Magical Journey: The Other Shore Blooms on the Other Shore

Chapter 180 The City of Freedom, Kunozchi 8

"Monica!" In that scorching light, Saya regained consciousness amidst unbearable pain.

In that instant, she knew perfectly well that she was dreaming, that she had gone back in time and seen Monica again.

They clearly wanted her to leave, but she... she's such an idiot, a complete fool.

But they're all fake...

This is a dream.

"Dreams aren't necessarily false, and reality isn't necessarily true." Saya was jolted awake by these words, her bloodshot eyes staring at the culprit that had led her into the dream.

What is this guy trying to do? Is he trying to dredge up his own painful memories and then laugh at me mercilessly?

“You may not believe it, but the Monica you met was from another timeline,” Jean said.

"fraud."

“Although it can’t be proven, it is indeed true,” Qin said. “Even if you don’t believe me, you should believe Elena.”

Elena...

She—Saya—only then noticed that there was another person in the dimly lit room, and she almost screamed.

“He’s not lying to you,” Elena affirmed.

After all, Elena herself had traveled back to the "past," that time in the land of clocks, where she and the Lavender Witch Estelle went back in time.

But according to the lavender witch's explanation, going back to the past is just going back to the past of another timeline.

Because of Estelle, Elaina later sought out many magical books related to time. Almost all contemporary witches who study time agree on this viewpoint: the multiple timelines theory.

What is happening in this timeline right now could be happening a few days ago in another timeline.

Each timeline proceeds independently, and in many timelines, Elaina may never have been born, or even Elaina's mother, Victorique, may never have been born.

How many timelines are there exactly? A thousand, ten thousand, a hundred million, or more? Nobody knows.

Estelle's magic of rewinding time essentially breaks down the barrier between two timelines through immense magical power, briefly transporting her to another timeline at the same moment, which happened to be ten years ago.

Of course, locating this timeline also requires a lot of magic power, and the magical theories behind it are simply vast and complex. Elena only dabbled in it, as she wasn't that interested in time magic.

If she could, she would prefer to learn alchemy.

Furthermore, humans do not possess the same level of mastery over time magic as many other magical races. Their civilizations are more ancient than humans', but largely due to issues with reproductive capacity, most of the races you encounter in this world are human.

"Is that really Monica?" Saya murmured absentmindedly.

Similar timelines generally do not change significantly, and what happened in the past will likely happen in the future. Apart from some occasional fluctuations, the general progress will be remarkably similar.

Just like a stone rolling down a mountain due to gravity, you can't see a timeline where the stone develops its own thoughts and climbs up the mountain.

The same is true of the river of fate. Without special coincidences, what is destined to happen will happen, and the person will remain the same.

Therefore, when Estelle travels back in time, she sees Serena as the same demon, because Serena's family is unlikely to change due to so-called chance.

No matter how things change, even if Serena's family becomes rich overnight and her parents have countless riches, her scum parents will still be scum. Their nature will not change because of this, and Serena is destined to become a devil.

Therefore, countless timelines may lead to the same conclusion, and certain key moments will always occur.

Monica's personality means her choices won't be changed by sudden, accidental events.

“Of course,” Jean said. “She never felt that you pushed her into the abyss. She chose this path herself.”

There was no point in saying more, so Jean put the Eye of Achilles away again and slowly walked out.

Developing such a dream to communicate with another timeline is very taxing... Jean needs to take a break, otherwise the druids might take advantage of her vulnerability, even without using any of her abilities.

After facing Cain, Jean realized that she might have underestimated the Druids.

It should be a serious underestimation.

The way He is now is completely different from the way Cain was before—Jane doesn't think it's the druids' fault, but his fault—and more specifically, the fault of his body.

As soon as Qin stepped outside, she saw a black-haired girl who seemed to be searching for something, and she walked straight toward her.

Although I've never seen her before, a witch with an oriental appearance... you can guess who she is.

"What did you do to my sister?" Mina used twenty parts of her mental energy to search for Saya's location and finally found that Saya was hiding here.

And there was a strange man there.

Needless to say, my sister must have been kidnapped by such a strange person.

To be able to kidnap a witch, this person is incredibly skilled; I should be very cautious...

Mina had just started to think she should be careful when Qin launched a close-range sneak attack, and she was immediately paralyzed after being punched on the back of the neck.

She had only just regained consciousness.

"Your sister doesn't want to see you for the time being," Qin explained.

"Despicable..." To be taken down by someone without magic? Is that speed for real? I was careless and didn't dodge. Then Mina fell asleep again, entering a sound sleep like a baby.

……

"Elena... I was just in a bad mood earlier, I really don't blame you." It took Saya a long time to recover, as if she had seen Monica one last time, and the regret of not being able to hear Monica's last words had finally been resolved.

When I saw Monica for the last time, all I could see was her collapsing helplessly, her outstretched hand falling limply.

She couldn't hear what she was saying at all.

Think about it now.

The words I didn't hear clearly were "Thank you."

"Are you really not blaming me?" Elena asked.

“After all, they already knew you didn’t have feelings for them. They found out during that trip to Honesty Country,” Saya said. “Actually, they thought you would never fall in love, so they wouldn’t feel defeated.”

She needs time to process it... after all, that sense of frustration can be truly maddening.

Elena didn't say anything. "You've already said that, what else can I say?"

Mina's sudden scream from the doorway immediately jolted Saya awake. She rushed out and saw Mina unconscious on Koto's back, about to be carried away on her own: "What are you doing!?"

"Didn't you say you didn't want to see your sister?"

"I……"

“So, I’ll take her back to the hotel and let her stay for a while longer,” Qin said.

Then Qin took a step and disappeared, a speed that left Saya completely bewildered.

"So, Elena, what's gotten into you that you like him? What do I lack compared to him?" Saya said resentfully.

"Would you believe me if I said he was doing it for your own good?" Elena said speechlessly.