Jobless Reincarnation: The King with a Mental Problem

[After a short period of time]

At that time, I was holding my mother in my arms with both hands, and the witch was sitting on the other side, hugging me from behind and resting her head on my shoulder. Our heads were touching.

Then, the mother in her arms blinked...

This has absolutely terrified me...

The witch was the same; she was gently embracing me when she suddenly let go, stood up, but dared not look at me or my mother.

Heels were scraping the ground, hands were behind his back, and his cheeks... seemed a little red...

I wonder what the witch is thinking right now; she's probably contemplating digging a tunnel with her toes again...

but......

Senis didn't react much...

Tsk!

"Little F...Mrs. Senis, she...?"

"Hmm... let's confirm first..."

The witch also squatted down beside her, placed her hands on her knees, and peered at Senis's face.

"Mom?"

Still no response...

"Mother? My dear mother? Can you hear me?"

Gee...

This is really troublesome...

"Doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo~~~~"

Even if I make all sorts of funny faces, it won't work...

"Hmm... Your son found a wife, are you happy?"

Ugh......

Like a puppet...

Senis still didn't react much...

Aaaaaaahh ...

I'm so angry!!!

"Little Fran, calm down. I know you're anxious, but what you need right now is to stay calm!"

The witch crouched down beside me, stopping my scratching and rubbing...

"Um...I know..."

I really know...

I knew from the start that there was a high probability it would turn out this way, and I prepared a bunch of contingency plans. Let's analyze it in detail...

Before treating an illness, you need to do some tests...

But even so, I'm still quite disappointed...

Good heavens...

Why can't you make things a little easier for me?

......

You can't think like that...

Senis is still counting on me...

We need to calm down!

I took a deep breath and slowly exhaled, forcing my agitated mind to calm down...

Let's think about something happy...

for example......

When I mentioned finding a wife earlier, the witch didn't really react!

No refusal means agreement!

Hehe ~

Thinking of this, I felt somewhat pleased.

Now that the king and the witch have met each other's parents, I really can't wait to grow up!

When I came to my senses, I felt a tap on the head...

Eh?

Mom?

What do you mean by that?

[After a short period of time]

I had a rough guess about Senis's situation before, but it should be better than in the original work, right?

After all, she was trapped inside the crystal for only about half a year, which is much, much shorter than the time in the original work.

So even if some problems still exist, the treatment will definitely be much easier. However, we still need to see exactly how serious the situation is.

After taking the glowing stone out of his backpack, he slowly waved it in front of Senis's eyes.

Um......

When a light source is close, the pupil constricts; when it is far away, the pupil dilates.

The brainstem is fine...

I reached out and pinched her earlobe, just enough to make her frown.

A little while later, the muscle at the left corner of her mouth twitched.

It was very light, but it wasn't her dodging... it was her muscles moving on their own...

"Mom? Can you look at my fingers?"

Then I held up a finger, instructing Senis to try following it with her gaze...

Um......

Although it's slow, it's definitely possible...

At this point, some possibilities can be ruled out.

It's not a physical problem.

Of course not.

Because her body has been healed by me using divine-level detoxification and royal-level healing techniques.

But it's not a matter of awareness...

Because she can hear, react to light, and respond to emotions.

You used to be able to tap me on the head~

The current problem is that something is missing between the two...

Ugh......

Loki went to prepare food for Senis, something easy to digest, like baby food. I really hadn't prepared any of that...

For a moment, only Senis and I were left in the room; it was very quiet...

I lay down on Senis's lap again, looking at her face, and suddenly remembered how she used to lull me to sleep.

Back then, she would pick me up horizontally, like carrying a small cloth bag. She would pat my back while humming some random tune.

I swore long ago that I would protect her, but this is how it turned out...

Ugh......

It's all my fault...

If only I had been more careful back then, and sent Senis further away...

Perhaps... things wouldn't be like this...

Don't make this mistake again...

Senis was trying to pat my head again, but her movements were just too slow...

but......

At least the situation isn't that bad...

......

......

After enjoying myself for a while, I need to get my brain working again. I need to focus first and figure out a way to heal Senis...

The first contingency plan was to heal Senis with a divine detoxification technique.

It appears to have failed so far...

Although Mom's body has been healed by divine-level detoxification and king-level healing techniques, her current condition is probably a result of a mismatch between her soul and body...

It seems that the causal regression technique of the divine detoxification method can only work on the physical body, but not the soul...

Sealed within the nine-headed dragon's magic crystal, not only was their body altered, but their soul was as well. In fact, it was primarily their soul that was transformed.

That force probably wanted to turn Senis herself into a part of the labyrinth.

And superfluous elements, such as Senis's body, are unnecessary parts for the labyrinth, which is why the soul became like this...

The current state of Senis is like an operating system that is incompatible with the hardware, so it can only operate at the lowest efficiency.

Why can't even a god-level detoxification technique cure this?

Um......

That makes sense...

After all, the soul is just a mass of bioelectrical signals in the brain, essentially just a mass of data that constantly thinks and changes as it receives input information.

Everything has a cause before an effect. If the soul were also reverted to its original state by a divine-level detoxification technique, who knows what would happen to the continuity of the memories within the soul...

but......

Not necessarily...

What if it were possible to accurately control the causal backtracking of the soul?

No!

This method is too risky; we can't use Senis as an experiment.

......

In conclusion, contingency plan one... failed...

Then comes plan two: first, completely heal Senis's body, and then wait for her soul to slowly recover...

In the original story, Senis's situation also gradually improved over time...

According to the information left by [something], this situation likely occurred because the body, the physical structure that supports the soul's functions, was still intact. Therefore, the soul was gradually influenced by the physical body, resulting in some recovery...

But this is taking too long...

God knows how long it will take...

Moreover, the influence of the soul and the body is mutual.

Just like me and Chishilica, our souls are trapped in weak bodies, so it's inevitable that we'll become a bit childish.

As time goes on, who knows how this mutated soul will affect Senis's body...

It's like mixing a glass of clean water with a glass of dirty water; at best, it just becomes slightly cleaner dirty water.

I don't accept this result...

Senis must return to her former self.

Therefore, contingency plan two is ruled out...

Next is Plan Three: The Soul Stone might be able to heal Senis.

The technology of materializing the soul is essentially about using magic to solidify the complex electrical signals that exist in the brain.

Soulstones are merely the most basic material components of a soul's hard drive.

The soul is not affected by the aging of the physical body, nor is the material body affected by the alienation of the soul...

but......

The Soul Stone is merely a preservation tool; it won't make things worse, nor will it make them better...

Perhaps a soul stone made from the soul of a healthy person can ensure that the soul slowly recovers within the soul stone.

However, Senis's soul is far from healthy right now...

So, plan three also failed...

Ugh......

[Contingency Plan 1 - Abnormalities]

[Contingency Plan Two Failure]

[Plan Three: Busy]

[They all exploded...]

Who knew I was a haiku artist?

Oh......

hehe......

So we still need to find a new approach, starting with the soul itself...

Um......

Senis's soul has now been completely distorted, like Lego bricks originally meant to be assembled into airplanes, but instead used to build cars...

To heal her, it would be best to first put Senis's soul into the Soul Stone, and then bring it to the Reality Barrier to preserve it.

Next, we need to find a way to revamp the divine detoxification technique and try to expand its target to the soul.

This is the general idea.

However, we also need to consider some safety details and conduct more experiments.

Then it gradually returns to its original state...

Fortunately, I had done quite a lot of preparation beforehand...

For example, I felt that I might need Soul Stones, so I took them back from Alucard.

For example, my backpack always contains a lot of experimental supplies.

Also, on a whim just now, I spared the life of the nine-headed dragon that was pretending to be dead.

The original intention was to prepare for the possibility that Senis's situation would be troublesome, so she might have to stay here for a long time. This way, she could be spared and the witch could practice with her from time to time, allowing the witch to level up or something.

I can also beat him up whenever I have nothing to do, just like in Monster Hunter where you can beat up a Moa or a Teostra when you're bored, to relax.

But now that guy has another use.

For example, I could try to stuff the brains of the experimental subjects I've prepared into the Nine-Headed Dragon's crystal while keeping them active, and then, based on the degree of soul distortion within the brains, mass-produce experimental subjects similar to Senis's case.

Then, use them to conduct experiments, identify the points of alienation in the soul, and then expand the treatment to the points of alienation. After doing this several times, you may be able to grasp the degree of causal regression.

Once safety is ensured, Senis can be cured.

This way, those guys can be considered to have made the most of their remaining energy.

only......

This is a little creepy...

I still need to figure out a way to explain this to Luo Qixi...

And there's something I need to explain to Luo Qixi...

That's a bit too much...

The witch brought the prepared food shortly after.

"Will Mrs. Senis... get better?"

"Yes...it will, it just will take a little time..."

"Okay, that's good... Then during this time, you'll be in charge of treating the illness. I'll be in charge of... some other things."

"Forget it... Witch, you're so smart, why don't you do something more important? Feeding, wiping, turning pillows—it's such a waste of your abilities. Don't leave all the problems to me."

"Huh? What do you mean?"

"I'll explain it to you slowly later. Anyway, we have plenty of time."

"Um."

Before the witch could finish her question, I opened the door of the inherent barrier and took out the Soul Stone.

"Mom...it's okay...a good night's sleep will fix you...I'll fix you..."

After saying that, Ben Wang looked at Senis and put on a confident smile again, then winked.

Senis nodded slightly in agreement, and then placed her soul into the Soul Stone. Afterwards, both Senis's body and soul were placed into a Reality Barrier for preservation.

Then, I poured out all the celestial books that [something] had left me from the bounded field.

Finally, only the king and the witch remained in the room.

"This? Is this also a type of summoning magic?"

"...Pretty much...but it's a bit more complicated."

As I spoke, I tossed some documents from the ground to the witch.

"Do you want me to research these things with you?"

"That's right. We'll need to conduct some experiments based on this knowledge, which can also cure my mother, but unfortunately, I'm not good at these things."

Are you being modest?

The witch still harbors some resentment towards me...

But even as she said that, she had already put the bowl aside and started reading a book.

"Cheer up! You're Loki! One of the most talented girls in the magic world!"

Although it will take some time, I should be able to learn this knowledge on my own. But with the witch's help, it should be much faster, right?

"And what makes me think I'm that capable? If I were truly that capable and intelligent, things wouldn't have escalated to this point. I would have resolved everything long before it even happened."

"Hmm...that's true...you're always so secretive...and then you mess things up..."

"There's nothing we can do... there aren't many trustworthy people who can actually help."

"Thank you~~~ This witch will do her best~"

"Hmm...but...there's still food left over..."

Oh......

"It's alright! I love eating leftovers!"

The witch specially prepared a nutritious meal for Mom, but she won't be able to eat it today...