Chapter 255: A Reasonable Truth
After that heavy punch landed with a thud, Hilbert clutched his hand and fought not to grimace. His mother, Mansha, and old Corlini had also turned their attention to him.
Qin Xiaoxia remained expressionless, while Su Su could not resist a sarcastic remark at the sight.
"With a body that frail, you should be grateful you attacked a Yin Spirit-type Demon the other night. Even hitting a wall would have broken a bone."
Normally, those words might have been embarrassing, but Hilbert did not care now. What he wanted most was to learn about his father.
"Madam, could you tell me where my father was killed?"
Su Su glanced at her Mentor, seeking his permission.
"Tell them here. As his closest family, they have a right to know."
"Yes, Mentor!"
With a wave of her hand, the Crystal Ball circled Su Su once before returning to her bag.
Su Su considered her wording before speaking. Rather than reveal the divination directly, however, she asked a question.
"Mentor, is there a kind of Demon that can poison someone's soul without the victim noticing?"
"Poison?"
Qin Xiaoxia could not help thinking of the method he had used to secretly kill the remaining Soul-Eater. It was a kind of dormant magic that only something as dim-witted and weak as a Soul-Eater would fall for. Any slightly stronger soul would have noticed something amiss.
"Poisoning the body without being detected is very simple, but poisoning the soul is considerably harder. Human souls are highly pure, and even the slightest foreign substance is easily rejected..."
He swept his gaze over everyone watching him, finally meeting Hilbert's eyes.
"Especially when that person's surname was Chacus!"
"So I consider straightforward soul poisoning unlikely..."
Su Su had asked her Mentor because, even after