At this moment, he fully understood the significance of "Lady Xilin" as mentioned by Viscount Anzi.

"Even with the genius illness, there must be differences in strength."

Louis looked at Viscount Anzi.

Just like the embroiderer who is still alive now.

The price he paid was low, but compared to that legendary sculptor, the difference was more than considerable.

Louis sighed:

"Although I've long heard that the followers of the God of Love Church go all out to protect beauty, I've never seen it in reality before."

"Now you have." Viscount Anzi made a humble gesture, "Lady Xilin is one of the rare entities close to the legendary sculptor of those years. As a follower of the God of Love Church, I must preserve the traces of her existence in this world."

When Viscount Anzi said this, his expression was earnest and solemn.

Louis's racial talent told him that what the Viscount said was true.

"You just said that the beauty in the painting, reflected a desperate reality, what does that mean?"

Viscount Anzi glanced at him and said:

"Most people, when mentioning Lady Xilin, only focus on her exquisite paintings, but seldom on her background."

"Lady Xilin was a pitiable person, born into a plain baronial family."

"She had an exceptional elder brother and a sickly younger sister, while Lady Xilin's parents were not skilled at distributing affection well."

Viscount Anzi did not elaborate.

But Louis already grasped the general situation.

Different from only-child families.

Multi-child families often have these kinds of situations.

But if the eldest is outstanding, the youngest physically weak, coupled with parents who can't distribute affection well...

Someone in the family will inevitably have to make sacrifices for this.

Most likely, Lady Xilin was the one sacrificed.

"It seems you already understand... Until she was about to succumb to illness, Lady Xilin's parents still believed their daughter was feigning illness to garner attention from the elders."

Louis criticized with a smile: "If only there had been a little more care, this problem might not have been ignored."

"Your attention to Lady Xilin far exceeds that to the embroiderer, does this mean... she is among the most severe cases of the known genius illness sufferers?"

Viscount Anzi did not directly answer Louis's question, instead he softly said:

"Genius illness sufferers do not just have massive burdens on their bodies due to talent."

"Almost every genius illness sufferer is born into a problematic family, where they are ignored, neglected, or discriminated against."

"And the only solace they have is the divine craftsmanship when creating beauty."

"They firmly believe the art they create understands them best, it's the only ray of light in their lonely lives."

"So even knowing that continuing to create will lead to death, Lady Xilin and more sufferers will not stop."

"What we can do is offer them the greatest protection, allowing them to quietly complete the latter half of their lives."

Viscount Anzi's face bore an indescribable sorrow.

For a person like him, nothing is more painful than showing you beauty then tearing it apart right in front of you.

Speaking of which, the carriage stopped without anyone realizing it.

"We're here, Mr. Julius, this is Lady Xilin's old residence."

The always serene Viscount Anzi bent down to say:

"Please drive away the spirits inside as best as you can, without damaging the old residence."

"A lady favored by the Love God should not be humiliated this way."

Louis nodded and walked directly into the villa.

...

Outside the villa.

Viscount Anzi's coachman whispered:

"My lord, do you trust that young man that much? Not even the adults of the White Crow Legion have managed to handle that 'monster'."

Viscount Anzi looked at the coachman and said:

"He exudes an indescribable aura of beautiful light, it's not just mere charm but an extraordinary beauty."

Mere charm can be about looks or demeanor, but extraordinary beauty can attest to a person's power indirectly.

His family has believed in the Love God for generations, in this regard, he wouldn't be mistaken.

That young man carries an indescribable divine beauty.

It was as if...

"...as if a god was sealed within his body."

The coachman looked curiously at the Patriarch.

Viscount Anzi, holding his forehead, troubled, said:

"I must have seen it wrong, though indeed strong, how could it be possible..."

Such a trait likely wouldn't appear in humans.

The last time he'd seen a similar trait in existence...

He looked up at that villa.

On the works left by the owner of the villa, he had once felt a similar "beauty."

But that was Lady Xilin, a favored child of the Love God.

...

On the other side.

Louis used the key given by Viscount Anzi to open the door and entered the villa.

From the exterior landscape view, Viscount Anzi had taken good care of this villa.

The entire villa district maintained an appearance suggesting it was still inhabited.

But entering the room, the air felt distinctly stifling.

Obviously, ever since the "unknown spirits" appeared, the villa interior had been seldom maintained.

He recalled the information Viscount Anzi told him on the way.

Lady Xilin's old residence, more accurately, was the old residence of Lady Xilin's husband's family.

It belonged to a noble whose specific origin could no longer be traced.

Originally, the noble rank should be between Viscount and Baron.

Nobles of a higher rank, no matter how declined, wouldn't have untraceable origins.

As for the reason...

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