Death... and me

Rean wasn't an idiot, understanding that history girl was most likely taken because of her involvement with him. "Rifindio, was that you?" Rean turned his CD to Rifindio, showing Foliana there.

Rifindio took a look, and although the woman seemed a little more mature, he still recognized her. "Oh! Isn't that the chick we captured back in the Rusbav Capital? Turns out she had an incredible bloodline, so the Inquisition Hall took her for themselves." Rifindio didn't seem bothered about it. "Don't forget that I did my homework when I was trying to find your group. Naturally, this girl, who you encountered a few times, was also on the list. We didn't do anything to her, if that's what you are thinking. All we needed was a normal Soul Binding Contract, and that was enough to force her to speak what she knew." Rean was taken aback. "You... used a normal Soul Binding Contract?"

"That's right," Rifindio nodded. "Her cultivation back was still very low, after all. A normal Soul Binding Contract was more than enough to get what we wanted. I guess they made their companion after I was done with her, which is understandable. Seeing her position in the Inquisition Hall now, they definitely did the right thing."

"I see..." Rean pondered a bit about it. The Red Lightning Hawk Bloodline had the power to destroy any invaders in one's body. Roan tested it himself back then. A simple Soul Binding Contract shouldn't have been able to force the girl to do anything.

"By the way," Rean probed Rifindio, "Did she tell what kind of bloodline she had?"

Rifindio nodded. "Red Lightning Hawk, wasn't it?"

Rean narrowed his eyes, wondering why she told them about her Red Lightning Hawk Bloodline. If the Soul Binding Contract didn't work, she should have given some other name. But then, Rean remembered that Foliana's family still existed in the Rusbav Country. Even if she lied, her family definitely wouldn't.

'You are seeing it from the wrong prospect,' Roan suddenly commented in Rean's mind. 'Go back in time, to the time the Red Lightning Hawk fell in the Closal Planet. Think about it, then you should know what you should really ask Rifindio.'

Rean took Roan's words in and thought about it for a moment. Finally, he understood the problem. "Rifindio... how good is this Red Lightning Hawk in the Divine Realm?"

Rifindio shook his head in response. "Truth be told, I have no idea. I didn't know there was a race called Red Lightning Hawk. I even wondered if the girl was lying to me somehow, even using the contract. However, we also reached her family, and it turned out they truly thought their bloodline came from the Red Lightning Hawk. They had a few records regarding it." Rean nodded. Sure enough, Rifindio didn't miss a check on Foliana's family either. If Foliana had said she came from some other race, they would have understood she was lying. Following that, Rean continued his questions. "Even you didn't know about it, uh? So, did you learn about its power?"

"Power? Of course!" Rifindio nodded. "That Red Lightning truly is powerful. It doesn't reach the level of a real Divine Bloodline like mine, but it is amazing for a mortal world like this one."

"What about her Divine Werdlem Stone peculiarity?" Rean added.

"Peculiarity?" Rifindio got confused. "Was there anything different in her Divine Werdlem Stone?"

'So you were right,' Rean finally reached the conclusion, commenting with Roan.

'She is hiding her power, and she is especially hiding the fact that contracts are useless against her,' Roan spoke. 'Foliana isn't an idiot. The history girl should have understood that no one knows what a Red Lightning Hawk is. That said, they shouldn't have noticed that she is immune to contracts. Her best course of action was to obviously pretend to fall into the Inquisition Hall's hands.'

Rean took out another CD, one in which he had Foliana's number in it. 'Should I try to give her a call?'

Roan thought about it for a moment. They knew normal Soul Binding Contracts didn't work on her; that also includes Second Stratum Contracts since the principles behind them are the same. There was a problem, though. What was used on Karev's brother was something else, something that controlled one's free will. Was her bloodline immune to that as well? In theory, it is also some kind of invasion, so it shouldn't work. It's just that they couldn't guarantee.

Then, Roan thought of something and nodded. 'You can call. I can guarantee she is still herself.'

'Oh?!' Rean was surprised by Roan's confidence. They didn't even know how that free will control worked. 'How do you know?'

'There is no way Foliana wouldn't report the truth of her bloodline if her free will had been robbed. It would also be considered as lying to the Werdlem Empire's forces,' Roan explained. 'Yet, that was exactly what she did. Rifindio is oblivious to her bloodline's special power and Tony's spirit inside her Divine Werdlem Stone. Even though she couldn't hide her Divine Werdlem Stone, which Rifindio's group could easily check, she still managed to hide Tony's existence there.'

'Great!' Rean's eyes lit up, happy to hear that. 'I'll give it a try.'

Rean quickly made the call, which took a few seconds to connect. Finally, the girl's voice, which matured quite a bit, appeared on the other side.

-Who is it? I don't recognize this number, nor do I recognize your face. Few should have my number. Be aware that the acquisition of this number through underhanded methods goes against the rules of the Werdlem Empire.-

"Well, well, well... Listen to this little girl. Aren't you all important now? To think you even forgot your friends. I'm sad, I'm so very sad..." Rean commented with a sad expression as his appearance changed back to his real one. Obviously, he had changed it when he entered the city and rented the room.

The little girl's eyes immediately turned slightly moist. -Rean!-

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