Gregor stood to the side, listening to Lynn and Field chat without interrupting.
His gaze swept across the hall, and he spotted Wayne. Wayne spotted him as well.
The two exchanged a glance across the crowd and nodded to each other.
Just then, another familiar face entered through the hall doors. It was Alphonse.
He wore a deep purple robe embroidered with dense silver runes.
His face was paler than before, almost bloodless. His lips were faintly colored, his eyelashes long, and his fingers slender.
He walked lightly with short steps, looking rather awkward.
Hmm... he actually had a somewhat feminine beauty to him...
He walked over to Lynn and stopped before him.
"Lord Lynn, congratulations on advancing to Stigma." His voice was soft, carrying an indescribably androgynous quality.
Lynn looked into his eyes.
Alphonse's pupils were darker than those of ordinary people. Deep within them, the silhouettes of two people overlapped.
Lynn's heart stirred, and he vaguely formed a few guesses.
Analysis activated.
Lines of data surfaced in his sea of consciousness.
[Target]: Alphonse
[Rank]: First-ring Wizard
[Notes]: His mental strength is unusually high. His soul structure displays a dual-core state. The primary soul and the parasitic Wraith have completely fused, forming a symbiotic structure of one body and two souls.
Just as expected...
Lynn withdrew Analysis.
So that was it. It seemed this was why Alphonse had joined Marfa's faction.
Lynn had always felt that the young female Wraith by Alphonse's side was strange. It seemed that, during this time, he and she had completely fused.
One body, two souls. It possessed both his own consciousness and the Wraith's consciousness.
The two consciousnesses coexisted within the same shell, sharing senses and influencing each other.
Still... the existence of two souls would probably affect Alphonse's future cultivation.
"Prince