Chapter 1681: Peeking into the Soul

Although she couldn't follow Miss Galina to the Green Lake area like Angelina and other brothers and sisters, Lixia was a bit lost, but thinking that staying in Tobesk could make it more convenient to see Xia De, Lixia's mood was also comforted a lot.

I don't know if it was because she wanted to vent her lost mood, or if she deliberately took advantage of Miss Galina's departure and inability to come to find Xia De, the Princess borrowed Dorothy's body and completely relaxed on this Saturday night.

The result of this was that early Sunday morning, Xia De prepared breakfast and called Dorothy to get up to eat with Mia. The blonde girl pulled the quilt up, covering her snow-white shoulders and most of her face shining in the bright sunlight:

"Please don't call me up before noon... next time, I must teach Lixia a lesson."

The voice was very lazy, and Xia De considered that today was Sunday, so he didn't disturb her.

Because of this, Dorothy didn't see the blind nun walking out of the basement half an hour later, and Dorothy probably didn't hear Xia De say he was going to see Priest Augustus and would bring her food at noon in her daze.

So Mia stayed at home, and Xia De boarded the carriage at the door with the nun who came early in the morning, preparing to go directly to the Three Cats Tavern in the north of the city to meet Priest Augustus.

It is worth mentioning that because she had to be active in Tobesk, where there was a dense flow of people, Sister Devlin's dress today was no longer the usual gray-black nun's robe with a silver eye mask, but changed to the appearance when she and Xia De visited Joy Barton at the Crow Club in Midhillburg City, pretending to seek divination help.

Sister Devlin wore a simple gray long skirt with a black cloth strip as a belt at her waist. The silver eye mask was replaced with a thin veil, and behind the veil, one could see white cloth strips wrapped in front of her eyes to cover her naturally abnormal eyes.

This was the second time Xia De had seen Sister Devlin dressed like this, and it had to be admitted that this outfit, combined with her own cold and reticent temperament, made the nun even more...

"What am I thinking?"

He scolded himself in his heart, suspecting that he hadn't walked out of the hard work of the past few days, and then hesitated whether he should praise Sister Devlin's outfit today.

In the carriage to Chant Square, Xia De didn't forget to chat with the nun about the recent things in the Green Lake area, and happily announced that he had found another demon, and probably soon there would be new demon remains that could be used as firewood for the First Flame to burn. Sister Devlin's expression didn't change much, but she told Xia De that although there was no Snake Heart Hospital in the Green Lake area, she would soon follow Mother Cassandra and the others to the Green Lake area:

"Probably next weekend, or the week after."

Her words were still short, and her tone was so peaceful that Xia De doubted whether she also had soul runes like "Indifference."

【The First Flame is burning fiercely in her soul.】

"She" said suddenly, Xia De blinked suspiciously:

"So..."

"She" smiled gently, but refused to continue telling Xia De about Sister Devlin.

"Xia De, you also need to pay attention to the lunar eclipse next Wednesday."

Sister Devlin said again, Xia De nodded, the nun had mentioned this matter last time. But he obviously misunderstood, Sister Devlin mentioned the lunar eclipse this time, not because of him:

"The cycle of the moon and sun is the most important power to maintain the material world. The occurrence of lunar eclipses and solar eclipses will lead to a very short-term imbalance in the world order. For places where the order of life and death is already unbalanced, such as Midhillburg last autumn, there will be a greater impact."

"But isn't the matter of Midhillburg already... oh, a place where it is already unbalanced, huh."

He knew what Sister Devlin was worried about.

Priest Augustus and Drout Giles were very punctual. When Xia De entered the Three Cats Tavern with his real appearance, holding the hand of the "disabled" nun, both of them were already seated on the first floor.

Drout Giles sat at a position near the stairs on the first floor, with the package sent by the doctor on the table, and he was concentrating on dealing with his breakfast, while Last Edwards was constantly making faces in front of him, trying to attract his attention.

Priest Augustus sat at a position near the bard's performance stage, not far from them. Of course, no one performed early in the morning. In front of the priest was a cup of tea and an empty plate, and he was unfolding a newspaper. On the side facing outward, it was a picture of Miss Galina and King Larus III waving to the crowd seeing them off yesterday evening.

Even on the right edge of the picture, Angelina's figure could be seen.

"Two cups of tea, then a plate of snacks, not too sweet."

Xia De, who walked to the counter, said, seeing the female shopkeeper, Mrs. Madame Sangmei, looking at the nun whose hand he was holding, so he warned before Mrs. Madame Sangmei opened her mouth:

"Madam, making fun of disabled people is a very immoral behavior."

"No, no, how could I do that? Detective Hamilton, I just wanted to make fun of you."

Mrs. Madame Sangmei laughed very happily, fortunately, she didn't say that joke, and Xia De also knew very well what she originally wanted to say.

Whether it was Drout Giles or the lost girl soul, neither recognized Xia De. So Xia De sat down with Sister Devlin on the other side far away from Priest Augustus, making them and the priest able to observe the girl's soul from all angles.

Xia De didn't know what method Priest Augustus used to observe, but Sister Devlin's method was simple, she just needed to "look" to see the deepest secrets of the soul. This was originally the nun's talent. After the nun became the Chosen One of Death and recovered more than one split First Flame fire, and had many firewood found by Xia De, this ability to "look" became stronger.

She didn't even take off the veil and the cloth strips in front of her eyes, and looked directly in the direction of the soul. Powerful souls could mostly feel "peeking," but unfortunately, although Drout Giles said the girl's soul was very strong, she still didn't notice Sister Devlin looking at her.

Xia De originally thought the nun would look for a long time, but didn't expect it to be only ten seconds before she withdrew her "gaze."

"Okay."

The nun nodded slightly to Xia De. Just at this time, the tavern servant also sent the tea and snacks Xia De just ordered. If he got up and left now, it would make himself very suspicious, so Xia De wanted to take the initiative to suggest to the nun to sit for a while before leaving, but didn't expect Sister Devlin to take the initiative to pick up the teacup and tilt her head slightly to ask:

"What's wrong?"

Priest Augustus didn't communicate with Xia De and the two during the whole process, and soon got up and left. Twenty minutes after the priest left, Xia De helped Sister Devlin leave the tavern.

They took a carriage back to St. Deran Square, and sure enough, they saw the priest who had arrived here in advance, sitting on the edge of the fountain where a girl was holding a water bottle in the center of the square, feeding pigeons with bread crumbs.

Xia De opened the door to let the priest and Sister Devlin in. Both of them and Xia De and Yiluna had entered true death, although they were not very familiar, they could be considered acquaintances, so Xia De didn't need to introduce

"How is the situation?"

Dorothy still hadn't gotten up. Xia De sat down in the living room with the cat, the nun, and the priest. The priest glanced at the bedroom door, which was sealed by moonlight thorns, and spoke after weighing his words:

"The soul is incomplete."

His gaze was very sharp:

"The loss of memory and spirituality is because the soul is incomplete."

He paused immediately after, his expression very serious:

"Splitting a soul, no matter the era, is a very evil act. I remember you mentioned that prophecy to me—the prophecy that the Edwards family would eventually reunite on that island. Looking at it this way, the other part of her soul should still be on that island, which ensures that when necessary, she will definitely be able to return."

Sister Daelin rested her hands together on her skirt and nodded gently as well:

"Besides that, the soul of Drout Giles has a very strange connection to the soul of Last Edwards."

The nun didn't say much, so Priest August added:

"To be more detailed, although the two have no blood relationship, their soul fluctuations are almost identical. This is very rare; it means their souls have great similarity. Because of this, the girl's soul staying with Drout Giles for a long time can slowly repair her soul. But even if it is completely repaired, the lost memories definitely won't come back."

"Will their souls merge?"

Xia De asked suddenly. Priest August thought this question was very strange:

"I haven't seen any such signs. Why would you think two different souls with humanity would merge? That's a very odd question."

Xia De hurriedly shook his head, covered his forehead, and sighed:

"I've been encountering similar things lately... Nun, although Last Edwards' soul is incomplete, you must have seen some things, right?"

"A portion of incomplete memories."

Sister Daelin continued to nod:

"My ability is not to read a person's entire life, but to see the most profound scenes in their memories, or to search for a certain memory with a purpose. I don't know her, so I saw very little."

She organized her phrasing:

"There are five segments of Last Edwards' most profound memories. The most recent one was meeting you earlier this week; she thinks you are a very terrifying person."

"Am I very terrifying?"

Xia De then asked the cat lying on his lap. Mia squinted her eyes and "meowed," rolled over on Xia De's lap, and exposed her snow-white belly. This likely meant that Xia De was not terrifying.

(End of chapter)