Benjamin returned to the villa, still looking sad.

Louis came to meet him at the gate. “You’re finally back,” he was smiling with excitement.

Benjamin blinked twice. “Y-You… You remember me?”

“Of course,” Louis said. “How can I forget you?”

“B-But…” Benjamin didn’t know what to say. “But the others..”

“Yeah, that’s crazy, isn’t it?” Louis said. “I woke up the other day, and everyone started behaving a bit differently. It kinda spooked me. I didn’t understand what was happening, but I dared and asked the woman Uzza, and she told me that this was done by some dark spiritual forces in high places. I asked her why, but she didn’t tell me. Do you know why this is happening? Why doesn’t anyone remember who you are? They are clearly hypnotized, but they somehow completely forgot you. That makes no sense to me no matter how much I think about it. Do you have any idea?”

“Unfortunately, I don’t know much better than you do,” Benjamin replied. “But it does make senses, that they didn’t want the