I! Cleaner!-Chapter 1089 - 1004: The First Ever Anomaly in History

"It's gotten stronger!"

After sniffing the suddenly intensified strange odor, Melanie couldn't help but step back. Seeing Leon's hand in front of her, she immediately looked aggrieved and said:

"Big brother! What did you touch? This smell is awful!"

"Uh... it's nothing, just brushed against something by accident."

Confirming his guess was correct, Leon couldn't help but answer vaguely, then switched to using his other hand to pat Melanie's head, and sternly threatened:

"I'll go wash my hands, and you two better hurry up with your homework! Otherwise, I'll report to your sister Anna!"

With the pressure from big sister Anna temporarily keeping the two little troublemakers in check, Leon watched as his younger siblings unwillingly opened their notebooks, feeling a shared sympathy with countless parents. He couldn't help but sigh:

"You should learn from Ellie! If the two of you wrote a little bit every day like her, it wouldn't be such a problem... uh... just do your homework well! It's due the day after tomorrow, and I'll bring your sister Anna to check it later!"

Realizing he was saying the clichéd "other people's kids" line, Leon's expression froze slightly. He quickly turned and left the siblings' room, feeling a bit exhausted as he leaned against the door panel.

'No, this can't be right!'

Just then, the tip of Black Goat's horn poked out from the mirror world, pressing against Leon's finger.

'I was just thinking, your sister is definitely not normal!'

You don't say? I noticed that ages ago!

Hearing Black Goat's words, Leon couldn't help but roll his eyes.

To not even mention how Melanie could hold her own against younger brother William, often dragging him into trouble and only occasionally coming off worse; can she really be just an ordinary child?

Unaware that Leon was internally critiquing her, Black Goat recalled the little... cutie who could detect a "demonic scent" and couldn't help but hum and analyze:

'Your sister is too young and lacks the knowledge about the supernatural to distinguish between soul perception and physical perception. She thinks she smelled me with her nose, but actually, she perceived me through her soul.'

'Hmm.'

Thinking the same thing, Leon nodded slightly, responding with a not so good-looking expression:

'But I've checked Melanie's soul, and there are no unusual fluctuations or properties. Aside from having a penchant for money, everything is normal and seems problem-free.'

'But that's exactly the most abnormal thing!'

Seeing Leon seemingly wanting to avoid the topic, Black Goat couldn't help but remind him:

'It would be one thing if she couldn't perceive me, but in a scenario where her soul is obviously much weaker than mine, she not only clearly perceives me, but even sniffing twice allowed her to grasp the true nature of my power. There's definitely a big problem!'

'...'

'Also, I don't think your sister is merely money-loving.'

Faced with Leon's silence, Black Goat glanced back into the room where the siblings were and tentatively continued analyzing:

'That little... cutie's soul essence might be closer to that of demons, and it's not the typical "greed" or "stinginess" but rather "strong desire" and "obsession" that is closer to the source.'

'Strong desire and obsession?'

'Just like demons, who pursue and try to possess what they lack themselves.'

After carefully organizing his thoughts, Black Goat somewhat uncertainly remarked:

'If we analyze it, you and your big sister spoil the children, just in different ways. So your sister doesn't lack love, but has always lacked money since she was young, forming a certain "obsession."

The obsession with money, combined with having a soul with a nature of strong desire, causes her to crave money and wealth, but in reality, it's not money she wants. She's instinctively using this way to fill the soul's craving to complete itself... You understand what I'm saying, right?'

'...'

I understand…

Hearing Black Goat's question, Leon couldn't help but take a deep breath, feeling a slight ache developing in his head.

After spending so much time with Black Goat and constantly "supplying" it with the various sins himself, Leon had thoroughly learned the essence of demons and could confidently say "nobody knows demons better than me."

The seven deadly sins of humanity can fundamentally be categorized as an extension of some "desire" or "obsession." These entities, born from "original sin" and opposing angels, are diametrically opposite to angels at their core.

Before they went insane, angels represented sacrifice and giving, sacrificing "theself" to complete others from the inside out, while demons represented strong desire and possession, using the "external world" to complete the "self" from the outside in, just like Melanie's current situation.

Moreover, from her ability to "smell" Black Goat's essence with just a sniff, her "purity" in this realm may surpass Black Goat's, starting as a demon god level with at least one of the sins under control.

Strangely, however, she has none of the powers of a demon, and both her soul and body remain thoroughly ordinary humans, even controlling for the other "sins" very well aside from being somewhat money-grubbing, it's not very "demonic"...

But she's definitely not an ordinary child, and at the very least, her "status" is anything but ordinary!

Thinking of this, Leon couldn't help but raise his head, looking in the general direction of [Watcher's Palace] as stored in his memory.

Back in the day, through the inducement of the Aquarius Director, Anna borrowed the Abnormal Genesis Sorcery of the Aquarius Palace to condense a family photo, conjuring up three family members in one go.

The result was that out of the three family members she conjured, one was a mysterious race capable of gazing upon the roots, one was a transmigrator with a badge plugin, and even the weakest Melanie seemed potentially rooted as an Original Sin Demon God.

This obviously surpassed the prescribed scope! This isn't abnormal at all!

Furthermore, though Melanie's situation is as yet uncertain, Leon and William both probably have upper limits higher than Watcher's Palace, and though Anna is the creator of this anomaly, it can also be attributed as the creation of the Aquarius Director.

He remembers that the Aquarius Director's lifelong wish was to reach the limits of Abnormal Genesis Sorcery, creating something beyond Watcher's Palace. If the outcome sees him conjured being greater than Watcher's Palace, thus equalizing the photograph to be greater than Watcher's Palace, that would mean… Aquarius Director has already succeeded?

Recalling the Aquarius Director, who, driven by the dream of surpassing Watcher's Palace, ended up going celestial, Leon couldn't help but click his tongue.

This is truly… If Aquarius knew he'd already achieved his dream long ago, and all subsequent efforts were in vain, would it incite him to leap out directly from Watcher's Palace…

"Brother?"

Hearing the sound of the inner door opening, Anna, in between her busy tasks, glanced over, just catching sight of Leon deeply pondering over Melanie's "origin."

Seeing Leon's bizarre expression shifting repeatedly through worry, helplessness, confusion, and amazement, Anna, who was busy handling cod in the kitchen, wiped her hands on her apron, and approached with a puzzled look to ask:

"What's the matter with you? Is it really that hard tutoring those two on their homework?"