Chapter 1511: Chapter 1505: Breaking Through Personality
Ronald’s movements were always swift.
So when he returned to the city with his people, not much had changed since they left.
Not just the layout of the city’s personnel or the seasonal atmosphere, Ronald could even see the performers from before and familiar figures among the audience under the stage of the singing contest.
He looked again at the judges’ seat opposite the stage.
Martha and Orel were still engaged in a heated discussion; during the time Ronald was out of the city interrogating for information, their fervor hadn’t cooled—on the contrary, it had continued to rise with the passage of time.
Through the years, even though the external churches had endured, the erosion of time made it hard to ensure the accuracy of information. As a Saint in the clergy, Martha had the duty to understand the truth of the past.
Being in the Songsfield Forest, Orel—the King of Giant Beasts—could know some of the outside world news, but his primary concern was undoubtedly the church he once belonged to, which is hard to comprehend through outsiders.
Now with Martha there to clarify things face-to-face, how could Orel’s millennium of doubts be resolved in a short time?
Meanwhile, Costate, who had remained silent on the judge’s seat, stood up.
Loyal to Ronald, she didn’t care about these matters, and upon realizing her master’s return, she immediately greeted him again.
"Sir, your astonishing efficiency is as consistent as ever." Costate’s gaze fell on the captives in Ronald’s hand, naturally offering her praise.
But I caught these guys, then strolled outside the city for a while before coming back.
Ronald internally scoffed.
Then, without wasting words, he waved his hand to throw the three captives to the ground, clearly expressing his current need:
"Costate, their independent personalities have issues."
"I don’t have a good solution for this situation; do you have any ideas on how to solve it?"
"Personality issues?" Costate’s expression was somewhat curious. She immediately proceeded to check the situation of the three, "Sir, your ’Rational Boundaries’ should be able to handle such issues, right?"
Ronald regretfully shook his head:
"Unfortunately, my spells can’t do that. If their personalities were suppressed, ’Rational Boundaries’ could be effective; however, now that the magic power effect dissipated, we are left with what’s been shaped as reality."
In the midst of explanation, Costate quickly completed checking the three’s status.
Just as Ronald had mentioned, the current state of these three ’Nine Commandments Confidential’ casters was almost akin to the semblance after organ transplant surgery.
If it had been Ronald...
Perhaps their personalities would be forcibly perfected by the spell’s power?
In a certain sense, this serves as a warning. At least Ronald understands that the ’Rational Boundaries’ spell has such a loophole, allowing him to proactively guard against it in special future scenarios.
Now, with the inspection complete, Costate also had an idea and reported back to Ronald:
"Sir, I can try handling this situation."
"But this process requires a quiet and undisturbed place, and it’s not something that can be resolved within a short time."
Can’t be resolved in a short time?
Ronald’s heart tensed up, immediately asking:
"How much time do you need?"
Costate promised confidently:
"Two hours, at most it won’t exceed four hours."
Ronald breathed a sigh of relief:
"That’s fine, let’s just find a suitable place for it."
With this matter discussed, the logical next step was preparing to head out of the city.
Considering the singing ceremony ongoing in Ora City, finding a suitable quiet place around would be difficult, why not just go to the wilderness.
However, before they could make a move, Orel, who was at the judges’ seat, spoke:
"Sir Ronald, there are rooms with excellent soundproofing in my palace; you can directly proceed if needed."
The King of Giant Beasts was indeed seriously conversing with Martha, but that didn’t mean he entirely ignored Ronald and Costate. Witnessing their actions, this ruler of the Songsfield Forest couldn’t help but extend an invitation.
Ronald did not decline, nodding in agreement directly:
"That would be helpful."
"..."
The singing ceremony in the city continued, so Orel couldn’t leave.
He summoned a servant with feline characteristics to lead Ronald and Costate to the designated room.
The destination wasn’t far from the singing square.
With the servant’s guidance, Ronald and Costate crossed two streets and reached Orel’s palace.
A palace completely built with wood, covering an area estimated to be over ten thousand square meters, adorned with various decorations.
As for the room Orel mentioned.
High-quality timber naturally possesses good soundproofing effects, and the room before Ronald and Costate was further fortified at the walls, door, and windows with spells.
Just a simple glance confirmed to Ronald that the room was safe.
All the spells were either defensive or applied for soundproofing purposes.
Entering the room with the captives, Orel’s servant returned for follow-up, leaving Ronald and Costate there quite openly without any surveillance or preventive measures.
"Orel is quite perceptive."
Ronald smiled slightly, watched the servant leave, and closed the door, activating the spells there.
Under the dual protection of building materials and spells, all they could hear inside was human breathing—nothing else disturbed the silence.
Ronald looked at Costate:
"Costate, how’s this?"
The maid gently nodded, showing satisfaction toward the environment, then lifted one of the captives, placing her hand on the person’s temple:
"Sir, I’m starting."
With these words, Costate closed her eyes and began the operation.
The maid used magic power to connect her spirit with that of the captive, then started analyzing the manifest surface personality to strip it away, revealing its authentic truth.
——This was quite a challenging task.
’Rational Person Hypothesis’ fundamentally treats humans as rational machines, reflecting this characteristic in spells, granting them exceptionally strong psychological traits.
Even with Costate’s powerful psychological capabilities, breaking through quickly was impossible.
Yet, that wasn’t the only hard part.
When Costate spent an hour finally breaking through the captive’s personality defenses and prepared to delve deeper for modifications.
She was stunned to discover that the person’s brain was abnormal in itself!
Psychological and physiological aspects inherently linked and mutually influential.
Costate made a quite grave mistake handling them according to human standards. Many experiences in this area had already become obsolete, necessitating fresh trial from scratch!
Meanwhile, outside the realm of spirit.
Ronald was solemnly guarding Costate.
If only he knew the difficulties Costate was encountering now, being the culprit behind disabling these three’s magic abilities and modifying their brains...
His current expression might be entirely different.
