``` [In the end, Great Sage made that request of you. He hoped to return to his original body.]
[His voice was quiet, yet carried an indescribable weariness.]
[He told you that he desperately wanted to sever himself completely from those heavy memories of the past.]
[As long as he continued using this physique, whenever he lowered his head, whenever he clenched his fists, he would involuntarily recall the warfare, the bloodshed, and those agonizing memories that clung like a disease eating into his bones.]
[Those images had been carved deep into his soul. Nothing could erase them.]
[Looking into those eyes, which seemed to bear far more weight than they should ever have carried, you felt a pang of sorrow.]
[You had originally intended to let him rest a little longer, to withdraw completely from that violent upheaval, even if it only meant briefly enjoying some peace without burdens.]
[But he stubbornly shook his head.]
[He told you that rather than resting idly, only by throwing himself back into his exorcism work as "Great Sage," only through constant battle and protection, could he feel a trace of the peace of mind he had gone so long without.]
[For him, that seemed to be the life that truly belonged to him, the anchor of his existence.]
[Of course, you still chose to respect Great Sage's own decision.]
[Before agreeing, you had actually spent a long time in deep thought.]
[You looked at your hands, frantically calculating every possibility. You even wondered whether, with your current understanding of cursed energy and souls, you could make minute adjustments to his soul, or simply interfere directly with the operation of his core, forcibly and precisely cutting out and stripping away Great Sage's memories of that brutal past.]
[But in the end, you abandoned