Time Travel

"Perhaps what happened to you is another possibility I've been thinking about."

Seeing the sudden realization on Serie's face, Galan couldn't help but ask curiously:

"Another possibility, so what is it?"

She paused, then said seriously:

"Because you didn't exist in this timeframe to begin with, your arrival won't have any direct impact on your future."

"But the problem is that your influence on others may have consequences for your future life."

"But if I had to give a conclusion, I now think your initial view wasn't entirely unfounded."

Serie felt no embarrassment at the conflict between her current thoughts and her initial rejection; instead, she was intensely curious about the possibility. Was it really Time Travel?

Does such a thing really exist?

Even with her extensive experience, this was the first time she had ever seen something like this, so she couldn't help but be surprised.

Even though she didn't want to believe it, no matter how she tried to reason it out in her mind, she could only come up with this one possibility in the end.

"But something still feels off. I have a feeling that something is missing..."

"Did you do anything about the monument?"

Faced with her question again, Galan found himself in an awkward position once more.

"Hmm--I don't think I did anything—I just kicked it lightly a couple of times—hmm--but it has a safety mechanism, I didn't break the stone tablet."

Facing the hesitant and timid Garancerie, who seemed like a child who had made a mistake, Garancerie ignored the superfluous rhetoric and useless information in his words and began her analysis again.

"You said you simply touched the stone tablet, but somehow it activated and ultimately sent you back in time. That doesn't make sense—it shouldn't be that simple—"

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Was nothing else happening around you at the time?

Faced with Serie's doubts, Galan had no choice but to muster his strength and begin to recall the events of that day.

Since I've been back in time for a while now, all the memories from that period suddenly feel quite distant.

After hearing the explosion, I found Frieren and the others in a clearing in the woods. I also found the Goddess's Stone Monument thanks to the [Stele-Finding Magic].

Frieren was the first to examine it, but she couldn't discern anything special, only knowing that there was a very powerful [Protective Magic] protecting the stone tablet.

Then Lia suddenly noticed that her Staff had started to glow. Frieren went to check, but she didn't know why either.

I had no way of knowing, so I didn't join in the fun. I didn't pay much attention to what else was going on. I just touched the stone tablet and then traveled back in time. If there was anything strange about this process, it seemed to be only the sudden anomaly of Lia's Staff.

At that time, Frieren did not use any magic, nor did she show any signs of using Mana. The only uncertain factor was Lia!

Galan seemed to have made a connection to something, and then dug deeper into his memories. As if waking from a deep dream, his memories from before that time gradually connected to form a line. Each important anchor point eventually wove together the thread called "destiny," which had guided Galan to this day. "Legend has it that in the Mythical Era, the Unicorn even had a connection with the gods."

"It's also mentioned in the chapter on the [Bird of Time's Cycle] in the Holy Scriptures, which I've been researching recently, but haven't figured out anything yet..."

"Could it be Unicorn!?"

Galan suddenly exclaimed.

Oris's words echoed in his ears, and Lia Staff with the Unicorn Core that had inexplicably shone brightly at that moment seemed to have a vague explanation now.

Although he didn't know the exact connection between these things, Galan was almost certain that it was these elements linked together that created his current situation.

"Unicorns? Those are creatures from Mythical Era. I used to see them often in the North, but lately..."

They almost all disappeared over the centuries.

"You mean, there were Unicorn around you at that time?"

Serie seemed to have grasped this point as well; given her longevity and erudition, she naturally knew that there was some kind of relationship between Unicorns and Goddess.

"No... but the Staff with the Unicorn Core that my companion was holding suddenly started to glow spontaneously. I think it might have resonated with the [Goddess's Stone Monument] in some way."

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After listening to Galan's explanation, Serie felt that many of her doubts had been resolved, and her mind became incredibly clear.

The various uncertainties that existed at the beginning were resolved at this moment.

"Legend has it that Unicorns are creatures favored by Goddess, having served as Goddess mounts and possessing the best affinity with their Goddess Magic."

"And in the Mythical Era, they were indeed called divine beasts."

"But later, due to various events, and because of their appearance, some people gradually included them in the category of Magical Beasts, which led to their large-scale hunting and killing, until they are now on the verge of extinction."

"But there is no doubt that many items made from parts of Unicorn can resonate with Magic Device related to the Goddess."

Now, it seems that the answer to this mystery is gradually coming to light as Serie peels back the layers.

It was only because the Staff in Lia's hand resonated with the [Goddess's Stone Monument] that Galan was sent back.

And on these mysterious stone tablets that have not been deciphered, there truly exists one that allows people to travel through time and arrive in the past.

How am I supposed to get back?

Should I find more Unicorn -related items and then try resonance again?

"Furthermore, I have another guess."

She frowned, seemingly unsure of her own idea.

The changes this magic brings to the world are too great, making it impossible for you to stay in the past indefinitely. I think your ability to stay in the past might be directly related to how many people you are entangled in karmic relationships with.

"In other words, the more people you get involved with, the sooner you'll be excluded from the past, perhaps even erased from the world, but I'm more inclined to believe you'll be sent back to your original point in time."

Galan was still startled when he heard the terrifying idea that he might be "deleted from the world."

However, hearing Serie's more affirmative addition later reassured him a little.

After all, she still felt a strange sense of dependence on this all-powerful ancestral master, like a small boat lost at sea finding a bright lighthouse to rely on and guide her on her way.