Infinite: Starting with the Recovery Mage

The protagonist Kaiar, who soul-traveled and became a recovery mage with a system, begins his new life. He has memories of his past life after awakening his class at the cusp of adulthood. Fusing t...

Chapter 49 The Pollution of Personality by Memory

Kyal is a good person, but he does things based on his mood. He doesn't like to do things that are too troublesome, but he usually does things that are profitable and don't violate his principles. He doesn't like to do bad things to people he has no grudge against, but sometimes he will help people he wants to help with some good things.

Eve's matter was indeed a troublesome affair, and according to his usual code of conduct, he shouldn't have gotten involved.

If one only desires Eve's body and potential, one can easily defeat her, brainwash her, and instill new ideas in her—a complete one-stop service.

However, this does not conform to Kyal's principle of not harming people he has no enmity with, so he would never do it.

The benefits Eve can bring are too great. It's not just her potential and beauty. In her memories, there is also a very powerful combat force that can be won over, but only Eve herself can do it. However, she is not confident that she can pass the trial now.

But it doesn't matter, Kayal can help Eve pass the trial and obtain that power. As long as Eve becomes his, then Eve's power will also be his power.

So he offered Eve a deal to join the group.

Eve, due to a slight misunderstanding, chose to follow Kyal as a subordinate.

To be honest, this was something Kyal hadn't expected, but it didn't matter. As long as he had someone by his side, with his handsome face, how could he not pick up girls?

He doesn't have much time left to spend outside, and if he really wants to raise Eve, it will definitely take a lot of time.

Therefore, we must consider a crash course to quickly build a solid foundation. Further improvements can only be made after Kyal has completed his revenge.

The two did not intend to stay in this place for long. The ground was littered with corpses, and the stench of blood was unsettling no matter what.

Before leaving, Kayal put the carcass of a wild boar monster into his storage ring, intending to use it as food and to help Eve improve her talent stats.

Eve watched as Kyal placed his hand on the boar monster's corpse, and then the boar monster's corpse was directly sucked into a ring on Kyal's hand.

"What is this? It's amazing."

Eve stared at the ring on Kyal's hand, her eyes filled with curiosity. Was this a newly developed magical artifact? She had never seen it before, only heard of it, but it looked incredibly powerful.

"Well, it's hard to explain in a short time, and I don't want to say too much about it right now. Just think of it as an alchemical tool that can store items."

Kyal wasn't planning to explain too much yet. Even if he talked to Eve about Nen abilities now, she wouldn't understand. He'd send her a compressed file when they got back to camp.

"Storing items... Lord Kayal, why are you storing the corpses of wild boar monsters?"

Eve ultimately did not change her address. Calling Kyal "Your Excellency" was the least she could do to show respect as a subordinate. Given her personality, if she didn't constantly remind herself that she was just a subordinate by using honorifics, she would eventually start to treat Kyal as a friend, which was not something a subordinate should do.

"Anyway, I have my own uses, and you'll find out soon enough. Let's not talk about this anymore. I'll take you to my camp."

Kyal waved his hand and turned to leave, and Eve quickly picked up the robe she had just thrown up and chased after him.

It was impossible for him to get lost. Kyal was not directionally challenged. He remembered the location of the camp clearly in his mind and had left marks along the way as he followed the sound.

They walked slowly and were not in a hurry. When they encountered wild vegetables and edible mushrooms along the way, Kyal would pick some.

"Lord Kyal, I'll help you too."

Eve noticed a mushroom nearby, went over and picked it. It looked so brightly colored, it must taste delicious, right?

"Eve, those are poisonous mushrooms."

"Huh? Are there poisonous mushrooms?"

Eve quickly dropped the mushroom in her hand and wiped her hands.

Kyal covered her face, unable to bear to look. Eve truly lived up to her reputation as a young lady of high birth; of course she recognized the appearance of mushrooms, but her knowledge of mushrooms was limited to what she saw on the dinner table.

In her opinion, any mushroom is probably edible.

"Of course... the more brightly colored the mushroom, the more poisonous it is. You can't just look at the appearance. Some mushrooms that look ordinary may also be poisonous. I will teach you a lot of common sense that you can use in your life in the wild later."

And so, as he continued walking toward the camp, Kyal's thoughts began to wander.

Eve's foundation is really too weak, including common sense and life skills. If we start from now and only train and teach her to make up for it, it will take too long, and we can't afford to wait.

So it seems the only way is to instill memories into her, to pass on the knowledge and experience she copied from others, and then let her digest it quickly through practice.

But this also presents a problem, a problem that I haven't yet solved myself...

The pollution of personality caused by memory...

Memory is a manifestation of personality, and a person's character is usually shaped by their past experiences and values.

If one person gains another person's memories, they will also gain that person's worldview, values, and outlook on life. When these two people's values ​​become intertwined, their personalities may be corrupted and distorted.

This is not a problem that can be solved simply by relying on willpower to firmly establish one's own values. It also requires continuous psychoanalysis to confirm one's original values ​​and to deny any differences between one's own and others' values.

If one is not careful, there is a possibility of a shift in thinking, and one's personality may be corrupted by another person's memories. In severe cases, one may even become a completely different person.

Kyal is suffering the most from this, and is the one who is most severely affected. Every time he uses healing magic to cure someone, he directly gains the person's entire life's memories.

After activating his Nen ability, Kayal was still thinking about how to solve this problem.

Before finding any concrete clues, Kyal had already organized these memories into a series of split personalities, and then used his strong willpower to maintain his dominant personality to suppress these split personalities.

This can only be considered a temporary solution to the immediate crisis. But one day, when the number of split personalities becomes too large and the dominant personality can no longer be suppressed, Kyal will directly become a patient with severe schizophrenia.

Although the memories instilled in Eve only need to include knowledge and experience, there is no need to include trivial matters of daily life.

However, those who learn and experience this knowledge still retain the original owner of the memory, which cannot be changed, so it will still cause a certain degree of personality pollution.

Given Eve's willpower, Kyal doubted whether her personality would be corrupted by her memories, causing her to cease to be herself.

It seems that the first thing I need to do is teach her the ability to use her voice.

Let's at least get her started and teach her to train her willpower first. We should also give her some proper training during this time.

Kyal made his decision silently.