She suddenly looked up at the priest before her, then at Jeff and Kevin beside him. In a panic, she grabbed Kevin's hand, nearly spilling the holy water.
She pleaded with Kevin, "Sir, please save me!"
Now that her mind had cleared, she had instead lost the evil spirit's instinctive sense of hatred. Kevin had killed her in a sneak attack, so she did not even know who her murderer was.
Yet the evil spirit's innate fixation on its enemies had led her to Kevin.
"I..." Kevin gritted his teeth and looked at Ron. "Pastor, please save her, no matter what price I have to pay."
He suddenly wanted to atone for his sins.
Ron raised a hand slightly to signal for him to remain silent, then turned to the evil spirit in the white dress before him. "Don't worry, child. I'm here to help you."
"Think carefully about your memories. First, tell me your name!" Ron's voice was magnetic and gentle, and paired with his aged face, it gradually calmed the girl.
The girl tilted her head slightly, carefully searching through the memories in her mind.
"My name is... Riley." She frowned as she struggled to think. Fragments kept piecing themselves together in her mind, as though they were constantly being repaired. As her head filled with an uncomfortable swelling sensation, she finally assembled a complete name. "Lina Riley!"
"My name is Lina, Pastor!" Her voice was full of excitement.
As she spoke her name, her eyes completely regained their clarity. She had given herself a name and recovered the humanity of her soul.
At that moment, she broke free from the evil spirit's hatred and became a human soul once more.
Evil spirits had no names, but she had found her memories. Memories were a person's essence—the proof