Chapter 248 - Desperation Of A Soul (2) (1/2)

Raghnall furrowed his brows as he tried to link two and two together.

”So you're saying that the reason why that 'woman' could understand us and hear us speak in her tongue is that she is speaking with her soul and us the same to her?”

Solomon made an unsure expression as he tried to explain.

”In a sense, yes. But it was more like, her soul is desperately trying to communicate to both of us hence it used magic as it took control over her mind and vision. Meanwhile, our souls used the same magic to make her speak our tongue in our view. So in actuality, she is actually speaking in Edserian tongue but our souls manipulate our minds to hear her words to be Anemolian. While for her, she hears us speaking in her tongue. But when given a phrase that held no direct translation towards the Edserian tongue, she hears the phrase as what it is. ”

”And although I speculated it before, I can finally confirm that it is the same case with Inna and her 'strange' language as well. It must've been the main reason as to why we couldn't understand most of her words while she was able to understand us.”

”And I guess, although this is still mostly speculation, that this theory can even be expanded towards reading and writing. There might be a chance that the reason as to why she was able to do well in her homeworks and essays despite having a different language is because her vision must've been manipulated by her mind through magic that was why although the books are written in Eridoan, she sees them as her own language. Meanwhile for us, as she writes in her original language, our visions are manipulated to see it as Eridoan but in actuality she was writing in her original language.”

Although it sounded too farfetched, Raghnall tried to digest everything he was hearing but he still held questions about the theory Solomon had.

”If that is so, why do we still have miscommunications with Edseria? Why can't we understand them in the same way?”

Solomon thought hard as he stared at the diagram before him.

”That… I'm not sure of. Although it sounds easy, but linking souls to the point of mutual understanding of two different languages or tongues is probably one of the hardest, most complicated, and rarest phenomena in the world. It can even be passed off as a micracle within a miracle. Hence, she might be a very very special case, probably the only one in this world.”

”So, the best guess I could make would be that her soul did it out of desperation for survival. That reason always makes us do unimaginable things, after all. Or maybe her soul is just desperate to find something to link to so that it could be a part of the world. Either way, they're all just guesses so I can never be certain for sure that that is the case. But I strongly believe that it has something to do with her soul in the end.”

Raghnall stared at the diagram again. The little drawings made memories resurface in his mind but he shook his head slightly to clear it. He wanted to know about Inna, not reminisce.

”But didn't you say that a person can only hold one soul? And that it is impossible for a fragile body to withstand having two souls occupy it, hence that is why some result to death in the womb?”

Solomon sighed as he slowly closed the book.

”I know. That's why I'm as confused as you are. I don't have the answers to everything, boy. The best I can give you will be guesses. And my guess is that for some reason there are two different souls in that small body of hers. Anything more than that remains a mystery to me as well.”

Her situation is quite a mystery, indeed.