——This is the truth behind Artificial Souls... Ordinary people do not have obsessions, desires, ambitions, or even sufficient power to condense a soul, so there must be an external 'core' to form a sufficiently enduring soul before one can become a Phantasm!
——That peculiar Plague is essentially an Attached Brain experiment, and the duke's medicine is very likely a drug that inhibits the activation and development of the Attached Brain! Or rather, a drug that allows the Attached Brain to focus on shaping the soul!
——I see, I understand now, the Attached Brain must originate from the Redwood Natives, and the parasitic abilities from the Great Shaman's side are derived from the substances that sublime the transformation of the Attached Brain into Magical Beasts. Fiery Flame Land got the relevant information from the Great Shaman's side, and since it's been just the past couple of years, that's why The Grand Duchy's experimental progress has accelerated recently!
