Whispers of the Machine Age
Chapter 2006

Chasing Butterflies

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"The most important Chosen One? You mean yourself?"

Shade could tell that his question made the corner of the soul aggregate's mouth twitch.

"I mean the Balanced Chosen One. Even among the Thirteen Chosen Ones, she is an exceptionally special one. As long as she remains, the balance of the world will not be completely shattered so quickly."

"But the Year Without Summer will only be the beginning of a series of other developments. From now on, the time I can leave Randall River Valley will become even shorter. This abnormal snowfall will not last long. Except for a few places, the snow in other regions will soon melt away, and the temperature will rise again. But over the next few months, this sort of sudden unusual weather will occur frequently."

Ring Arcanists did have methods to alter weather and climate, but rashly using supernatural power to influence the climate over a large area might create even greater trouble.

"I'll go to the Heart of the Earth with you. I want to see its current condition."

Shade stood up with Mia in his arms. The Guardian nodded, and a straight hole leading downward appeared in the church floor beside Shade. Without hesitation, he jumped straight in.

Now that the Guardian had management authority over the Heart of the Earth, Shade no longer had to pass through the Butterfly Cemetery every time, disturbing his peacefully resting friend and his wives.

The fall did not last long. Soon, using the Feather Fall Spell, Shade drifted lightly down with the cat in his arms and landed at the edge of the underground lava lake.

Little Mia was clearly quite interested in the environment here, poking her head around to look in every direction. Shade worried that the cat might be even more interested

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