With the soul extraction complete, the girl's inner self had become someone else. Her Main Body was now inside a doll, which Sophia was holding and playing with.
"Don't break it."
Tsukasa warned carefully.
Although she didn't care about Canadia's life or death, she didn't want to engage in meaningless slaughter. She killed mostly to achieve some purpose; she didn't want to fall into becoming a murderer who treated human life like grass. Even if she felt nothing for the life and death of others in her heart, if she stopped caring about the weight of life because of that, then one day she might not even care about her own life or death.
"Don't worry, I won't break my friend~"
Sophia didn't seem to intend to return the doll to Tsukasa.
But this was just a small matter.
"Go, you know what to do."
Shadow Canadia knelt before Sophia to indicate she had received the order.
Sophia watched her leave, feeling it was quite marvelous.
It really is a convenient skill.
At this time, she turned back and saw Tsukasa was deep in thought. She suddenly looked at the doll with some vigilance and asked, "You wouldn't want to use the same method on me, would you?"
If she really intended to use this move on her, what should she do? Sophia felt a bit of a
headache; currently, she couldn't see the principle behind this move at all. In her eyes, Canadia's soul strength wasn't weak, but the soul extracted by this person was like that of an ordinary person. The power actually remained in the body and was occupied by the Familiar summoned by this person. Is such a skill even reasonable?
Moreover, this wasn't any Dominator Skill she knew. Although there were skills with similar effects, those skills required splitting one's own soul and also being careful that one's soul wouldn't be killed by the target of the invasion. This person's skill seemed more like an optimized version of that Dominator Skill. This was mysterious; could there actually be skills higher than Dominator Skills in the system?
Although she wanted to use Appraisal to see this person's skills and attributes, this person guarded them tightly and didn't give her a single chance. Even though she had shown hers to her, she refused to show them back. It was really unfair.
Tsukasa heard Sophia's words, looked at her, thought for a while, and then said, "Why are you still here? This is my dormitory; please leave."
Sophia: "...?"
I just helped you settle a matter, and you're already in such a hurry to drive me away? You really treat me like a tool? This feeling was very infuriating. She cursed fiercely in her heart—this person definitely has no friends!
In the eyes of Japanese high schoolers, not having friends seemed to be a very terrifying thing; they even believed that the more friends you had, the more powerful you were. So one could often see groups huddling together at school. Students who didn't socialize were either those whose family backgrounds or abilities were several dimensions higher than those around them, or weaklings who weren't qualified to join a circle. The Sophia of her past life was one of those weaklings.
"Is it not okay for me to stay here? This was originally my dormitory too."
"No."
"Why? There's no need for me to keep my distance from you now, right? Anyway, she already knows everything and is controlled by us."
Hearing Sophia's words, Tsukasa suddenly had a look of realization.
She stood up and walked toward the door.
"Hey, where are you going?"
Sophia didn't expect this person to be so cold-hearted. Is it just because I want to stay that you're leaving? Right now, they were at least comrades working together, right? Even if they had fought once before, the one who lost back then was clearly her, okay? Did she have to act so cold?!
"You reminded me. Since they are all under my control now and the plan has started running... there's no meaning in me staying here anymore. I wish you a pleasant school life. I'll take my leave now."
Tsukasa originally thought Sophia was noisy and annoying, but she didn't expect her to actually wake her up. At this moment, her blessing was sincere because she was very grateful to Sophia for reminding her. Otherwise, she wouldn't have known how much more time she would have wasted in this meaningless place. Fortunately, she realized it in time.
Sophia saw the mage leave.
She really left.
Sophia felt quite dazed.
Wait, what?
If you leave, then how should I act next?
You should know that the orders I received were to act according to your instructions. Now that you're dropping out, what's the point of me staying in this school?
"Hey! Wait for me!"
Sophia chased after her.
She thought about it and decided to follow the mage because this was originally her mission. Now that the mission wasn't finished, she couldn't just go back like this, could she?
And just as the mage said, staying in school was already meaningless, so she decided to follow the mage and drop out too!
Tsukasa saw the person following behind her with a suitcase, and a trace of disdain couldn't help but appear on her face. She didn't expect this person to cling to her.
Sophia shouted, "What's with that expression?!"
"What are you following me for?" Tsukasa asked knowingly.
Sophia said, "My mission is to assist you, so of course I'm going with you. Please remember that this is my mission!"
Looking at her righteous appearance.
Tsukasa's expression darkened.
Is this the intention of Wakaba-san and the Demon Lord?
To continue monitoring her?
She narrowed her eyes.
She started to have some unpleasant thoughts.
"Suit yourself, but please solve your own food, drink, and lodging issues."
Leaving behind these heartless words.
Tsukasa arrived at the school gate and, under the respectful send-off of the teachers, boarded a Tiger Carriage. Sophia, carrying her suitcase, tried to catch up but was roared at by a White Tiger, and then the carriage started right in front of her, clearly not intending to let her on.
This person!!!
Sophia stomped her feet in anger.
Suddenly, even the ground shook from it.
The teachers standing behind were filled with awe as they respectfully saw off these two ancestors. No one in the school could control these two. They were obviously powerful individuals from who-knows-where who had come to experience student life; they couldn't afford to offend them.
As for the identities of these two powerhouses?
Heh.
Some things are better left unknown.
The teacher saw Sophia chasing the Tiger Carriage all the way out of the city, cold sweat dripping down his forehead like rain. The feeling of standing beside these two ancestors was like a little white rabbit standing before the king of the forest.
"Whew... those two ancestors are finally willing to leave."
The teacher breathed a sigh of relief.
Last night, the school's upper management held
a meeting that only senior teachers were eligible to attend. During the meeting, they discussed the assassination of the King and Queen. The principal specifically brought up those two "honored ones," seemingly suspecting that they were involved. Just as the teachers were worried the principal might do something reckless, he told them to forget about it and find a way to send them away.
They had to get them to leave, even if it meant paying them!
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