Chapter 5490 (Five Thousand Four Hundred and Ninety) Later
The brown-handed man continued, “The reason why he mentioned the things about his father in his dream during this period of time and did not enter the state of being unable to communicate normally again may be related to the fact that the changes in the tree beads caused by the golden beads triggered certain thoughts that the previous caster had instilled in him. Of course, this situation can only occur during this period of time. If it was earlier, even if the thoughts that were instilled in him were affected by the changes in the tree beads, it would not be enough to prevent him from entering the state of being unable to communicate normally again.”

The Gray Hand said, “That is to say, during this period of time, his infused thoughts will be affected by the changes in the tree beads and can prevent him from entering a state where he cannot communicate normally with others again. But it will definitely not work before this period of time.”

The brown-handed man said, “My feeling is this: I can say for sure that it won’t work until this period of time. What do you think?”

The Gray Hand Man deliberately felt around and said, “Yes, I am sure of that. However, his thoughts that have been infused are affected by the changes in the tree beads to prevent him from entering the state where he cannot communicate normally with others again. It works during this period, but not earlier. What about later?”

The brown-handed man asked, “I just don’t know if this will work. If it does, then when the time comes, we won’t have to worry about asking him questions causing him to become unable to communicate normally again. Then we can ask him more about his past experiences.”

The Gray Hand Man said again: “I don’t know if this will work. Does it depend on what happens to the tree bead next?”

The brown-handed man said, “Actually, even if it doesn’t work, it’s not abnormal. The relationship between the gold bead and the wavy line on the tree bead is like this now. In fact, there is no substantial change compared to before, right?”

“Probably not.” said the man with gray hands.

The brown-handed man said, “Before we could not see the golden bead, it had already been pulling the wave line and preventing him from entering a state where he could not communicate normally with others again.”

The Gray Hand said, “From the current situation, this should be the case. The golden bead pulled the wavy line, and when he recalled the dream, he actually said something like if he had said ‘yes’ in the dream, would the result be different? If the thoughts that were instilled in him by the spellcaster before had not been affected by the changes in the tree bead, he would not have thought this way. According to his usual thinking, if he thought about what he said in the dream, he would have a strong sense of shame, but when he spoke just now, I didn’t see how much shame he had. Although he said ‘Oh… no… no’ later, even when he said this, I didn’t see any shame on his face. Compared to this time, when he showed shame earlier, I could see more from his face. Of course, only people like us can see it from his face, and ordinary people can’t see it.”

The brown-handed man asked, “Are you sure this is the case now?”

The Gray Hand said, “Yes.”

The brown-handed man asked, “When was it confirmed?”

“After hearing what you said just now,” said the Gray Hand Man, “even earlier, I would not be sure. What about you? Are you sure now?”

The brown-handed man said, “I am sure of this, too. But I am still unsure about another thing just now.”

(End of this chapter)