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Therefore, her unchanging soul saw the original appearance of the red spider lily.
"so beautiful."
She gazed at the sea of flowers across the river, captivated by the dreamlike ocean of blossoms, and took a step forward, eager to cross the river.
She couldn't help but take a deep breath of the air, even though she knew this wasn't a real place.
Simply because she had felt "freedom" for the first time in a long time.
...
Suddenly, the girl noticed something.
"Is that Brother Yin?"
On the other side of the river, the familiar figure of the boy stood alone, lost in thought as always.
That was the man she longed for, the only one in her heart.
Without thinking, she threw herself into the boy's arms.
"Great, you're back..."
She had a beaming smile of pure happiness.
"Are we going to the other side of the river, Brother Yin?"
...
The boy lowered his head and gazed at the girl in his arms.
"Do not."
He gave a negative answer.
But unsurprisingly, the girl didn't seem to mind the answer at all.
"Wherever you want to go, I'll go with you."
She looked up, still smiling so happily.
"I'm willing to do anything as long as I can be with you."
...
"but..."
The boy said.
"If I were to cross that river..."
“Then I’ll go too,” she replied.
"Even if crossing it means leaving this world forever?" the boy said.
She nodded.
"Even if your soul enters the cycle of reincarnation and forgets me forever?" the boy said.
She nodded again and replied with a smile:
"Being able to accompany Brother Yin into the cycle of reincarnation...how romantic...hehe. This life has not been in vain."
...
The boy sighed and told her the truth.
"But...the devoted girl."
“I am not your ‘Brother Yin’.”
The boy, who looked exactly like Yin Shang, had a golden glint in his eyes.
“I am his servant... Reinhardt.”
Upon hearing this, the girl's expression finally changed, showing slight shock.
"Hey?"
...
...
A moment ago, in the real world.
Reinhardt awoke from its coma and quickly surveyed its body and surroundings, trying to make sense of its current situation.
It realized it must have fallen out of Yin's clothes during the fierce battle, but it soon discovered a terrible truth—
"Meow?!"
My limbs are starting to become transparent...!
Clearly, without the Holy Sword as its "battery," Reinhardt, existing independently of his original body, would, like any other artifact spirit, gradually deplete the energy that sustains his existence over time, eventually vanishing into nothingness.
But strangely enough, it clearly remembered that it had enough strength left to last at least a few more hours!
"Why so early...it shouldn't be like this!"
Reinhardt struggled to his feet, but fell down again, powerless.
"No... I can't walk anymore... My body... my body is..."
"...etc!"
Suddenly, it realized why.
A spirit is a life form summoned by the summoner using various mediums and based on a device with supernatural powers.
The "summoner"—that is, the owner of the artifact spirit—usually signs a soul contract with the artifact spirit to guarantee its loyalty and never betray it.
Under the influence of the contract, the spirit and its master can not only communicate telepathically, but also use each other's power to heal the other.
But what if the spirit's physical form is absent, and the master needs a large amount of energy to heal themselves for some reason...!
"My power... is being forcibly drained?!"
Reinhardt strained to find its master in its field of vision, but all it saw was him lying in a pool of blood.
"Meow!!"
It cried out in alarm, but failed to attract anyone's attention and could only watch helplessly as nothing happened.
"Master is severely injured... but not dead... and is automatically drawing upon my power to heal him..."
"But how could such a wound possibly be healed..."
Because Yin Shang had, by chance, allowed the Wandering Sword to see the light of day again several years ago, this headstrong knight naturally had a debt of gratitude to Reinhard, who was the embodiment of the Holy Sword.
Although Reinhardt had long ago sworn to fight to the death for its master... it absolutely could not sit idly by and wait to die like this!
If I just disappear like this, I will never be able to repay my master's kindness!
"My master's body has been corrupted by demons... If I continue to channel my power into him, the repulsion between the holy light and darkness will harm him..."
"And I will disappear from here... I can't..."
"If there were a way to sever the soul contract..."
...
Boom——! !
With a loud bang, the corrupted nun was brutally killed by a needle piercing her abdomen.
She flew backward, skimming past Reinhardt and landing a few meters away from him.
"..."
Reinhardt thought quickly and came up with a solution.
"Have it!"
With its last ounce of strength, it transformed the battered cat's body into a ball of light, which, unnoticed, burrowed into the nun's body before it.
...
...
...
"I have no soul, so at this boundary between life and death, I have no concrete form to show before you."
"That's why I took on the form of my master; it wasn't that I intentionally wanted to deceive you..."
Listening to Reinhardt's explanation, the girl named Solid smiled and nodded.
"Hmm. So, Reinhardt, what do you need me to do to get you back to Brother Yin's side?"
Reinhardt was surprised: "You're willing to help me? I thought..."
Solid smiled, looking at Reinhardt's current appearance, showing no anger at all because of his "infringement".
"Hmm? Why wouldn't I help you? Since you're Brother Yin's servant, that means you'll protect him and stay by his side, right? So why would I refuse?"
...
“I see... Thank you, Miss Solid.”
Reinhardt clenched his fist.
"Please listen carefully."
"I need to break the soul contract with my master, to no longer share my life or my mind with him... and the only way to do this is for me to... devour you."
"The body of a spirit is an empty shell formed from energy, capable of containing and fusing with a soul."
Reinhardt stared at her.
“Miss Solid, time flows very slowly here. Just now, you suffered a fatal injury, and your bodily functions stopped almost instantly.”
"If your soul merges with mine, we can return to your body as souls and confidently use all the power of holy light to heal you..."
“In this way, even if all my power is exhausted, I, who have merged with your soul, will not dissipate. Your body will most likely survive under my full healing power.”
"And the complete dissipation of my power means that I will never be able to send holy light energy to my master again. In effect, my soul contract with him has been dissolved."
"But...forgive my frankness, there are many unknowns in this plan. It..."
It's theoretically feasible, but in practice, there are still many risks involved.
...
"Is that so? Well then, please."
She smiled and extended her hands to Reinhardt.
"If I could continue to stay by his side... I would do anything."
Reinhardt was baffled: "Such an important decision... and you made such a decisive move?"
She urged, "Please hurry, Reinhardt. If what you say is true, Brother Yin is running out of time."
"Does she have absolutely no opinions of her own?"
Reinhardt sighed, then paused, as if sensing something was amiss.
"Wait, Miss Solid, don't you know who injured Master like that?"
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Reinhardt continued, "Then do you know what your body... no, what you did while you were alive?"
This time, Solid nodded:
"Yes, I know. As servants of the Holy Light, we do this and that..."
...
"Good guy."
Her description left Reinhard speechless.
"So, in her eyes, those things were a completely different story?"
Reinhardt thought to himself.
"Her body must have undergone terrible modifications and torture, and her soul probably..."