After staring at each other for a while, Tiangu suddenly seemed to remember something. He hurriedly pulled a metal rod about the length of a finger from his robes and held it up in front of the girl in the crystal tube.
"Memory Stick. Do you remember? You taught me how to use it." Tiangu spoke rapidly. "Raphael let me enter the place where your relics were stored. I saw it at first glance."
"I knew you would find it." The girl in the crystal tube smiled faintly. "Provided you could reach this room."
Tiangu sighed. "I'm sorry. I should have come sooner... Too many things delayed me."
"Luda." The girl softly called Tiangu by name. "You're here now, aren't you?"
"Yes, yes, that's right." Tiangu nodded, seeming to be in a state of exhilaration. Then he broke into a foolish grin. "Back then, King of Red appeared and interrupted our attempt to activate the Clock of Time, even driving me away. You gave me your backup... But all these years, I only thought of it as some kind of gift from you... It wasn't until I entered your relic room and saw this Memory Stick that I realized it was your..."
"Urnam went out of control." The girl in the crystal tube shook her head. "He had seen the starry sky and could no longer accept living an ordinary life on the ground. I couldn't hand Wolfeid over to him."
"After I was driven out, what exactly happened inside Crimson City?" Tiangu said solemnly. "All these years, I repeatedly broke into the Ruins Door just to get a little closer to the truth from back then. Yet everything seemed to be separated by an invisible wall that couldn't be seen or touched... Time always exiled me back."
The girl