164. The “Uninvited Guest”
“Transforming… a soul?”
“Yes…”
Reina nodded.
“This curse is devouring your soul, which will then cause your body to necrose. This kind of magic is quite rare among the blood race.”
“I see.”
Sophia nodded. Hearing this answer, she was deeply moved. The dragon race, besides the dark elves, was the most proficient in magic, and the blood race couldn’t cure this kind of curse.
“Then I’ll leave it to you, little sister Reina. I don’t know how to thank you. All this time…”
“You’re different. After your soul is healed by my magic, will there be any effects?”
After Reina finished speaking, Mura, who was sitting cautiously at the door, shuddered.
“Since the Era of Light, everyone has been wary of forbidden magic, precisely because it’s related to the soul. No one wants to hand their soul over to someone else to dispose of… Unlike the body, most people’s souls are completely defenseless.”
This was a memory of Reina as the Goddess of Light.
“Sister Sophia isn’t aware.”
“If you can cure me, I’ll be eternally grateful. Since little sister Reina has said so…”
Sophia looked at Reina’s eyes with some shame.
Although Reina couldn’t be sure, she could deduce it.
First, the reason she had a Dragon Mark was due to the influence of Calysia’s soul core… Strictly speaking, the Dragon Mark wasn’t a curse, but a transformation of the body to adapt to the shape of the soul. This was the truth of how Calysia could “corrupt” the goddess.
And if she wanted to restore Sophia’s soul, she would need Reina’s light magic for repair.
And the consequence of this repair was that Sophia’s defenseless soul would carry her own mark… just like Mura.
Reina’s performance after being granted the soul core was to be close to her master, and Mura and Sophia would probably subconsciously want to get close to Reina.
Although it was a guess, it was also the most reasonable deduction.
“Will I become something?”
“If things go well, there shouldn’t be any effect. If you’re unlucky, you might become something strange. You have to be mentally prepared.”
Reina said helplessly, “If you can endure a certain amount of humiliation, you can let me, as a dragon, treat you.”
“I agree,” Sophia said with a smile. “I still have my normal view. I’m very happy to be saved by Sister Reina.”
“Mm.”
Seeing that she had agreed, Reina began to channel her magic.
Azure magic power flowed from her palm, entering Sophia’s body like a small snake, caressing the twisted magic within. The Blood Queen subconsciously absorbed this pure magic and suddenly felt her whole body burning hot, as if she were in lava. But she still endured.
It was like clearing away dead branches, first killing the broken parts, and then using magic to “catalyze” the growth of the soul. And this process was completely random.
Calysia had also used a similar method.
—After losing her soul core, she had used magic to catalyze her soul to grow a false soul to replace the real one. But according to Calysia’s own will, the new soul would not give her true emotions, but an obsessive love for Reina.
That dummy had really chosen a seemingly reasonable plan…
So the soul she lacked was catalyzed and healed by Reina’s magic.
Mura, on the other hand, healed her body by repairing her soul.
What would they become?
It felt like it would be very strange.
Just as she was thinking this, the treatment was over.
Mura also cautiously approached.
When the azure magic power was completely gone, Queen Sophia had already closed her eyes.
This was troublesome.
After the old butler Peter died, she now had to contact the blood race to send her back.
“Let me help,” Mura said with a smile.
“No.”
Reina answered subconsciously.
Hearing this, Mura looked a little disappointed, her face clearly showing her unhappiness: “You don’t trust me?”
Something felt strange…
Did she take the wrong medicine?
Mura wasn’t just sad, but more “aggrieved.”
As if she wanted Reina to compensate her in some way… and there was even a sense of anticipation.
However,
Unlike during the assassination, she was now like a lady.
If an ordinary person saw her, they would definitely think this young woman’s small eyes were pleasing to the eye.
Reina held her forehead:
“If the Blood Queen is sent back by a dark elf, it will cause misunderstandings.”
“Then I should be able to help, right?”
Mura asked cautiously.
“It’s getting late. You should go contact the blood race princes.”
To prevent her subordinate from having nothing to do, Reina could only compromise.
But before Reina could think of the best solution, Sophia actually woke up.
When she woke up, Sophia’s face was pale, and her body hadn’t recovered yet.
“Haa… I heard what you just said.”
“…Does hearing it have any meaning?!”
As expected, she had underestimated the blood race’s self-healing ability.
Her curse had already disappeared, and she would probably recover completely soon.
For some reason, Sophia’s voice was calm, but she still didn’t dare to look directly at Reina:
“Miss Dragon Queen, why don’t you send me back? As a member of the dragon race, you can take this opportunity to visit our blood race. It’s not a problem…”
That was true.
If she could use this method to get to know the blood race princes and establish her authority and have a say in front of them… This kind of work should have been completed after the Battle of Eisentapha, but it had been delayed until now because of that dummy Calysia!
Just as she was about to agree, a swift figure approached at high speed, making her subconsciously close her mouth.
…It was Calysia.
Hadn’t she gone back?
Calysia opened the door, and before she could turn around and greet her, complaining about her master’s sudden…
Something “clicked” and locked around her neck.
“…”
“Huh?”
Reina lowered her head and began to observe what Calysia had put on her.
But by the time she discovered it, it was too late.
—Calysia had put the [God-Binding Collar] on me!
A golden cross pattern suddenly appeared on the God-Binding Collar, and then, moving like a matrix, it formed a golden, high-tech pattern. But this pattern was quickly tainted by the purple magic power transmitted from Calysia, turning into a purple river filled with miasma.
As the gold was swallowed by black and purple, the collar gradually turned rose gold, emitting a silver metallic luster, and some purple patterns began to seep into Reina’s jade-like neck.
Reina subconsciously wanted to take the collar off her neck, but this artifact, made from almost all the Goddess’s Treasures, was something a clone with less than level 150 strength could possibly remove?
“Master, you…”
Reina’s voice was naturally calm, not showing any of the surprise she should have, just like her self from countless years ago. But her eyes still showed a hint of annoyance.
But Calysia was not like her former self.
“What a cute reaction, hehe~”
