Mistbound Chronicles: Lumian's Legacy Novel Chapter 36

Thinking of this, Lumian came to a conclusion:

If the guess I just made is true, it means that only Kordu Village and the surrounding area will go back in time, and other places will not be affected!

Does this mean that as long as we can get out of here, we can return to normal life? Lumian's thoughts were spinning, and he looked sideways at Aurore, pretending to be guilty:

"This, uh, this telegram was actually made by me."

"You?" Aurore was angry and funny, but more at a loss.

She wondered if she had accidentally been pranked by her brother.

This is like a year-round hunter being pecked in the eye by an eagle!

Lumian explained "sincerely":

"Well, haven't I always wanted to visit Trier? So, two days ago, I secretly sent a telegram to the telegraph office corresponding to "Novel Weekly" and asked in your voice when the nearest writer's salon was. They extended the invitation enthusiastically."

"So that's it..." Aurore said, "The mystery has finally been solved" on her face.

The next second, she picked up the wooden stick placed next to her and said through gritted teeth:

"The child has grown up!"

Lumian quickly added:

"Aurore, no, sister, you listen to my quibbles, no, listen to my explanation."

He didn't panic and deliberately made a joke.

"Okay, tell me." Aurore said, hammering the wooden stick, "Your sister and I have always convinced people from the bottom of their hearts with their good virtues. How can I convict someone without listening to the suspect's statement?

"I want you to die clearly!"

Lumian spoke very quickly:

"In Intis, Trier is the place with the largest number of universities and the best quality. I am about to take the Unified Entrance Examination for higher education, and I want to go on an on-site inspection in advance to decide which three universities I will apply for."

Aurore nodded invisibly and motioned for her brother to continue.

Lumian praised his sister sincerely:

"I believe that as long as I make this legitimate request, you will definitely take me around Trier, but in this case, it will be your money, and if the invitation is issued by "Novel Weekly", not only the steam train Ticket fees, hotel accommodation fees, and even various entertainment expenses in Trier can be reimbursed.

"I know you are not short of such money, but you worked hard to write it word by word. I will never let it go if I can find a way to save it."

Aurore's expression relaxed:

"I still know that I feel sorry for my sister.

"But have you ever considered that I don't want to go to a writers' salon? I hate being around so many strangers."

Lumian smiled:

"Aurore, uh, sister, have you ever thought that "Novel Weekly" invites you so warmly not to let you participate in the salon, but to use the salon to build a good relationship with you. You are famous. Best-selling novel author.

"So, the salon is not important. What is important is you. As long as you are willing to accept their invitation to go to Trier for a while, you can find any reason to reject the salon. Not only do the people at "Novel Weekly" not You will be angry, but you will be glad that you accepted the previous part of the hospitality."

Aurore looked Lumian up and down:

"You're getting better and better at figuring out people."

She then exhaled and said:

"Okay, I'll take care of some things, pack my luggage, and take you to Trier in two days. Then, send a telegram to "Novel Weekly" in advance and ask them to pick us up at the Trier train station."

"Okay!" Lumian did not hide his joy.

Although he doubted that he and Aurore would be able to simply walk out of Kordu Village, and before they could unravel the secret of time travel and find the corresponding root cause, the act of "leaving" was likely to trigger some unpredictable changes, but he had to Give it a try, don't trap yourself in place.

With this mentality, he just tried to convince Aurore.

Lumian has no intention of telling his sister about turning back time now, because Aurore has lost the corresponding memory and is unlikely to believe this almost delusional speculation, unless Lumian keeps making "prophecies" and the predictions are verified. , but he himself wanted to pretend that he was unaware of the reversal of time and was not preparing to "predict" for the time being to see if he could find any clues.

Using reading as an excuse, Lumian returned to the second floor and entered the study.

He sat down, casually picked up a book, opened it, and checked whether he had held it upside down.

He then fell into his own thoughts, hoping to shed more light on his current encounter through the various details he had uncovered last night and today.

While his eyes were moving, Lumian glanced at the little blue book on the table.

His heart skipped a beat, he retracted his thoughts, stretched out his palm, took the little blue book over, and flipped through it quickly.

Then the page with some words missing and corresponding holes came into view.

"That letter..." Lumian whispered silently.

Combined with the "late" call back from "Novel Weekly", he had a new guess about the letter of help received by Liya, Ryan and others:

"Perhaps, that letter was really written by me, and I am the 'murderer'!

"Time travel has probably happened more than once. According to the definition in Aurore's novel, this should be called a time loop.

"In a previous cycle, I discovered certain anomalies through some exploratory behaviors, and decided to ask for help from the outside world by sending an anonymous letter without involving Aurore? But when the officials realized the seriousness of the problem, they sent Ryan and the others To deal with it, Kordu has started a new cycle, and like Aurore now, I have lost all the corresponding memories and returned to the 'initial' state...

"Now I have a question, why does this little blue book still look like it has some words cut out?

"Logically speaking, it should return to its 'initial' state, just like the food I ate in the last cycle..."

"Well, two possibilities:

"The first is to find an abnormality and ask for help before time starts to loop. But in that case, the relevant memory should not be reset. Could it be that there are other reasons that caused me to lose part of my memory? This is getting more and more complicated.

"Secondly, during that cycle, I also found a way to prevent something from being affected by the cycle... What would it be? If it is true, why not just find a piece of paper and write down what I found? Woolen cloth?"

Lumian felt that he had cleared away a layer of fog and restored the general situation, but he also fell into more doubts.

He thought that he should have experienced many time loops, but in those previous loops, once he started from the beginning, his memory and physical state would be reset, so he was completely unaware of it.

The reason why I was able to retain my memory and the extraordinary characteristics of "Hunter" this time was because I met the lady, got the scepter card, and entered the ruins of the dreamland, which stimulated my specialness.

Since the specialness brought by those two symbols allowed Lumian to "bring" the Beyonder state in the dream to reality, it is entirely possible that they could "preserve" his complete physical condition to the initial point of the cycle.

"So, the shotgun monster still failed to get back the 'Hunter' extraordinary characteristic after resetting its state..." Lumian leaned back on his chair, looked at the ceiling, and exhaled slowly.

He then laughed at himself:

"As soon as I became an extraordinary person, I had to face such extraordinary things. You didn't give me time to develop...

"Well, it's not completely confirmed that I was the one who created the request letter. It could also be Aurore. Mrs. Pualis is also suspected... As extraordinary beings, they may all have cycled in the past. They sensed something was wrong and made efforts to save themselves. Moreover, with their occult knowledge, it was easier than me to find a way to retain certain traces... But no matter what, the cycle of time is indeed the most consistent. Speculations on various current circumstances."

After thinking about it, Lumian had a way to confirm the source of the letter asking for help.

The method is very simple, that is, enter the ruins of the dream world and read the same little blue book at home there.

If there are also missing words in the little blue book, it means that the letter for help was written by Lumian himself, because the home in the special dream was formed by his subconscious projection and mixed with the world of ruins. What he knows subconsciously should will all appear there.

If not, then there is a high probability that Aurore or Mrs. Pualis did it. Lumian's subconscious cannot know about this and he does not need to be responsible for it.

Lumian was not in a hurry to "make up for his sleep". Seeing that it was almost time, he sneaked out of the house and went straight to the old tavern.

In the corner of the old tavern, a familiar figure caught his eye.

The lady who gave him the wand card and the potion formula appeared again.

She was wearing a ruffled orange dress with a stand-up collar, and she had a light-colored women's frilly hat on her hand.

Lumian suddenly breathed a sigh of relief, just like a drowning man who finally caught a lifebuoy.

He quickly approached and saw that what was on the table in front of the lady was not breakfast, but tarot cards divided into three stacks.

"Do you need me to draw a card?" Lumian asked tentatively.

"You've already drawn it." The lady mixed the three stacks of tarot cards together without raising her head:

Lumian instantly felt like his eyes were sore.

Sure enough, she was not affected by the time loop!

Without taking a tactful approach, Lumian sat down and asked directly:

"Am I, and the entire village of Kordu, trapped in a time loop?"

The lady raised her head, smiled and replied:

"Yes, you are all in the ring."

The person in the ring... Lumian repeated this term in his mind.

He asked doubtfully:

"What does this mean, someone trapped in a time loop?"

The lady smiled:

"It has two explanations. One is the special power equivalent to Sequence 4 obtained after praying to a certain existence, and the other is your current situation."

"Can you gain strength by praying to hidden existences?" Lumian was very surprised by the first explanation of "the man in the ring".

Doesn’t it mean that the twenty-two extraordinary paths all rely on taking magic potions to advance?

The lady nodded gently:

"Theoretically, 'Eternal Fierce Sun' can also allow its believers to become extraordinary without magic potions and only relying on gifts. But for him, this is a burden and can only be used as a temporary means when gifts are needed. The more people there are, the greater the burden will be, and it will even affect His state.

"The recipients are not without harm. They will slowly approach the 'Eternal Sun', regardless of body, mind and spirit.

"Also, since it is a gift from a superior, they can take it back at any time, unless you have the unique power of some way and secretly completed a certain amount of hidden theft during the period of life when you retained the gift."