For those wondering… Elinalise’s curse comes from the exact same event that happened to her as Zenith, i.e. she got trapped inside a crystal in the boss room of a dungeon.

That’s why she knows. Her memories never came back.

As for Zenith getting better… Barely. She’ll be able to walk a bit when held. She’ll more or less will be able to eat and drink. That’s it.

In fact, her mind is kind of trapped in another world, and sometimes she can more or less glimpse at people or scenes in fornt of her in the real world, like tenuous shadows or reflection. She can sometimes even smile like she was recognizing Rudeus for a brief moment, and even once slap him after he said something rude. But that’s it.

By the way, only Lara can freely reach her and communicate with her by telepathy,

Hitogami had warned Rudeus he would regret it if he went to save his mother, and he never lies, despite having precisely tried to prevent him from going, because his goal was to prevent him from saving somone else at all cost.

And now he failed, his last appearance in Rudeus’ dreams and “advice” will be much more brutal and radical. Then you should finally understand Hitogami’s actual goal all along and why he appeared to Rudeus in the Demon Continent for the first time, and more importantly, why he advised him to befriend Ruijerd.