Heart and Feelings

Grindelwald before him looked slightly younger, and the smile on his face was more pronounced.

Sean froze for a moment, then understood. This Grindelwald was Stephanie's memory.

Some kind of change had occurred between the girl's memories and the Soul World. Otherwise, Sean would not have been able to converse with figures from her memories.

Clearly, this Grindelwald was the one who had taken Stephanie away from the orphanage back then.

The moment Grindelwald appeared, little Stephanie, whose hand Sean had been holding all along, looked bewildered. Great confusion welled up on her childish face.

She looked at Sean holding her hand, then at Grindelwald ahead of her, seemingly caught in a dilemma.

As little Stephanie's confusion deepened, the world constructed from memory seemed to tremble. The orphanage, the black humanoid figure, and even the slightly younger Grindelwald all showed obvious distortions and instability.

Only Sean's soul-body remained solid. Likewise, little Stephanie's body showed no signs of instability.

Sean frowned, then relaxed. He understood what was happening here.

The little Stephanie before him was not actually a memory, but Stephanie's own soul. Due to the mutation brought about by Sin, her soul and memories had become intertwined.

The world Sean had entered was not a clear recollection of Stephanie's. It contained figures and scenes from her memories, as well as the projection of her personal emotions.

Otherwise, the other figures in the orphanage would not have been so distorted—the children were those who had bullied her, while the adult-shaped black shadow was likely one of the orphanage's staff, someone who had clearly not treated Stephanie well either.

The little girl had displayed extraordinary intelligence and maturity beyond her years from a young age. Thus, in her memories, the children who bullied her were surrounded by black mist, while the staff