Chapter 121 Falling into Darkness
After saying goodbye to Hela with a smile, Sophia closed the door and the smile on her face quickly disappeared.

She took off her shoes, walked to the sofa in the living room, hugged the doll on the sofa, and lay on the sofa sideways.

Sophia buried her head in the doll and whispered.

"Mother."

Sophia doesn't remember what her mother really looks like.

In fact, during her first year living in the Black Territory, Sophia knew nothing. Apart from some common sense in daily life, she knew nothing.

Therefore, she thought that perhaps she was an abandoned orphan.

It was not until the second year that the talent in Sophia's bloodline awakened. Not only did she awaken the silver bloodline of the Silver Family, she also perfectly inherited her mother's talent for control, and was even stronger.

It was also because of the awakening of her talent that Sophia broke through the seal set by her mother in her head and recalled everything.

However, although she regained her memory, her mother was, after all, a fifth-ring enchantment spellcaster. Even if Sophia's talent was awakened, it would be impossible for her to completely remove the seal on her mother.

Therefore, Sophia was only able to regain some of her memories.

Sophia turned over, hugged the doll, and looked at the ceiling.

Of course, she couldn't hide the fact that she had regained her memory from Hayes.

As the teacher of Sophia's mother, Hess checked Sophia's physical condition, confirmed that there were no hidden dangers, and listened to Sophia's crying calmly.

Finally, Hayes gave her two choices.

First, obey the fate arranged for her by her mother. Hess will reseal Sophia's memory and her talent as well. Sophia will live a stable and happy life under his protection.

Second, she could reject her mother's arrangement, become a spellcaster, and embark on a thorny road destined to be full of suffering in order to save her mother. However, this also means that the stability brought by her mother's compromise will disappear, and her former enemies will once again target Sophia.

Sophia naturally chose the second option.

In the dark living room, Sophia shed a tear. Then she sat up, put the tattered doll aside, cast a spell to force herself to calm down, and opened her calm and rational eyes.

Sophia held her left fist in front of her chest with her right hand, silently adjusting the balance of positive and negative energy in her body.

After simply adjusting her balance, she walked to the corner of the living room with an expressionless face. She dragged out two boxes from the corner and removed all the heavy seals on one of the boxes.

After opening the seal, Sophia took out a bottle of alchemical potion from the box.

She casually lifted the box aside, took the potion, another box and the book of wisdom on the sofa, and walked into the practice room.

After entering the practice room, Sophia turned on the lights in the room to the maximum.

The dazzling white light then reflected on her expressionless face.

She walked to the center of the training room, put the things on the ground, and opened the box.

Looking at the box, she saw all the belongings she had accumulated slowly through her frugality over the years.

Sophia, who was equally stingy, poured out all her belongings without hesitation.

She used these materials to set up the practice room very carefully.

After an unknown amount of time, Sophia finished the arrangement. Finally, she sat in the center of the practice room, picked up the Book of Wisdom and opened it.

She used her usual tone to send a private message to Hela, saying that she had some insights and would meditate for a while.

Later, she sent a private message to another person.

Finally, Sophia closed the Book of Wisdom and put it aside. She picked up the alchemy potion, opened it and drank it. At the same time, she also activated the magic circle around her.

Countless elements and energies emerged from the ground and quickly filled the entire room.

Among them, negative energy visible to the naked eye occupies an absolute majority.

Countless negative emotions quickly flooded Sophia's mind.

Sophia closed her eyes and, under the effect of the potion, forced herself into a deep meditation state. In such a crude and unprotected environment, she began her promotion to the fourth ring.

On the other side, Hela was lying on the bed. After noticing the prompt from the Book of Wisdom, she slowly picked up the Grimoire.

After taking a look at Sophia's post and not noticing anything wrong, Hela simply replied and closed the magic book again.

It's just ordinary meditation in seclusion, nothing special.

Moreover, according to Hela's observation just now, the positive and negative energy in Sophia's body has been balanced, and her emotions are very stable. There is nothing to worry about.

Thinking of this, Hela yawned and closed her eyes.

However, what Hela didn't expect was that as a spellcaster specializing in negative energy enchantment spells, could Sophia really not realize the true attitude of the spellcasters in the Black Domain towards her?
As a spellcaster known for playing with minds and souls, after all these years, had she really realized nothing?

Sophia might really not realize this, but it is absolutely impossible for the enchantment caster not to realize this.

Moreover, if Sofia was really as innocent and kind as she showed when she was with Hela, could she really have lived a peaceful life until now?

Even if the Council of Truth doesn't take her seriously, can an innocent, kind-hearted low-level spellcaster really survive until now under the targeting of the Council of Truth?

Although Hess guaranteed Sophia's life, he could only guarantee her safety in the Black Domain.

Moreover, Sophia often left the Black Domain and was out of Heiss's protection. For so many years, had no one tried to assassinate her? How did she survive so many malicious attempts?
Is Sophia, who has been able to live alone until now, really the ignorant girl that Hela imagined?

Is the Sophia that Hela knows really the real Sophia, or is she just pretending?

Was it Sophia herself who made her believe that everyone was hostile to her? Was it an enemy sent by the Parliament of Truth? Or was it herself?
Hela's experience is still too short.

She met Roland when she was in the most pain, and it didn't take her long to complete her revenge. Moreover, before the negative energy was completely unbalanced, Roland pulled her back.

Moreover, Hela is a necromancer, and the influence of negative energy on her emotions is not as strong and sensitive as that of a necromancer.

Hela has never experienced long and hopeless despair, nor has she tried to be shrouded in endless negative emotions.

Perhaps, Hela who emerged from the chicken-eating contest in the Undead Plane could understand this feeling, but the current Hela could not.

She thought she could understand Sophia, and she could pull Sophia out of the darkness just as Roland pulled herself out of the darkness, but it turned out that she couldn't.

(End of this chapter)