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Wayne caught Olga when she collapsed, lifting her into a bridal carry. She was light, likely less than ninety pounds.
“Is the mystery so easy to solve?” Kael looked at Olga in surprise, then looked at the mushroom bottle in his hand. He couldn’t tell if the maid had told the truth.
“She didn’t lie. She was Dana from ten years ago.” Wayne carried Olga to the adjacent room, turned on the light, and placed her on the sofa, using his fingertips to open her eyes to examine her.
Kael watched from the side and asked curiously, “What are you checking? Is she a human or a ghost?”
“Pretty sure she’s human, just possessed by other souls.”
Yes, souls. There was more than one!
The more he examined her, the more surprised he became. Olga’s thoughts were extremely chaotic. Multiple souls lay dormant within her body. Besides her relatively intact soul, the other could only be described as fragments. Dana’s soul, which had just manifested, was near disintegration like a flickering candle in the wind; it could extinguish at any moment.
These souls fed on vital energy and attached themselves to the maid like parasites, causing severe damage to her mental state. During the day, the maid might be herself, but it was hard to say at night. She could be Dana or someone else…
He explained his conclusion. Kael said in realization, “No wonder her personality keeps changing and she sleepwalks. So that’s why.”
Wayne nodded. “Her condition was likely caused by magic. Mr. Bart isn’t an ordinary person but a mage.”
Of course, there was another...
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