Angel’s arrival helped ease the previously somber atmosphere slightly. Isabella remained silent. Moriya, curious, looked at herself, and when Angel glanced over, Moriya gave a faint smile and nodded gently, seemingly holding Angel in high regard.
“I received your Magical Letter. We can talk about the matter of the Infant Spirits later. You mentioned in the letter you need my assistance, may I know with what?” Isabel inquired, looking at Angel.
Without saying anything, Angel directly took out Toby and placed it on the table.
“I would like to ask Lady Isabella to see if there’s any way to save it.”
Isabella turned her attention to Toby. As a Soul Witch, what she first noticed was not one’s appearance or attire but the brilliance of their soul.
This dusty and dim-looking bird, while its appearance was dull, its soul made Isabella’s eyes light up.
That sense of connection she felt at first glance, over the past few years, aside from Toby, only Angel’s soul had evoked such a feeling in her.
“This bird, its soul is incomplete, but even so, it still possesses remarkable potential,” Isabella paused. “Unfortunately, its current condition doesn’t seem too optimistic.”
“If you don’t mind, could you tell me more about its situation?”
Angel nodded and provided a general description of Toby, omitting that its organs came from a Legendary Magical Creature and merely mentioning they were from a powerful one. Other than that, most of the information she revealed was quite comprehensive, including the fact that Toby had been afflicted with the Calamity Curse.
After hearing Angel’s account, Isabel was about to speak when Moriya softly interjected.
“Its dreams are filled with possessiveness towards you,” Moriya said with a scoff. “What a coincidence, someone else is also quite possessive.”
“There’s nothing wrong with being possessive, but it’s terrifying to have someone so narrow-minded that they would destroy anyone who gets close,” Moriya continued.
At first, Angel didn’t understand what Moriya was talking about. The conversation was about Toby, so how did it shift to discussing a person? But when Angel saw Isabella’s face darkening not far away, she began to understand.
Clearly, Moriya was taking the opportunity to mock Isabella.
Was this implying Isabella also had a strong sense of possessiveness?
But toward whom could Isabella be possessive? The obvious answer would be her Mentor, that is, Isabel.
Isabella, due to her possessiveness towards Isabel, would want to destroy anyone who got close… Could that have included Moriya as well?
Thinking this way, it seemed Angel’s speculation was not wrong—Moriya’s disappearance indeed had to do with Isabella?
While Angel’s thoughts were running wild, Isabel coughed once and said, “This unrelated matter doesn’t need to be argued over now.”
Although Moriya held resentment, with Isabel speaking out, she chose not to say more.
Isabella, from beginning to end, remained silent.
Isabel turned her gaze back to Angel. “I understand Toby’s condition now. Its soul is currently facing a unique confrontation between its grudge and its true self, engaged in an ongoing tug-of-war,” said Isabel.
Angel nodded in understanding, recognizing that what Isabel referred to as ‘true self’ must be the ‘private land’ that Baya had mentioned—the most authentic side of Toby, now under siege from external forces.
“Given the resilience of Toby’s true self, this struggle might continue for a while, but it is foreseeable that the outcome might not be favorable,” Isabel continued.