Chapter 227: Return (3)

Drip— Drip—

In the VVIP section on the train returning to the Islands. It was raining outside the window, and occasionally lightning flashed. It was a strangely eerie atmosphere.

Epherene, sitting on the couch, asked.

“Then, did you realize the regression at that time, Professor?”

I nodded. When I was driving back from the Imperial Palace, the moment our pursuers attacked. I overcame the regression and smashed them with Allen’s assistance, who arrived a bit later.

“That was the turning point.”

“Aha… how amazing.”

I didn’t die, so I waited until March when the regressed Epherene would return.

“But why did I only return in March?”

“The god must have been involved in your regression. He has the power to intervene in the world.”

“…No wonder. He looked like someone who would do that. He pretended to be nice, but I wasn’t deceived.”

God, the final boss of this world. He was a remnant of the Holy Age of the past and the most dangerous impurity.

“Anyway, the priority is to save Her Majesty.”

“Hmm… was this power also Her Majesty’s?”

Epherene muttered.

“Right. It is Her Majesty’s power.”

Epherene shook her head.

“But why did it come to me?”

“Because such power is always constant in this world, like entropy, and you are the wizard most suited to the notion of time.”

“Ent… what?”

That was the setup of powers in the game. When someone with a power died or lost it for some reason, that power was always transferred to a new wielder. The criteria for selection was the talent most suited for that power.

“You don’t need to know. However, your regression is quite different from that of Her Majesty.”

Sophien’s death in the original game system meant game over. Perhaps it was because Sophien’s regression involved the creation of a new world by destroying the old one. On the other hand, Epherene’s regression was fake.

“Why?”

“It’s simple. What’s the difference between the level of your magic and a newly taught wizard?”

“That’s easy! Of course, with one fist, I… oh~, okay.”

Epherene smiled and nodded.