Chapter 98

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‘…Goodbye, My Professor.’

The trembling voice of a child could be heard from a distant future. That mysterious tone lingered in my ear like an echo and before dispersing. It reverberated through me until it filled me fully.

I blinked. The world was turned upside down in that instant.

“…”

There was no one in the basement where she had been. The wind gently brushed past me, the cold air caressing my skin. There was only silence to be found there. In this space where nothing changed, my time continued uninterrupted. However, 385 years must’ve passed between that time and my own.

“…You’re cheeky.”

Anger and contempt flashed inside me; it was an unavoidable part of Deculein’s personality.

Flutter—

Suddenly, a piece of paper caught my eye, caught under my foot. I lifted it with Psychokinesis.

[To Professor Deculein –

Hello, this is Epherene.

By now, the Professor I know must be furious. Wouldn’t you have already muttered something along the lines of, ‘You’re cheeky’? ]

“…”

Without realizing it, I looked around. There was no one to be found, however. I reread that sentence, noting her cursive handwriting.

[I’m sorry, Professor. But, this is up to me.

And this is just ‘time.’ The mana and the air are stagnant here, making training impossible.

It’s a meaningless time where the only thing you can do is to think. It’s a time that repeats, sweeping back and forth like waves on a beach. Huhu.

Well, I… I had a lot of things I wanted to say to you. What happened in the future, and what the future was like. However, it proved difficult to convey the knowledge of the future to the present. In particular, your future was impossible to see, even if I poured all my magic into it.

So, with just one line of incomplete information, just a single word to convey the facts. What I want to say to you is…]

“…?”

That was the end of the letter. I looked at the backside of the page, but it was blank. Whatever happened, her writing had suddenly stopped.

“Professor!”

The door swung open, and a slightly younger voice greeted me. I slid the note into my pocket before looking back.