Ming Dynasty and New Rome and Infinite Magic Machine

Chapter 1296 Rebirth Ceremony
After dinner, Shangluo returned home.

As soon as he entered the door, he could see the end at a glance. He suddenly felt that his home had become smaller.
"You're back!" Victoria came over, "Let me get it for you!"

She took the cloth bag from Shangluo's hand and dropped it so hard that she almost fell to the ground.

"What is that? Why is it so heavy?"

"Pork. Elder Wen asked me to bring it back."

[Do you think this is considered hush money, like sealing your mouth with lard or something? ]

"Do you think I'm the Kitchen God? You want me to keep my mouth shut, right? I won't tell you anything even if you don't give it to me."

"What's the secret?" Victoria asked. "Tell me! I can keep it a secret! I'm a professional!"

"Uh," Shangluo thought for a moment, "It's actually related to Wen Yuan."

He couldn't say it before, because he had already promised Wen Ge Lao. But Wen Ge Lao didn't ask him to keep it secret, but hoped that he would solve the matter. Because in the final analysis, Wen Yan's continuity was interrupted, and he was indeed reborn after death.

Although the two are indeed the same person, he himself does not know it. To some extent, this is a kind of amnesia. It's just that the amnesia is more thorough, directly refreshing to the state of a baby, and also comes with rejuvenation.

However, outside of his memories, he still retained many of his instincts. For example, he always wrote in the same handwriting and never changed it. He learned swordsmanship almost by himself, and he used the family heirloom sword very smoothly because the sword was his own. He also practiced very quickly because he was born with the ability.

But if Wen Yuan knew all these things, could he really accept it?
Shangluo plans to investigate further. Because Wen Yuan does not seem to be dissatisfied with his life, he can probably feel the love of his father and mother from his "grandparents" because they are his parents. Even the aunt who cooks for him.
Shangluo knew that the cooking auntie might also be an insider, because she must be very clear about the situation of the Wen family.

With this calculation, this secret is actually not a real secret.

However, in order to ensure Wen Yuan's physical and mental health, Shangluo planned to lay the groundwork first before telling him.

Before that, it has to be kept somewhat confidential.

But Victoria in front of him does have experience in solving problems.
This makes Shangluo think about it to some extent.

"So who is Wen Yuan?"

"Wen Yuan is the Jinyiwei who has been standing next to me. He is the same age as me."

"Who is it?" Victoria asked again, because she had no impression of this person.

"It's that 'miscellaneous soldier'." Phaethon, who was setting the dining table in the back, reminded.

"Ah! So he is Wen Yuan. Eh? My impression seems to be wrong! This person seems to appear very frequently, but why don't I have any impression of him at all?"

"You see, this is the problem." Shangluo replied, "Have you noticed that Wen Yuan has a very low sense of presence. So... Victoria, do you have any idea about this situation?" "This guy is a bastard." Victoria replied.

"what?"

"That is to say, the concentration of spirit particles in this person's soul is relatively low, and it is unable to correspond to a strong enough symbol in the souls of others, so it is difficult to be remembered. You are about to ask me to cooperate with you in filming the theatrical version of Wang Lingguan next year, right? I am afraid that our camera equipment cannot capture his image, or even if it can, it can only be a very faint shadow."

"That's the bastard." Shang Luo stroked his chin, "You know what, it does make sense."

This really fits the description of "soulless".

"Wait. Ah!" Victoria suddenly asked, "Did he die halfway, or did others think he was dead, and then he came back?"

"That's close! How did you guess it?"

"I guessed it, too." Phaethon had already set up the dining table. "In this case, we have to learn how to do it. Have dinner first? Tell you when we eat?"

"Rebirth ceremony?"

"Yes, it is necessary." Victoria explained while eating stew. "This kind of situation often happened in ancient Greece. For example, a sailor who had been on a long voyage did not come back for a long time. His family thought he was dead, and the whole society thought he was dead. He had completed social death. But he was not actually dead. He returned to his hometown a few years later. At this time, his physiological survival and social death formed a conflict. For this reason, it was necessary to prepare a ceremony to resurrect his social self."

"What will happen if I don't resurrect?"

"In Greece, he would have been treated as a dead person and his social status would not have been restored - of course this was ancient Greece. Modern people can easily confirm the identity through various technical means. But in ancient times, people could not confirm whether this person was dead or alive, because this person might have appeared out of nowhere, a spirit, a demon, or a changeling."

"Ah, so there is a rebirth ceremony? How is it held?"

"The rebirth ceremony is not a specific ceremony. What we learned in our textbooks is to learn the rebirth ceremony as a representative sympathetic magic. In short, the rebirth ceremony is a method of re-establishing social relationships. In order to revive a person's social relationships, it is necessary to let him go through all the ceremonies he has experienced since childhood, including birth ceremonies, coming-of-age ceremonies, weddings, etc., all in the same way. In this way, this person's social relationships will be very similar to the original person."

"So-called magic may be certain." Phaethon added, "As long as you re-establish a sympathetic connection with your original identity, even if it is not exactly the same, you can reposition social relations. Because social relations themselves are a kind of magic, right? They do not exist in reality."

"Oh, so that's how it is." Shang Luo nodded, "Then Wen Yuan's current condition is because the rebirth ceremony was not carried out?"

"I think so, especially in Victoria." Phaethon replied, "If the rebirth ritual is not performed, then this person may really have no sense of existence in Victoria's eyes, because this person does not exist in the magical sense."

"Then let me take care of it!" Victoria said, "I will bring him back to his original self! Make him exactly the same as before. In this way, his sense of existence will be restored."

"Wait a minute." Shang Luo raised his hand. "I'm not sure if Wen Yuan wants to change back. He's already a different person. Anyway, I'll go and ask for his opinion some other day."

(End of this chapter)