The Witch (Lisrene)

Chapter 99

Irene did not expect to hear such a story and became moved by his recount.

"Since your sister's soul piece has integrated with your own for over 700 years, you would definitely suffer through extreme pain if you were to forcibly remove her soul piece." When one's soul was forcefully torn apart by another, the pain that he would experience was equivalent to or even worse than having one's body sliced apart over a thousand times. As a ghost being in the form of a soul, Ghost Gentleman could not fall into a comatose state during this process and would be fully conscious while feeling the extreme pain of over thousands cuts on his body.

"Trust me. I have already experienced even more pain 700 years ago." His sister was willing to split her own soul for him 700 years ago. Why would he not be able to do the same for her? To be exact, he would have forcibly separated his sister's soul piece within him and returned it to her ages ago if he had the ability to do so.

"You mentioned just now that you made a deal with my witch senior previously-using your powers to exchange for one's ability to see light again. Was this person that you were helping your sister?" Irene asked.

"Yes." Ghost Gentleman answered with a melancholic expression. "I knew that my younger sister would be born with a handicapped body in her subsequent reincarnation. Therefore, I went out searching for her after she had reincarnated only to discover that the ability that she had lost was her sight. After that, I found a witch and used a hundred years of my powers to exchange for a cure for her eyes."

"It's no wonder that your power level only seemed to be at 600 years." Irene nodded her head while looking deep in thought. She continued asking, "Since you have found my witch senior long ago and that particular senior already had a near-maturity doll, why didn't you just request for her to extract the soul piece from your soul? Instead, you waited till now."

"It was not possible at that time." Ghost Gentleman explained. "My malice was overpoweringly strong when I turned into a malicious ghost. The only reason why my soul did not disintegrate at that time was because my sister's soul piece replenished me. So if I attempted to separate the soul piece at that time...."

"Your soul would disintegrate into nothing?" Irene raised her brow.

"I would not be afraid if it was just as you said." Ghost Gentleman knew that Irene had misunderstood that he was afraid of death. He was not angered by her reaction. Instead, he continued to explain in a calm manner, "After I transformed into a malicious ghost, I immediately went searching for my enemies and exterminated their entire family clan. Even if I was on the verge of disintegration, I had no regrets as I had already successfully taken revenge upon my enemies. However, as my sister's soul piece had already integrated fully with my soul, if I were to disintegrate there and then while the witch forcibly guarded my sister's soul piece, the remaining malice after my disintegration would latch onto my sister's soul piece."

Irene understood what he meant. One only needed to refer to the case of Jisoo's aunt to see the consequences of being possessed by the malice of a malicious ghost. On top of that, Ghost Gentleman's powers were nearly equivalent to a ghost general's. Not long after his sister recovered her sight, she would probably turn into a ghost-like being. After her death, she would then inherit Ghost Gentleman's powers-equivalent to a ghost general's-while being unable to reincarnate forevermore.

"Can your soul currently handle this affliction?" Irene questioned.

Ghost Gentleman nodded in response and subsequently bowed lowly towards her. He pleaded, "I implore you to assist. After this, Taeyeon is willing to be bound to a blood pact with you and serve you for life."

This blood pact that Ghost Gentleman spoke of was similar to the blood sacrifice ritual that the Diao family had used on him. All blood descendents of Irene would be able to exert control over him. Moreover, as Ghost Gentleman was willing to be bound in this pact, the effectiveness of the pact would even be stronger.