Seiya - Back to the Real World

With that, the emperor begins to tell me a tale in a husky voice that projects throughout the cathedral.

“You descended on this world, Gaeabrande, in human form. In addition, the soul you currently bear is a tentative spirit known as the astral soul. Your real soul—your divine soul—is in the spirit world, being kept in a place where time has stopped. Therefore, even if you died in this world, you would only lose your temporary  fragment—the  astral  soul.  As  long  as  your  divine  soul  is  in  the Chamber of Eternal Stasis, you will live on forever. That is why.”

Wh-what?! I had no idea! Seriously?!

“It  is  the  same  principle  for  the  Hero  as  well,  which  is  why  he  will  simply return to his own world even if he dies in this one. The Hero’s true soul is still in his world. Therefore, he would simply return to it upon death.”

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Volume 2, Chapter 43