Ethereal Ascendance: A Journey of Transformation(Vol 5)

Vol 5/ Chapter 89: The Parallel World's Cyrus

"So you're saying you're also Cyrus?" I blurted out, finding this story hard to believe.

Even without saying it clearly, everyone probably guessed from the hints in her words. Plus, with looks exactly like Cyra's, this Cyrae was likely Cyrus before the class reunion!

"I don't believe it! The 'Lord' can't possibly be you!" Surprisingly, Cyra didn't seem to agree. She suddenly rushed forward, grabbed the other's collar, and shouted:

"If you came to Earth 80 years ago from another world, why did you just watch my dad get killed by Jason Lin? If you had acted earlier or finished off the Lin family decades ago, my dad might not have died! Why did you wait until everything was unfixable before slowly coming out to 'clean up'? You're not my 'Lord'!"

"Wait, this is someone else's house. Don't make trouble!" Cyra was too excited. Adrian and I didn't expect them to clash so suddenly, so we hurried to stop the fight.

Her dad's death clearly hit her hard. But her doubt was also something we couldn't ignore! From what I knew of Cyra, she really cared about her parents. If Cyrae was really Cyrus, she wouldn't have done nothing when she could have stopped it early.

"Because I'm not who I used to be..." Cyrae's clothes were almost completely messed up. But she didn't seem angry. Her gaze suddenly became sad as she looked at Cyra.

"I've lived as a woman on Earth for 80 years. I even had my own family. You can't imagine these experiences now! Actually, to avoid changing history too much, I shouldn't have acted this time. But seeing how you were back then, I just couldn't help it..."

"Why can't history be changed?" I cut in, surprised.

History can be changed, as my experiences in Makalan and Parristol proved! But only with a Fate Breaker present.

Never mind Adrian, but signs showed Cyra herself was likely a Fate Breaker too. So maybe Cyrae was also a Fate Breaker! But why didn't she want to change things?

"Because from what I figured out before, time might be linear..." Cyrae looked troubled at first. Only after I asked several times did she reluctantly share her real thoughts.

"Actually, traveling to the past to change the future rarely happened before. When I studied in Edenmere, Lady Elara only mentioned that history simply can't be changed. Any effort to change the past would just become part of history's background! So I could only conclude that time is linear and can't be changed from the past! Even if legendary Fate Breakers appear, changing my own past carelessly might make my current self disappear from the timeline! So unless I really have to, I don't want to take this risk..."

I see!

This is why she used disguise magic to look like Cyrus in the church back then!

Cyrae knew that Cyrus from that time would normally join the class reunion and travel later, just like herself. To prevent Cyrus from recognizing her after traveling to another world and transforming, which could greatly change the future and even affect her current existence, Cyrae decided to hide her appearance to reduce future uncertainties as much as possible.

As for why she had to look like Cyrus, it was because only this way could the real Cyrus fully believe her words right away!

Unfortunately, things didn't go exactly as she planned. Although Cyrus traveled successfully as expected, when she changed her name, she didn't call herself Cyrae, but Cyra.

Moreover, Cyra didn't actually travel back to Earth 80 years ago...

"What exactly did you experience after traveling to another world from the class reunion?"