Chapter 685
She even entertained the thought of abandoning everything, of not investigating any more henchmen, and just wanting to sleep until the end of time.
Of course, that was impossible; such a thought was merely a protest from her exhausted mind against Xia'er.
However... this notion caused Xia'er, who had been struggling to get up, to let her arms go limp and lie back down, burying her face in Aivina's legs.
Seeing Xia'er slump back down, Aivina was completely jolted awake. She looked down at Xia'er and asked anxiously, "How do you feel now?"
She was worried that Xia'er might be experiencing another mental breakdown.
"Um..." Xia'er, her face buried in Aivina's skirt, paused for a moment, seemingly pondering her words.
After a long while, Xia'er finally expressed her feelings.
"Soft... fragrant... but there’s a bit too little meat. You should probably add some nutrition..."
Xia'er’s weak voice came from beneath the skirt, muffled by the fabric.
Aivina was taken aback for two or three seconds before she realized what Xia'er was saying.
Her cheeks flushed slightly, and she gritted her teeth as she replied, "I asked how your mind feels... not how my legs feel!"
Aivina helped Xia'er sit up again.
After a few turns, Xia'er’s long hair was completely disheveled, black strands falling over her face, nearly obscuring it entirely.
Xia'er raised a hand to brush some hair aside and looked at the carpet in front of her.
The remaining bodies seemed to have been removed, and the carpet had been replaced with a new one. All the remains, including clothing, were placed on the table in front of her.
"Where are the bodies?" Xia'er tilted her head and asked Aivina.
"The Duke of Charles sent someone to take some away..." Aivina replied, "The rest have been taken care of by Tara."
"The Duke of Charles?" Xia'er blinked, "Does he have a lead?"
"No," Aivina shook her head, "He just discovered that the extraordinary power contained in the flesh and blood of the bodies is not currently known, which seems to have stalled the investigation."
So it’s true...
Finding out their identities in a short time is indeed a difficult task...
However, the Duke of Charles's statement sparked some ideas in Xia'er... Unfortunately, the remaining time wouldn’t allow her thoughts to materialize into reality.
The flesh and blood could be sent to the Island Research Institute, where Long Ying and the others could use alchemy to create sealing items from them, thereby deducing some of the abilities of this pathway.
But to make the experiment more controllable, the laboratory was set up on an island outside of Bliss Harbor, and sending it there now would leave no time for experimentation.
However...
While they couldn’t, Xia'er had a chance.
The "Coroner" was akin to the "Gardener," both belonging to the "Natural Academy" in the old days, and she could also perform blood alchemy.
Although the sealing items produced without precise instruments might not be very stable and wouldn’t fully utilize the powers of the flesh and blood... it would be enough.
As long as there was a name in the system shop, that was all that mattered.
"Tara?" Xia'er, who had been lost in thought, suddenly asked.
Aivina, still combing Xia'er’s hair, didn’t stop her actions. She looked curiously toward the laundry room and called out, "Little Tara?"
Upon hearing Aivina's call, Tara quickly walked out of the laundry room, but after stepping out, she hurriedly turned back to grab new shoes and stockings before jogging over to Xia'er.
"Lady Xia'er, Lady Aivina." After placing the new boots in front of Xia'er, Tara lowered her head and asked, "Is there anything you need?"
"Please bring me the 2nd and 3rd tier potions of the 'Coroner,'" Xia'er said after a moment of thought. "They should be in Windsor Palace, you know."
She had been too rushed when leaving Windsor Palace and hadn’t brought back the potions she had simulated there, so she had to trouble Tara to retrieve them.
"Understood, Lady Xia'er." Tara accepted the order and left.
Once Tara was gone, Aivina spoke up, "Why is her face so red? Is she sick?"
"I don’t know... it hurts..."
Aivina’s combing seemed to cause Xia'er some discomfort.
"Hold still, lift your head, don’t lower it. It’ll be quick..."
"Mm..."
Aivina picked up a comb and continued to tidy Xiaer's hair, but as she did, she felt a twinge of confusion.
Today, Xia'er... why does she seem so... "obedient"?
It was as if no matter what Aivina did, she would just go along with it.
Maybe it was just an illusion.
Aivina didn’t think too much about it; she simply focused on arranging Xia'er’s messy hair, unaware that her instinctive actions were becoming somewhat "virtuous."
"What was that body earlier?" Aivina asked during a pause in her hair-combing.
"An extraordinary being from a lost pathway," Xia'er replied after some thought. "Related to 'Existence.'"
"'Existence'?"
Xia'er briefly explained the other’s abilities, leaving Aivina somewhat dumbfounded.
Could people from that pathway really be found?
No wonder it was called the "Lost Pathway"...
If they were determined not to expose themselves, as long as they maintained an extremely low profile and avoided anything that might attract attention, they would never be found.
And in fact, it seemed they had always been doing just that.
"This ability is too invincible... What a pity it wasn’t alive," Aivina gently shook her head and said, "If it were, perhaps I could help you look into his memories."
Directly... peering into his memories?
Xia'er raised her eyes to the blood-stained robe on the table, smiling as she said:
"No... it’s not a pity..."
"It could indeed happen again..."
His ability is invincible?
Compared to having nearly infinite chances to correct mistakes with time... perhaps it still falls a bit short.
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**Chapter 350: 3rd Tier "Weaver" Xia'er**
"Do it again?"
Aivina looked at Xia'er with curiosity. After a moment, she pressed on, "Go back to... the past?"
"Yes... but not now." Xia'er shook her head.
Although Xia'er wanted to directly rewind to a few hours ago and take Aivina to read that henchman’s memories, her current mental strength couldn’t support such an endeavor.
If it were a henchman with "uniqueness," there might only be one in different timelines, but for the body they just encountered, Xia'er had ways to find him in reality.
This future itself was also an extension of reality; the fact that a 4th tier could appear beneath the Order of the God of Order, watching her, indicated that he, along with his organization, already existed in reality.
"Are you going to drink the potion later?" Aivina brought up the potions.
Since Xia'er had sent Tara to retrieve potions from Windsor Palace, Aivina had a nagging feeling that Xia'er intended to drink them.
"Yes," Xia'er nodded.
She needed the abilities from the later tiers of the "Coroner," so she had to quickly elevate the Coroner to the 3rd tier "Weaver," which would greatly aid her blood alchemy.
"I'm a bit worried," Aivina candidly expressed her thoughts.
Anyone could see that Xiaer's mental state was extremely depleted. In such a condition, even if she completed the replication ritual, her body and mind could be corroded by the potion.
Once the body was corroded, it would be altered by the potion, and such mutations would be permanent and irreversible...
From any perspective, waiting for her body and mind to rest and recover to their peak before drinking the potion would be the choice of a rational person.
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