Chapter 1291
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Chapter 1291: Non-existent Soul?
Hearing these words, Lin Qiye felt as if countless thunderbolts crashed down in his mind!
His mind went completely blank.
“What do you mean?!” Lin Qiye’s brows furrowed tightly, “How could there only be one soul in his body?!”
“It means exactly what it sounds like,” Skadi said quietly. “A hundred years ago, sister Idunn did indeed give her heart to brother Bragi… but that was just a heart! A heart is just an organ, completely different from a soul!
Before you arrived, both sisters had already checked several times. In his body, from beginning to end, there has only ever been his own soul!
Sister Idunn’s soul never existed in the first place, so how could it possibly be separated?”
Lin Qiye stood frozen like a statue.
Idunn’s soul… doesn’t exist at all??
“Big brother, you just said that all these years, he’s been writing letters to his wife… Indeed, it’s impossible for anyone else to know so much about their past except for sister Idunn, but don’t forget, besides sister Idunn, there’s one other person who knows everything about their past…
That’s himself…”
Skadi closed her eyes helplessly and slowly said, “Perhaps all these years, he’s just been writing letters to himself, only he never realized it.”
Lin Qiye’s face instantly turned deathly pale!
In his daze, Lin Qiye’s mind quickly flashed through every conversation he had with Idunn.
[I… my name is Idunn.]
[…I underestimated the power of the mist. Neither Bragi nor I are particularly powerful deities. I hold the authority over youth, and with my strong vitality I can barely resist the mist, but Bragi cannot…]
[I gave him my heart…]
[When I gave him my heart, he was already unconscious, and I only ever came out when he was asleep… He never realized I existed.]
In his mind, he quickly recalled the “Idunn” who got up from bed in the middle of the night at the hospital, the “Idunn” who dressed up in front of the mirror, the “Idunn” who gazed tenderly at Bragi in the mirror, the “Idunn” who smiled while writing about past events with Bragi…
He wore a white gauze robe, sitting before a brass mirror, in the dim candlelight, his gaze filled with such melancholy and longing.
If that wasn’t Idunn… then who was it?
A second personality hidden within Bragi?
If that’s true, then Bragi’s illness was never lovesickness from the beginning… but some extreme form of dissociative identity disorder?!
Lin Qiye suddenly thought of something and abruptly stood up from the boulder.
“No… impossible… how could this be?! I clearly saw Idunn’s youth ability in him…”
Lin Qiye distinctly remembered that in the hospital, Bragi’s treatment panel had “Idunn” written in parentheses, and when extracting abilities, he even obtained Idunn’s [Eternal Secret Garden]!
If Idunn was fake, where did these abilities come from?
“Is that so hard to understand?” Skadi blinked her eyes.
“The youth goddess Idunn gave her heart to brother Bragi, and this heart has been beating inside him for hundreds of years, completely becoming one with him.
Now, he is not only the Norse god of poetry and music, but at the same time, he is also the new god of youth!
He carries both the laws of music and youth within him.
He… is truly two gods in one body.”
Lin Qiye was dumbfounded.
Two gods in one body…?
Lin Qiye came to his senses and immediately sank his consciousness into the Divine Mental Hospital in his mind!
As soon as his form appeared in the courtyard, a virtual panel floated before him:
“Bragi treatment progress: 100%”
“Poetry and Music God Bragi’s treatment complete, please leave the hospital immediately.”
“Reward extraction conditions met, beginning random extraction of Bragi’s divine abilities…”
Below these lines, two ability wheels hovered silently in the void.
One belonged to the God of Poetry and Music, and the other… to the God of Youth.
Lin Qiye looked at the panel several times, disbelief appearing in his eyes.
The name “Idunn” in parentheses… had disappeared?
Why?!
Could it be that in room three of this hospital, from beginning to end, there was truly only Bragi?
But if so, why did it only write “God of Poetry and Music” as a prefix? What about “God of Youth”?
As if responding to Lin Qiye’s thoughts, the virtual panel before him suddenly flickered, and one of the lines reappeared before him:
“God of Poetry and Music-God of Youth-Bragi treatment complete, please leave the hospital immediately.”
Witnessing this change in the panel, Lin Qiye was completely stunned.
It… changed by itself?
How is that possible?!!
This was the first time the hospital prompt had changed, completely overturning Lin Qiye’s understanding… he felt something wasn’t right about this, but he couldn’t figure out exactly what the problem was.
Was there an issue with the hospital itself? Or was there a problem with him?
Lin Qiye felt his brain had turned to mush, unable to think clearly. Just then, a dull sound came from the outside world.
Lin Qiye snapped back to reality and looked toward the dim cave.
The barrier cast by Verdandi had disappeared. She was holding a mysterious purple chaotic crystal in her hand as she slowly walked out of the cave, with Bragi following behind her, swaying as if drunk.
“Verdandi… wait… wait for me!” Bragi staggered in front of her, trying his best to open his eyes wide, with burning hope in his gaze. “Where is my wife? Did we succeed?!”
“…We succeeded.” Verdandi’s expression was extremely gentle as she handed the purple crystal in her hand to Bragi.
“Idunn’s soul has been stored in this crystal. As long as it’s nurtured in Asgard’s origin, it will slowly rebuild her physical body…
You will meet again soon.”
Hearing these words, wild joy appeared in Bragi’s eyes. He cradled the crystal as if it were a priceless treasure and softly said:
“Idunn… Idunn? Can you hear me?”
“Her soul is completely isolated from the outside world in this crystal. No matter what you say, she cannot hear you,” Verdandi said. “In a while, we’ll accompany you to find Thor, so he can place the crystal into the origin. Then you just need to stay here and wait for her return.”
“Good!” Bragi turned around and solemnly said, “Thank you, three goddesses!”
“Lady Verdandi!”
Lin Qiye suddenly stepped forward, looking at the tall Verdandi with utmost seriousness. “I’d like to speak with you privately.”
Verdandi narrowed her eyes. She glanced at Skadi, who was standing nearby with her head lowered like someone who had done something wrong, and nodded, “Very well, this way please.”
Lin Qiye followed Verdandi deep into the forest, until they were completely away from Bragi and the others. Only then did Lin Qiye finally speak:
“Is there really only one soul in Bragi’s body?”
Verdandi gave him a complex look. “It seems Skadi has already told you… Yes, there is no Idunn’s soul within him.
I don’t know why both you and he believe Idunn exists within him, but I can assure you… it’s false. It’s all just his fantasy, his deepest performance and atonement.
Perhaps a hundred years ago, when Idunn gave him her heart, he actually sensed everything, but he couldn’t accept this fact, so he created another ‘Idunn’ to deceive himself…
He fooled both himself and you.”
