Seeing Her Again

My head hurts so much...

As Skylar gradually regained consciousness, he opened his eyes and saw that all around him was a vast expanse of white, with nothing there and an inexplicable gloom and coldness surrounding it.

Even the all-powerful Divine Insight of Amaterasu could not see through its surroundings and had no way of knowing where it was.

"Could it be that I've gone to heaven?" Skylar said with a wry smile. He knew his own limitations; although he wasn't utterly wicked, he wasn't exactly a good person either. His plans were bound to involve bloodshed and sacrifice. He was lucky to avoid going to hell; he couldn't imagine that he would actually go to heaven.

He spread his palms and examined his entire body. His body was intact, but strangely, all his clothes and equipment were gone, including his wand. In other words, he was now completely naked.

Fortunately, his spirit and soul remain intact; he can feel that his thoughts and feelings are still the same.

However, he had absolutely no idea where he was or how to leave.

He wandered aimlessly. Beneath his feet lay a vast expanse of white emptiness—there was no distinction between heaven and earth, only a boundless expanse of white.

As he walked, he suddenly stopped, for he had seen someone he had longed for day and night—

It's Meredith.

She looked just like the one Skylar had known before, with brown hair and brown eyes... What was rather awkward was that, like Skylar, her body was also completely naked, but her hands, feet, waist, neck, and shoulders were bound by dark black iron chains that connected to all sides.

Skylar asked in astonishment, "Mei? Are you Mei?"

Meredith chuckled and said, "It's been so long, you don't even recognize me anymore?"

Skylar over and embraced Meredith, choking back tears, "I've finally seen you, Meredith..."

"Fool..." Mei's tone was as nonchalant as when they first met, but a faint smile could be heard in it. "I knew you would come to find me. I've always believed that..."

Skylar reached out and touched the black iron chains, asking several questions in quick succession, "What is this? How did you get bound? And where is this?"

Meredith said, "I don't know where this is either. I only know that ever since I was captured, they've kept me in a deep sleep with some kind of magic until just now, when I finally awoke, and then you suddenly appeared..."

"Uh, you might not know this, but the person who captured you was your ancestor—the Dark Queen Morgan le Fay from a thousand years ago, whose aim was to resurrect herself by seizing your body through Bloodline Fusion magic..."

"Yes, I think I guessed that too. While I was asleep, even though I wasn't conscious, I could clearly feel my soul being eroded by an extremely evil force, and I struggled to resist..." Her voice gradually lowered, "I knew that if I gave up, I might never see you and Daphne again..."

"You can sense the erosion of my soul, which means Morgan's Bloodline Fusion isn't complete..." Skylar pondered, "That's just as I suspected. The key lies with me, which is why Morgan forgot the best opportunity to kill me and was determined to recruit me..."

Skylar continued his analysis, "Logically speaking, Morgan has already taken over your body, so you shouldn't be a physical entity now. Your sense of touch and body temperature also indicate you're not Ghost —the only explanation is that this isn't the real world!" A glint flashed in Skylar's eyes. "I came here because I clashed with Morgan using ultimate magic. The biggest variable in the clash of these two ultimate spells is the dark power contained within her dark vortex..."

"What ultimate magic? You fought with Morgan?" Meredith asked in astonishment.

"Yes, we made our move, and then I inexplicably found myself here... I guess this is the core of the Bloodline Fusion magic; you can also think of this place as the link through which your soul and hers were fused..."

"Let's not talk about that now..." Meredith was concerned about Skylar's safety. In her mind, Skylar's strength was still at the level before the start of the school year, which was the top level among senior students. In her opinion, even if Skylar's talent was extraordinary, he could not catch up with the level of Grand Sorcerer in just one school year.

Skylar a warmth in his heart.

It's been so long since we last met, but you still care about me as much as ever!

"Don't worry, thanks to your persistence, Morgan couldn't unleash his full power—" Skylar slowly released Meredith from his embrace, then placed his hands on Meredith's shoulders, looking at her with a serious expression until their eyes met.

"Mei," Skylar placed his hands on Meredith's shoulders, looked at her with a serious expression, and said earnestly, "Don't worry, I promise you, I will definitely get you out of here, even if it costs me everything!" After saying this, it felt as if a huge weight had been lifted from Skylar's heart.

For so long, Meredith had been his biggest worry. He couldn't forget her, nor could he let go of her—he still owed her a vow. Especially after meeting Dumbledore, he knew even more clearly that the chance of saving Meredith was slim, and it depended on Meredith being able to persevere.

At that moment, he hated himself terribly, realizing that he had never given any promises or vows to the girls around him before.

Tears finally welled up in Meredith's eyes. "I believe in you... you must..."

Suddenly, her body erupted with a powerful white light...

Like touching Portkey, Skylar was suddenly swept into the void by a vortex.

The black light in Little Hangleton Cemetery appeared as if it had been shattered from within, developing eggshell-like cracks before breaking into pieces of black light that faded into the void.

Skylar remained standing in his original spot, without moving an inch; Morgan, Voldemort, and Barbarossa were the same.

The difference is that the mutation effects that Morgan, Voldemort, and Barbarossa experienced from absorbing the Pure Blood have disappeared, and the three have returned to their ordinary wizard appearances.

Morgan was about to say something when he suddenly froze, his eyes showing a very strange change.

Her left eye was still clear, but her right eye was unfocused, and tears welled up in its eye. Her body trembled slightly, and she whispered, "Xie... Lin..."

Faced with this strange phenomenon, Skylar completely forgot that he was still surrounded by enemies and asked, "Are you... Mei?"

Tears welled in Morgan's right eye, and she let out a heart-wrenching wail, "Why! I am Grand Sorcerer, and you are just a lowly ant! Why can't my magic work!"

"Tsk tsk..." Skylar shook his head upon seeing this. "You have a considerable misunderstanding of the nature of magic..." He then smiled. It was already a pleasant surprise to see Mei tonight. Continuing to fight would only result in mutual destruction, which was not in his plans or interests.

Skylar bowed and smiled, "May I call you Miss? It's been a great honor to meet Miss Morgan tonight. Let's meet again sometime."

"Want to leave? Do you think you can?" Morgan said coldly. Although her expression was ferocious, tears still clung to the corners of her eyes, creating a very incongruous feeling.

"Where are the other Death Eaters?" Voldemort looked around and found the surroundings quiet; the eight Death Eaters who should have remained were nowhere to be seen.

"Don't you know the nature of your men? They probably saw things weren't going well and ran away beforehand," Skylar mocked. "Enough with the nonsense. You and I both know that the clash just now exhausted all four of our magic. Without the support of Death Eaters or other external forces, if we continue fighting, we'll only perish together... If Dumbledore knew about this, he'd be laughing in his sleep. You don't want things to come to that, do you?"

"Furthermore..." Skylar warned, "Although I know you've set up a wide-ranging Muggle-Repelling Charm and an anti- Apparition, our actions just now were so significant that the Auror at the Ministry of Magic couldn't possibly have missed it..."

Voldemort and Barbarossa were not warriors who were willing to die for their cause, nor did they have any reason to fight Skylar to the death. Therefore, among the three on the other side, only Morgan le Fay's attitude was crucial.

Morgan's expression finally changed. She sighed, a rare occurrence for her, and said wistfully, "I need an answer—do you have unwavering faith in this descendant of my bloodline...?" She looked up at Skylar, "Are you willing to give everything for her?"

Skylar nodded, and said firmly, "As long as I exist, this will never change."

"Alright, you can go now!" Morgan said softly.

"Before I leave, I want to take one more person with me," Skylar said.

"Is it that Muggle girl?" Morgan looked at Skylar with a complicated expression, making it impossible to guess what she was thinking. She pointed her wand at the monster statue at the entrance of the cemetery, and suddenly a black hole appeared in the ground. Hermione's body slowly floated up.

Hermione's eyes were tightly closed; she was clearly fast asleep.

"If you take her with you, how do you plan to leave without being able to Apparition or fly?" Morgan was less curious and more surprised—could it be that everything that had happened so far was within Skylar's expectations?

"I have this!" Skylar pulled a Phoenix tail feather from his pocket, beckoned to Hermione, and Hermione flew into his arms with a whoosh. She then squeezed the Phoenix Tail Feather tightly with her other hand, and the two of them disappeared in a flash of fire.