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"Clairvoyance could be an extraordinary strong power if trained right," Xavi thought, "But the Elders of the I family haven't told you about it?"

Susa shook her head and became slightly embarrassed, "My parents even forgot. It's been a long time."

"Can you sit back on the chair?" Mika became annoyed. Susa shook her head, "I would like to say with Lia if that's ok."

Lia stared into Susa's big, round eyes that threatened to turn into puppy eyes and couldn't refuse, "Ok."

Susa smiled dazzlingly. Mika only rolled his eyes.

"Susa could even predict the future and gain insight about people. She might be able to guess the Ghost King's next plans and motives by merely touching an object of his!" Xavi became excited.

"Then I should give Susa powers, no?" Lia took Susa's hand and once again guided a piece of her soul to leave her forever.

Susa's body slightly glowed and Xavi instructed her how to use her life force. Different from Mika and Xavi who used their life force through their hands, Susa enveloped her eyes with her life force.

"Since clairvoyance is my ability, this feels the most natural."

"That's good, as long as it's the most comfortable for you."

Susa had her eyes closed and her hand was still connected with Lia's but the moment she opened them she jumped up in panic and tackled Lia on the sofa.

"Lia your soul!"

Lia widened her eyes briefly but then smiled, "It's ok."

"What about her soul?" Mika was curious, even Xavi and Lily who already knew about her power leaned forwards.

"It's completely ripped and broken! It's not fine! Lia, you are missing a part of your soul!"

"Missing? Don't you retract them from the corpses? Or are they still stuck in some corpses? Can't you get them out?" Xavi was confused.

"No, that's not it," Susa has heard about Lia's power and knew it wasn't the case, "It completely vanished. She can never retrieve it and…" Susa looked at Xavi and Mika before clutching her chest,

"I can sense it faintly in your bodies and mind. In other words, Lia, you've been giving your soul to give us power, sacrificed the most important part of an immortal?"

"What?" Xavi jumped up and also held Lia, "You haven't said anything about that!"

"I didn't think Susa's clairvoyance would work so fast or that she could see that much… it's really terrifying," Lia sighed.

"Answer please!" Lily was also anxious.

"It's true but it's nothing. It's just a few soul pieces, " Lia waved all the panic away from her.

Once Mika heard it, he had a complicated expression. He was eager to receive powers but didn't know it meant Lia had to part with her soul. And her soul was floating inside of him.

"It's nothing like that, so you don't have to worry about it," Lia guessed what Mika thought, "My soul piece has my powers which I infused into your life force. After that my soul disintegrated. It vanished completely as Susa said, it's not in your bodies anymore. It only acted as a power carrier."

"How can you be so unfazed by it?" Susa was hurt. She swore to protect Lia but she already harmed her by consuming her soul, "Do you know how crucial a soul is?"

Lia knew it, she knew the consequences. An unstable or incomplete soul would have fatal damages on an immortal. Mortals couldn't have their soul's ripped, so it didn't concern them. But for immortals, the soul was even more important than the life force.

Lia could never exist again. She would completely perish from the world. A damaged soul had always the risk to turn an immortal into a vengeful ghost or eradicate their existence.

Reincarnation would only be a fleeting and lofty dream. If immortals could really reincarnate again, someone with an incomplete soul could never become anything. They were bound to perish and hopefully become one with the air.

A long silence took over. Lia didn't know whether to cry or to laugh, she explained.

"It's nothing to worry about. I've been long prepared to sacrifice anything, even if it's my soul. Whatever it takes, whatever needs to be done, sacrificed, I won't hesitate. Simply paying the price of my soul is nothing compared to what we'll achieve by the end. So, don't feel guilty or bad, don't blame yourselves but me. I have decided to take this path and I will see it to the end, however, thank you for accompanying me."

These words weren't easy for Lia to say. She wasn't one to talk about heartfelt matters but she was indeed thankful to have them with her and willing to go with her, even if it meant down, towards hell.

The silence remained and everyone wore grave expressions. They didn't know Lia for too long and only had a vague grasp of her personality and her abilities but their hearts slightly moved from her conviction, dedication and her appreciation.

Despite Lia seeming cold and aloof with an air of untouchable elegance, they appreciated her confiding in them about her feelings and her thoughts.

All except for one person, Xavi couldn't accept it, "Why haven't you told us? Why haven't you told me? I thought we were close enough! Is it because I'm a kid? Is that how you see me?"

Lia froze hearing Xavi's tantrum, "No I knew you'd worry too much."

"And? So what?"

"Young Master, Lia also-"

"I know but I don't care! You should've told me! You can't bear through it alone! I'm supposed to be your right hand, the person you can, without thinking, confide in, so please trust me a little bit more…"

Xavi huffed and little tears formed in his eyes out of frustration, anger and pain. Lia didn't anticipate that Xavi had these kinds of thoughts and the warm feelings inside of her only grew more.

"Thank you and I'm sorry, Xavi," Lia patted his head.

She had no allies, no one trust, no one to rely on, getting from that rock bottom to this point was an immense step for Lia and one she cherished a lot. Under no circumstances would she let it crumble before her eyes.

Lia was really happy at this moment but she didn't show it. It was another little secret of hers she was unwilling to share but would keep close to her heart.

"Let's move on," Mika felt suppressed, he couldn't join this heartfelt conversation it turned into and forcefully changed the topic.

"We'll go for the U family next?"

Xavi secretly wiped his tears away and nodded, "Suas will your parents be fine with it?"

"Yes, no problem but I think it's better if you stay here for tonight."

Mika agreed, "We can set out tomorrow."

The rest of the day was spent getting to know Susa better and the evening was used to convey the news to her parents. The I family has always been supportive of the return of the Immortal King and had no problems with their daughter setting out on that long journey.

And so, the night passed and the next day came.