Chapter 9 The Cost
"Lu! You can't go! How can you bear to leave our children without a mother as soon as they are born! ”
"Riel, I want to stay too. It's just that I can't let go of my people, and likewise, I'm not like letting go of my children. But you know, I am the high priest of the tribe, and whether I bring her back or I stay, it is not good for you, for me, for her, or for our respective nations. ”
"That'...... At the very least, leave her a name, as a mother......"
"The name of the word...... It's better for you as a father......" The female voice gradually became quieter, apparently drifting away......
It's just that Tong Xi, who passed out, didn't finish listening to this familiar conversation.
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When Tong Xi woke up again, he didn't know how many days had passed, but when he opened his eyes, he saw his father Rare's big face.
"Oh, Xiaoxi finally woke up...... Come on, dad hug it...... "In the next second, Tong Xi felt his body take off.
"Babble?!" only to find that the exclamation of the exit has become a syllable peculiar to babies.
Looking at the father of Riel who came back from the dead, as well as his voice that was "babbling" no matter what he said, as well as his hands and feet that did not obey the call, Tong Xi knew that he was reborn.
No, strictly speaking, back to more than a decade ago.
Tong Xi, who had only taken a few seconds to sort out his thoughts, was not panicked at all, obviously it was the magic spell left by the ancestor that had unknown purpose.
"Is it the magic of manipulating time? And it's a magic ...... that spans more than ten years No wonder it is said that it is a force that the laws of the world have become intolerable......" Tong Xi sighed in his heart.
Tong Xi, who had sorted out his clues, was not panicked at all, at least......
That hasn't happened yet, has it? Father is still there, Austin is still there!
As for now...... The baby's body is indeed a bit troublesome......
However, this is not the first time, I wonder if I also kept the memories of my past life and became a baby?
Just a baby...... She has experience...... Isn't it just to eat and sleep and wake up to eat......
However, after many years, Tong Xi has forgotten the last time he was a baby, at this time Tong Xi only felt very weak, obviously he had just woken up, but the sleepiness kept coming.
Don't...... Babies are like this? No wonder they all sleep all day......
Prince Riel was going to take his daughter to the garden for a walk, but before he could get out of the room, the daughter in his arms had closed her eyes and fell asleep again......
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"I'm sorry, Prince Riel, I don't think I can help you, Princess Tong Xi's body has not been damaged in any way, and there are no magical fluctuations such as 'lethargy' and 'weakness'. Maybe it's because the old magic cultivator hasn't arrived home and can't find out the disease, right? Otherwise, it would be impossible to explain the symptoms of Princess Tong Xi's drowsiness and weakness now. In Tong Xi's room, an old man in a pure white robe with a kind face whispered to Prince Riel, who was waiting on the side.
"If even Bishop McDwin of the Imperial Capital Church is not at home, then there are not many light magicians on this continent who are 'home', who doesn't know that His Excellency Bishop McDwin's magical cultivation is second only to the Pope?" Although Prince Riel was very anxious to look at his frail daughter, he did not forget to compliment him at this time.
"Where...... But it's not an injury, it's not a curse......" Bishop McDwin muttered to himself as he walked.
"I think maybe Master Andrew from the Magic Guild can help you." As Bishop McDwin went out, he turned to Prince Riel to see him off.
"Master Andrew? That Master Andrew, who is proficient in spiritual magic? ”
"That's right, Master Andrew is very interested in spiritual magic, and spiritual magic, in a sense, is soul magic."
"Bishop Madwin, what do you mean ......"
"That's right, it's not physical damage, it's probably soul damage."
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Tong Xi's room, which was originally painted with a dreamy atmosphere, was shrouded in blue light at this time.
In the room, a magician in a gray robe was following Tong Xi's rocking bed with one hand, chanting magic spells in a low voice, and the blue light that spread throughout the room was emanating from the two of them.
It wasn't long before the blue glow on the two began to fade, and the walls of the room turned pink again.
"Master Andrew?" Prince Riel on the side asked cautiously.
"Hmm...... Prince Riel, Princess Tongxi...... Have you ever been attacked by psychic magic? Master Andrew, dressed in gray robes, asked.
"Spiritual magic? Are you saying that Xiaoxi is like this because she has been attacked by spiritual magic? "Riel was shocked, you know, Tong Xi's mother is the high priest of the elf clan, and she is a master magician! Any magic, including the use of spiritual magic, will have magic fluctuations, and I believe that in this world, there is no mage who can pass past her mother and directly attack Tong Xi in her arms!
was not attacked at the hands of Tong Xi's mother, that is, after accepting it, he was attacked in this prince's mansion?
But although he is not a magician, he is also a sword saint anyway, and the guarded guard of the prince's palace is not much worse than that of the palace, who can cross so many guards? And why do you want to go over so much vigilance and attack a baby? Could it be someone from the house? A traitor who has infiltrated the empire? But those who can enter the house to work, down to the kitchen dishwashing aunt, must be innocent imperial capital people!
But...... Whether there is a suspicion or not, the guards and nannies who take care of the daughter should be changed......
Prince Riel frowned, but for a few seconds, many thoughts crossed his mind.
"No, no, no, it's not necessarily that I'm being attacked, it's just that just now I directly used a soul-type detection magic and found that Princess Tong Xi's soul was only half the size of a normal person. Maybe it's a congenital weakness of the soul, right? Master Andrew said.
"The soul is the basis for commanding the body, and if the soul is weak, it will not be able to command the body, and it will be as weak as Princess Tong Xi. Although the soul is an ethereal thing, it is something that can really affect the body, just like some people who are obviously injured in the illusion after being attacked by the spirit, but the reality will still suffer the same injury. It only takes that the person 'thinks he is dead' or 'thinks he is injured' and then his body will be in sync with this 'thought'. ”
"Biologically, the brain is the thing that manipulates the body. But magically, the soul is what manipulates the body. So the weakness of the soul, the weakness of the body will naturally be weak. Master Andrew patiently explained.
High-level magicians like Master Andrew and Bishop Madwin are generally not very good at those big officials and royalty, at most they are on an equal footing, but this Prince Riel is different! In addition to being a prince, he is also a sword master!
No matter what world you are in, the big fist is always the boss......
"Only half the soul?!"
Tong Xi in the shaker also heard the conversation between the two,
Half the soul......
Originally...... That's what the ancestor said the price of......
No wonder that ancestor didn't worry about whether the user's magic was enough......
It turns out that there is no need to consume mana at all......
Soul, everybody has ......
Tong Xi felt the weakness of his body, and when he opened his eyes, he could see his father Riel's worried expression.
But......
The price of this half soul is worth it!