After not seeing her for a few months, Emelia had become even prettier.
Compared to Mary's hotness and Alice's mysteriousness, Emelia had a strange and ethereal air to her.
From her appearance, Emelia looked like a girl of about 14 or 15 years of age. She had a head of soft green hair and delicate features that always carried a charming smile. She wore a long robe woven from green vines and had a beautiful garland on her head. Her hands were bare, and her fingers were long and slender. Her long nails were smeared with oily green impatiens juice, making her look seductive and beautiful.
As her temperament matured, Emelia was no longer as out of place as she was when she was young. She was very quiet, respectfully greeting Grimm as soon as she entered, and then quietly stood behind Gargamel, not saying much.
This … seemed to be inconsistent with her past personality!
The beautiful Emelia and the old and balding Gargamel stood side by side, making it hard to believe that they were father and daughter. The contrast in appearance was simply too great.
Grimm narrowed his eyes. Ever since Emelia entered the room, the A.I. Chip had been silently scanning her body. Due to the difference of two ranks, the natural barrier around Emelia's body that was permeated with the fragrance of plants could not block the A.I. Chip's detection. The feedback caused Grimm's brows to furrow.
[Beep. Scanning target's basic biology …]
[Name: Emelia
Race: Unknown
Creature Rank: Peak of rank 1
Profession: Nature Magus
Stats: Strength 6, Vitality 9, Agility 7, Spiritual Force 19
… …]
A series of data was gathered together, and a model of a young and beautiful Nature Magus was constructed in Grimm's mind. However, when the model scanned Emelia's legs, it turned into a pile of messy and disorderly code, as if there was something there that was blocking the A.I. Chip's detection.
Grimm smiled warmly.
"Emelia, I heard from your father that you … seem to have met with some problems recently?"
Emelia stood up and rolled her eyes at Gargamel, saying indifferently, "It's not a big problem. It's just that there's a problem with the fusion of my body. I can solve it myself!"
Grimm's smile became even more gentle.
"Then … can I have a look?"
Emelia smiled wryly. She knew she could not reject the Patriarch's request, so she could only lift the hem of her green robe. Unexpectedly, what came into view was not a pair of beautiful young girl's feet, but a clump of intertwined octopus tentacle-like roots.
The roots were not thick, but they were so dense and numerous that it was dazzling.
They clustered around each other, twisting and wriggling like a terrifying hundred-clawed octopus … What surprised Grim the most was that the surface of the roots were translucent, and he could clearly see the greenish-white liquid flowing within.
As they wriggled and stretched, specks of natural light hovered around the roots. If one ignored their appearance, they were as beautiful as a dream garden.
This plant transformation started from the calf. The upper half was still the fair and plump thigh of a human girl, but from the knee onwards, it actually split into hundreds of strange plant roots that intertwined together. However, these tentacles were obviously under Emelia's control and did not affect her daily life or walking.
"Did this happen when Ava was growing up?" Grim tilted his head and asked Gargamel.
The wrinkled Gargamel shook his head and sighed bitterly, obviously very worried about Emelia's physical condition.
After all, this plant transformation had already started for some time.
In the beginning, only the feet were affected, and they split into terrifying roots. While Gargamel and Ava were frantically looking around for the reason, this plant transformation had already extended to the knees.
Now, some thick green veins had also appeared on Emelia's originally fair and plump thighs, obviously on the eve of the transformation. If they did not find a way to stop this plant transformation, it was obvious that Emelia would completely become a non-human within a year.
Although the Sorcerer World did not reject foreign Sorcerers, these foreign Sorcerers had never been able to integrate into the mainstream Sorcerers who were mainly humans. This also caused their future growth path to be much more difficult than normal human Sorcerers in terms of acquiring knowledge and trading resources.
Since even the forest demon Ava felt that the current Emelia was a little strange, it was sufficient to show that the little girl's growth had far exceeded the scope of their control and understanding. Otherwise, with their love for Emelia, they would not have come here to ask Grimm for help.
But compared to Gargamel's extreme fear and confusion, Emelia herself was quite calm.
Because of this, Grimm had no choice but to chase Gargamel out and have an open and honest 'conversation' with Emelia.
After waiting for Gargamel to leave hesitantly, Grimm coldly stared at Emelia, his face revealing a trace of a cold smile.
"Gargamel is my subordinate, and Ava has also served the Crimson Family for so many years. As the head of the family, it is necessary for me to protect their interests. Are you Emelia or something else? You'd better tell me the truth! Otherwise … "
At this point, a faint red burning domain had already enveloped 'Emelia'. The lingering flames spiraled two meters behind her, the flames surging and spitting out tongues of flame, as if choosing a person to devour.
With Emelia's strength only at grade 1, as long as the burning domain closed, she would not even be able to withstand three fingers before turning into a puff of flying ash.
"I'm Emelia …" The green-haired, purple-eyed girl looked straight into Grim's eyes and said sincerely.
"Then release the soul protection, let me personally check!"
"… Fused with Yala's soul!"
"… …"
"Please believe me, I am the daughter of Gargamel and Ava! It's just that … It's just that … I've fused with another foreign soul … "
"Fused …" Grimm repeated, his eyes narrowing even more.
"Yes, it's a fusion … not a devouring!" Emelia emphasized again.
"Release your soul, I need to check it myself!"
Emelia naturally knew that this was something she had to experience, so she could only helplessly release her soul and allow Grimm's scorching spiritual force to extend into her spiritual sea.
It was as if a red-hot iron rod had been inserted into her brain and was stirring with all its might. Emelia's body trembled, and her eyes rolled back as she was tormented to the point of hovering between life and death. However, she could only forcefully endure it, allowing Grimm to slowly search her spiritual sea for what he wanted.
This kind of painful experience was not something a regular person could endure!
Hence, most spells that searched for knowledge and extracted memories would cause irreversible damage to the target's mind. Even if the spell was successful, the target would either go mad or die!
Fortunately, Emelia was a Magus, and her mental fortitude was a hundred times that of a regular person after decades of training. Coupled with Grimm's' gentle movements', she did not turn into an idiot.
When Grimm carefully withdrew his spiritual force from Emelia's spiritual sea, she was already drenched in cold sweat, lying on the floor and twitching non-stop.
"Now … You … believe … me … right … now!" It was a short sentence, but Emelia's words sounded disjointed and weak.
She lay on the floor, her body curled up like a lobster. Hundreds of gossamer thin roots wriggled and twisted around her.
Grimm muttered to himself silently.
The green-haired, purple-eyed girl was right. In this body, there were indeed two independent souls. Now, however, they had fused together perfectly, and it was impossible to distinguish them.
It was a fusion, not a devouring!
According to what she said, one of the souls should be Emelia, the mixed-blood descendant of Gargamel and Ava, while the other was a strange foreign soul, Yala. If Yala's soul directly devoured Emelia, Grimm would undoubtedly kill her without hesitation.
But now, the two souls had fused together. Emelia was Yala, and Yala was Emelia. There was no longer any distinction between the two. This … was going to be a little difficult!
While Grimm was examining the green-haired, purple-eyed girl's soul, there was a huge commotion outside his residence. It seemed like someone was madly attacking the door of his residence, causing the door to crackle under the protection of the defensive spell formation.
Grimm hesitated for a moment, then finally waved his hand to release the defensive spell formation.
With a loud bang, the door opened, and the forest demon Ava rushed in with disheveled hair. Traces of blood could be seen on her body.
This was the damage caused by the defensive spell formation's counterattack.
If Grimm had not noticed it early and cut off the defensive spell formation's counterattack, her injuries would have been even more serious.
How could the residence of a Grade 3 Magus be so easily broken into?
As soon as she barged into the residence and saw Emelia twitching on the floor, the forest demon Ava pounced on her and hugged her tightly, roaring at Grimm at the top of her lungs.
"What did you do to her? If anything happens to my daughter, I'll fight you to the death! "
Gargamel rushed into the residence with a bloody nose and swollen face, fiercely grabbing onto Ava.
"Don't be rash … Today's matter … I was the one who begged the Lord …"
With a muffled bang, a dark green tree whip made Gargamel somersault, causing him to fall to the ground, unable to get up.
"If … If anything happens to our daughter, I … You won't be able to live either …"
Grimm leisurely sat on a chair, silently watching this family farce.
In the end, the one who stopped Ava was the green-haired, purple-eyed Emelia.
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