“And why am I unharmed? No, if the effects are reflected, why did Miyaji die? We’re just souls; we shouldn’t have hearts or lungs, right?” asked Tendou.

Even as the questions came one after another, Rodcorte answered them without hesitation.

“As you are Familiar Spirits, it is unlikely that he will notice your gaze. If you are so concerned about it, you can simply observe him not through humans’ present vision, but their memories of the past. The reason Vandalieu was able to see into my Divine Realm was simply because he reflected the effects of Tendou Tatsuya’s Clairvoyance, and he exists within my Divine Realm. Clairvoyance is a power that I bestowed, but it is simply a power that has been altered to be usable by humans.”

With that being the case, it is best to avoid using Clairvoyance for gathering information, Rodcorte thought as he continued answering the next question.

“Next is the reason Konoe Miyaji, a soul with no heart or lungs, was destroyed… to explain things in a way that is easy for you to understand, it is because the damage reflected by Vandalieu exceeded his Vitality, his maximum Hit Points. I do not know if Vandalieu did this on purpose or unconsciously, but it was not the effect of the heart and lungs being stopped itself, but the damage caused by this effect that was reflected.”

“M-maximum Hit Points?” Tendou repeated.

Perhaps having not played many games, he and several others had bewildered expressions on their faces.

“This concept doesn’t exist on Earth or in Origin, but it does in Lambda, so don’t make fun of it and listen,” said Izumi.

“I know that, but… we’re souls, right? I don’t get how we can break and fall apart just by having damage reflected onto us,” Asagi said.

It seemed that he had imagined that minds and souls were inviolable and more resilient than physical bodies.

But Rodcorte said otherwise. “You are in a state with no physical body, so the damage was done directly to Konoe Miyaji’s soul. You seem to be unaware of this, but you are like shellfish without shells. Even so, I protected him to some extent, allowing him to resist the damage from just Vandalieu. However, it seems that attacking the others as well was fatal.”