The sound was faint, and he had no idea where it came from.
When he listened carefully and followed that trace of warmth, he finally found the source of the voice. "Virginia?"
"It's me, Your Highness. I've only just fused with the Bone Dragon's soul, so I'm still not very nimble. And Your Highness's soul is too powerful, with an enormous force of rejection. It makes me rather uncomfortable, and I can't form a deeper connection with you." Virginia's voice seemed ethereal.
"Hmm, it looks like we still need time to adjust. Virginia, perhaps I should first teach you how to resonate on the level of the soul... Resonance is the best way to unite our minds."
"Can Your Highness sense me?"
"I'll try."
It was like searching his own heart for an answer. Once Liszt focused his attention, he quickly found Virginia's conscious thoughts. It was like recalling a fragment of memory from his own mind, or retrieving a thought he had once forgotten. Once he found it, he naturally connected with Virginia's consciousness.
The next moment, he "saw" the girl's past—scene after scene of shattered fragments.
Compared to Liszt's formidable soul, protected by Smoke, Virginia's soul was exceedingly weak, like a house leaking drafts from every side, allowing Liszt to browse every corner within at will.
Her experiences learning magic in her youth, her father's scoldings, her elder sister's oppression, exchanges within the Goat Gathering, engraving Dragon-Settling Bone techniques, solitary walks through the fields... Virginia's life had been monotonous and dull, without many twists and turns. She did not even have any memories of the moment of her death.
Whether she had forgotten it or buried it deep in her heart, unwilling to release it, he did not know.
"Virginia, accept me." Liszt had already sensed the core