The dim light of the candle suddenly turned into a dark blue at this moment. As the whispering elements of the relic spread to Dorothy's body, her chest, which had been heaving, gradually calmed down. At the same time, Dorothy's ruddy face quickly turned pale.
The cold wind blew in the closed bedroom, causing Mia to look around alertly. In Shad's sight, Dorothy was emitting a very faint white light.
As the white light left the "dead" body, a pure white transparent soul appeared above the body.
The lower half of the soul was still attached to the body, but the upper half was sitting up. This kind of soul without resentment and not infected by special power, Luvia, a five-ring warlock, could not see it clearly. Only Shade could see the soul completely.
"How does it feel?"
Shade asked Dorothy, and the writer's soul was looking at her hands in surprise. When she heard the voice, she looked up at Shade:
"Can you see me? This feeling is really wonderful. It is different from the ordinary soul leaving the body. I can feel the instinctive urge to 'keep going'. Is this death? Loneliness, coldness, and a sense of alienation as if there is a thick barrier between you and me..."
Luvia couldn't hear her voice either, and to Shad, it sounded like the two were talking through a thick layer of glass, which made Dorothy's voice very dull.
"Ten seconds left."
Luvia looked at the pocket watch in her hand and reminded him. Shade hugged the cat tightly to prevent it from running away, and also reminded Dorothy:
"Is that enough of an experience? This is enough, come back soon."
"Yes, yes."
The blonde girl's transparent soul smiled and said to Shade, but the soul did not lie down, but looked into Shade's eyes:
"If I were to switch places with Leicia now, would you guess that she would appear in my body, or would she switch places with my soul?"
Xia De frowned:
"Dorothy, this is not a joke. Come back soon. You promised me."
But the blonde didn't seem to be joking at all:
"I don't want to stay in a state where I can only see Lecia once every 21 days for the rest of my life. There has to be a change. I'm sorry, Shade, I lied to you."
She bit her lips lightly:
"Originally we couldn't meet in any way, but you made us meet, and let us know the wonderful feeling of touching each other and almost merging our souls. So, we long for more... Sorry, Shad, I promise, this is the last adventure to solve our problems..."
"Shad, what are you talking about? It's been twenty seconds."
Luvia looked at Shade in confusion, only to find a surprised expression on his face:
"Dorothy, wait!"
The next moment, even Luvia saw the red butterfly pendant hanging on Dorothy's waist suddenly vibrate. In Shad's eyes, Dorothy's soul was blurred for a moment, and then her soul did not disappear, while Leicia's soul sat up from Dorothy's body.
They had obviously communicated about making such an attempt long ago, so the princess' soul didn't seem surprised at all. As she "stood up", the two souls overlapped.
Fortunately, this was just an overlap in position, not a complete fusion of the two souls. The expressions on the overlapping souls of Leicia and Dorothy were confused for a moment, and then both souls showed painful expressions at the same time.
It's not Red Butterfly Day, they can't touch each other, so...
"She" said this softly, and the vibration of the red butterfly pendant was almost like dancing on the bed. The scattered light points had already flown upward from the surface of the two people's souls, which was clearly a sign that the soul was about to leave.
"Shad!"
Although Luvia could only see the shadow of the soul, she noticed the body lying on the bed. The fake death was turning into real death. And Shade, who felt that this was dangerous from the beginning, had already taken quick action:
"False immortality!"
With his right hand, he held Dorothy's hand on the bed, and with his left hand, he took out the pink bottle from his pocket. The stopper popped open with his thumb, and Shad drank all the essence in the bottle under Luvia's surprised gaze.
A huge spirit poured into his body, and then the tightly drawn curtains in the bedroom melted, revealing the snowflakes flying in the night sky of the small town outside the window and the vast starry sky.
Silver moonlight shone into the room from the window, but the scene in the bedroom did not change. Even if he drank all the essence, Shade could not fully open the maze. But fortunately, Dorothy and Leicia were not really dead now:
"Mystery Lock - Sleeping Princess!"
He dropped the bottle, the cat, and, still holding Dorothy's hand, he leaned over and kissed the pale blonde on the bed. The kiss brought about a true miracle, and the state temporarily maintained by the false immortality finally completely escaped death.
And "she" also reminded Xia De that this still requires a price:
Outsider, your spell "Library Search" has been sealed.
After the kiss, Shad stood up again, holding his head and feeling dizzy, but he found that his soul still hadn't returned. Dorothy and Lesia's souls were still overlapping, and although the two souls no longer emitted light, their painful expressions had not eased at all.
Xia De reached out to take out the book containing the Cherubim Feather that could be used three times to separate souls, but "she" gently reminded him:
They haven't merged yet, they just can't be separated. Give them strong stimulation to make their numb souls feel the difference.
"Stimulate?"
He bit his finger, squeezed out blood and nearly fell down. After being supported by Luvia, he waved forward:
"Soul Whip!"
This magic was originally invisible, but in Shad's hands, the blood turned into a scarlet transparent whip and swung forward, hitting Dorothy and Lecia head-on.
This harmless magic can only bring severe pain to the soul, and even the corrupted powerful soul-guardian cannot endure this pain, let alone Dorothy and Leicia.
With the girls screaming in pain, the two souls separated successfully. Dorothy's soul lay down and returned to her body, while Leicia's soul disappeared. Thick steam appeared above Dorothy's head, and then the life ring appeared close to the ceiling, and a new spirit rune was condensing.
After making sure that Dorothy's soul had returned, Luvia quickly took away the two coins to prevent any other accidents, and Shad leaned over and put his forehead against Dorothy's forehead.
It's okay.
Dorothy also opened her eyes at this time and looked at Shad, who was so close to her. Her face suddenly turned red. But when she saw the look in Shad's eyes, she was afraid and didn't dare to speak.
Xia De stood up straight and said to the purple-eyed girl who was looking at the two of them worriedly:
"I'm fine. The magic I just used up was too much, but I just need to catch my breath. You stay here and take care of Dorothy for a while. I'm going to Yodel Palace."
Luvia did not ask why Shade did this, but nodded slightly:
"Leave the house to me."
After saying that, Shade ran out anxiously, while Mia stood on the bedside table, staring at Shade's departing figure with wide eyes.
"Now, you have really irritated Shade."
The gas lamp was turned on, Luvia walked to the bed and opened the curtains, then helplessly said to the blonde girl who was trying to sit up on the bed. The latter turned her eyes away from her new spirit rune Whispering-Dead, pursed her lips, and didn't know how to apologize:
"Shad looks really pissed."
Silver Cross Avenue, Yodel Palace, Leithia Cavendish's bedroom.
The bright gas lamp illuminated the luxurious bedroom, but the princess' bedroom was not as peaceful as it was this night. Two of the four maids of the two princesses were guarding the door, and the other two were preparing hot tea and towels. Lying on the bed was Leisia, and standing beside the bed was Ajelina, who looked a little panicked.
Leicia had already woken up and was comforting her sister by the bed:
"It's okay, don't worry so much, it was just an accident."
"But you just clearly..."
The little princess said worriedly. Although she was dissatisfied with her sister in some aspects, she also knew that she was one of the few relatives in the world who really cared about her. She wanted to ask whether she should go to find Shade or Aunt Carina after her sister had rested for a while, but before she opened her mouth, they both heard the cat meowing outside the window.
"Cat? Outside the window? But this is the third floor."
Leicia was startled, then told Ajelina to open the window. When the window opened, the little princess saw a beautiful silver-haired cat coming in.
"oh!"
She was surprised and wanted to catch the beautiful cat, but the cat had already jumped down from the windowsill and turned back into human form in the air. Shade said nothing, nodded to Ajelina who was a little embarrassed and took back her hand, then walked to the bedside with a serious face and a menacing look, as if he was going to punch someone.
Neither Leicia nor Ajelina had ever seen Shad so angry.
Even though she knew that Xia De would definitely not use violence, the princess on the bed still shrank into the quilt, then lowered her head and raised her eyes to see Xia De walk to the bed, lean over and put his forehead against hers.
After a moment's silence:
No problem. But unlike Dorothy Louisa, she was approaching death far away from her body, so her mental damage was greater and she needed a good rest.
Xia De finally breathed a sigh of relief. When he stood up straight, he even felt his entire back was wet due to nervousness.
Ajelina stood by the window, not knowing what to say, while Leicia said timidly:
"When you pulled us back just now, one of our unimportant spells was sealed... and we all gained Whisper of the Dead."
The use of the Sleeping Princess requires both parties to pay a price, so they also have spells sealed. As for the spirit rune, Shade already knew it before leaving home.
Their fusion tendency has been exacerbated by tonight's actions. If you don't want their souls to completely merge, you must avoid such behavior in the future.
"Her" tone was still so gentle, like the warm night breeze blowing under the moon in the endless wilderness at night, soothing Xia De's emotions.
At the same time, this "experiment" also yielded some results. The close contact with the two overlapping souls just now confirmed the special nature of Dorothy Louisa and Resia Cavendish, which was a natural phenomenon without any external interference.
"A natural phenomenon? What kind of natural phenomenon is this?"
However, Xia De didn't have the energy to think about this kind of problem that he definitely couldn't understand for the time being.
"You should have a good rest tonight."
He said to Leicia on the bed, and the red-haired girl sitting on the soft red mattress nodded carefully:
"I know, Shade, I'm sorry..."
"You'll meet me at Carina's tomorrow. Take Ajelina with you."
"OK."
She nodded again and looked at her sister, hoping that she could say a few words to ease the atmosphere in the room. As for the maids, they were trying their best to pretend that they did not exist. They did not want to be involved in this matter.
So Ajelina hesitated and found a topic:
"Good evening, Shade... Do you want to stay here overnight?"
After he finished speaking, he realized what he was saying. While complaining about himself in his heart, Xia De shook his head tiredly:
"No, I'm going home to rest. Ajelina, take good care of your disobedient sister. Leicia should have some tea for the soul, let the maids make a pot. If there is anything else tonight, send someone to Saint Teresa Square to call me immediately."
"Okay, please leave it to me."
Ajelina nodded quickly, and Shad walked over to her, gave her a gentle hug, then jumped to the window, and when he landed on the windowsill, he turned into a silver cat and jumped down from the third floor without looking back.
Ajelina touched her slightly red face and stuck her head out of the window, just in time to see the silver cat sneak into the evergreen hedge in the garden, an area not illuminated by the gas lamp. She reached out to close the window, then called the maid outside the door to make tea, and then returned to the bed.
Her always strong and courageous sister was now sitting on the velvet four-poster bed, looking unhappily in the direction where Shade left:
"He seemed really angry with me."
Ajelina knew that she didn't have to answer this question.