When going to the basement to get the devil's gold coins, Shad saw God's gift box again, so he took out this week's gift. Last week's gift was a flint, and this week's gift was a thick book "All Things Return to One: The Original Origin".
Just by listening to the name, you know that this book is not something that ordinary people can read. Xia De was in a hurry and just flipped through it roughly. He determined that this was the book that the ring warlocks used to obtain spiritual runes, and it was related to the origin of space.
The book itself is written in Draerion, and there is an introduction at the beginning. The book describes a story in which everything will return to the origin, which reminds the outsider of the cosmological theory of his hometown.
This week's task is to read books, which is not a task at all for Xia De, who already reads a lot of books every week.
After packing his clothes for going out, he carried Mia to the Prophet's Association on Silver Cross Avenue. It was still early and the association had just opened for business. When he saw the detective holding the cat, the receptionist at the front desk on the first floor smiled and told him the location of Luvia. Shade soon met the purple-eyed girl in the fortune-telling room on the second floor.
"Look at you, what happened?"
After the two sat down opposite each other, Luvia asked with concern. Shade put the cat on the table and let it play by itself, then handed the last demon gold coin to Luvia:
"Please help me divine something, a very important thing: where does the specialness of Dorothy's soul come from?"
Luvia looked at Shade in surprise:
"Dorothy's secret? Are you sure you want to divine this? From what I know about you, even if you knew the girls around you had secrets, you wouldn't take the initiative to research them without their permission. It seems that something really big has happened."
She closed her eyes and threw the coin neatly. As the coin spun into the air, Shade's hope was dashed because the coin was not consumed.
"Strange, I can't divine. It's not that the secret is so big that it can't be divined, but there is no specialness in her soul, so divination is invalid."
Luvia said and Shade frowned.
There are two possibilities. One is that Luvia's special divination cannot predict this situation. The other is that Dorothy and Leicia's special connection is not special at all in fate. Shad is more inclined to the latter possibility. Although he still does not fully understand the principle of Luvia's "special divination", it is definitely related to Luvia with long hair.
And long-haired Luvia couldn't possibly be unaware of Dorothy and Resia's situation. Even if she might not be able to fully understand those secrets like Shade now, she couldn't be completely unable to predict the future.
"Then let's change the question: How to stop Dorothy's soul from..."
He still remembered his promise to Leicia that he would keep their secret:
"How to prevent the abnormality Dorothy experienced last night from evolving further."
"What's wrong with Dorothy?"
Luvia asked with concern:
"We are all family, and if you need my help, I can do my part."
"She won't let me talk about it, but don't worry, it'll be fine."
Luvia nodded and threw the coin again. Fortunately, this time the gold coin had rust and cracks at the highest point and turned into ashes as it fell.
When Luvia opened her eyes, a surprised expression appeared on her face:
"Interesting, really interesting. The answer is: if you want to curb this change for a long time, you must make Dorothy and the other individual have a firm and absolute determination not to merge."
She looked at Shad in surprise. Although Shad didn't speak, she had guessed something. She had always been puzzled by the good relationship between Princess Leia and Dorothy, and Shad's inexplicable acquaintance with the princess during his stay in Coldwater Harbor. Now all these doubts were solved.
"I know this. I've been strengthening her resolve. What else?"
"And if we want to curb this change in the short term, we must not let Dorothy or another person become the chosen one of the space. Once either of them performs the ceremony, they will truly transform into 'two-in-one'."
Luvia paused:
"Yes, the ritual of the chosen one in space involves multiple individuals and the process of becoming one. I didn't expect that this divination would yield such a result. Shade, you don't seem surprised at all by this answer?"
"Yes, I guessed it..."
Xia De pursed his lips:
"Dorothy and the other girl, are they the first candidates?"
Shad asked.
"Definitely not."
Luvia said with certainty:
"The first candidate has a magical talent associated with the qualification, and he has had it for a long time. Does our blond friend have a spatial talent? The other person, I think it's Princess Leicia, she shouldn't have a spatial talent either, right?"
"Yes, none of them."
Xia De breathed a sigh of relief. Although the power of "soul swapping" and the "original rift" of the ancient god of space were similar, the most important power of that ancient god was still "space", so the chosen one of space must have outstanding space talent.
"I can't be sure what rank Dorothy is in the list of candidates, but she's definitely not the first. And the interesting thing is, I only saw her yesterday morning, and I didn't feel that she was a candidate for the Chosen One. Now that the sixth page of The Whispering Poems has been opened, I shouldn't be able to see it."
The purple-eyed girl looked at Xia De meaningfully, and Xia De understood why:
"Because she is not a candidate, she and the other person together are candidates."
He calculated the date of the Red Butterfly Day and planned to take Luvia to see Lesia and Dorothy standing together on the next Red Butterfly Day.
You don't mean to...
"Now is not the time to talk about this."
He responded in his heart and asked Luvia:
"So what caused Dorothy's change last night? Their resolve had clearly been strengthened, so why..."
"Don't worry, this has nothing to do with determination."
Luvia said, she also saw Shade's worry:
"It is the power of the Chosen Ones that stimulates this transformation. Even though Princess Dorothy and Princess Leisia are not the first candidates, their power will still be enhanced to a certain extent at the beginning of the epic of the Chosen Ones of Space. And once the Chosen Ones of Space decide on the candidate, this stimulation will end. I'm not sure what you are worried about, but this will not last forever."
Xia De was finally relieved:
"Although it would be to our advantage if Dorothy became the chosen one, Luvia, I don't want to do this."
"Of course you can. I said it a long time ago. I just want to witness the appearance of the thirteen chosen ones. You can decide the rest."
She looked at Xia De tenderly:
"Don't be too anxious. You have comforted me countless times and told me to relax. Now I want to tell you the same thing. If you are worried about something, use all your strength to prevent it from happening. This is what we can do."
"I understand. I just worry too much."
Mia saw that Shad was not in a good mood, so she also came over to the table and rubbed her head against his hand on the table.
And Shade suddenly looked up and asked Luvia:
"If my hypothesis is correct, then Dorothy, who ranks lower in the ranking, needs to merge with another soul to become the chosen one. Does this mean that the other candidates for the space chosen one are in a similar situation?"
The girl with purple eyes frowned slightly:
"That does make sense, but if that's the case, then it's a bit troublesome. If the two haven't merged into one, I won't be able to tell if I'm the chosen one."
"So, I want to focus on those special individuals who have the potential for fusion, especially twins."
Xia De frowned and thought of more possibilities.
Although he got good news from Luvia, that as long as the matter of the space chosen ones was concluded as soon as possible and Dorothy and Lecia were not allowed to become the chosen ones, their current condition would not "worsen", he was still a little worried.
Therefore, after returning home from the Prophet's Association, he immediately took Mia to Huntington City, rode on horseback from the White River Valley Vineyards, and went to look for the "Lady of the Lake" again.
With Mia, the strange cat, leading the way, Shad soon entered an unknown large lake in the suburbs. After crossing the water curtain gate in the center of the lake, he arrived at the Lake of Cherubim and saw the angel with the staff again in the center of the lake.
The mist on the lake was dispersing. After greeting respectfully, he asked his own question:
"I want to know what the special connection between Dorothy Louisa and Leithia Cavendish is?"
The lady in a white robe holding a long staff looked at him with a smile, then shook her head after a moment:
"I can't tell you."
"I can accept the test, no matter how dangerous it is."
Xia De insisted, but the lady with a kind smile and a pure white glow still shook her head:
"The answer to this question involves many things. I cannot tell you. You need to find the answer yourself. Besides, don't you already know how to prevent the relationship between them from getting stronger?"
The wise old god's former assistant gently reminded Shade:
"You need to remind them all the time that they are different, and you've done a good job so far."
Shad, who was holding Mia, was a little disappointed, but he also realized that the connection between Dorothy and Lesia was definitely not as simple as he had thought in the past.
"I see. Thank you for the reminder."
He bowed slightly and prepared to leave. Since he couldn't find the answer here, he really could only find the answer himself.
But the lady in white robe called him, and the goddess of the lake raised her hands, and a pure white feather appeared in her palms, and then the feather flew in front of Shade. The cat in Shade's arms immediately stretched out its claws to grab it, but was stopped by Shade.
“This is a gift for you.”
The angel who had grasped the staff again said, and Shade looked intently at the feather that exuded a very strong miracle element:
"Is this... your feather?"
He had seen the feathers of the Angel of Death in an incomplete form, so he was able to recognize this one.