vol. 1 chapter 65 - Chapter 65 Anterograde amnesia
Chapter 65 Anterograde amnesia
"What's going on? Miss Antoinette doesn't remember us?"
The three of them arrived outside the ward, and Abigail still couldn't understand what was going on.
"It's just like what I thought. Antoinette's curse is a phenomenon similar to Antergrade amnesia."
“Antergrade amnesia?”
"Abigail, human memory is a very complicated thing. But generally speaking, people's memories are more vague the more distant they are, and things that happened recently are very clear."
In the world where Angelica originally lived, humans were still unable to understand the structure of the brain in an era of advanced technology. This is still the case in this technologically backward era, and magic is no exception.
"Amnesia that people are prone to as they age is retrograde amnesia, which is characterized by the inability to trace past memories. Anterograde amnesia is a very rare form of amnesia, characterized by the inability to convert short-term memories into long-term memories. For Antoinette, there is no present or future. Her memory forces her to live only in the past."
"Ms. Angelica is right."
Louis's expression was particularly bitter.
"Sister's memory will reset at midnight every day, and she will always live on the same day. Every day when she wakes up, she must accept the fact that she is in the hospital again, and then record what happened every day in a diary under the guidance of the nurse. Sister will not know that she met you yesterday until she turns to the page where we met yesterday."
"I impressed Antoinette so much yesterday, but she didn't remember anything today."
"So Sister Angelica's confession yesterday was a test?"
"Actually, it's 80 percent sincere."
"Isn't eighty percent serious enough?"
Angelica did not deny this.
"But Abigail is right. Being confessed to by a beautiful girl like me is a great achievement that is worthy of being engraved on the jacket of my autobiography as the main selling point...ah."
So it is impossible for Antoinette to forget. Angelica suddenly fell into deep thought when she thought of this.
"Sister Angelica?"
"I was thinking... if Antoinette clears her latest memory at midnight every day, doesn't that mean that no matter what I do to Antoinette, she will still greet me with a smile the next day?"
Abigail and Louis fell silent at the same time.
"For my sister's safety, I'm wondering if I should call the guards."
"Eh? I just want Antoinette to be happy every day!"
"Then I'll ask you to help me recover my memory. I'm not sure why you came to me, but I can't do anything right now because my memory is being cleared every day."
Louis's expression was particularly serious.
"It will probably take a long time for my sister to recover by myself. You are a very powerful magician. As for the reward, I admit that I don't have the confidence to make a big promise, but I will do my best to make it up to you."
"In order to exchange your soul with Abigail's, I also have a reason to assist you in your magic research. I already have some ideas, why don't we get started right away."
"Thank you so much."
Louis was excited, he didn't know Angelica was a witch, he just knew that if someone assisted him in his magic research, he could save his sister from the endless days and nights.
Angelica also understood why Louis wanted to study the inherent magic of breaking the reincarnation cycle. In Louis' understanding, his sister Antoinette was always trapped in the cycle of living on the same day, and what he needed to do was to break Antoinette's reincarnation.
In the following days, Angelica and Abigail lived in Louis's rental house, and Angelica assisted Louis in his magic research.
Louis was sometimes amazed that there was such a way of thinking, and sometimes shocked by Angelica's reconstruction of the magic-free ritual. Abigail was completely unable to intervene in the realm of the two people, and in desperation, she chose to honestly prepare food for the two people and clean the house.
Although she was not used to Louis' male body at first, she was able to live a normal life after getting used to it. Abigail still hoped to get her soul back as soon as possible. After working all night for several days, Abigail felt that her body was going to stink.
Lunch time is also Louis's rest time, but his mouth is never idle. Not only is he eating, he is also chatting with Angelica and Abigail about his sister Antoinette.
"Miss Antoinette turned out to be a special student of the Santa Barbara Girls' Academy?"
"The admission system of Santa Barbara Girls' Academy is very special. Every year during the admission season, people come from far away to apply. I heard from my sister that Santa Barbara Girls' Academy will only train ladies they think have potential. They will distribute many questionnaires, ask many questions for investigation, and then select a fixed number of applicants as students for that year."
"What does special admissions mean?"
Abigail and Louis talked about the admission to the Santa Barbara Girls' Academy. The admission method of the Santa Barbara Girls' Academy was a unique questionnaire survey. Even if a student was born into a noble family and did not meet the lady standards of the Santa Barbara Girls' Academy, he or she would still be denied admission.
Therefore, civilian girls also have the opportunity to enroll in school. Just like if horse racing is still an aristocratic sport, it /N_o_v_e_l_i_g_h_t/ will not be well-known in the human world. Giving everyone the opportunity to participate is the best way to increase its popularity.
“It’s to give some people who didn’t receive the questionnaire a chance to enroll.”
Angelica was all too familiar with this.
"Because the Santa Barbara Girls' Academy is very famous, every big family wants their daughters to go to the academy to get a gold medal. But the Santa Barbara Girls' Academy refuses any bribes and will not agree to admit students just because a big family gives them money."
St. Barbara Girls' Academy is the most famous academy in the Principality of Walsrode. Its special reputation deserves to be protected. Otherwise, it will lose its credibility and people will no longer try to send their daughters to the academy. Therefore, St. Barbara Girls' Academy has official financial assistance from the Principality of Walsrode, which gives them the confidence to refuse.
"But the nobles would still rack their brains to increase the chances for their daughters. They turned their attention to questionnaires, deliberately purchasing many questionnaires but not handing them in, in order to monopolize the quota. Later, Santa Barbara Girls' Academy changed it to require the candidates to fill out the questionnaires in person, but the nobles would still hire many people to grab the quota and fill them out randomly. In the end, Santa Barbara Girls' Academy adopted a special enrollment system: while distributing questionnaires, students in the academy could also make recommendations."
【Witch TIPS】
Angelica has very strange habits: she likes to tease people, but has a high tendency to reject them when she is teased.