Volume 1, Chapter 76 – The Second Soul?

For a moment, Tianyin felt like she was dreaming.

Even though she thought that, the scene before her eyes was something that could never appear even in her dreams.

After all, who could have imagined that the undead girl she picked up just a week ago would have such astonishing combat power?

“Wuu… so… so amazing…”

In the end, Tianyin could only stand there blankly, staring at the sight before her.

The one who had destroyed the entire monster nest, the girl whose long hair had turned completely ice blue, now had eyes of the same color, though they seemed subtly different from before.

And in a place Tianyin didn’t notice, those icy blue eyes trembled a few times, then slowly returned to their original sky-blue color.

“…Bingxue… Bingxue, was this… all your doing?”

Speaking with surprise, Mengyao, who was closest to Bingxue, walked up to the girl, then unconsciously asked.

“You’re lying, right? You’re lying… something like this… Xiaobingxue… just who exactly are you?”

Mengyao wasn’t like Tianyin. Although she was Tianyin’s disciple, in this kind of situation, her first reaction, besides shock, also carried deep confusion and unease.

After all, even if this was just a game, an NPC possessing such overwhelmingly powerful skills could never be just an ordinary undead girl.

“Suu…?”

Hearing Mengyao’s question, the undead girl tilted her head slightly. Her long ice-blue hair swayed gently in the breeze, and on her delicate, lovely face appeared a look of pure bewilderment.

Having spent a week together, Mengyao knew that whenever the undead girl made that face, it meant she truly didn’t know what had just happened.

But… even so, doubts about her identity lingered.

“…Even if she isn’t simple… it doesn’t affect me personally… but if such an existence was meant for…”

Master…

Although she spoke softly to herself, Mengyao didn’t finish the last part of her sentence.

Yes, Master… That day, when she entered the game world still weak and fragile, it was her Master who had given her something called hope.

Even if this was just a game world, even if her Master was only an NPC, in her eyes, in her heart, her Master had already started to become as important to her as her real brother…

So if… if this undead girl had approached her Master deliberately…

The girl before her possessed a power that could destroy everything. For herself, it didn’t matter much, but for her Master, for Tianyin, that power was lethal.

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Even if NPCs could resurrect, who could guarantee that after resurrection, her Master would still be the same Tianyin she knew, the same loli Tianyin?

For a moment, Mengyao’s mind was filled with such thoughts, and she suddenly began to regret having insisted so strongly on bringing the undead girl along on their journey.

“Uu…”

Seeing Mengyao’s expression grow complicated, Bingxue just stood there blankly, her face filled with confusion.

“Xiaobingxue… Xiaobingxue… you’re so, so, so amazing!”

Unlike the confused Bingxue and the deeply troubled Mengyao, Tianyin came running over with a face full of excitement.

“Huff…”

Slightly out of breath, Tianyin’s beautiful, gem-like eyes shone with an intense light of curiosity and wonder.

“Xiaobingxue… just now, how did you do that?!”

As she asked, Tianyin had already reached Bingxue’s side.

“Suu…”

Unexpectedly, the undead girl just shook her head blankly.

“Eh… you don’t know? But I saw you earlier, Xiaobingxue. You must’ve used some kind of super powerful skill, you wiped out all the monsters in this nest in one move~”

“Suu…”

Bingxue’s face was completely blank, her expression dazed.

“Siu… suu… suu…”

She made soft, meaningless sounds that only a young girl might make, as if trying to say something…

“Suu…”

But no matter how much she tried, her undead body, a body that no longer lived, couldn’t produce the voice she wanted.

“Don’t worry, Xiaobingxue, you can write it down.”

“Master…”

At that moment, Mengyao tugged at the corner of Tianyin’s clothes worriedly.

“What is it, Xiaomengyao?”

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“Idiot Master… Don’t you think something’s strange?”

To Mengyao, facing something unknown should be approached with caution… though honestly, she hadn’t been cautious at all when the undead girl first appeared.

“Why would I think that? I feel like everything’s normal.”

Tianyin blinked innocently, clearly not focused on whether Bingxue’s sudden power might be a problem.

While the two were talking, Bingxue, though a bit anxious, slowly began writing words on the ground.

“What… just happened?”

Her handwriting and tone looked exactly like that of someone who truly didn’t know what had occurred.

“Eh… eh… Xiaobingxue, do you really not remember anything? Or are you joking?”

“Suu…”

From the way the girl shook her head, it seemed even she didn’t understand what had just happened to her.

“So it’s true… Xiaobingxue, then let me tell you what just happened.”

That made sense. After all, what had just happened was too shocking, it was reasonable that Bingxue might not remember it.

……

“Did you maybe pay a price for using such a strong skill?”

“…”

Time passed, and after Tianyin finished explaining what had happened, Bingxue frowned slightly, looking puzzled.

“I… I really don’t know anything about that.”

She wrote those words on the ground.

“I see… then when did you start forgetting what happened?”

“I… I lost consciousness after you two started talking about heading toward the monster nest…”

Reading Bingxue’s words, both Tianyin and Mengyao gasped in surprise.

“So she really doesn’t remember…”

“Uu… Master, looking at her now, she really doesn’t seem to know what happened.”

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“Wuu… I see…”

“Xiaobingxue… before you lost consciousness, do you remember anything strange?”

If she truly had lost consciousness, then what was that mysterious version of Bingxue that used that power earlier?

Because at that time, her movements hadn’t shown any sign of losing consciousness at all.

“Suu…”

After thinking for a moment, the undead girl slowly wrote another line.

“Before that… I was just curious about what you called the monster nest…”

“Curious?”

Recalling when she mentioned the monster nest earlier, Tianyin realized she’d been talking to her loli disciple Mengyao at that time.

And as for Bingxue’s state back then… she really hadn’t paid attention.

“Eh… so because you were curious… that’s when you did all that?”

“Suu…”

The girl shook her head.

“…Master, haven’t you noticed that Xiaobingxue’s hair color changed?”

“Hmm… it really did change…”

Now that Mengyao mentioned it, Tianyin realized she hadn’t noticed, no, she hadn’t even cared, that Bingxue’s hair color had turned from sky blue to ice blue.

“Xiaobingxue… I know what’s going on with you now!”

The moment Tianyin noticed the change in Bingxue’s hair, she suddenly looked as if she’d figured something out.

“Based on what Xiaobingxue said, she lost consciousness, but her body kept moving… so according to my theory, that means the Bingxue from before was another Bingxue!”

In simple terms, she was saying there was a second soul hidden inside her.

Since the girl was undead, from that perspective, it made sense. If Bingxue had a second soul, then everything could be explained.

She truly lost consciousness, and then another Bingxue took over her body.

“Master… that might be possible, but I don’t think it’s that simple…”

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Although Tianyin’s explanation made some sense, Mengyao, who had already become wary of the undead girl, looked doubtful.

“What if it’s something more complicated? Master… I think there’s more to it…”

Bonk!

For once, the usually mild Tianyin chopped her disciple’s head with a hand strike.

“Why are you overthinking things? Xiaobingxue is just Xiaobingxue! Saying stuff like that is too much!”

“Suu…”

Watching the two interact in confusion, it was obvious the innocent Bingxue had no idea what they were talking about.

“Uu… but Master, I’m only worried about you…”

“If you’re going to worry, then worry about Bingxue! Something unexpected has happened, you should be caring about her!”

“Uu…”

Seeing her silent disciple, Tianyin looked exasperated, her face showing a “why can’t you understand” kind of expression.

Even though she looked like a tiny loli, the way she acted like an adult made for such a striking contrast…

It was unexpectedly adorable.

“Xiaobingxue… let’s get back to the topic.”

Then Tianyin began explaining her theory to Bingxue.

She laid out her reasoning, from Bingxue’s earlier words, her undead nature, and her own imagination, and concluded that Bingxue had two souls inside her.

“Well~ in short, I think it’s highly possible!”

After finishing her grand theory, Tianyin lifted her small face proudly, like an elegant swan.

Her flat little chest also puffed up slightly.

“Suu…”

Unfortunately, the undead girl in front of her, Bingxue, didn’t seem to understand a single thing she had just said.