Perilous Past

"Why have you become like this?" As he fully embraced Lina, feeling her real touch and smelling her familiar fragrance, Saine couldn't help but ask. →69🅂🄷🅄🅇.🄲🄾🄼

At this time, Lina was over 1.7 meters tall. Although she was still slightly shorter than Saine after his Azure Fire Body Tempering, she was definitely a tall woman.

In Saine's memory, Lina was a little girl who was only 1.5 meters tall.

The other person's hair wasn't long, straight, and black; it was fiery red and somewhat curly.

Saine still remembers that Lina maintained that state for more than ten years because of a magical experiment accident.

Saine never looked down on her because of this; on the contrary, Lina's appearance aroused a certain protective instinct in Saine.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, and no matter what Lina looked like, Saine would still find her exceptionally beautiful.

Previously in Ellen Harbor, Saine felt a strong sense of familiarity with the other person, but dared not recognize her because Lina had changed so much.

Lina hugged Saine tightly and buried her head in Saine chest.

Judging from their ages, Lina is older than Saine.

But she had been used to being in Saine's arms since the past.

Even though Saine wasn't as powerful as she was back then, Lina was still captivated by the scent of Saine's embrace and the powerful touch of his hug.

Just like nearly forty years ago, the two have changed a lot, but many things have remained the same.

"The permanent developmental damage caused to my body by that experimental accident back then was resolved as I advanced to the Level-1 Magician."

"As for the color of my hair... it's because I chose to advance by Dark Element Body Soak during my level advancement process."

"While greatly enhancing the Elemental Affinity, the hair color is also affected by the Element Power, turning it black."

"Of course, if you like me the way I used to be, I can change back anytime," Lina said, leaning on Saine's shoulder.

In fact, Lina wanted to bury her head directly in Saine's arms, just like before.

But after trying it out, she found that the change in her height made this posture very awkward.

So much so that the most comfortable position now is leaning on Saine's shoulder.

He patted Lina's back and ran his fingers through Lina hair, which was imbued with dark Element Power, Saine said, "I love her no matter what she looks like now!"

As girls grow up, they change a lot. In Saine's memory, Lina always remained in the form of a little girl.

Now that Lina has resolved her past illness, she will naturally return to her normal appearance for her age.

Lina was only about ten years older Saine, making her one of the youngest among Level-1 Magician.

Therefore, maintaining a youthful and beautiful appearance within this age range is normal. →

The reunion after many years made both Saine and Lina very excited.

In fact, Saine and Lina have very similar personalities. They are both rather "introverted" and the kind of people who, once they've set their sights on someone, will never be willing to let go.

It is this common ground that has kept them connected for so many years.

Just as Saine had already placed Lina deep in his heart, Lina had also placed Saine in the most important place in her heart.

In the years leading up to Saine's arrival, Lina did much more in other ways besides visiting Martin, Zorro, and others on Moduolong Island.

Having just finished a battle, this place is clearly not suitable for two long-separated lovers to pour out their hearts to each other.

Saine took the Mechanical Bee directly from the Space Equipment.

The Mechanical Bee, several meters tall and with a pure metal shell, made Lina, who was in Saine's arms, have a glint in her eyes.

Lina probably hadn't seen this kind of mechanical product from the City of Steel before. As Black Magician from the Black Domain, Lina's room for maneuver was actually very small within the rules.

Otherwise, she would have already gone to the Wizard Continent to find Saine, just like Saine.

"Let's go somewhere else. I want to know what you've been through all these years," Saine, sitting in the cockpit of the Mechanical Bee and reaching out to Lina.

"Me too," Lina said with a slight smile, looking down.

Lina, the cold-faced Goddess who made a name for herself in the Black Domain Pale Bone Black Tower and was known as the "Dark Flame Dominator" by other Black Magician, now had a blush on her face.

After boarding the Mechanical Bee, Lina did not sit in the relatively cramped empty space behind Saine, but instead sat directly in Saine's lap, just as before.

Strictly speaking, the Mechanical Bee that Saine bought was designed specifically for single-person use.

In theory, it can also carry two or three people.

The soft, fragrant body in his arms stirred Saine's heart.

He smiled down at Lina, Saine piloted the Mechanical Bee westward.

A spacious and dry cave served as a temporary resting place for Saine and Lina. The original owner of this cave was a strange quasi-rank bear-like magical beast with a bloodline between its eyebrows.

Now, this guy's fate is to be placed on a campfire and become Saine and Lina's first dinner after their reunion.

The species density and average strength of creatures on the Knight Continent surpass those of the Wizard World.

In the eyes of otherworldly creatures, the Wizard World is already an extremely terrifying and horrifying place.

It's easy to imagine what the Knight Continent would look like with a higher concentration of basic energy elements.

Saine and his group were still on the outskirts of the Trial Zone. As they continued to move toward the center, the strength and number of the organisms there would be even higher.

Although it is Trial Zone prepared for first and Level-2 Knight Mage, there may still be creatures of level three or above.

The golden bear paws on the campfire were still dripping oil and sizzling as flames rose.

Saine and Lina snuggled together, whispering about their past years.

Saine begins his story from the Yellow Sand World, concealing his past from even his mentors Luluman and Fei'er.

But Saine made no attempt to hide anything from Lina.

(P. S.: Although it wasn't explicitly stated, Luluman basically already knew about Saine's past. Saine was also fully aware of it, and the two maintained a certain tacit understanding.)

Lina felt immense horror at the Sand Worm King of the Yellow Sand World and immense relief at Saine's ability to escape danger.

Including Saine's mention that he had been accepted as a disciple by the tower master of the Azure Source Holy Tower and had even participated in a Plane War, Lina was genuinely happy for Saine.

As Saine's side Lina, she has also experienced quite a lot over the years.

The experience of following his mentor, Feilunna, on his escape from the Underdark back to the Black Domain of the Western Islands was dangerous enough.

Later, he joined the Pale Bone Holy Tower and participated in the apprentice Trial of Death held by the Pale Bone Holy Tower once every hundred years, fighting his way out of the mountains of corpses Blood Sea.

The Black Domain Black Tower organization's Trial of Death are far more dangerous than the Regional Academy War of the normal Holy Tower.

When I heard that Lina was participating in a trial in the Dark Magic Beast Forest and later broke out of the Underground Corpse Cave of the Pale Bone Holy Tower.

Saine unconsciously gripped Lina's hands tightly, as if he himself had been there, facing that danger.