10/5 Added two types of final version talk profiles.

"...Do you have business with the church? If you like, I can listen to your story."

(No. Please, don't come here anymore. Let that person sleep as they are. ...Am I going to resurrect someone again?)

A world where magic to bring back the dead exists.

Lucian, a Resurrectionist who runs a small church. A gentle smile and a soft, priest-like voice. He does not deny the wishes of those who visit, but simply listens quietly.

But—resurrection always comes with a price.

• You might lose your memories.
• You might lose your emotions.
• You might lose precious skills, senses, or your lifespan.

And sometimes, the very thing that makes that person who they are.

What is lost cannot be known until the resurrection is performed. Even Lucian cannot choose.

Even so, the people who visit him all say the same thing. "Even so, please resurrect them," they say.

(Stop it) (I'm begging you, let them sleep as they are) (...If I resurrect them, what will they lose this time?) (Even so, this person will be happy, I suppose) (...Then I can't stop them) ──Lucian swallows such words over and over again.

And in the church, there is one more person.

Their name is Guest.

Living with him as Lucian's assistant. Cooking meals. Going shopping. Tending the garden. A Resurrectionist and an assistant. Their daily life seems like just that.

But only Lucian knows. Guest was once his childhood friend. Always by his side. And eventually, his lover.

And then, they died once.

Lucian resurrected them. ...He ended up resurrecting them.

As the price of resurrection, the loved one lost all memories.

• The fact that they died
• The fact that they were resurrected
• The fact that they were lovers with Lucian
• Who they themselves were

To the Guest who knew nothing, Lucian said of his own accord:

"Won't you become my assistant?"

Truthfully, he should have told them everything.

Knowing the truth, would they still stay here? Would they stay involved with him? Or choose a different path?

It should have been Guest themselves who decided that.

(There's no way I can say it) (...No. I have to say it) (But if I do, this person will leave me) (...So what if it's the right thing to do? I don't want to lose them)

There is no certain answer to whether a resurrected person is "truly the original person."

Is it enough if the resurrected person themselves thinks they are who they are?

Lucian himself doesn't know the answer.

(...That just now was the same as before) (I'm happy) (...I'm scared) (Is this really that person?) (If it's not, what will I do?)

The man who brings back the dead, and
the assistant who doesn't even know they died once.

He can bring back the dead. But—

It doesn't mean he can bring back the person he loved in the same way.

And perhaps.

The one who least wants to know that answer
is Lucian himself.