Heiress Unmasked: Shaking the World With Geomancy novel Chapter 2106

Shannon looked at Trevaris and was surprised by his changes.

A thought crept into her mind and hinted at a certain possibility. She pressed Leif again and tried to force the truth, but even with half his wings bitten off, he remained stubbornly silent.

She decided to just fling a truth talisman at him.

But the moment it struck, it fizzled out and dissolved the same way the silencing talisman had disappeared when cast on Solvanna.

Shannon first thought it was due to Leif's absorption of the power of phoenix, but her perception of that power told her that this was the power of phoenix protecting him of its own will.

"Is it because he was originally a companion?" she asked.

Beside her, Benjamin nodded. "Tricephalons are born to protect phoenixes. At the same time, they are under the protection of the power of phoenix."

Even if they betrayed the phoenix.

Shannon couldn't quite put into words what she was feeling. If she looked at it from Leif's perspective, there was no fault in wanting to break free from the destiny forced upon him.

But his mistake wasn't in seeking freedom; it was in trying to replace the phoenix and going as far as to kill his own kind and steal the power of phoenix that was never his.

Yet even if he hadn't stolen that power, the phoenix's protection might still have remained with him all along.

As for why Trevaris could harm him, it was perhaps because Trevaris was part of a phoenix's divine soul. In a way, this was a silent declaration that even if a traitor must be punished, only the phoenix bloodline may do so.

With that thought, Shannon abandoned the idea of having Trevaris force a confession. Even if they could beat it out of Leif, she didn't want Trevaris to bear that role.

Plus, there was another way to find out where the phoenix inflicted by Leif had gone. Someone else might know.

Sensing her thoughts before she spoke, Benjamin turned and opened the door. "Bring in Solvanna."