Hakushaku to Yousei - Volume 14 - Chapter 6

Chapter 6 ♦ The ones that gather in the holy land

When Kelly returned to the Connaught home alone, Edgar could not hide his disappointment, but said it was to be expected.
He asked about the situation at the McKeel house, finding out that Lydia had not been imprisoned, but it seemed that she was being monitored by the people in the mansion, so it would really be difficult for her to go out alone.
There wasn’t much time left, it seemed that he could only rescue Lydia at the sacred land.
After Edgar had made up his mind, he borrowed a horse from the Connaught clan, preparing to leave for the sacred land. He needed to get there before the moon rose tonight.
“Earl, do you really want to go to the McKeel house alone?”
“Yes, the McKeel clan should have people who can speak English, so it shouldn’t be a problem.”
Of course Edgar didn’t want to converse with the McKeel family, but he had told Mr. Connaught as such.
“We can negotiate with the McKeel family for you and have them return your fiancée.”
“No, the situation is a little more complicated. That man might injure her because of his impatience, so I will go alone first.”
Mr. Connaught’s thick eyebrows knitted together, and he nodded solemnly.
“I understand, then I will first prepare a ship to leave the island. As long you reach the inner Hebrides, it will be hard for the McKeel clan to act.”
“Yes, please take care of me.”
Regain Lydia, kill the Prophet. Once he had done this, Edgar would undoubtedly be pursued by the McKeel clan, so the method of leaving the island was very important.
“Earl, I’m very sorry that I cannot help you.”
Kelly looked very anxious. This young girl with her hair tied back in a braid gave people a plain impression, but she was certainly a hardworking person.
“You’ve already done so much for me.”
Even though Edgar stated as such, she was still unconvinced and lowered her head.
“It’s fine as long as Lydia saw the letter.”
“Yes, although she only had a bit of time, Miss Carlton had indeed read the letter.”
“Then my thoughts were surely conveyed to her.”
She was afraid of the letter being taken away and had thrown it into the fireplace. Presumably, she had already grasped the meaning of the contents.
Since she had realized that the contents can’t be known by the McKeel clan, she must have understood that Edgar was planning to kill the Prophet.
What was Lydia thinking?
If she knew that Edgar was in fact completely in opposition to the Prophet, would she despise him?
Although Edgar wanted Lydia to believe in him in the letter, he actually didn’t have the least bit of confidence.
However, he could not turn back now.
“Let’s go, Raven."

The clouds were thin in the sky, would the full moon be seen tonight? Even if the moon couldn’t be seen, the opening of the sacred land wouldn’t be obstructed? As usual, Edgar was still unable to understand magic.
Nevertheless, he guided himself as usual without depending on people, and rode forward on a horse in the wilderness with only Raven.
Ever since he had come to this island where the sacred land was said to be, Edgar always felt that there was a force pulling him in the same direction.
He was inexplicably convinced that as long he was guided according to the force, then he would be lead to the sacred land.
Ulysses had said that the Prince knew the correct location of the sacred land, it was probably the memories within Edgar that was pulling him towards there.
After Prince Charles Edward raised his forces in the Highlands and fled with the help of a Hebrides clan, the rebellion overthrowing the Hanover royal family vowed to replace him and create the Prince of Calamity. Defectors of the McKeel clan allegedly contributed to this, so it wasn’t surprising even if the first Prince had some kind of association with the sacred land.
Heading towards the north, there was an increase in flat terrain. Even though there were no decent roads, Edgar moved forward through the wilderness as usual. Faced with Edgar, who was like this, Raven didn’t question anything.
The summer days were quite long, and the sun showed no signs of setting.
Finally, they could see a black standing stone towering ahead.
The stone stood in front of Edgar, as if preventing him from going forward.
As he drew closer, he discovered something.
This giant standing stone was different from the one that he had seen before. It was a giant smoky quartz crystal, which was slightly transparent.
He wanted to ride his horse forward, but as soon as they passed the standing stone, he would see the stone in front of him again. It was the same no matter how many times he tried.
“It’s a barrier......”
Perhaps this was a protective charm surrounding the sacred land.
“Lord Edgar, what are you going to do?”
After thinking a little, Edgar drew out the Merrow sword.
“As long as it can break the barrier, then it will be fine. Raven, follow me!”
Edgar raised his sword high and kicked the stirrups. He headed straight towards the upright stone.
As he swung his sword, he felt the unexpected sensation of something breaking. The smoky quartz then shattered in all directions.
The surrounding landscape suddenly changed.
The scenery around had completely turned into night, and a lake with flashing prismatic lights appeared before him.
As he raised his head, Edgar noticed that it was the scenery of the sky that was reflected on the lake. It was clearly the summer night sky, yet the Northern Lights were flickering.
The moon still hadn’t come out.
Only the Northern Lights stretched across the sky on the other end of the lake, like a sign that guided them there.

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The carriage stopped suddenly; Lydia almost fell out of her seat and hastily steadied herself.
“Are you alright?”
Brian asked, sitting on the opposite side.
“I’m fine, what happened?”
He stuck his head out the window, and Fergus, who was riding the horse, leaned over.
“Patrick, that kid suddenly stopped the horse, wait a moment."
Finally, with the consent of the clan chief, Fergus proceeded to the sacred land with them, in accordance to his previous wishes. Taking his status into account, he was, of course, a suitable candidate.
“Did something happen?”
“The island’s guardian stone....”
Patrick still hadn’t finished; Fergus looked forward at the road ahead.
Patrick stood in front and gazed at the standing stone that was upright amidst the empty wilderness.
Lydia stepped down from the carriage and approached the standing stone.
Lydia and the others, who were riding in the carriage, as well as several other McKeel family members on horseback, headed for the sacred land in order to awaken the Prophet tonight.
She sat in the carriage for a long time, and just when she heard that they were about to reach the destination, Patrick had stopped the carriage. What exactly was going on?
“The barrier was broken."
Patrick said as he stroked the stone’s surface. The upright stone was a dark transparent brown.
It was smoky quartz, but there were distinct cracks inside. There were no cracks on the surface at all, it practically seemed like it was caused by a force from the inside.
“This is the barrier?”
“This is the stone that surrounds the sacred land."
“The island should also have many identical stones, it’s just that no one knows how many there are, nor is anyone sure of their locations."
Brian spoke while peeping at the stone from behind.
“The other stones must have been destroyed. Since the destructive force had already affected this area, it means that whoever destroyed the stone succeeded in invading the domain surrounding the sacred land."
It’s Edgar! Lydia’s had this kind of intuition.
“However, even if it’s someone from the Prince’s organization, they’re unable to enter the sacred land, isn’t that right?”
Patrick nodded in response to Fergus’s words. The guardian stone suffering damage in this way was perhaps outside his expectations; his austere face expression did not change in the slightest.
“Let’s hurry ahead."
Lydia and Brian were urged to return to the carriage.
Before long, the carriage began to move again.
Nico sat in the corner of the carriage. Although he was motionless like a doll, because his body appeared translucent, he looked more like a fairy than usual.
Brian used the status of Lydia’s ‘brother’ to ride in the same carriage, and was going to depend on the full moon that came once every nineteen years as well as the power of the sacred land to proceed towards the Aurora fairies’ country.
It was only natural that Patrick accompanied as the fairy doctor, and Fergus lead the party forward as the representative of the clan chief. Lydia’s father did not come along.
The McKeel clan did not seem to want anyone other than those necessary to approach the sacred land, and Lydia thought it was best this way.
If there was a possibility of danger, then it was all the more better.
Before she left, Lydia had secretly told her father about Edgar’s letter.
She intended to sneak out of the sacred land with Edgar and Nico, so she hoped that her father would find an excuse to go to the town’s port tonight.
As long as they leave the land under the control of the McKeel clan, then they don’t need to worry about being constrained and can move freely.
Besides, although they tried to keep Lydia in the mansion, if her father said that he wanted to go shopping and had to leave town by himself, they wouldn’t stop him.
Tomorrow... Can Edgar and Father leave the island?
Edgar was already nearby.
Thinking this, Lydia's heart began to quicken.
However, she couldn’t let Edgar kill the Prophet.
How much of her life would actually be reduced?
If that’s the only thing Lydia could do, then she really wanted to awaken the Prophet for Edgar.
If the Prince's organization still possessed power, the blessing of the Prophet was absolutely necessary if Edgar wanted to obtain true freedom from their pursuit.
However, she didn’t want to have any involvement with the Prophet or the McKeel clan again, so she wanted to convince Edgar, hoping that the both of them will leave the island.
Will things go smoothly?
The inside of the carriage unknowingly became dark, as the group was traveling on the road at night.
The Aurora borealis became a veil of light in the sky, stretching to the other side of the hill.
“The Aurora borealis flows out from the sacred land."
Brian said.
The sacred land on the other side of the hill would soon be reached.
Lydia unconsciously stroked the Moonstone ring on her ring finger, which was proof of their engagement.
“Hey, Brian onii-sama, there’s something that I hope you can tell me."
Lydia asked with a serious tone, so Brian felt confused.
“What will happen to me after the Prophet wakes up?”
“Eh...... What do you mean?”
“If you consider me as a sister in the least bit, don’t keep me in the dark. I have the right to know the risks beforehand, don’t I? I won’t run away."
She looked straight into Brian's eyes, and he answered with a sincere look. Then, he slowly said:
“Rather than saying it’s dangerous... it would be better to say that your lifespan will be supplied to the Prophet. You’re still young and very healthy, and I think it won’t take effect immediately... but your remaining lifespan may be shortened."
In other words, perhaps there would be more time remaining in her lifespan than she thought. Lydia was a little relieved.
She was unexpectedly excited to get married.
While the wedding was being prepared, they had decided to wait until returning from Scotland to hold the ceremony.
I want to see Edgar again, I want hurry up and return to London and marry him. There should be enough time for me to become his spouse.
After the carriage ascended the hill, the swamp surrounding the stone circle could be seen below.

The slender standing stones were arranged in a circle and looked as if they had been hammered onto the sacred land. There was a stage made of rocks in the center of that stone circle, as if the megaliths were placed horizontally.
Lydia looked around, but couldn’t see anyone other than themselves.
The direction of the swamp was too dark to see clearly. Did Edgar really come?
Lydia placed Nico by the corner of the stone circle. As long as the moon reached the holy land and filled it with magic power, the magic would automatically be undone.
Patrick brought Lydia to the front of the stone stage. From that point of view, the position of the throne-like full moon could be seen from below the stone stage.
“The moon will soon descend to the top of the rock and the door connecting the sacred land will open, but only the three of us can go inside."
He was referring to Lydia, Patrick and Brian, as only those who had deep ties to the land’s magic could enter.
“In order to defend against attack of the Prince’s subordinates, I will ask Fergus and the others to stand guard here. Please don’t worry, even if Earl Ashenbert was taken as their hostage, I will guarantee his safety."
But Patrick should have known that Edgar hadn’t become a hostage of the Prince’s organization at all, as he intended to bury the Prophet alone.
Therefore, he brought the soldiers with him to be on the lookout for Edgar.
But even if Fergus and the soldiers weren’t aware, they won’t let anyone approach to the area.
Regardless, Edgar and Raven were unable to enter the sacred land, so no matter what they did, it was impossible to kill the Prophet.
Lydia could only pray that Edgar would not act recklessly.
She stood in front of the stone stage, and everyone stood still and waited. As the moon moved little by little, the group could only stand silently and watch.
But the moon surely seemed to be descending towards the stone stage.
In ancient times, the stone remnants that were built by humans to meticulously calculate the movement of the moon in order to take the heaven and earth’s energy and use it as black magic. Lydia was experiencing the ancient knowledge once again.
The surroundings were filled with a holy atmosphere; simply from breathing quietly, something was permeating her body. From the tips of her fingers to the end of her hair, she was wrapped up by a mysterious force.
The megaliths weren’t a remnant of the past; it was still living.
Lydia sensed its breathing with her whole body and gazed at the stone stage, enthralled.
The juxtaposed stones which resembled pillars and well as the stones spread on the ground emitted a white light under the illumination of the moon, and the reflected radiance filled the surroundings with a dim light.
However, the more the radiance of the light could be felt, the more distinct and dark the shadows of the stone circles that fell on the ground became.
As Lydia gazed at the darkness, she suddenly felt a little dizzy.
The scenery appeared to blur. The more she focused attentively, the more she could feel a subtle distortion of a clear presence.
There was another circle that overlapped with the surrounding stone circle.
That circle repelled the bright moonlight, casting a deep shadow on the rocks.
This was said to be the other shadow of the sacred land that was identical both inside and outside.
Every nineteen years, there would be a maximum build up of magic in this place, and the originally divided sacred land would overlap at this moment.
As the moon descended onto the stone stage, uniting heaven and earth, light and shadow together, will the sacred land reveal it’s true and complete form?
Now, everyone was motionlessly waiting for the time to come.
At that moment, Patrick turned in surprise.
A figure on horseback appeared outside the stone circle.
“Edgar...”
Lydia whispered.
Edgar was not looking at Lydia, but at the clan soldiers in front.
The radiant blonde hair glowing underneath the moonlight seemed more divine than the sacred land whose complete form still hadn’t yet emerged, yet the sword in his hand bore a dark color, not reflecting any light.
A scarlet star ruby was adorned on the sword. When the star sapphire turned red, it meant that the Merrow sword had the magic of the Unseelie Court.
Edgar had already planned on fighting.
He urged the horse to gallop with no intention of slowing down, and immediately rushed toward the center of the stone circle.
Raven followed behind.
“Fergus, please stop him!"
“I know!”
As Patrick shouted, Fergus and the clansmen had already turned their horses in Edgar’s direction.
“Stop it, Edgar, Fergus!”
Lydia wanted to run over there, but Brian grabbed her hand.
“Are you planning to run into the middle of the fight!?”
“But......”
“The moon has fallen, and the entrance to the sacred land is going to open."
Patrick completely blocked Lydia’s sight and pushed her towards the stone stage.
The sound of clashing swords reverberated.
Raven jumped off his horse and leapt onto a man tried to kill Edgar. Lydia glimpsed him dragging down the man from the horse, but because she was caught by two people on both sides, she was unable to look back.
“Lydia, don’t go!”
Edgar’s voice reached her ears.
Confused, Lydia tried to stop.
Edgar was fighting Fergus, and after he waved his fists and shook the other man off, he ran over.
“Edgar, stop messing around! The Prophet should be on your side, so...”
“......No, I......”
Edgar came running towards them, planning to pull Lydia back.
At this time, the center of the stone circle was suddenly filled with light. The moment of the moon descending onto the stone stage had arrived.
“The sacred land is going to open!”
When Lydia heard Brian’s voice, she felt her body floating up.
An invisible force acted, too strong for the eye to see, pulling her away from Edgar’s hand.
“I’ll be fine, wait for me!”
Lydia shouted, unable to see his figure.
The breeze gently wrapped up her body. Rather than saying this sensation was her body flying, it would be better to say that it was slowly falling.
Overflowing with faint light, the surroundings couldn’t be seen at all.
I must have been taken to the depths of the sacred land.
While thinking, the feeling of ground unknowingly returned to her feet.
The light slowly weakened, and she could gradually see her surrounding. The surroundings had a stone circle which were the same as the one from before, but the center of the stone circle was filled with flickering light that fluctuated like the wavering water. Only the standing stones floated mysteriously. She had no idea whether or not the swamp, hill, or even the night sky existed.
It was like being surrounded by the Northern lights.
Thinking about this and raising her head, she could see some kind of shining object in the sky lightly dancing.
The Aurora fairies-- the Philis Chyris gathered; they were originally from a realm of the distant heavens, and now they seemed to be approaching the sacred land.
Lydia suddenly saw a figure in the stone circle, and Brian appeared in front of her.
He looked up at group of the Philis Chyris shyly and gently extended his hand out to them, who were descending.
Ah, Brian onii-sama, you’re going to leave aren’t you?
Lydia whispered.
He looked over at Lydia, revealing a smile with a hint of loneliness.
Then, he emitted a mysterious light like the Aurora fairies.
I must complete my duty.
Lydia pulled herself together and looked ahead.
She saw the coffin; the sarcophagus was roughly placed at the centre of the stone circle.
The coffin was made of white stone, which was very similar to the standing stones of the stone circle.
Just as she was about to walk forward, she heard someone say to her:
“Lydia, you can’t."
Edgar?
She turned around and gazed into the swaying light; appearing within was without a doubt Edgar.
“I will bury the Prophet."
“……Why are you here?”
Aren’t outsiders unable to enter?
The scarlet star ruby was flickering continuously as Edgar firmly grasped the sword which had already been pulled out from the scabbard, and looked straight at Lydia.
“Even if the prophet wakes up, he cannot save us."
“What do you mean?”
“Miss Carlton, get back!”
Patrick pulled Lydia’s hand. He unknowingly appeared from the side and stood in front of her, seemingly wanting to protect her from the hands of Edgar.
“Mr. Patrick, Edgar is not your enemy!”
Lydia wanted to leave Patrick, but he tightly grabbed Lydia's hand and glared at Edgar with a watchful eye.
“Earl Ashenbert, how did you come in.....?”
“You’re asking me how I got in? Is that so surprising?”
“Those who are able to enter are only the extremely few people connected to the sacred land."
“...... I see, then I seem to be included by chance."
Edgar said coldly. His voice sounded sad and even frightening.
“If that’s the case, there is only one conclusion."
“Is that so? Then you must have guessed right."
Patrick widened his eyes.
Lydia was confused.
“I didn’t expect.... that you were actually the Prince of Calamity."
What are they talking about? Lydia looked at Edgar and Patrick alternately; both of their expressions were very solemn.
“How troublesome. I wasn’t hostile to you guys at all, I definitely wouldn’t have tried to come here if it wasn’t in order to find Lydia."
Edgar...... Is the Prince?
“You obviously inherited the title of the Blue Knight Earl, at the same time you’re also the Prince......?”
“This wasn’t what I wished for."
Did Edgar inherit the position of Prince, who should already be dead?
Lydia felt confused, even a little dizzy.
“Would you please let go of my fiancée?”
Though his tone was quite gentle, he possessed an indescribable anger. Nevertheless, when Edgar saw Lydia, who was trembling slightly, he exposed a conceding sort of sorrowful expression.
Edgar is the Prince.
Lydia was desperately thinking.
If she let the Prophet wake up, he would become the Edgar’s enemy, and he might get killed.
But then what should I do? Marrying Edgar meant marrying the Prince of Calamity.
Marrying that evil Prince who was born in order to curse the United Kingdom and who manipulates Unseelie Court.
Even so, am I able to have the resolve to only follow him?
Patrick slowly released the motionless Lydia, and then glanced at the Aurora fairies in the sky.
Lydia followed him and looked up, noticing that the Aurora fairies were turbulently creating a vortex.
The light concentrated in the centre of the object that resembled a cloud.
It’s dangerous!
The moment Lydia thought this, she broke into a run.
“Edgar!”
A harsh light flashed instantaneously.
As she threw herself towards Edgar and the both of them fell to the ground, a nearby menhir shattered.
“Lydia, are you alright? Hang in there!”
She found herself being held by Edgar. Her shoulder seemed to be injured, with blood seeping out.
But she didn’t feel pain.
“It's nothing, let’s hurry up and escape.”
Let’s get out of here together! In the end, Lydia couldn’t think about anything else.
No matter who he was, he was an important person to Lydia.
The two wanted to get up, but the Aurora fairies planned to attack again.
Lydia didn't leave Edgar’s side.
“Don’t, Aurora fairies! She’s the Prophet’s fiancée......”
Although Patrick called out, the Aurora fairies still did not stop.
(Fiancée? But that girl saved the Prince of Calamity.)
The sound from the skies reverberated mercilessly.
The next moment, blades of light sparkled once more.
Edgar embraced Lydia; she thought it was too late, and it was impossible to escape.
However, the impact did not appear, and the light immediately disappeared.
Brian fell to his knees before them.
“......Onii-sama!”
“Edgar......if you destroy that......”
Brian, who was covered with injuries, whispered with a sigh while pointing to a menhir.
As Lydia tried to help him up, Edgar ran towards the menhir.
Edgar waved his sword a moment before the Aurora fairies attacked. As the menhir shattered, the darkness outside spilled into the stone circle.
What seemed to be thick fog had flowed in.  It was the Unseelie court that gathered within the shadows of the sacred land.
There were some that looked like small flying insects that fluttered about while others were large groups of Sluaghs. They mixed together with the Aurora fairies. Light and darkness were fighting against each other.
As Lydia sensed the fairy attacks cease, she shook Brian desperately, trying to wake him up.
“Brian...... why did you......?”
Lydia shed tears, and he opened his eyes slightly.
“Didn’t you want to return to the heavens? If you lived as a fairy, you could forget about the pain and hatred on the ground, you’d become free.... why did you do this......? I’m not your real sis--”
He didn’t tell Lydia to not speak, but rather he pressed a finger against her lips.
“…… My sister, I’m glad I met you…”
“I hurt your sister......”
“I’m sorry...... I lied to you......”
While still having difficulty breathing due to the pain, he tried to say something again.
“……I wish you happiness."
Then, his finger left Lydia’s lips and he helplessly fell onto the ground.
“Onii-sama!”
And yet he should have held a grudge against Lydia.
Lydia cried and constantly called out for Brian, but he was no longer responding.
In spite of everything, he did not hesitate to sacrifice himself for Lydia and protect her.
She didn't think she had such a value. Her heart was restless.
She wanted to save Edgar, yet Edgar was regarded by the McKeel clan and this island as the Prince, who was the root of all evil.
However, despite the Prince being an abominable existence to Lydia, she inseparable from him because it was Edgar.
“I’m sorry...... I’m sorry, onii-sama."
She could only say this.
“Stop, Earl!”
Lydia heard Patrick's voice, and so she looked up in surprise.
Edgar was rushing to the Prophet's coffin.
He kicked Patrick down, who was trying to stop him, and thrust the sword into the coffin without the slightest hesitation.
The coffin lid was very fragile, as it suddenly crumbled and scattered all over the place.
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At that moment, the area was surrounded by silence.
The Unseelie Court seemed to be afraid of the Prophet, so they all retreated.
However, regardless of whether it was Edgar, who was looking down at the coffin, or Patrick, who was struggling to support his body and glimpse inside, both were speechlessly frozen in place.
“The Prophet...... isn’t inside?”
Patrick muttered.
Lydia who timidly came close to the coffin to take a peek, also saw that it was empty. 
“Patrick, what is the meaning of this?”
“That’s what I’d like to ask!”
Patrick rudely spat out these words, it seemed that he had finally become uneasy.
The Aurora fairies causing an uproar in the sky gradually moved away, and Lydia felt the magic that originally filled the sacred land become faint like a tide receding.
“The moonlight disappeared from the sacred land."
Although the moon couldn’t be seen from here, outside of the stone circle, it had surely left the stone stage and sank below the horizon. 
The full moon’s magic that appeared once every nineteen years had disappeared.
Edgar turned around, pulling Lydia towards him. Then he said: "Let’s go home."
“Arrow, lead the way."
Tiny stars flew out from the sword, leading the two out of the stone circle within the darkness.
“If you return to that place from just a moment ago, Fergus should still be waiting there, so we need to go home elsewhere."
Seeing him taking a step forward, Patrick deeply frowned in irritation.
“The prophet can’t have disappeared. If he has already awakened, you would surely be destroyed.”
“As I said, I bear no ill will towards you guys, but if you provoke me, I will show you no mercy. If you want to defend the islands from the Prince, then it would be a good idea to not have any implications with me or Lydia."
“Meaning... you won’t lay a hand on the islands?”
“That depends on you guys."
“...I cannot believe you. As long as the Prince exists, Unseelie Court will gather on the island and continue to rise in power. If you inherited the Prince’s powers, there will always be a day where you will surely want to fulfill the Prince’s mission."
"Even if the most fundamental solution to this is my death, I will not die. As long as Lydia doesn’t say that she doesn’t want to see my face, I will continue to live. But if one day I can no longer sustain my own self then at that time, I would gladly to hand over my life to the Prophet."
Patrick fell silent. Edgar and Lydia turned  around and prepared to leave the stone circle.
Edgar put his arm around Lydia’s waist, embracing her while walking; Lydia also nestled closely against him.
As the two of them walked forward, Lydia began to cry. Edgar used his other hand to stroke the sobbing Lydia’s hair.
“I’m sorry."
He said softly.
“...Something so important, if I had known earlier...”
“Then you don’t want to be engaged with me?”
“It’s not that! If I had known, I would not have come to the island."
“Right...... I’m sorry."
Edgar heaved a long sigh.
“I was very afraid. I was worried whether or not your heart will drift away from me.”
If that was the case, how comfortable would it be for me?  
“You won’t lose yourself, right?”
“Yeah, I promise you."
Then I can only believe. Lydia said to herself.
What happened afterwards, Lydia couldn’t remember.
At that time, she suddenly felt ill, and upon returning to the human world, a burst of intense pain struck her, leaving her unable to stand.
A burning sort of pain made her gradually lose consciousness. At that time, she remembered something.
An Aurora fairy’s blade of light had grazed her shoulder, and the pain was from that wound.
Brian also suffered countless wounds like this; she was feeling the same pain as he did at that time. Experiencing this at the same time, she couldn’t help but feel that compared to the crises that were encountered previously, death was closer than ever this time.