"I don't know."
The silver-haired girl gave the answer everyone had expected. Yet, rare as it was, after clearly saying she did not know, she offered some of her own thoughts.
"But an obsession is an obsession. A remnant soul's purpose is to fulfill that obsession. As for what that obsession truly is, does it matter to you?"
The silver-haired girl gazed quietly at Kael.
But if someone were inside the mirror and looked closely, they would find that what was reflected in her heterochromatic eyes was not Kael, but an unfamiliar figure. That figure clung to Kael, his eyes tightly shut as though he were sleeping. His face was riddled with shattered holes, and refined soul power continuously poured from them, flowing into Kael.
Heh, what a powerful obsession.
The silver-haired girl lowered her head and cast down her eyes, letting out a soft sigh inwardly before speaking again. "Rather than that, you should be more concerned with the choices ahead. Fulfill his obsession, or restrain the impulse in your heart and defy it."
After saying this, the silver-haired girl continued to watch Kael. It could be said that she had spent more time on Kael than on everyone else... Angel excluded, for the moment.
Moreover, what she had said had actually gone somewhat beyond the proper limit.
In Jon's words, it was: do not speak too deeply with a shallow acquaintance.
Kael was equally lost. Before coming to the underground waterways, he had never imagined that his love for exploring ruins had been influenced by someone else. He had always thought it was simply his own hobby. Although the remnant soul's shadow in the Truth Book had made him somewhat suspicious before, nothing had been confirmed.
Now, however, the silver-haired girl's words had truly dragged Kael back from