Collingwood Manor Two Centuries Ago, An Unintended Act Bears Fruit

The surroundings began to change.

Just like the Gothic Grand Theater last time, it gave him the illusion that time was rewinding... No, it was not an illusion.

Li Dan could clearly feel time reversing as Collingwood Manor began to change.

It slowly rewound to the previous century. No... perhaps even the century before that.

The cold white light of the modern lamps overhead gradually turned warm yellow. Their metal casings retracted, revealing brass fixtures strung with crystals, shining with a clean brilliance.

The pale gray paint on the walls receded, revealing dark golden wallpaper patterned with trailing roses. The tiles beneath his feet became cherrywood flooring, smooth and glossy, clicking softly beneath his steps.

The newly installed sensor doors in the corridor changed as well. Their metal frames became carved oak, their handles more thickly gilded. Wind drifted in through the wooden windows, carrying a faint scent of cedar and no other strange odors.

Li Dan touched one of the corridor pillars. Beneath the paint was carved sandstone. It felt as though he had truly touched it.

At the Gothic Grand Theater last time, he had merely been a spectator. This time, he seemed to have genuinely returned to the century before last as a participant.

Wait, what was Li Dan's identity?

Club Q: "A traveler from afar, possessed of mysterious powers."

Was this Li Dan's identity in this era?

He checked the Ghost Card again and found that he could use all of them. That was fine, then.

Li Dan walked over to the windowsill again and looked outside.

Beyond Collingwood Manor.

The limestone walls glowed warmly beneath the sun. Beside the dark green shutters, two maids passed by carrying gleaming copper buckets, their skirts brushing over the gravel drive with soft rustling sounds.

Near the garden, a