Chapter 1622

The dim yellow light of the candles suddenly turned into a ghostly blue at this moment. As the whisper elements of the relic spread to Dorothy's whole body, the chest that was still heaving gradually calmed down. At the same time, Dorothy's rosy complexion also quickly turned pale.

A cold wind blew in the bedroom with the doors and windows closed, making Mia alertly look around. And in Xia De's line of sight, Dorothy's whole body emitted an extremely faint white light.

As that white light left that "dead" body, a pure white transparent soul appeared above the body.

The lower half of the soul still overlapped with the body, but the upper half sat up. And this kind of soul without resentment or being infected by special power couldn't be seen clearly by a 5th-ring mage like Luvia; only Xia De could see the appearance of that soul completely.

"How does it feel?"

Xia De asked Dorothy, and the female writer's soul was looking at her hands in surprise at this time, only raising her head to look at Xia De when she heard the voice:

"You can see me? This feeling is truly wonderful. This is different from ordinary soul departure; I can feel an instinctive impulse wanting me to 'continue walking.' Is this death? Loneliness, cold, and a sense of alienation as if separated from you by a thick barrier..."

Luvia couldn't hear her voice either, and to Xia De, the two seemed to be talking through a thick layer of glass, which made Dorothy's voice very muffled.

"Ten more seconds."

Luvia looked at the pocket watch in her hand and reminded. Xia De hugged the cat in his arms tightly to prevent it from running around, and also reminded Dorothy:

"Experience is enough, right? This is enough, come back quickly."

"Yes, yes."

The blonde girl's transparent soul said to Xia De with a smile, but the soul didn't lie back down, instead staring into Xia De's eyes:

"If I swap with Lei Qianya now, then guess, will she appear in my body, or swap positions with my soul?"

Xia De frowned:

"Dorothy, this is no joke, come back quickly, you promised me."

But the blonde girl didn't look like she was joking at all:

"I don't want to maintain the state of only being able to see Lei Qianya once every 21 days for my whole life. There always has to be a change. Sorry Xia De, I lied to you."

She bit her lip lightly:

"Originally we couldn't meet in any way, but you let us meet, knowing the wonderful feeling of touching each other, soul and soul almost merging. So, we crave more... Sorry Xia De, I promise, this is the last adventure to solve our problem..."

"Xia De, what are you talking about, it's already been twenty seconds."

Luvia looked at Xia De in confusion, but found a surprised expression on his face:

"Dorothy, wait!"

The next instant, even Luvia saw the Red Butterfly pendant hanging on Dorothy's waist shake violently. And in Xia De's eyes, Dorothy's soul appeared blurry for an instant, and then her soul didn't disappear, while Lei Qianya's soul sat up from Dorothy's body.

They had obviously communicated long ago about attempting this, so the princess's soul didn't look surprised at all. And with her "getting up" movement, the two souls overlapped.

Fortunately, this was only an overlap in position, not that the two souls had completed a merger. The expressions on Lei Qianya and Dorothy's overlapping souls showed a moment of trance, and then both souls showed painful expressions at the same time.

【It's not Red Butterfly Day now, they can't touch each other, so...】

"She" whispered, and the vibration of the Red Butterfly pendant was almost like dancing on the bed. And the dissipating light spots were already flying upward from the surface of the two's souls; this was clearly a sign that the souls were about to leave.

"Xia De!"

Although Luvia could only see the blurry shadows of the souls, she noticed that the body lying on the bed was turning suspended animation into true death. And Xia De, who had felt this was dangerous from the beginning, had already acted quickly:

"False Immortality!"

His right hand gripped Dorothy's hand on the bed, while his left hand took out the small pink bottle from his pocket. Pop~ the cork was flicked open by his thumb, and under Luvia's surprised gaze, Xia De drank all the essence in the bottle.

A massive amount of spirit surged into his body, and then the curtains tightly drawn in the bedroom actually melted, revealing the snowflakes flying in the night sky of the town outside the window and the vast starry sky.

Silver moonlight slanted into the room from the window, but the scene in the bedroom didn't change. Even after drinking all the essence, Xia De couldn't fully unfold the Mystery. But fortunately, Dorothy and Lei Qianya weren't really dead yet:

"Mystery - Sleeping Princess!"

He dropped the bottle, threw the cat aside, and then, maintaining the action of holding Dorothy's hand, leaned over and kissed the pale blonde girl on the bed. The kiss summoned a true miracle; the state temporarily maintained by 【False Immortality】 finally completely broke away from death.

And "She" also reminded Xia De that this still required a price:

【Outsider, your spell "Library Retrieval" has been sealed.】

The kiss ended, and Xia De stood up straight again. While holding his head and feeling dizzy, he found that the souls still hadn't returned. Dorothy and Lei Qianya's souls were still overlapping; although the two souls no longer dissipated light spots, the painful expressions hadn't lessened at all.

Xia De reached out to take out the book containing the Seraph feather that could be used three times to separate souls, but "She" reminded him gently:

【They haven't merged yet, they just can't separate. Give them strong stimulation so the numb souls can perceive the difference.】

"Stimulation?"

He bit his finger, squeezed out blood, and almost fell. After being supported by Luvia, he waved his hand forward:

"Soul Lash!"

This miracle was originally invisible, but in Xia De's hands, the blood turned into a scarlet transparent whip and lashed forward, hitting Dorothy and Lei Qianya head-on.

This harmless miracle could only bring intense soul pain, and even the powerful corrupted soul-guardian couldn't endure this pain, let alone Dorothy and Lei Qianya.

So, amidst the girls' cries of pain, the two souls successfully separated. Dorothy's soul lay down and returned to her body, while Lei Qianya's soul disappeared. Thick steam mist appeared above Dorothy's head, and then the Destiny Ring appeared close to the ceiling, with a brand-new spiritual rune condensing.

Confirming that Dorothy's soul had returned, Luvia hurriedly removed the two coins to prevent other accidents, while Xia De leaned over and pressed his forehead against Dorothy's forehead—

【It's okay.】

Dorothy also opened her eyes at this time to look at Xia De, who was close at hand, and her face turned red. But seeing the expression in Xia De's eyes, she was too afraid to speak.

Xia De stood up straight and said to the purple-eyed girl who was looking at the two worriedly:

"I'm fine, that miracle just now consumed too much, but I'll be fine after catching my breath. You take care of Dorothy here for a while, I'm going to Yodel Palace."

Luvia didn't ask Xia De for the reason for doing this, but nodded gently:

"Leave the house to me."

After speaking, she saw Xia De run out anxiously, while Mia stood on the bedside table, staring wide-eyed at Xia De's departing figure.

"Now, you've really annoyed Xia De."

The gas lamp was turned on, and Luvia walked to the bed to open the curtains, then helplessly said to the blonde girl who was trying to sit up on the bed. The latter moved her gaze away from her new spiritual rune whisper - 【Deceased】, and pursed her lips, not knowing how to apologize:

"Xia De really seems angry."

Silver Cross Avenue, Yodel Palace, Lei Qianya Cavendish's bedroom.

Bright gas lamps illuminated the luxurious bedroom, but the princess's bedroom was not as calm as this night. The two princesses' four personal maids, two watching the door, and the other two bustling with hot tea and towels. Lying on the bed was Lei Qianya, and standing by the bed was the somewhat panicked Angelina.

Lei Qianya had already woken up at this time, comforting her sister by the bed:

"It's okay, don't worry so much, it was just an accident just now."

"But you clearly just..."

The little princess said worriedly. Although she was dissatisfied with her sister in some aspects on weekdays, she also knew that this was one of the few relatives in the world who truly cared about her. She wanted to ask if she should go find Xia De or Great-Aunt Galina after her sister rested for a while, but before she could speak, both heard cat meowing outside the windowsill.

"Cat? Outside the window? But this is the third floor."

Lei Qianya was startled, then ordered Angelina to open the window. And when the window opened, the little princess saw a beautiful silver-furred cat crawl in.

"Oh!"

She was surprised and wanted to catch the beautiful cat, but the cat had already jumped down from the windowsill and restored to human form in mid-air. Xia De didn't say a word, nodded to Angelina, who was embarrassed and retracted her hand, and then walked to the bedside with a serious and menacing expression, as if he was going to punch someone.

Neither Lei Qianya nor Angelina had ever seen Xia De so angry.

Even though she knew Xia De certainly wouldn't use force, the princess on the bed still shrank into the quilt, then lowered her head and looked up to see Xia De walk to the bedside, lean over, and press his forehead against her forehead.

After a moment of silence:

【No problem. However, she is different from Dorothy Miss Lu Yi Sha; she approached death while far from her own body, so her mental exhaustion is greater and she needs to rest well.】

Xia De finally breathed a sigh of relief. When he stood up straight, he even felt his whole back was soaked through with nervousness.

Angelina stood by the window not knowing what to say, while Lei Qianya said timidly:

"When you pulled us back just now, one of our unimportant spells was sealed... and we both obtained the whisper - 【Deceased】."

The use of 【Sleeping Princess】 required both sides to pay a price, so they also had spells sealed. As for the spiritual rune, Xia De already knew before leaving home.

【Their tendency to merge has intensified because of tonight's actions. If you don't want their souls to merge completely, avoid this behavior in the future.】

"She" still had such a gentle tone, like a warm night breeze blowing under the moon in the endless wilderness of the night, smoothing out the emotions in Xia De's heart.

【At the same time, this "experiment" also had gains. Just now, close contact with the two overlapping souls confirmed the particularity between Dorothy Miss Lu Yi Sha and Lei Qianya Cavendish, which belongs to a natural phenomenon, without any external force intervening.】

"Natural phenomenon? What kind of natural phenomenon is this?"

However, Xia De had no mind to consider this problem that he certainly couldn't understand for the time being.

"Tonight, rest well."

He said to Lei Qianya on the bed. The red-haired girl sitting on the soft red mattress nodded carefully:

"I know, Xia De, sorr..."

"Tomorrow you go to Galina's to meet me. Bring Angelina."

"Okay."

She nodded again and looked at her sister, hoping she would say a few words to ease the atmosphere in the room. As for those maids, they were all trying their best to pretend they didn't exist; they didn't want to be involved in this matter.

So Angelina hesitated and found a topic:

"Xia De, good evening... are you staying here for the night?"

After speaking, she realized what she was saying, and while complaining about herself in her heart, Xia De shook his head tiredly:

"No, I'm going home to rest. Angelina, take good care of this disobedient sister of yours. Lei Qianya should have tea leaves for soul-soothing; let the maids go brew a pot. If there are other situations tonight, send someone to St. Theresa Square to call me immediately."

"Okay, please leave it to me."

Angelina nodded quickly. Xia De walked to her side, gave her a light hug, then jumped toward the window, turned into a silver cat when he landed on the windowsill, and jumped off the third floor without looking back.

Angelina touched her slightly red face and poked her head out of the window, just in time to see the silver cat crawl into the evergreen hedge in the garden, in an area not illuminated by gas lamps. She reached out to close the window, then called the maid outside the door to brew tea, and then returned to the bedside.

Her sister, who was always strong and courageous, was sitting on the velvet four-poster bed at this time, looking unhappily in the direction Xia De left:

"He seems really angry with me."

Angelina knew she didn't need to answer this sentence.

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