Chapter 301
At some point, she broke free from the dream, and her mind became clear. She felt countless lifetimes flashing by, but Roina didn’t try to hold onto them. If she interfered unnecessarily, she might get caught up in them and never return.
White, yellow, blue, and red, flashing and bursting brightly, all sorts of memories flashed by.
‘The vast amount of memories gathered over 1,000 years… This is exactly what the fifth fragment of the primordial magic has been doing.’
Roina simply thought that and let the memories pass by. And soon, she broke free from everything, and the surroundings became white and bright.
Roina naturally closed her eyes deeply once and then opened them, realizing that she was lying near the temple where they had been just before going to the past.
“Roina-nim, are you alright?”
Rager, who had apparently fetched water from somewhere, came out of the forest and asked with a worried expression. Seeing him come, trotting with his large frame, he looked rather cute. Was it because his face was gentle and pretty?
Jason was still lying down beside her, asleep.
“Yeah, I’m fine. What happened to us?”
“You fainted for a while. No matter how much I tried to wake you, you wouldn’t get up, so I was worried.”
“Really? I see.”
Her future body had been unconscious. Or perhaps it had disappeared only during the short time that Rager had left. It would probably be the latter, considering her experience in the past. The flow of time was probably different.
“Ugh-.”
At that moment. Jason also woke up. He held his head with one hand, as if it ached.
“Jason, you’ve worked hard.”
“What… About you.”
“What happened?”
Jason and Roina encouraged each other, but only Rager, who didn’t know what had happened to them, asked, bewildered. Roina simply smiled at his words. Saying that she would tell him later.
At that moment, the massive temple in front of the three of them emitted a bright light. Surprised, Roina turned around, and the temple gradually shrank as the light condensed, forming a single shape.
It was none other than a kitten with blue fur and small white horns.
Jason murmured in disbelief.
“…Nova?”
“Nyaaah-.”
The cat purred happily. As if to say he guessed correctly.
Roina calmly explained from the side.
“After that, Nova stayed with the Golden Dragon and the past Roina’s group from a thousand years ago, never leaving their side. After witnessing everything, he promised to keep the memories, worried that Roina would lose them upon reincarnation.
He even wished to be sealed himself, worried that the Ryuhyeon of a thousand years later would return again. That’s what’s happening now. The last piece was Nova, who himself became a fragment of the primordial magic.”
At those words, Jason was surprised but happy to see Nova again, and picked up the kitten and jumped around, and Nova purred, accepting the touch docilely. He seemed to be secretly pleased as well. Roina considered telling them that he was only in the form of a kitten because of magic and was actually the age of someone who had been with them for many years, but stopped. Anyway, they were happy now, so there was no need to spoil the mood.
Finally, everything was in place. Roina’s memories and power, everything had returned properly. Now she could do it.
‘With this power, I can purify Lutan.’
Roina clenched her fist tightly.
At that moment, kugung- the surroundings rumbled, and a massive vibration shook the ground. The group, flustered, looked around, and saw the sky darkening rapidly, and the sea in the distance turning red.
“This, could it be…!”
“Is it starting again?”
Roina and Jason shouted with tense expressions, but Rager, who didn’t know what was happening, was bewildered. At that moment, Nova, in the form of a kitten, spoke.
“We have to find the central axis!”
At the sudden voice, Jason shouted, “Hey, if you could talk, you should have said so sooner!”, but didn’t add anything more. Nova had been with them in many battles since then, so he probably knew the know-how. Unlike when they first saw him in the past, his voice was dignified and confident.
Roina closed her eyes and sensed the flow of energy.
“It seems to be flowing towards the center of the empire… Probably the imperial palace.”
Roina opened her eyes with certainty. And she waved her hand, teleporting everyone to the magic tower. To wake Lutan.
The magic tower was also affected by the earthquake. Fides, looking frightened by the darkened sky and shaking ground, greeted Roina. Roina stroked Fides’s soft hair to reassure him.
“Don’t worry, Fides. It will be alright soon.”
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