Ethereal Ascendance: A Journey of Transformation(1-3VOL)

Vol 3/Chapter 34: Nicola Get Struck Too

"Who said we're going to split up in the future?"

Nicola raised her eyebrows in disagreement.

"Didn't you see the blue-winged angel floating in the sky back then? How many blue-winged angels could there be in this world? It had to be you!"

"We can't be sure of that! It could very well not have been me!"

I flung her hand aside and flew back. I still had no idea why my wings had turned blue. Thinking about it too much would only add to my distress. I hadn't wanted to bring it up in the first place, yet she had dredged it up again.

"How could it not be you? Coming back from the future with my future self - who else could it be?"

Nicola tailed me closely, speaking with complete certainty.

"Who knows? People change after all..."

I was reminded again of the items from my storage ring and the possibility of Nicola getting married in the future. I suddenly felt that the human heart was so complicated...

After returning to my room, I would've activated the light elemental isolator and gone to rest on any other day. But today I decided not to sleep at all and to stay up reading all night instead. Angels didn't need sleep anyway, and there was no day or night cycle here besides.

Of course, there was another, more important reason - after yesterday's nightmare, I had developed a phobia of dreaming. That nightmare had simply been too realistic! I kept feeling like it wasn't just a random dream but was connected to the traces of dark elemental energy I'd discovered somehow.

Unfortunately, Nicola didn't believe my words at all. And I had no evidence to show anyone else to plead my case either. My only option was to not sleep for now and see if I could find any clues. If a demon had snuck into my room, it was very likely not ready to give up just yet and could take action again. Maybe I could catch it red-handed next time.

"Feliciana, why are you sitting out here in the hallway?"

Around midnight, Norma happened to walk past my room slowly. Seeing me sitting on a chair I'd dragged out into the hallway and reading by the window light, she asked in surprise.

"Oh it's nothing, I just felt the lighting's better out here in the hallway..."

I closed my magic book awkwardly, not having expected to run into Norma at this hour. Looks like she was also a night owl.

"But don't you have windows in your room... Wait, do you have the light elemental isolator on?"

Since my room door wasn't closed, she could easily see the boundary of the light elemental isolator inside, glinting like a mirror.

"And it's at max power?"

Norma shot me a bewildered look, unclear why I would do that.

Activating the light elemental isolator created a barrier within a bounded space to reflect external light elemental energy, including the normal light we could see. If the effect was maxed out, it would be pitch black inside the bounded zone, while looking in from outside was like peering into a mirror since all light shining in was reflected out. Of course, I could also adjust the intensity so the mirror effect wouldn't be as pronounced and some light still filtered through if I wanted.

"Well, you see..."

I was at a sudden loss over how to explain this properly. Should I just tell her flat out that I'd deliberately set the isolator to try and lure whatever had caused my strange dreams, hoping to catch it in the act?