"Huh?! I've never heard of such a thing... Is being a governor such a terrifying profession? No, you said you're the only one who's special, so you should become even stronger."
Vera marveled as she watched Yinla demonstrate [Virtual World Travel] before her, her desire to investigate growing stronger: "Anger causes mutation, Mana develops consciousness, and this consciousness shouldn't have any connection with Mana's owner, right?"
Upon hearing Vera's words, Inra and Tekap, who were sitting in front of her, exchanged a glance. Inra said, "Logically, that's how it should be, but something unexpected happened with me. The current situation is... his consciousness is connected to my body."
"..."
"Mmm~"
Vera sized up Tikkap, then stood up and looked at the [wings] that Imra was displaying behind her. She asked, "So, what brings you here? I think this kind of mutation is pretty good. You must have become much stronger, right?"
Indeed, Inra has become much stronger. Already extremely powerful, he can now directly hand over control of his second pair of wings to Tekkapan during battle... If the coordination is good, it's equivalent to having two Inra attacking at the same time.
Because the [Skyward Wing Pillar] is basically equivalent to a slightly weaker [First Wing Pillar], but the [Skyward Wing Pillar] can inherit special talents on this basis—such as virtual world travel.
This is the power of infinite possibilities... Moreover, if Ira's guess is correct, Tekkamane is definitely not special; perhaps a new consciousness will emerge the next time he gets angry.
At that time, will he be able to deploy all three pairs of wings at the same time?
“But my strength is something that Mother Rong cannot question.”
As Yinla spoke, he said something that sounded arrogant. He looked at Vera and said, "I don't need any extra power to handle many situations. I just want to figure things out, not to become stronger or weaker."
Now that she heard that, Vera understood. She rolled her eyes at Yinla and said, "To put it bluntly, you just want to know what happened, right? You're being so polite, making it sound like you're some kind of paper maker."
"Papermaking?" Yinla asked with some doubt. He corrected Vera, who nodded in agreement, with a hint of "literary papermaking," "Isn't that called literary attainment?"
Vera blinked, gave an awkward smile, and said, "Ah... I guess so, but everyone in my family studies papermaking, so don't worry about it~ So, what do you want to ask me?"
"..."
Yinla shook his head speechlessly. He pointed at Tikkap, then at himself, and said, "I was thinking before that when a normal governor kills an enemy, the enemy's mana undergoes mutation, and the consciousness with all of that enemy's memories appears in the governor's body."
"Perhaps that could be considered that enemy has come back to life once again? So, if I were in my current situation, and Tekkamane died unexpectedly... what would happen to the consciousness within me?"
As she spoke, under the visibly stunned gazes of Vera and Tikkapu, Yinra said, "Back then, was the consciousness within me still Tikkapu? What if I found a body and put Tikkapu's consciousness back in?"
As Yinla said this, Vera seemed to have thought of something:
"A Soul Box?!"
Vera was shocked. She knew why Yinla had found her. She decisively placed her hand on Tikkap's head and said, "That's right! This situation, like a clone, must also be accompanied by a split soul! [Touch of the Soul]! Let me see the state of the soul..."
"..."
Then, Vera fell into a long silence... The shock on her face gradually turned into doubt, then into contemplation and inquiry, and then into a long silence and increasingly exaggerated expressions.
Tikkap felt a force searching through his mind. He knew Vera was looking for his soul, but apart from feeling a little uncomfortable because his consciousness was so full, he didn't feel any discomfort at all.
"What happened? Tekkamane's soul has turned to dust?"
As Yinla said this, he made an irresponsible guess... If that were really the case, then Yinla would feel very apologetic towards Tikkap, and could only say that he was very sorry.
"..."
However, Vera remained silent. Then, as if questioning the meaning of life, she raised her head and said in a tone as if her worldview had collapsed, "There isn't any?! There really isn't any?!"
"???"
With two puzzled looks on their faces, Vera removed her hand from Tikkap's head, then felt relieved... Sure enough, anything that happens to Illa is perfectly reasonable, hehehe...
...What the hell!
"Why doesn't Tekkamanpe have a soul? Then how can he still talk and move?"
Vera covered her head in confusion as she spoke words that moved even Inra. Her gaze shifted from Tikkapu's indifferent head to Inra's, and she asked, "Inra, do you trust me?"
In this kind of situation, there's no point in worrying or not worrying.
"Please... I'll keep an eye on you."
As Yinla said this, Vera placed her hand on Yinla's head. With the activation of [Touch of the Soul], she withdrew her power in just a few seconds, nodded firmly at Yinla, and said, "Tikkap's soul is within you."
"..."
Afterwards, both of them fell silent. This completely un-magical incident made them feel somewhat sorry for the White Tower, with whom they had once studied... If they revealed the truth, the White Tower wizards' magical worldview would collapse.
"Come to think of it, I did have a slight headache for a moment before Lady Yinla returned."
As Tikkap said this, he looked at the two who were still deep in thought and felt that the time was about right, so he said, "I'll take my leave now... The Void Mark I placed on you, Lady Inra, can be removed."
As Tekkamane said this, his figure gradually faded and disappeared.
...
...
"Yinla, there shouldn't be any mana left in your body now, right?"
In response to Vera's words, Yinla nodded, then shook his head and said, "Well, I shattered Satan's Wing, so Tekkap's probably won't need to take up my wing pillar slot anymore."
With that thought, Yinla decided to stop worrying about his mutation. He stretched and said, "Forget it, life goes on. I still have to study magic armor, glass, trade, and road construction. I'm too lazy to think about it anymore."
Seeing Yinla preparing to leave, Vera quickly grabbed his hand, pleading, "Wait! You replaced my Mana before, didn't you? Take my Mana back right now! Please! I... I'm really afraid of dying!"
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