After seeing Luvia and Iluna off, Shade took the key he had obtained just yesterday and came to his bedroom door. He did not know which year this key corresponded to, only that it was from the Fifth Epoch. But there was really no need to investigate. After all, no matter what year it was, he could not possibly know in advance what he would encounter.
"Meow~"
"This is the first time I'm using this key. I can't take you with me. Wait at home; I'll be back soon."
He spoke to the cat circling around his feet. Seeing that she truly could not persuade Shade, Mia could only lower her little head and stand there with a wronged expression, watching him take out the key. Shade, already thoroughly familiar with the cat's habits, did not feel the slightest bit heartbroken. He would be back in three seconds anyway.
"May the World Tree bless me throughout Infinite Time."
With a click, the bedroom door opened, and Shade stepped into the dense fog:
"The travel stories of the lost forest always ended up somewhat sad. I hope everyone gets a happy ending this time."
Outlander, you have entered the "Time Corridor."
A message from the Ancient God "Father of Infinite Tree":
Summer, 1576 of the Fifth Epoch. West Continent, Black Mist Camp.
Event: A transaction with the Old God—"Golden Master."
Duration: Twenty minutes (1/3).
"Twenty minutes? That short?"
Five hundred years before this point in time, the year 1576 of the Fifth Epoch—in 1068—Shade had encountered the Old God "Innocent Creator" and three children at Hope Town Toy Store, an encounter that changed the course of his life. Two hundred years after 1576, in 1784, Shade had encountered Mister Riddell, "the luckiest mortal," at Terror Castle and played cards against a