Chapter 4226

Angelina also noticed the subtle expressions of her sisters, and she thought to herself that the trouble she had caused had affected their lives. Although Xia De did not have Angelina's 【Chaotic Heartbeat】 to sense the feelings of others, he noticed the little princess's dejection:

"Angelina, you cannot just stay trapped in the manor and do nothing just because you encountered danger."

The red-haired little princess then sat up straight in her sister's embrace:

"What can I do?"

"Vigo will be busy with the 【Son of God Alliance】 recently, and you still need to keep a close eye on the Grey Glove agents. Although the Great-Beaked Bird and the stolen banknote master plate seem to only involve ordinary people, the subsequent situations these two matters might involve are even more important than the 【Son of God Alliance】."

Xia De paused for a moment, then continued to say to Angelina:

"The banknote master plate might involve the 【Truth Society】; this is just a guess of mine for now. As for the information on the agent Great-Beaked Bird, it relates to my true identity and origin. I want to know what exactly I experienced before I opened my eyes and saw Detective Sparrow on the day the Silver Moon shone in the midsummer of 1853."

Angelina nodded quickly:

"No problem, leave this matter to me."

Vigo also saw that Xia De was finding things for Angelina to do, so she also said:

"After Margaret arrives, there will be more miscellaneous matters for me to handle. Now, the number of refugees piling up outside the outer city is increasing, and they have occupied more abandoned buildings in the desolate areas. Although the hospital at the Grey Rock Pass fortress is still under construction, a significant number of wounded have already been transported there.

Although I am not the administrator of this city, I have to keep an eye on these things, but Xia De's matters here are more important. So Angelina, can I leave those matters that are not particularly important for you to handle?"

Angelina nodded heavily:

"I can, teacher."

Princess Lei Qianya then said to Angelina:

"Since you have so many tasks, I won't assign you anything else. Angelina, danger is both an opportunity and a challenge. Dorothy and I are both very worried about you in Tobesk, but we are also very happy to see you growing up so quickly."

She whispered to her sister:

"Go ahead and do it, Angelina, I will always stand behind you."

Although the action plan against the 【Son of God Alliance】 had not yet been finalized, Vigo still started making preparations for it that afternoon.

Princess Lei Qianya still had important matters to handle in Tobesk, and Dorothy originally wanted to stay to accompany Angelina, but Angelina told her sisters not to worry about her; since Xia De was still here, she would not feel lonely.

After the conversation in the study ended, Miss Luo Lin instructed the maids to prepare the missed lunch for their masters. When Xia De went to see Princess Lei Qianya and Dorothy off, he also explained to them why it was best for the two of them not to get close recently.

Unlike what Xia De thought, Princess Lei Qianya and Dorothy were not disappointed by this:

"We have said since a long time ago that we listen to you in everything. Do you remember the time we tried a foolish action and almost caused our souls to annihilate each other? Since that time, we will never be willful again."

They hugged Xia De separately to say goodbye to him, and Princess Lei Qianya did not forget to remind him at the end:

"Before you go home tonight, remember to talk to Angelina alone. Although she looks very strong, she is still just an eighteen-year-old girl."

"I understand, don't worry."

Only then did Princess Lei Qianya and Dorothy wave goodbye to Xia De, and the two broke through space and left here directly. The girls were also making progress bit by bit; Xia De was never walking alone.

The time was two o'clock in the afternoon. Before eating lunch, Xia De had Vigo's followers deliver his letter to the hotel where Ms. Hendel lived in the Grey Rock Pass fortress. He originally thought he would have to wait until evening or tomorrow to get a reply, but unexpectedly, at four o'clock in the afternoon, Ms. Hendel came to the Fragrant Residence together with Joey Barton.

The Sage-level relic 【Soul Gem】 was not a very famous relic, but the Cursed Ones obviously knew it quite well. Vigo had gone to busy herself with other matters, and when Xia De met them in the study, only Angelina was by his side.

Angelina handed over the blue gem that had protected her with some trepidation. Ms. Hendel, sitting on the sofa, checked it slightly and understood the situation:

"The desperate soul of a young girl turned into a gem, and the curse was passed on to the next holder, who would also eventually face the fate of turning into a gem in despair. This relic was not completely destroyed; it was just eaten by that so-called 'Abomination'."

"Is the soul damaged?"

Xia De asked. Ms. Hendel shook her head, and Joey Barton, who was standing behind her with black mist radiating from his whole body, answered:

"This relic is not a complete soul, and there is no way to restore it to a complete soul. Its damage is a deeper level of trauma, which is related to the characteristics of the relic itself and also to the power of the 'Abomination'. Although we were unable to see it with our own eyes, we can feel from the scars remaining on this gem that the monster named 'Abomination' likely possesses the power to be hostile to all normal order."

Joey Barton was in soul form, and the essence of the sound he emitted was the vibration of soul power against the air, yet he still simulated a hoarse voice.

Angelina was not afraid of him, so the little princess asked again:

"Can this gem be repaired?"

Ms. Hendel nodded:

"Yes, by using humanity. If an ordinary soul obtains more humanity, it will only make its own emotions more complex and its mind more sensitive. But for this kind of existence whose soul essence is quite extreme, humanity can very well repair deeper levels of nothingness and trauma."

Xia De then thought of when he was fighting the "Rain Man" last week, Joey Barton had once pulled "humanity" out of that frog monster's body, and Ms. Thorn in the 【Marsh of Oblivion】 also mentioned that "humanity" could help everyone resist the mist in the swamp that was transformed from different emotional memories.

"Is humanity a very precious thing? Or rather, how can this thing be obtained?"

Xia De asked curiously, and Ms. Hendel opened her right hand, and a slightly trembling black strip-like shadow that looked like a soul emerged.

That thing was only a palm long, and Xia De could not feel any power from it, but he inexplicably felt that this thing was very pure, yet very complex, just like intelligent life itself.

"This is humanity."

Ms. Hendel explained to Xia De and Angelina:

"Humanity is a part of the soul, but it is not the whole of the soul. Emotions and memories weave humanity together. It does not contain any power, nor can it provide power to anyone; it is merely a kind of thing that the soul spontaneously produces."

Research on humanity is very rare, partly because it is extremely difficult to obtain, and partly because humanity is almost worthless to normal life. Every life possesses humanity and produces humanity at all times, regardless of good or evil, without exception.

For Joey and me, humanity is not difficult to obtain. Joey and I will obtain humanity from some evil spirits who are unwilling to leave, to ensure that our own souls will not become completely cold due to the curse, preventing us from becoming pure tools transformed from death."

Xia De nodded to show he understood. The curse of death actually manifested very severely on them. The two years of walking and atonement had not actually reduced the punishment much; the road they had to walk was still very long:

"Then repairing this gem..."

"We have retained some humanity, enough to repair it."

Angelina immediately expressed her gratitude, and because Xia De might also need this in the 【Marsh of Oblivion】, he asked again:

"Then can humanity be sealed in a container? I want some humanity; I might use it later."

He did not know how much humanity was needed to resist memories containing emotions, so he did not ask for too much.

Joey Barton nodded:

"Any soul can carry humanity for a short time, but if it is for a long time, the soul will spontaneously assimilate the external humanity into a part of itself. Whenever you need it, you can come to find us at any time."

"Then I will go find you on Sunday morning."

Xia De said, then watched as Ms. Hendel carefully filled the crack in the 【Soul Gem】 with that black humanity. The gem emitted a faint blue light during this process, and the crack was slowly narrowing. During this process, the people watching the soul gem all saw a story from the light and shadow of the gem.

That was the story of this desperate soul.

The story was not wonderful. The soul came from the Fifth Era. The older sister and younger sister loved and killed each other, and only at the last moment did they understand the feelings between them. The younger sister sacrificed herself wanting to preserve the older sister, and the older sister also turned into a soul gem in despair.

This was not a very special story. Using relics meant bearing the price; this was common sense that all supernatural beings knew. And after the humanity successfully repaired the crack on the gem, the story played out in the gem also came to an end.

Angelina was still very kind:

"Is there a way to let this soul continue to walk on? I can give up this relic."

The very professional Ms. Hendel shook her head:

"Essentially, this gem is no longer a soul, so naturally it has no qualification to continue walking on. Do not have compassion; that soul has already 'died' in despair. The current 【Soul Gem】 is just a shell left behind by a dead soul."

"Then why did it help me?"

The voice emitted by Joey Barton was still hoarse:

"Probably because of the resonance of emotions. You want to protect those children, which is consistent with the last thought of this desperate soul before it turned into a gem. The 【Soul Gem】 possesses some very special hidden characteristics; emotional resonance can allow the gem to give the holder more power."

"But frequently resonating emotions with this relic will also make you slide into the abyss of despair faster. Do not rely on the power of this gem; its essence is the despair and tragedy passed down from generation to generation. Just treat it as a tool that can be used occasionally."