I Was a Small Fish When I Reincarnated, but It Seems That I Can Become a Dragon, so I Will Do My Best - Extra Chapter 223
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7-43. Side -Sreiz- How to Identify Souls
The two were tasked with guiding Sreiz to the church.
They were about to start moving immediately, but Sreiz mentioned that preparation was necessary. He called a few guards and ordered them to bring a handcart.
Seeing this, Reizen realized that Sreiz intended to collect the souls.
He quickly understood what Sreiz wanted to do. Now that the sorcerer who had swapped the souls was gone, no one knew what would happen to the souls trapped in the children’s bodies. Their physical bodies likely couldn’t continue housing unfamiliar souls for long.
Sreiz intended to collect the souls at the church and return them to their rightful places. This was his current objective. However, there was a concern.
“How are you going to tell the souls apart?”
“I don’t know!”
“You don’t know!? Then how are you going to return them?”
“I’ve never even heard of that!”
“You’re totally unprepared!!”
“That’s right, I don’t know anything right now! I don’t have a solution! But…”
He paused for a moment.
He had never heard or seen anything like this before. It was nearly impossible for someone without the skills to solve a problem caused by those skills.
However, Sreiz understood one thing: he had to act now.
“I have no knowledge or skills related to this… But I do know that if we leave things as they are, the children will be in danger. The only thing that might resolve this crisis is those souls.”
“Y-You might be right, but…”
“Trust my intuition.”
“That’s asking a lot.”
Even Reizen, who possessed skills, didn’t know what to do with those souls, which is why he left them there and came here. While he admired Sreiz’s decisive actions, he couldn’t fully understand them.
“Uhhmmm.”
“What is it?”
“I know how to identify the souls.”
“! Is that true!?”
Karna’s words brought a slight glimmer of hope.
What the two had seen in the church wasn’t just an angel who had turned into a spectre. The spirits of the children, who seemed to have had their souls removed, were also present.
At that time, Karna recalled one of the children approaching a jar containing a soul. Despite there being other souls in similar jars, only the soul in the jar that the spirit approached tried to move closer to the child, even attempting to collide with the jar.
The souls understood where they were supposed to return. Although it might take time, by bringing the jars containing the collected souls closer to the children and observing their movements, they should be able to distinguish them.
However, there was one crucial thing to keep in mind while doing this.
“We must be careful when transporting them.”
“Because if we break them, it’s over.”
“Yes.”
“Indeed… that’s true…”
In reality, they didn’t know how to handle the souls contained within the jars at this stage. This was the most dangerous aspect of their plan to collect the souls.
It’s possible that the death of the angel, who had become a spirit and was hiding in the church, had already been reported to the other side. In the worst case, they might have to fight while holding onto the jars containing the souls.
If that happens… it will be extremely difficult to protect the jars while fighting.
That is, if Reizen wasn’t there.
“Well, leave it to me. I’ll make sure to protect the escort targets no matter what.”
“Th-That’s reassuring, but are you sure you can handle it…?”
“I’m more worried about the fact that the King himself is coming out here.”
“You’re not wrong about that. But I can’t just sit back and do nothing.”
“That sounds just about right for a king, doesn’t it? Better than those who just sit on their thrones all day. Besides, Sreiz-san’s skills are pretty impressive too.”
“They’re not skills, they’re magic…”
At that moment, the guards came running over with the cart.
Reizen received it and Karna used her skills to increase their movement speed.
“Alright, hop in.”
“…Huh?”
Without warning, Reizen tossed Sreiz into the cart and then pulled it at full speed.
The guards watched as the cart disappeared into the distance, realizing only a moment too late how dire the situation had become. No one would have thought that such a bold kidnapping could take place so openly.
One guard immediately started running, while another returned to call for reinforcements.