I! Cleaner!-Chapter 782 - 716: Awakening

What... are you trying to do?

After catching an elderly man in armor who was falling, and seeing his soul slowly detach from his body, Leon was left speechless.

This old man was of a generation higher than Veronica's father, probably nearing a hundred years old this year, yet he still seemed lively before - eating, sleeping, running, and chatting without issue. His voice was strong when commanding people from the department, not at all like someone ready to leave this world. But now...

"Leon?"

Princess Veronica, equally startled, leaned over and looked at the smiling elder now on his way to the afterlife, asking uneasily:

"Is he... is he..."

"No! He's fine!"

Shaking his head quickly, Leon noticed guests in the hall beginning to whisper. Not wanting to interrupt the wedding, he decisively used the Authority of the Three-Headed Canine Deity and firmly grasped the hovering soul of the armored old man.

The old man's soul, now captured, opened his eyes with a baffled expression.

'I... am I...'

You are floating, literally floating, we need to sort that out!

Leon forcefully pushed the elder's soul back into his body and slapped the old man's face twice, roughing up his philtrum until he finally woke up.

"I... I was... huh? Did I just say that?"

"No, you must be mistaken!"

Using his Authority as the Gatekeeper of the Gate of the Deceased, Leon denied entry to the armored old man's soul, temporarily severing the Realm of the Dead's call to him. He then pulled the bewildered old man up and handed him over to two rushing guards.

"The head of the funeral department fell and hit himself, immediately take him to see a doctor, and give him any life-saving supplements as soon as possible!"

"Not the funeral department, it's the guest department!"

Angered by Leon's slip of the tongue, the armored old man glared and protested energetically:

"And I'm fine now, I don't need a doctor at all! I... wait, was I dead just now? I think I saw... hmm? Mmm mm!"

"Carry him away! He's injured his brain, and he's already talking nonsense... Remember, after seeing the doctor, give him as many life-supporting supplements as you can!"

Leon plucked a flower from the side, stuffed it into the old man's mouth to block the rest of his words, and signaled to the guards to quickly take him away. He then gave a look to the bewildered emcee on stage.

"Huh? Oh oh!"

The emcee snapped back to reality after being glared at by Leon and quickly broke out into a bright smile.

"Minister has watched Princess Veronica grow up, always lamenting that due to his age, he might not live to see the Princess marry. It's a surprise that today he not only fulfilled his wish but could personally host the Princess's wedding, causing him to be overly excited for a moment. Please forgive him."

After awkwardly making up an excuse, the emcee recalled his responsibility and eased the tense atmosphere on-site.

Meanwhile, Leon, forcing a comeback and salvaging his own wedding, wiped the sweat off his forehead and turned to Princess Veronica, comforting her:

"Don't worry, everything is okay now."

"Mm..." 𝕗𝐫𝚎𝗲𝘄𝐞𝕓𝐧𝕠𝘃𝕖𝐥.𝐜𝚘𝚖

Veronica hesitated before nodding, pursing her lips, and softly asking:

"Leon, just now... did his soul float out?"

"?"

Leon was slightly taken aback by Princess Veronica's question and asked in surprise:

"You saw it? You could see his soul?"

"I'm not sure."

Reflecting on what she saw earlier, Princess Veronica uncertainly replied:

"When he fell, I really saw another him floating out from his body and asking you something, then you pushed the floating him back into his body..."

So she really did see it...

Upon hearing Princess Veronica's description, Leon's eyebrows lifted slightly, and he had some vague guesses.

Souls are invisible to most people, and even many Level 2 and 3 Cleaners cannot directly observe souls - they only sense a vague mass, knowing something is there.

According to the Director, only those with a Contamination Value exceeding the minimum for a Level 1 Cleaner can clearly observe a soul's appearance, or if someone like Emma and himself who have physically entered the Realm of the Dead and witnessed the deceased with their own eyes can gain the ability to see souls.

Princess Veronica definitely hasn't been to the Realm of the Dead, yet she not only saw the soul but identified it as the armored old man's soul, which likely surpasses a regular Level 1 Cleaner standard, so...

She might have awakened an anomaly, and likely with considerable strength!

Leon looked at Princess Veronica with delight and touched the horn emerging from his cuff, using the soul vision of the Black Goat to observe Princess Veronica's soul.

Sure enough, compared to last time, her soul had undergone a significant transformation.

Despite being obscured by her body, Princess Veronica's unique and brilliant soul continued to emit a special oscillation, carrying the distinctive chaotic flavor of a "wild" abnormal object holder who hasn't yet sorted out their anomaly.

Hmm... on second thought, even though she doesn't directly hold an abnormal object, she's had quite a few interactions.

Being ambushed by rebels and forgotten, watching a play with the Drama King that captured her, replaced by the Iron Skinned Princess of the Slaughter King Association, ambushed alongside me by the Aquarius Director, poured an entire King of Nightmares into her within the Dream Realm, and hung overnight by the Director's hair...

Reflecting on Princess Veronica's past experiences, Leon's eyes lit up with understanding.

Logically, after contact with so many things, the accumulation of high-intensity Contamination Value would leave even a mere ordinary person with three to five points at least.

Moreover, the Twelve Royal Family's talents are inherently excellent. In the six elements necessary for the birth of an abnormal object, her soul and body, emotions and personality are already fully aligned, lacking only the "anomalous" past experience or the "anomalous" future.

Now, after forging a marriage contract with me, it probably equates to having an "anomalous" future, completing the last piece of the puzzle for birthing an anomaly, making it a natural occurrence, and...

Seems quite a bit stronger than me?