I, with a long knife in my hand, can only do one move

Bearing the strongest, this is a pure and heavy responsibility, and he must have no distractions.

"I know, so I will help you." Leticia said softly. "You have to remember that you will not fight alone. You have me, Isabella, and a partner who can fight side by side with you. Those are what Cheng Mo does not have."

After a moment of silence, Cheng Rang said: "You said that Xiao Mo will be the key, what should be the specific method?"

"The previous method was to separate Cheng Mo from your body, and then you re-accepted everything. This will release a [monster], and it is also a huge risk for you to re-accept those memories that you cannot bear. But now there are With Xiao Mo, she is like a tailor-made container, which can put Cheng Mo in."

"In the previous method, we didn't have enough time to prepare, because the moment Cheng Mo separated, you had to fight him, and you had to do it while accepting that memory. The burden was too heavy and the uncertainty too high."

"But Xiaomo is different. We can restrain her, limit her upper limit to the greatest extent, temporarily store the steps of accepting memory, and put it aside until you defeat Cheng Mo."

What Leticia said was not euphemistic, and Cheng Rang understood the meaning immediately.

"You mean... turn Xiao Mo into a cage to imprison Cheng Mo, and then..."

"Erasure the two of them together, and there will be nothing left but memories."

"..."

"Wouldn't that make Xiao Mo feel a little too pitiful? He was used as a tool from the beginning to the end..."

"Are you pitying yourself?" Leticia's tone had a bit of hatred in it, she pushed Cheng Rang's back and stood up, "This is the best way, if you feel sorry for Xiaomo, you might as well Go ask her opinion."

"What to ask, how to ask? Ask if she wants to die for me?"

"Yes, just ask."

Cheng Rang knew Xiaomo's answer to this question without even asking.

She would not hesitate to—

She would be willing to die for herself.

"It seems that you know the answer." Leticia crossed her arms and looked condescendingly at Cheng Rang, who was sitting cross-legged with his head bowed.

"What kind of result you want to get must be a trade-off, and there must be a price in the entanglement of cause and effect. I think you will clearly understand this after this."

Leticia meant something, and she continued: "In order to stop you, Isabella has already made up her mind, and she is always ready to face the price that comes with it."

"..."

"Think about it carefully, there is still time, I hope you don't regret it..."

The book of karma and cost was stuffed back into Cheng Rang's arms by Leticia.

"Break time is over, now...continue."

Flicking the pages with his fingers, he opened them.

bang....

"It's here."

With the sound of heavy hinges rubbing, the mysterious door was opened in front of her. Behind Arikira, Isabella looked around.

The ancient dark gray marble columns are half-embedded in the wall, the carpet with a slight musty smell is painted with mysterious patterns, and above the head is a semi-circular dome made of glazed tiles of various colors. The huge iron chandelier under the dome is lit A large number of candles flickered and burned, bringing a dim light here.

Various windows like a large bank office are lined up on both sides, and rows of chairs are placed in the space between the hall aisle and the window to wait for visitors.

Alikila put her hips on her hips, and introduced to Isabella: "Bailida Everything House is responsive to your needs. Basically, when you encounter problems that you can't solve, they can give you a satisfactory answer here, but their price It's special, it depends on whether you have enough capital to satisfy them."

Arikira then strode straight along the central aisle to the information desk at the end, where a face of an alien with eight arms was sitting.

"How to get more powerful? Look for Slopifate in the fourth window on the right."

The man just raised his eyes and glanced at Aliki

La, the answer came out.

"It's really inelegant. I don't need to rely on others to become stronger. I'm not the one doing things this time." Alikila put her hands on her hips, raised her chin backwards, and motioned for Isabella to bring Xiaomo forward.

"Let me tell you, ordinary people probably won't see Ms. Arikila's visit to my humble house in their lifetime. I was shocked."

The man pushed the glasses on his face with one of his arms, and turned his head to look at Isabella and Xiao Mo who were walking slowly.

"Isabella Campbell, the daughter of Eli Campbell and Glorias Taylor, the disciple of the Curse God Gesebrisac and the Witch of Roots, the wife of the Sword God Cheng Rang. Oh... you The background is really not small. He is a person who can accomplish great things, tsk tsk tsk, rare, rare!"

The man chattered endlessly, shook his head, and his eight arms kept reviewing the documents piled up like a hill on the wide table, signed and stamped them, and easily saw Isabella's background at a glance, which surprised her very much. .

"Excuse me..."

"Oh, I'm sorry, Miss Campbell is here for the first time. I'm one of the persons in charge of Palita's master house, Bazhuo." Bazhuo stretched out another hand and shook Isabella twice. .

"Responsible for leading those who want to achieve their wishes, by the way, how is your sister?"

Isabella withdrew her hand, wiped the corner of her skirt subconsciously, and said dryly, "It's...not bad, thank you Mr. Bazhuo for your concern."

"Sir? I don't have a gender, so you should just call me by my name. It is very rude to admit the wrong gender. Your master should have taught you that." Ba Zhuo shook his head.

"I'm so sorry! Bajo, I'm here to—"

"I want to solve the problem with this little guy, I know, I know! So don't talk nonsense, soul science is at the end of the corridor on the left, turn right, and go to Celestis!" Bazhuo scratched his head, as if he didn't want to continue talking to a few people Wasted time and continued to focus all my energy on the table full of documents.

Looking at Isabella, Alikila shrugged and said, "Don't worry about it, this guy is like this, the location is already known, let's go."

"it is good..."

Bowing to thank the busy Bazhuo, Isabella led Xiaomo to speed up her pace and followed Alikila who had already left for the distance.

Chapter 13 Game of Souls

At the end of the corridor on the left, turn right and the first room you can see is marked with the words [Spiritology].

It seems that all the signage texts of Palita Master House will be easy for people. Anyway, Isabella does not think that the common language of this kind of place is English.

"You two go in, I'll forget it." Arikila folded her arms and leaned against the door, "I don't like dealing with monsters who study souls very much. I hate those guys who can see through secrets at a glance."

"...Arikira, do you want to wait outside?"

"How could it be possible to wait for you to come out?" Alikila threw a business card to Isabella angrily, "I have found a place to live in advance, and when the time comes, I will go directly to find me here and buy so many things. It takes a lot of effort just to put it back together.”

"But we don't know the way." Isabella looked at the business card in front of her, and there was nothing but the name of "Hotel No. [-]".

"Don't you know how to ask for directions?"

"..."

Needing to act separately here makes Isabella feel a little uncertain. After all, she is not sure that Alikila will be waiting for her in this No. [-] hotel. It is entirely possible that she may go shopping on a whim things.

Arikira ignored Isabella's hesitant expression and turned away.

"If you can't find it, you can only stay here. You have three days, because I only plan to visit here for three days, bye~"

Isabella stretched her hand to keep Alikila, but before she could say anything, an old man's roar came from the closed door beside her.

"Isabella Campbell! Where is Isabella Campbell? Come in for me!"

Xiao Mo tugged at Isabella's hand, "It's okay, I remember Alikila's smell, I can find it."

With Xiaomo's promise, Isabella felt a little relieved, "Okay, then let's go in first."

......

"excuse me."

Knock on the door and enter the Soul Science Office in front of you. It is completely different from the small room you imagined. The layout like a large library extends to both sides, and you can't see the side at a glance.The large bookshelves several people high are neatly lined up, and the reflective wooden floor will make a creaking sound when stepped on.

Looking forward, a large pile of messy books became a mountain, and an old man in robes with white hair and childlike face was buried in the books just like that, wearing a purple pointed hat that looked like a wizard, with shining yellow stars on it , It looks very funny, it is better to say that it does not match the old man's appearance at all.

He waved this way, "Oh, you must be Isabella Campbell, come, come here."

"...Is it Celestes?"

I have to say that Isabella has a very long memory. In addition to the name told by Bazhuo at Palida Master House, she did not easily add the title of Mr. or Ms. according to her appearance.

"Of course, I'm the only person in charge of soul science. Ba Zhuo has already sent me a letter. You need to solve the soul confusion in this little guy's body."

"That is

what? "

"Oh, everyone will ask, this is my favorite hat, I like purple, and stars." Celestis proudly raised the brim of the pointed wizard hat on his head like an old child.

"You misunderstood... I mean, soul confusion." Isabella smiled politely, wagging her fingers.

Celestis kept waving his hands, blowing his beard to Isabella and said, "Simple, that's all simple! But don't you think my hat is really pretty?"

"So ugly."

"Xiaomo...!" Isabella pulled Xiaomo's hand forcefully, and apologized to Celestis for Xiaomo's straightforward words.

The old man's expression was obviously more frustrated, and he wiped his eyes: "Oh, I know, people's aesthetics are different, but I really like this hat."

"Yes, it suits you well..." Isabella nodded in agreement.

But Celetis immediately glared over and shouted: "Don't lie in front of me! I will know, and you will know too!"

Isabella was taken aback by the uncertain Celestis, and quickly apologized.

"There is no need to apologize. I have long been used to people's flattering words. It seems that you, Campbell, are similar to everyone else."

"I....I just don't want to make you sad." Isabella wanted to argue.

"Then there's no need for you to apply the human way to me, Campbell, there is a difference between etiquette and politeness in every civilization, and the cultural blending of millions of civilizations in Tanita, communication is just communication, there is no need If you go to add more etiquette, you will suffer."

"Much...so how long before we get to the point, Celestes?"

Isabella was about to say thank you for the pointers, and straightened her back abruptly. She only asked the old man in front of her in the way of communication.

Celestis nodded in satisfaction, "What a smart human being, you never make any mistakes twice, you are a genius."

"I know." Isabella replied flatly.

Celestis laughed out loud. He only now gave Isabella a look of approval. With a wave of his hand, the books flew down from the bookshelf and piled into two stacks.

"sit."

After the two sat down, Celestis relaxed his body and propped his elbows on the book in front of him, "Soul confusion is essentially that one or more souls have split and merged, and affect each other. The impact can be positive or negative, and there is little that can be undone or resolved on its own."

"Of course, people who can solve this kind of problem by themselves won't come here, right?" The old man blinked mischievously.

"The situation on this little guy is easy to solve, but depending on the solution, my price is different."

"Just ask, I'll do my best."

Isabella is not used to talking to the gray-haired old man in front of her without using honorific titles, but this kind of communication seems to be the best and most normal for Celestis.

"Happy, I have two plans for you." Celestis waved his hand from the air, and a long piece of blank parchment appeared out of thin air, followed by a quill pen stained with ink.

Following Celestis' command, there was a sound of rubbing brushes, and the quill began to write vigorously on the paper, and he himself looked at Isabella again.

"Leave aside the matter of this little guy, I think you are troubled by bigger problems, aren't you?"

"what?"

"Oh, please! Do you have to tell me? You have even touched the power of taboo just because of this issue." Celestis nodded cryptically, and Isabella suddenly nodded slowly.

"Then you...do you have a solution to this problem?"

"See if you can afford it." He rubbed his fingers.

Isabella swallowed nervously and spoke slowly.

"So... at what cost, Celestes?"

"One of your qualities."

"What?" Isabella frowned slightly, "I don't understand what you mean."

"Hard work, firmness, kindness, courage, loyalty, sacrifice... You don't lack any of these things that are more precious than gold in human beings. You must be able to afford them. I want one of them." Selati Si raised his finger, and the smile on the corner of his mouth was like an old fox that was bound to win.

"I think I can solve my problems by myself." Isabella refused without hesitation.

"Don't be in a hurry, don't be in a hurry to refuse!" Celestis quickly waved his hand, "What you just said is what you think is a good character. Of course, I can also ask for bad ones."

Isabella asked vigilantly, "For example?"

"--lie."

Celestis supported the hill of books with his whole body, leaned his body over, and said word by word: "I will take yours, lie."

"what does that mean?"

"Of course you can't tell lies from now on, no matter what kind of lies...they will disappear from your soul at this point."