Chapter 1024 - Resurrection Device
Sonia lay quietly on the bed with both hands on her chest and eyes shut tight. The sun shone on her long hair, reflecting a sorrowful, hazy luster. If one looked at her now, one would think that she was just in a slumber and would awake to anyone calling her. But the ghastly blood and wound on her chest clearly showed the truth: the young lady was dead.
Rhode strolled into the room and went up to Sonia, caressing her cheek gently. Sonia’s skin was soft and ice-cold. Rhode’s fingers slid across her cheek, her smooth, long hair, and stopped at the corner of her lips. If she were an ordinary human, her corpse would have stiffened within a few hours of death and begun to rot. But there weren’t many ordinary humans under him. He had gotten Alice to set Sonia in place to the moment before her death. History didn’t flow, but continued to pause in silence instead. It was as though the inked pen recording history was placed to the side before it was about to put a full stop. Due to this reason, Sonia’s corpse didn’t rot and decay. Her history was temporarily fixed to a point in time, so there was no way to continue creating the past. In this case, it naturally wouldn’t welcome the present nor future.
Rhode had complicated emotions gazing at Sonia. In fact, in terms of value, she was ranked behind Marlene, Lize, Anne, and the others. Rhode and Sonia didn’t have a proper, romantic relationship, to begin with. As she was an enemy from the start, Rhode wasn’t in the mood to treat her ‘gently’. To him, Sonia was only a useful chess piece and slave. He didn’t pay as much attention to Sonia as he did the others because she simply existed to watch Lilian grow and take his place in monitoring and protecting her.
It should have been this way. But now, things became a little different to him…
“Big Brother, you seem to be in a complicated mood.”
A crisp, bell-like sound rang in his ear. Upon hearing his younger sister’s words, Rhode shook his head slightly.
“You don’t understand; she’s unlike the rest. She’s…”
“I’m aware.”
“You are?”
Rhode was taken aback by the surprising answer. After the melodious voice let out a crisp chuckle, she continued to speak proudly: “That’s right, Big Brother. I’ve become one with your system; I can see every piece of information about you. Of course, that includes the things that you’ve done to her. I didn’t expect you to have this unpleasant side. I’m surprised, Big Brother.”
Along with Rhode’s summon, Sonia’s body gradually emanated a gentle, golden radiance that blended as one with the summoning ritual, slowly strengthening as light spots flickered in the air, transforming the room into a dreamy scene. Shortly after, Sonia’s body was completely surrounded by the light spots, before breaking down and vanishing into thin air entirely. The gentle radiance dimmed and a beautiful, green card appeared in Rhode’s hand.