Ethereal Ascendance: A Journey of Transformation(Vol 5)

Vol 5/ Chapter 88: The Truth Behind the Lin Family's Downfall

"So you live in this place now? Back in Shine Metropolitan 10 years ago, this would've been quite fancy!"

Back in Raydwin's small house, the fake "Cyra" was clearly here for the first time. She kept looking around, unable to stop herself from saying nice things about it.

"Of course! This place has become the angels' temporary base to fight against the demon invasion. There are still several empty rooms. If you like, you're welcome to move in anytime!" Raydwin proudly answered before I could. He seemed very pleased with this "base" idea. Then he opened the fridge and kindly gave everyone a drink.

"A base, huh?" The fake "Cyra" sat on the sofa and skillfully opened her bottle. She took a big gulp of cola, let out a long burp, then had a thoughtful look. "People nowadays are really easy to deal with. They accept the angel thing so easily!"

"Why don't you first tell us where you're from?" I suddenly noticed many details in her words and actions. After thinking, I decided to start the conversation with the most familiar possibility.

"First, you know me, but I don't know you at all! But for some reason, my gut feeling tells me you should be a classmate I used to know, and you didn't use any disguise magic! So there's only one reason left for why you're here..."

Thinking of past experiences, I confidently told her the conclusion I'd already reached:

"Is it because of time travel, coming back from the future?"

"Coming back from the future? At first I thought so too, but later I found out things might not be as simple as you think..."

To my surprise, she shook her head with a bitter smile, rejecting this guess. But she didn't seem to want to hide her identity from us. She changed the subject and introduced herself openly.

"But you're right about one thing - my name is also Cyra! Just that in H-country language, the pronunciation and writing might be a bit different. To be exact, when I changed my name back then, it should be 'Cyrae'!"

"Is there a difference?" Adrian, not very good at H-country language, asked in confusion.

"Of course it's different! Master, H-country culture is deep and profound. You'll slowly understand after some time!" Raydwin immediately guaranteed proudly when this topic came up.

"So you're not from Earth either?" Cyrae seemed a bit surprised when she heard this. She didn't think of Adrian as a foreigner at first, and had a thoughtful look.

"I feel like I've heard the name Adrian somewhere before, but I just can't remember..."

"He's my boyfriend. He knows basically everything about me!" I couldn't help but roll my eyes. My purpose in saying this wasn't to expose myself, but mainly to see if she really had Cyrus's memories from before Cyra's transformation, as I thought.

Of course, I guessed right! Cyrae was shocked and kept looking back and forth between me and Adrian. But I didn't dwell on this topic and continued to ask based on her previous answer:

"So when you said you didn't come back from the future, how exactly should that be explained?"

"To be honest, I'm not sure either. Even now, there are still many questions..."

But Cyrae suddenly seemed hesitant again. She looked around at everyone present, finished her cola in one go, and asked while holding up the empty bottle:

"Sorry, can I have another one? If there's some alcohol, that would be even better!"

"Uh... there's no more. These were the last ones, and I don't usually drink alcohol!"