Seconds after Ye Ren Xiu and the shadowy figure left the Magic Ethereal Palace, a cold and indifferent-looking woman flew up to the spot where the former two were previously around and scoffed mockingly.
"How dare some ignorant bugs underestimate the Magic Ethereal Palace?! They're seeking death!"
The woman had beautiful ginger colour hair and she looked neat in a ponytail. Her expressions evoked that of disdain and indifference.
On a closer inspection, one could undoubtedly tell that the woman was Ah Ling herself, Bai Li Qing Ruo's only personal maid and right hand.
However, the woman right now was unrecognizable from the sweet-natured and cute maidservant, Ah Ling.
People tend to have different personalities in front of different kinds of people, just like you and me. It's not uncommon for people to develop bipolar personality disorder without even realizing it.
Similarly, Ah Ling indeed likely had two very prominent personalities to her: the sweet, cute, and caring maidservant Ah Ling and the rigid, indifferent, and cold right hand of the Monarch.
'Thankfully, the master is unharmed. However, Master's sudden change....'
Ah, Ling was well aware of the sudden memory loss and change in personality of Bai Li Qing Ruo and though a seed of uncertainty and doubt seemed to gradually crawl inside her heart, the Soul Lamp indicated Qing Ruo to be indeed the Monarch.
The Soul Lamp is an ancient artifact that enables one to know if the person who has contracted the Lamp (by dropping a little of their blood and soul energy) is still alive or dead (i.e. by the fact that a burning Lamp represents a living soul).
She may doubt her instincts at times (as females) however the Soul Lamp could not be wrong. With the results of the Soul Lamp, none of the conclusions such as her master being killed and controlled by someone hypnotized or her body being possessed by someone else were out of the list!
Besides, her master's birthmarks on her left shoulder or a red mole below her hair on her neck confirmed that was indeed her master's body, at the least.
Ah Ling's cold dangerous aura drastically changed as her cold-blooded and indifferent eyes softened to become that of an innocent pair of grey eyes.
'Well, no matter if she lost her memory or not, she's still my master. And I shall ever serve her with utmost care and respect.'
She said to herself.
The Next Morning,
Drenched in sweat, the sleeping Qing Ruo awoke, her face full of doubts and disbelief. She looked around again in a daze, only to realize she was still in her bed chambers in Magic Ethereal Palace.
She breathed a sigh of relief thinking of something.
'Was that... Bai Li Qing Ruo's memories?'
Su Qing Ruo had a long night full of dreams, dreams of Bai Li Qing Ruo's life. Though the transition of receiving the body's memories was a little past schedule presumably, she genuinely felt pity for her after knowing about her from her memories.
This was Bai Li Qing Ruo's second life. In her first life, she was known as Yvanne Louisa Celeste, the daughter of the Elemental Mage Emperor. Though gifted at the comprehension and extensive branches of magic elements and mana, she could not wield an ounce of mana. Thus, she was looked down upon and mistreated by people who could not see the farsighted potential and talent she possessed in the theoretical comprehension of mana.
No one, not even her father could comprehend the magic molecules or mana the way she could. If only... She could wield mana, she could have broken the shackles that withheld humans from a certain boundary and even grow to be an Elemental Mage God.
However, not even her biological father could accept such a 'useless' daughter. In the end, she was schemed on and blamed for a tragedy caused by the demons she never took a glance or knew of, and imprinted a 'TRAITOR'.
Eventually, she was exiled and starved to death. Along with her body, her considerate, docile and affectionate self died.