Marigold-"You remember who Lucious is?"
Adam-"Yeah? Or maybe not. I feel like I was dreaming"
Marigold-"What do you remember from the previous day?"
Adam-"I remember- wait are they okay?"
Marigold-"Adam you-"
Adam-"They're just lying there... is that a hole in their head? Are they dead? Is... wait what was his name again?"
Marigold-"Listen, you-"
Adam-"I should know his name, I should-"
Marigold-"Adam listen! Lucious was controlling your memories. Right now you're probably experiencing some strange sensations. Your brain is rapidly removing all of the false memories"
Adam-"Is-is that why I forgot his name?"
Marigold-"Now tell me do you remember where you actually met Lucious"
Adam-"Lucious? Um was it when-. No it was-. I can't remember, I know I've met him somewhere before. Agh my head feels weird"
Marigold-"Okay, what do you remember about today?"
Adam-"Today? I was- I think I was fighting, Julius? Was I doing that? Why was I doing that?"
Marigold-"I told you, Lucious was messing with your memories. He was making you and your sister Elise turn against Julius and Damion"
Adam-"Wait. Is Elise okay? Where is she? Is she hurt?"
Marigold-"Elise is fine"
Marigold(in her head)-"I hope she's fine anyway, I think she was fighting Damion. Her brain washing should have come undone by now as well"
Adam-"Are you sure she's okay?"
Marigold-"Yes she's fine, you know she can take care of herself"
Adam-"You're right. Is Julius okay?"
Marigold-"Yes, Julius is fine. He's right here"
Marigold turns towards Julius.
Marigold-"Hey Julius, can you help over here?"
Julius continues hovering in his spot.
Marigold-"Hey Julius"
Julius-"What? Oh right, yes Adam I'm okay"
Adam-"Okay but what about- what about..."
Adam falls down on the ground.
Marigold-"Adam!"
Marigold runs over to Adam.
Marigold-"It looks like he's okay. His body and mind need to recover so he fell asleep"
Julius(in his head)-"I actually killed him"
Voice-"You need to stop thinking about that"
Julius(in his head)-"I told you to stop talking"
Voice-"Think about this logically. What else were you supposed to do, the options he gave you were to either let all of your friends get killed or to leave and allow all of your friends to remain brain washed by him. Killing him was by far the best option. You're feeling bad about using the best possible option"
Julius(in his head)-"But what if there was a better option? What if I was just too dumb to see it"
Voice-"It wasn't dumb to kill him, it was the smart choice. The dumbest thing you've done today is regretting doing it"
Julius(in his head)-"It's not dumb to regret taking a life. This isn't something I want to grow accustomed to"
Marigold-"Julius?"
Voice-"If you want to survive, and if you want your friends to survive, you will have to grow accustomed to it"
Julius(in his head)-"I don't think I can, and I don't want to"
Voice-"... if you want to. We can focus on acquiring a skill to seal people away. Imprisoning them someplace where they can't hurt other people"
Julius(in his head)-"We can do that?"
Voice-"Not currently, but it's possible"
Marigold-"Julius!"
Julius(in his head)-"That sounds better"
Voice-"But you'll have to promise right now, when another situation like this occurs when the only viable option is to kill your enemy. You will end them with no hesitation, do you understand?"
Julius(in his head)-"I..."
Voice-"Do you-"
Julius(in his head)-"I understand"
Voice-"Good"
Marigold-"Julius!"
Julius-"Yes?"
Marigold-"I've been calling your name and you haven't responded"
Julius-"I'm sorry"
Marigold-"It's alright. So is, is Lucious actually dead"
Julius-"The neurons, the neurons of his brain got fried so there is no way he could have survived"
Marigold-"So he is dead. It feels strange, I've known him for years and now he's gone"
Julius-"I'm sorry I-"
Marigold-"You don't need to apologize. None of the years I've known him were good. I've seen him manipulate so many people. And I know that he's killed many others including my family"
Julius-"Adam is having a hard time adjusting to the memory manipulation going away. Will the same thing happen to everybody else whose memories he altered?"
Marigold-"That's likely, I'm not certain how many people who were affected but it has to be in the hundreds at least. Possibly more than a thousand"
Julius-"Should we- bury him?"
Marigold-"I don't think he deserves it, but if you want to we can. I just feel bad for whoever his next parents will be"
Julius-"His next parents?"
Marigold-"When he reincarnates, he's sure to be a horrible kid"
Julius-"I forgot about that. That's why execution was outlawed right?"
Marigold-"Yeah"
Julius-"Well I'll get to work burying him. Earth skill: dig"
Julius creates a whole in the ground. He then uses a gravity skill to lift Lucious and put him into the hole. Then he uses the earth skill again to cover the hole up. Julius then creates an earth golem that picks up Adam and carries him. Julius, Marigold, and the golem carrying Adam head over to the ravine where Damion and Elise are.
Marigold-"I'm assuming Elise will also be unconscious"
Julius-"I hope Damion is okay, he was fighting Elise and Joe. I gave him a boost and made two robogolems to assist him"
Marigold-"If he's injured both of us have healing skills to help him"
Julius-"As long as he was able to endure long enough till I... stopped Lucious, he'll be fine since he can also heal himself"
Marigold-"Still I hope he's alright"
Julius-"I can tell both of my robogolems are still active. It's why this golem carrying Adam is so small since I can't create three full size golems at once. If the two robogolems are still alive then I'm sure Damion is too"
The three of them then exit the forest and see Damion and the two robogolems next to a sleeping Elise and Joe.
Damion-"Good, you guys are okay. I was about to start looking for you"
Marigold-"I'm glad to see you're alright Damion"
Damion-"Thanks for your help Julius. These two golems made the fight easier"
Julius-"You're welcome. Are Elise and Joe okay?"
Damion-"Yes, while I was fighting them they suddenly started screaming. After I unbound the spell from Elise I was going to do the same to Joe. But before I could, the spell was removed on it's own"
Julius-"Wait, you were able to remove the spell?"
Damion-"Yes, I unbound it"
Julius-"So if you were able to remove that means I didn't need to- I didn't need to-"
End of chapter 65.