his progress.
Presumably, Kagome was not the sort of "supportive partner" who would hold him back, either.
"Ten days at the shortest, over a month