[Host…]
'There are others like her. Nobles. Commoners. People who could have been chosen. You told me she was selected because of her traits, but that is not enough.'
'There had to be a reason Seraphina was chosen, and more importantly, a reason her body had been left soulless. It could not have been random.'
'Either they had known I would be transmigrated into her, or her body itself held some kind of significance, something powerful enough to make it the perfect vessel. Or worse, her original soul had been deliberately removed.'
At that thought, I felt Nero draw in a sharp, almost fearful breath, and everything seemed to fall into place.
'So that is it,' I said inwardly, my thoughts sharpening. 'Seraphina's soul was extracted.'
But that only raised a more pressing question, one that didn't align with everything I had been told.
'I thought you said you couldn't interfere with humans in this world,' I pressed, my suspicion growing. 'So how exactly did you remove her soul?'
