Ethereal Ascendance: A Journey of Transformation (Volume 6)

Vol 6/ Chapter 49: Who Am I

Unfortunately, it was already nighttime.

When we reached the adventurer guild in the imperial capital, it was already closed. After asking the guild staff nearby, we learned that the inter-city transfer formation had only been test-running after the war. Regular service wouldn't start until tomorrow.

I remembered we had arrived here just one day ago. Most of our time was spent looking for Reider and dealing with that confusing maze at the royal villa, plus several battles. But now there was no rush, and everyone was tired anyway, so we just found a nearby inn to rest.

"...That's basically what happened. Your world's classmates and friends finally defeated the big villain 'Spring' after going through many hardships. They cleared all threats and achieved peace in the end. Even Michelle made up with the other Element Angels and agreed to stop her monster subordinates from invading the continent. By the time the story ended, basically everyone was doing well, and even my other self was revived!"

Everyone gathered in Cyrae's room while Adrian and I told her in detail about the story from the other parallel world we learned about. Of course, to avoid unnecessary trouble, we specially left out the part about Adrian's unfortunate death in that other world.

"Are you sure it was really my world?"

At first Cyrae couldn't help but doubt us. After all, hearing that all this came from a book called "Ethereal Ascendance: A Journal of Transformation", it wasn't something anyone could easily accept.

"Of course it's all true!"

Although we couldn't rule out the possibility of different parallel worlds branching out during the story's development, to comfort her, I confidently guaranteed while patting my chest: "Don't forget Nicola said she personally went to your world? The book also mentioned the parts about her experience, and they match almost perfectly!"

Come to think of it, in some sense, wasn't the Cyrae in front of us like a character who jumped out from the book? Looking at her from another angle suddenly gave me a strange feeling.

"Indeed, I can find some impression of the name 'Spring' in Elara's memories. Although in her memories this god never actually appeared, she always kept some wariness towards the 'Ancient God Religion'..."

Seeing both Adrian and I vouching so strongly, Cyrae finally had no reason to doubt anymore. After all, now that "System" carriers had appeared, having another mysterious person who could observe the world's entire development and record it in a book didn't seem too unacceptable.

She let out a long breath and showed us a knowing smile while nodding: "In that case, I choose to believe you. It's wonderful that they're all safe and sound!"

This "they" naturally referred to Nicora, Feliciara, and others from the parallel world. Speaking of which, when Cyrae was sent back to Earth by the other Nicora without warning, she had been very worried about her classmates. Although she eventually gave up on trying to go back, now learning that they achieved such great things finally put her mind at ease about this matter.

"If nothing unexpected happens, you should be able to meet this world's Elara tomorrow. Don't forget she's somewhat different from the Elara in your memories, so make sure you don't cause any misunderstandings!"

It was getting late now, and we had finally passed on all the important information. I stretched and stood up, reminding Cyrae while opening the door to leave. Suddenly I heard Adrian say quietly to me:

"Actually, I also have something important to do tomorrow..."

Though he didn't say it directly, I immediately understood what he meant - it was about proposing to Elara that he had mentioned before.