Konjiki no Gash!! Chapter 48

**The Stolen Memory** (奪われた記憶, *Ubawareta Kioku*) is the 48th chapter of Makoto Raiku's Konjiki no Gash!!. This chapter was originally released in Japan as part of volume 5 on April 18, 2002 .

## Plot

A strong blinding light starts to envelop Gash’s entire body. At the same time, Gash’s spell book inside of Kiyomaro’s backpack also begins to glow. The light becomes large enough to cover a large area around where Gash was standing before eventually quickly fading away. At the end of this strange event, Gash appears unresponsive to Kiyomaro for a brief moment before suddenly snapping back to reality. Kiyomaro frantically asks Gash if he still remembers him and Kiyomaro is relieved he still does. The two then talk about what had just happened and Gash tells Kiyomaro that he suddenly remembers things about the forest they’re in. Gash tells Kiyomaro that the forest ended up becoming his home not long after arriving in the Human World after not being able to find his bookkeeper at the time. Gash explains his experience living there and describes how lonely and scared he felt whenever it got dark. He then recalls meeting a demon who looked just like him there and describes what occurred during the encounter.

A flashback is then shown of this mysterious demon approaching Gash, appearing disgusted at having to see him. Gash however doesn’t know who he is and at first tries to befriend him. This does not go over well however as the demon starts to angrily tell Gash how much he hates him and the intense grudge he had been harboring against him. Gash doesn’t understand why this demon feels this way about him but without warning, the demon calls on his bookkeeper to cast a spell. Gash is then struck by a *Zakeru* that is notably more powerful than his. At the end of the attack, Gash lays on the ground, appearing badly burnt and unable to move. The demon then moves toward him to destroy his spell book next but he then suddenly thinks of a more sinister idea. The demon then declares that he will instead take away Gash’s memories as he would rather make him suffer throughout a battle he would no longer remember than to simply send him home to return to his family. Right before this demon takes his memories, the sun begins to rise and Gash gets one final look at his tormentor. Gash then concludes telling this story to Kiyomaro stating that this demon looked exactly like him. Kiyomaro asks if there’s anything Gash could remember about this demon from the Demon World but Gash isn’t able to recall anything further.

Just as they finish talking, Gash suddenly points out Dartagnan who was hiding in some bushes nearby listening to them. Kiyomaro demands to know what he was doing there and Dartagnan tells them he was suspicious of them and asks about the golden light that was seen earlier. He suspects that the two of them had been responsible for blowing up the large hole in the ground but Kiyomaro adamantly denies this. Dartagnan then asks about the glow coming from Kiyomaro’s backpack and Kiyomaro takes out the spell book and discovers that Gash’s fourth spell had suddenly appeared. With some of Gash’s memories coming back to him and them finally acquiring a new spell, Gash and Kiyomaro appear confident that they’ll continue to make progress figuring out Gash’s past and overcome any new challenges that await them.

As the pair celebrate this, they are unknowingly being watched from afar by the demon who stole Gash’s memories. The demon comments that Gash should laugh while he still can as there are even greater opponents ahead of him that will make him feel more pain. The demon then suggests that Gash will learn of something very soon that will surely make him suffer even more.

## Features

### Characters by Appearance

* Kiyomaro Takamine
* Gash Bell
* Zeon Bell
* Dufort (Silhouette)
* Dartagnan