40. Original Sin
"Sister, don't you have a performance?" Ling asked Eden beside him curiously.
After learning a little about the identities of his family members, he found out that Eden was a world-class star. She must be swamped with work. Is it really okay for her to play with him every day?
"Sister just wants to be with Xiao Ling now." Eden stroked Ling's hair gently. She didn't want to feel the pain of losing Ling again.
"Oh." Ling nodded woodenly and looked out the window quietly.
The scenery outside the window is beautiful, and it would be even better if there were no steel railings.
His sister has always been unwilling to let him come into contact with the outside world, nor has she wanted him to come into contact with his former self.
As expected...I'm still a little curious about what kind of person I used to be.
"Hi, Xiao Ling, Sister Ely is here to play with you! I've brought you a new friend!"
A sweet voice sounded, and when I looked in the direction of the sound, I saw the enthusiastic and lively Elysia walking towards him, holding the hand of a plump nun.
"Hello, Sister Ely." Ling greeted her, and then his eyes fell on the nun next to Elysia.
For some reason, when he looked at the other person, he felt an inexplicable throbbing in his heart.
"Is it Aponia? Why are you..." Eden blinked her beautiful eyes, obviously not expecting Aponia's arrival.
She had met Aponia when she first joined the Fire Moth, and because of Elysia, the two had communicated many times.
But shouldn't Aponia be in the prison built by Vill-V on the P-21 island right now?
"I was thinking that maybe I could use Aponia's mental abilities to help Xiao Ling recall something. After all... Aponia is an expert in mental matters~" Elysia explained.
That kind of place cannot hold Aponia at all. After all, at present, the only one who can resist Aponia's mental connection is Elysia.
Even Su couldn't face Aponia's vast mental power.
She is also the most powerful mental-perception MANTIS warrior among the Fire Moths, and no doubt about it.
"I'm not an expert, I just have some experience trying to soothe other people's spirits," Aponia said modestly.
"Okay, okay, you shouldn't be so modest at this time!" Elysia said with a smile.
"Sorry..." A smile appeared on Aponia's lips.
"Thank you, Ely," Eden said gratefully.
"Then I'll leave it to you, Aponia." Eden looked at Aponia with some hope in her eyes.
"Okay, leave the rest to Aponia for now. Spiritual comfort requires the two of you to be alone together for some time. Maybe tomorrow Xiao Ling will become the Xiao Ling who sticks to you every day." Elysia joked to Eden, then pulled her out.
A slight blush appeared on Eden's delicate face, but she did not make any excuses.
After losing his memory, Xiao Ling was indeed not as affectionate to her as he had been when they were children. Most of the time, he just looked out the window quietly.
This was still a bit uncomfortable for someone who had a brother complex. Although he was not deliberately distancing himself from her, it still hurt Eden a little bit.
"Hello, Xiao Ling, I'm Aponia, you can call me Sister Aponia."
Aponia spoke softly, her lifeless eyes filled with kindness and compassion, making her look like an angel forgiving the sinners of the world, which was intoxicating.
"Hello, Sister Aponia." Ling sat down opposite Aponiya politely.
"Xiao Ling, your heart has been churning with restlessness. Can you tell me why?" Aponia asked.
Ling was stunned. He didn't expect that Aponia could see through his restlessness at a glance.
But he didn't know how to answer Aponia's question.
"I... don't know. When I saw Sister Aponia, I felt uneasy inside." Ling told her his feelings truthfully.
"You're like this as soon as you see me..." A hint of doubt appeared in Aponia's eyes.
This is the first time she's heard such a description. Normally, her image wouldn't arouse much hostility from someone.
"Yeah." Ling nodded his head and answered firmly.
He did begin to feel a little uneasy when he met Aponia.
It was like an emotion called tyranny began to sprout in his heart, making Ling feel a little uncomfortable.
"Okay, Xiao Ling, I will enter your spiritual world and help you soothe your emotions. Please don't resist." Aponia reminded.
An inexplicable feeling spread throughout Ling's body, and he subconsciously began to relax.
This is the power of Aponia called "Discipline", which is like an order that humans cannot resist.
Although she can directly connect with Ling's spirit, if Ling rejects it in his heart, it will easily hurt him.
Then, from Aponia's fingertips, a transparent butterfly flashed with golden light and flew to Ling's forehead.
Aponia entered Ling's spiritual world without any hindrance.
There was a pure white world there, as if it were not stained by any color.
Aponia certainly knew what was going on.
According to Su's description, to cut off the connection with him and protect the girl named A Quan.
Ling chose to commit suicide directly in the spiritual world.
Logically speaking, his spirit should have dissipated.
And this is indeed the case.
But after Ling's physical characteristics disappeared for a short period of time, he miraculously resurrected.
As a result, he lost all his memories, as if his soul had been completely emptied.
No, to be precise, it was his body that reshaped his soul, but the color of his soul had dissipated and disappeared, which led to his current amnesia.
The feathers now are still the same, and the soul is the same, but the mark engraved on the soul is gone.
It is now impossible for him to regain his memories of the past.
Aponia sighed softly, then continued to delve deeper into his spiritual world.
Because Ling mentioned a strange phenomenon just now, that is, he had a strange feeling in his heart when he saw her. She wanted to find out the reason for it and then prescribe the right medicine to help him solve this problem.
Everything around is pure white, as pure as a newborn baby.
Until Aponia came to the deepest part of Ling's spiritual world.
Suddenly, Aponia felt her hair stand on end, and an extremely uncomfortable feeling rose in her heart.
At the end of the spiritual world, a black singularity emits a faint light.
It was when Aponia saw this thing that she felt uncomfortable and subconsciously began to issue a warning.
"What is this... Could this be the reason why Xiao Ling is feeling so uneasy?" Aponia murmured.
She didn't dare to act rashly, but instead carefully used her mental power to test the black singularity.
In the next second, the black singularity suddenly began to expand infinitely, and began to entangle Aponia's mental power like a maggot on the tarsal bone.
"!!!"
She knew what it was. It was one of the original sins at the root of human nature, and it could be said to be the most primitive desire of mankind since its birth.
But why does it exist in Xiao Ling's body? And it is so powerful!
Before Aponia could think about it anymore, the black mud began to erode her spirit.
(Talent: Asmodeus's Favor (Red), activated. Congratulations, you've been targeted by the Fallen Angel.)
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