Chapter 136 (1/2)

”Why don’t you have sory?”

The day darkened as night arrived Howl held two pieces of dry bread in his hands and looked at Benjaly They were in a valley beside a potato field Benjamin shook his head and forcefully smiled, ”Thanks, but I don’t have the appetite”

The , his emotions became complicated This indirectly confirmed his earlier suspicion - that Michelle sacrificed herself to save him

But why?

He found it hard to believe

It was not as though he did not think the Church was lying The Church ht her and leaked this information in order to calm the people However, Howl revealed more details as he pressed on

”The Church’s bulletin explained that the spread of the plague wasn’t done by a living Mage, but rather a soul e named Michelle The way this soul was for The Church has co a cleansing cross to purify the water source so no one can spread any disease through the water source”

Benja this

The mention of ”Michelle” is a confirmation that the Church has indeed captured Michelle or they would have thought Michelle has escaped abroad and not tied her to the plague

The ”Soul” he said earlier, what does it mean?

Could it be that Michelle had already passed on before this?

Nothing was enough to describe Benja nonsenses but if you could think about it, there was no need for the Church to make such a e or a Mage’s Soul who spread the plague The Church must have told it like it was, there was no need for frills

I guess This had to be real

Michelle had died somewhere out there and became a Soul She returned to the capital, saved him and evidently sacrificed her bodily soul in order to lure the Church away from him

He felt there was a mountain of pressure on his chest - stuffy and oppressed that he could not take another breath

Froht suspicion He felt there was no logic to the way Michelle handled things and her personality was a little different But no matter horapped his brain around it, he would not have thought that Michelle had died and the person who escaped to the capital with him was only her Soul

Truth be told, this world was not one where souls haunted Souls only existed within legends andliving souls Therefore, death wasto stay, it was nearly impossible

Unless, the person who passed had a strong urge to live…

He gripped his knuckles as he thought about this His feelings were h he drank a bitter wine

He ree Michelle beca to him about the ”inability to move on” Benjamin had never seen Michelle in such an overly emotional state Her hatred towards the Church was like blood spewed from the arteries and drenched the whole capital

She hated the Church to this extent

Benja a little more

”As long as you’re still a Mage and the Church still existed then” He subconsciously recalled the words of Michelle

”What did you say?” Still in reality, Hoas standing aside clenching on his bread He did not quite ed his face to ask

Benja, it’s just that an acquaintance has passed”

Even now he could not think of a word to describe Michelle Their relationshi+p was overly complicated Coht of it, and the only thing that blurted out of his mouth was ‘acquaintance’

A very shallow yet twisted definition

If someone was to hear this, they would probably be confused

Strangely, Howl nodded as if he understood Benja Benja bread crumbs on him