"Come on, give it a try." After Wang Ming left, Shen Sui handed the dueling device to Freymia.

Freymia felt a bit guilty, "Is it really okay? Won't Aina be mad at me?"

"Caring about Aina's feelings now?" Shen Sui said with a laugh, "It's fine. As long as you're living well, that's all that matters to Aina."

Shen Sui had already noticed Aina's feelings for Freymia back when she first met Alice.

Although Freymia hadn't fulfilled her duties as a mother very well during her growth, Aina's feelings for Freymia were incredibly sincere. She truly saw Freymia as her biological mother and tried her best to help Freymia break free from the seal.

Aina might be sad about Freymia's departure, but she definitely wouldn't be angry. She would even silently bless her mother in her heart.

Shen Sui said to Freymia, "You can start drawing your soul card now."

He hadn't created a duplicate of Freymia on the Dawn Continent yet, wanting to see how the dueling device would match the appropriate entity for Freymia to control now that she had left the Dawn Continent.

Whether this soul card was Aina didn't really matter; as long as Freymia operated it properly, she could still direct her soul card to Aina's side.

With trepidation, Freymia activated the dueling device.

What appeared was a scene Shen Sui was all too familiar with.

[Soul Card World Selection: World No. 1.]

[Drawing Soul Card...]

[Ding! Congratulations, you've obtained a Follower Card: Natural Elf · Apprentice Empress Aina.]

[Please set up your character...]

[Please choose from the following roles:]

[1. Aina's Companion Puppet]

[2. The Queen's Phantom in the Elf Crown]

[3. The Apparition in the Spring of Eternal Life]

[Loading...]

[Your role is a puppet infused with a wisp of the Elf Empress Freymia's spiritual power, a gift from Empress Freymia to Aina, cherished by Aina.]

[After Freymia's Breaking the Boundary departure, this puppet became Aina's only solace, and she holds it every day.]

As expected, Freymia's soul card was indeed Aina.

However, Freymia's operational role surprised Shen Sui a bit.

"Do you have such a puppet?" Shen Sui asked.

Freymia thought for a moment and said, "There seems to be one. I made it when I was bored, and young Aina liked it very much. She begged for the doll, so I gave it to her. I didn't expect Aina to keep it until now, after all these hundreds of years."

"Did you leave any spiritual power on it?"

"I don't remember." Freymia shook her head.

At her level of strength, even without deliberately leaving a spiritual mark, anything she made with her own hands would carry a portion of her spiritual imprint.

It seems that the dueling device assigns the Life Card Master's role quite reasonably. All three options are entities where Freymia might have left an Elf Brand.

Shen Sui stroked his chin, pondering.

He looked up to find Freymia staring blankly at the dueling device in her hand.

Lines of text were scrolling rapidly on the dueling device screen.

"What's wrong?" Shen Sui asked, "Scared?"

Freymia shook her head slightly, "Not... it's just..."

Seeing Freymia's strange behavior, Shen Sui leaned closer.

[Aina, riding Audomir, watched the Elm Forest swiftly passing below, still holding you tightly in her arms.]

[Ding! You've obtained a Follower Card: Elf Crystal Dragon · Audomir]

Getting a Dragon Card right away made Shen Sui quite envious. He had worked hard to get Qishala into his deck.

However, this dragon seemed to be Aina's mount, after all, which was not surprising.

["Still thinking about Sister Freymia?" a girl named Alice hugged Aina's neck from behind and asked.]

???

No way!

Alice, weren't you supposed to be on your way to Elm City? How did you end up with Aina!

When Shen Sui saw Alice in Freymia's dueling device, he was shocked.

Although Aina and Alice were good friends, and theoretically, seeking comfort from a friend after a shock made sense.

But theories are just theories. How did these two young ladies end up together?

["Aina," Oshana consoled Aina, "Miss Freymia must have her reasons for leaving."]

Oshana?

Weren't you the Knight of Daylight?

Shouldn't you be busy helping Daylight fight the War God? How did you also end up with Alice?

Shen Sui, seeing Oshana suddenly appear, was full of questions.

["Exactly, exactly." Alice confidently said to Aina, "How about this, Aina. Help me gather materials, and I'll find a way to help you find your mom!"]

No, how can you be so confident about this?

"It seems like something's going on with Alice." Freymia nudged Shen Sui and whispered, "Why don't you go check it out?"

Shen Sui glanced at the slightly soft Freymia, realizing that she intended to have a good chat with her daughter.

"Alright then." Shen Sui smiled, "You take your time chatting here."

With that, Shen Sui lay down on the bed, took out his own dueling device, and started browsing Alice's log.

According to the route Shen Sui had set for Alice, after landing, she rushed non-stop towards Elm City.

However, when things are expected to go well, there's always a twist.

Without Lingyi's assistance, Alice traveled entirely by land, so she joined a merchant caravan.

After enduring six robberies and three internal fights within the caravan, Alice successfully made it near Elm City.

Then she encountered a very familiar team.

The leader looked exactly like the High Priest from the War God Temple she had seen before.

Alice instantly fumed with anger.

In her eyes, the War God had injured Claude!

I may not be able to beat the War God, but I can certainly cause trouble for you!

So during the night, Alice set the War God's camp ablaze.

[After setting the fire, Alice felt much better.]

[At that moment, Alice heard a faint sound from behind.]

[She turned around and saw Oshana's confused eyes.]

["Why are you here, Oshana?" Alice said happily.]

[Oshana looked at the War God Church's camp burning intensely in the distance, then at the happy Alice.]

[She murmured:]

["I think I'm here to raid the War God Church at night and burn their camp..."]

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