Faintly lifting the corner of my lips, I smiled at the spirit in front of me. “It is fine if you don’t want to be free. I’d feel better. The Queen at the previous ruin I went to was really kind. She didn’t want to leave me with pain, but... I also didn’t want to see them suffer. Their souls had been sealed in that ruin for sixty years…” I looked around with tears in my eyes. My chest hurt and tears started rolling down my cheeks again. “They couldn’t break free.” 

Just then, the spirit in front of me lifted his finger towards me. Familiar blue light spots were moving in his translucent finger. He touched my tears gently, his face right in front of me. His almost transparent eyes fixed upon my face and I faced him with a smile. “You can look for me whenever you want to be free. I will return. Don’t be afraid. It doesn’t hurt.” I turned away and lifted my gun to aim at the machine again. “God knows how many years it’ll take if you want to break free using this machine. During those years, who knows how many...