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"Amon never used shallow parasitism on the heretics."
It was as though a knife had suddenly cleaved into Klein's mind. His temples throbbed, and immense pain and anger temporarily broke through the restraints of his divinity. He pressed a hand to his temple, drowning in intense emotions like the most ordinary mortal.
Deep parasitism... controlling the other person's mind, thoughts, body, and spirit body. The host's life depends entirely on a single thought from the Parasite... It's practically murder. Never mind whether they can still be saved-even if they are successfully rescued, there's an extremely high chance of lasting damage, or of them going mad because of it...
Klein still remembered the horrific state of Hazel's family after they had been parasitized. The poor girl had been frightened almost to madness. Without Audrey repeatedly providing Soothing in secret, she would have spent the rest of her life in fear and insanity, and might even have lost control and died one day from an excessive surge of emotion.
Can they be saved? There should still be a way. I don't know how many I can save. First, I need a high-level being who can respond to my mysticism ritual, but I don't have Ouroboros's means of trapping them in a loop to prevent their condition from worsening. I also need to take them out to complete my advancement ritual... Here, Amon still has to be wary of the sleeping God Almighty. Once we're outside, what ability do I have to protect them?
The harder I try to save them, the more Amon will know how important they are to me!
After saying this, Ouroboros spoke no more. He did not look at Klein either, returning to the silent, quiet figure everyone knew best.
Medici looked at him, then at Klein,