After leaving Wayne Manor, Cruno took Adele to the Goddess of the Night Cathedral in Rhode Town.
They had thought Adele might know something, since her mind was clear, but questioning her yielded no useful information. Adele knew nothing, and she was not hiding anything, either. For now, the Church could only detain her as an infected individual.
Adele had begun to change two days earlier, on the same day Alduin had mutated. But unlike Alduin, who had turned into a Soul-Lost Monster, Adele had retained her own consciousness. She knew who she was and understood normal life, but her personality had also become twisted.
She had also gained extraordinary abilities.
"Her soul has undergone a mutation, too."
Cruno spoke in a low voice. He did not know what had caused it, what the crucial link was, or why it had happened to them.
"Francis, I want to request a Soul Mystic to help with the investigation. There must be something Alduin and Adele have in common, and it must have something to do with their souls."
Standing beside Cruno, Francis agreed with his thinking. He had come into direct contact with the Soul-Lost Monster, and it had been very different from an ordinary one.
Soul Mystic was another Extraordinary identity, but the abilities of those who held it lay in seeing through to the essence of souls, analyzing their structure, and studying the mysteries within them.
Ghost Wraiths greatly feared such Extraordinaries.
Ghost Wraiths excelled at concealment, hiding in mirrors or in the soil. As long as they deliberately concealed their presence, it was difficult for anyone but an exceptionally sensitive Extraordinary to detect them. But a Soul Mystic's eyes and perception were specifically attuned to such beings, and their spirituality power could harm them directly.
"I know a