Sword Art Online 012 – Alicization Rising Chapter 7 – The Two Supervisors 57 curious incident after the end of the battle in the rose garden once more. The integrity knight suddenly suffered pain upon being told his own history and the name of his mother by Eugeo, falling on his knees onto the ground. The transparent prism that rose out with purple light from his forehead while he was half-conscious— That was definitely the actual «Piety Module» Cardinal spoke of earlier. It was the key item used to alter the integrity knights' ego and memories, turning them into slaves absolutely loyal to the highest minister. But was that effect really as absolute as Cardinal had said? Eldrie seemed like he would have been freed from the module's coercive force just by hearing his mother's name... from my point of view, at least. If the same phenomenon can develop on the other knights as well, that would mean there is another method aside from crossing swords with them head-on and open up the possibility of Eugeo's dear wish, «restoring Integrity Knight Alice to the original Alice», coming true. Cardinal's calm voice reached my ears while I was sunk in my thoughts. "There is a little more until the end of my story, may I continue?" "...Ah, aah, please go ahead." "Very well. —Now then, as Administrator had completed several integrity knights, starting from Bercouli, the chance of a surprise attack from me endlessly fell. Although they weren't at Administrator's level, the knights definitely had high offensive and defensive abilities, seeing as it was impossible for even me to instantaneously delete them. I had no choice but to resign myself to having our battle extended for all perpetuity..."