However, I ultimately failed to do so.
One aspect was that Sheng, whose cheeks had suddenly puffed out, forcibly pulled her back to bed with vines to keep her asleep.
On the other hand, for some reason, I suddenly felt another kind of unbearable dizziness coming from the depths of my mind, and the scene in front of me appeared frame by frame, with unreal screen flickering and shaking.
What exactly happened?
Confusion accompanied by increasingly severe dizziness made one almost want to vomit.
The headache that was not very noticeable when I was sleeping struck again, and I seemed to hear panicked shouts in my ears. The scene in front of me was like a black curtain with gaps, indistinct and incapable of answering.
Then, I felt a warmth gradually spreading from my chest.
The familiar, warm touch was like the blazing sun melting ice and snow, quickly soothing the discomfort in my body. It felt like being healed by Hikari, but with a greater effort than usual, and the effect was far less than that of the little fool's treatment.
"Hey, are you alright?"
A cold, hard voice sounded nearby, and I felt someone shaking my shoulder. Then I felt a faint warmth in front of my nose, and heard soft panting.
"He's been saved, he'll be fine."
A man's impatient voice rang out, followed by the blind saintess's sigh: "Phew, that really scared me to death. What happened?"
I cautiously opened my eyes a crack and looked in the direction of the sound, only to see a man in a floor-length robe standing side by side in front of me, and a blind saintess.
The blind saintess seemed to notice my gaze and nodded slightly, causing the man who happened to be watching her to turn around. He let out a cold snort from his nose: "I don't know, but it feels more like she has suddenly become an empty shell with only a pretty face."
"What?"
I couldn't help but gasp in surprise.
The man shook his head, took off his hat with one hand, and sat down crookedly against the back of a chair he had grabbed at random. He then picked up the fruit that the blind saintess had brought with her meal.
As if observing my expression, he took a big bite, then suddenly raised an eyebrow and pointed at my chest: "The flame of life is still burning, and burning more beautifully than others, but the inside is suddenly empty. What else could it be but a beautiful empty shell?"
"Although I don't know how it was done, I tried using shaking and magical communication to call back the escaped soul. It seems to be effective; it doesn't look like the soul has become demented."
The saintess stamped her foot and whispered his name, but the man turned his head away and ignored her.
However, calling it dementia is really an exaggeration.
While I appreciated his help for some reason, I was also aware that I had suddenly fallen into a trap. However, his inarticulate speech ruined the whole thing and the impression I made, which only made me angry.
From my perspective, I simply took a nap and then went to play in the world of [Simulated Law Ring].
I've used the [Simulated Magic Ring] in front of my friends before, and deliberately let my thoughts hide in it to escape reality, but I've never received a comment like "it's empty inside." I don't know how they found out or what the situation was like.
"No need to thank me. She was the one who discovered it first, which is why she asked me to do it."
He even made such a statement with an indifferent expression, and pointed his thumb at the anxious saintess beside him.
However, he seemed to have just mentioned... the soul?
I seized on this point and asked, "Do you know about the soul?"
The man raised an eyebrow: "Shouldn't that be common sense?"
I don't think this is common sense. Even I, who rarely attends the academy, know perfectly well that among the many teachers' teachings, there has never been a course or lesson plan that mentions the soul, let alone a public explanation or introduction. I only occasionally find a few old, dusty books in the corners of the library that mention this thing.
"Roughly speaking, the soul is a person's true essence."
Seemingly finding his attire too cumbersome, he sat up straight again and reached out to unfasten the inner clasp of his cloak.
"The body is a container for binding and confirming images, the brain is the organ of thought under normal circumstances, but only the soul is the proof of a person's existence that is certain that a person can only be that person."
Realizing that this was something I had never heard of before, I suddenly perked up.
"It's like a true mage who, if he wants to be promoted, must first gather all his soul, understand the essence of the soul, and then let it break free from the constraints of the vessel and transcend upwards."
"Break free from the constraints of the container?"
"Tsk... How come you don't even know this? Did you not study properly, or are you just naturally stupid?"
The man clicked his tongue and finally untied the troublesome knot that had almost become a dead knot: "Simply put, it's about opening the loop."
A soft clattering sound came from under the unbuttoned robe, and I stared in surprise.
It was a robe I'd seen more than three times. Like a jewel adorned with stars or a shooting star, the dark robe with gold trim fell obediently and gracefully from the slender figure, the colorful pendants jingling as they swayed.
"You... could you be from [Wisdom of the Stars]?"
I subconsciously lowered my voice and glanced at the saint standing to the side.
A similar discussion was taking place on the other end: "Haven't you told him about us yet?"
"No, not yet... I was just about to tell him when you suddenly came in."
The saintess awkwardly clasped her hands together, while the man, who appeared to be a follower of the Star Cult, sighed loudly and used his fingers to comb his bangs back.
My dear reader, there's more to this chapter! Please click the next page to continue reading—even more exciting content awaits!
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
