7 - A Brief Farewell, and a New Beginning (1)
“We’re home~”
“Only 5 hours passed, but why has it been ten days outside…”
As soon as they came out of the dimensional gate, their phones started blowing up, and after synchronizing the time difference, sure enough.
Ten days had passed since they entered.
“Looks like we have a lot to deal with.”
Having to check what happened during those ten days, they would be full of troublesome tasks ahead.
“Eunu, you first go back to the guild and prepare the ‘Eternal Coffin’ right away. We need to put Elrina in it.”
“Leave it to me, noona.”
Her condition was at the level of today or tomorrow, so she needed to be put in quickly.
“The rest… I think it would be better to talk about it later.”
At Wolhwa’s words, Silvia nodded.
Eventually, both of their gazes turned to Gangchul.
“This looks ominous… I’m not going to die holding this, am I?”
There’s no need to worry about that.
“I-is that so?”
A huge purple crystal.
The magical power condensed and contained within it was at an absurd level.
Looking at the purple crystal, whose measurement capability was even questionable, Wolhwa turned to Silvia.
“You can… explain it, right?”
“Yes. I promised to tell you.”
Silvia nodded and answered.
Anyway, since she needed to prove her usefulness to them in order to stay here, she was planning to tell them even if they didn’t ask.
First, after putting Elrina in the coffin.
It sounds strange to say it like this, but it was something that needed to be done as quickly as possible.
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As soon as they returned to the guild, they made their way to where the Eternal Coffin was.
Since they had announced that they might be away for a few days due to important matters, disappearing for ten days might raise some questions but wouldn’t really be a problem.
The remaining tasks could be done after finishing the Eternal Coffin business without being too late.
“Is this the Eternal Coffin?”
“Yes. If you go in here, you can buy time until a cure is developed. I promise the guild will accelerate the development of a cure.”
As Silvia looked down at the coffin placed before her eyes and asked, Wolhwa nodded and answered.
Though it looked like an ordinary coffin on the outside, seeing the countless magical circles of magical power flowing around it, one could easily tell it was no ordinary object.
She wouldn’t be lying.
Anyway, this was the only option left.
Silvia smiled slightly and answered Wolhwa.
“You don’t have to go that far. This is enough.”
Wolhwa was puzzled by Silvia’s words, but since this was a conversation they would have to have again later anyway, she just let it pass.
“Let’s go outside. You’ll need to say goodbye.”
“It’s sad…”
“Hmm…”
Although Elrina wasn’t dead yet, her condition was bad enough to enter the Eternal Coffin, and anyway, the two sisters were parting for a while, so the atmosphere wasn’t good.
“The magic will activate when you close the coffin. Once you’ve said enough goodbyes, you can close it.”
“Thank you.”
“It’s nothing.”
The group temporarily vacated the place to allow the two to talk.
Kung!
“…”
After confirming that they had left the room, Silvia turned her head to look at Elrina.
“As soon as you enter the coffin, you’ll come out. Don’t worry too much… I will definitely develop a cure.”
I’m not worried.
Elrina smiled with her eyes at Silvia’s words.
If it’s my disciple… if it’s my sister, you’ll definitely make it for me. Right?
“Yes… definitely…”
Holding Elrina’s hand, Silvia nodded.
You must also follow the rules. If you use soul alchemy, I’ll scold you.
“I’m not a child… I’ll do that without you telling me. I said I’d rather die than receive treatment with that. I don’t like that.”
Huhu… that’s enough. I love you, my sister.
“… Yes, me too.”
At Silvia’s answer, Elrina closed her eyes as if satisfied.
Silvia, who had been looking down at Elrina for a while, carefully closed the coffin.
Creeeeak, Kung!
Whaaaaaa
The coffin closed and the magic circle began to operate.
Silvia sat down and watched the coffin for a long time with her chin on her knees.
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“How’s your sister?”
“She’s asleep.”
Meaning the coffin was closed.
Now they had bought time for as long as that coffin was operating.
“I’d like you to fulfill the contract conditions right away.”
Silvia, who immediately went to where Wolhwa was, mentioned the contract conditions they had made before.
“Hmm.”
Wolhwa, who was looking down at Silvia with a complicated expression, scratched her head and said.
“Well… I don’t intend to lie, so I’ll listen… but from now on, you should be more careful when making such contracts. Especially verbal contracts, as they’re often broken.”
Of course, this wasn’t to say that Seol Wolhwa was that kind of person, but anyway, it wasn’t good to live so naively in this era.
To Wolhwa’s advice as a senior in life, Silvia replied as if it didn’t matter.
“If they had done that, I would have smashed everything.”
“… Yes, what couldn’t you do…”
If she used that alchemy or whatever it was, she could blow this place to smithereens.
Silvia’s threat was sufficiently threatening.
“Anyway, there wasn’t much time… and if it wasn’t for you all, there would have been no other way.”
“So I understand your hurry, but…”
Wolhwa narrowed her eyes.
She hardly shows any emotion normally.
Only concerned about her sister.
She seemed strangely obsessed from the first time they met, but now it was almost certain.
She was blindly obsessed with developing a cure.
If left like this, she would leave the guild as soon as the cure was developed.
‘That won’t do…’
She was a child brought in after giving up a huge profit.
Although she had become a guild member through a temporary contract, if she left the moment the treatment was over, it would mean incurring a huge loss, so she needed something to hold onto Silvia.
Above all…
‘The cost to develop a cure is also an issue…’
The ingredients that go into it will certainly not be ordinary materials.
Her power is quite strong, but beyond that, what Silvia can do is currently unknown.
Looking at the development of a cure, she clearly has some expertise in making medicine, but…
‘Since I don’t know what ingredients go into it…’
She doesn’t know what alchemy is.
Of course, she had contacted and prepared in advance, but since what she had prepared might become useless, Wolhwa, worried about money, asked Silvia.
“What ingredients will you need?”
“Hmm… I mainly used monster materials and herbs. There are many rare ingredients too. Back there I had to procure them myself, but it’s different here, right?”
“…”
As expected.
Since it’s unknown what ingredients will be needed, trying everything would eventually make procuring the materials a task.
Especially dimensional gate byproducts are extremely expensive.
She’s not so tight on money that she can’t provide what’s needed, but the amount of money that goes into developing a single medicine is astronomical.
But she can’t not fulfill the contract.
‘Good thing I prepared in advance.’
Thinking to herself, “Fortunate that I was well-prepared,” she opened her mouth.
“Do you know Adenia Online? No, that was a silly question since you probably don’t know.”
“Adenia is the name of a god in our world.”
She had heard about mythology.
At Silvia’s answer, Wolhwa’s expression stiffened for a moment.
‘The names are the same…?’
It’s the name of a god that otherworldly races who crossed over through S-rank dimensional gates in the distant past had called out.
Adenia Online was a world based on the world they had lived in, so the game was also named Adenia Online.
‘That’s strange…?’
How can the names of gods be the same?
Of course, it could coincidentally be the same, but Wolhwa felt there was a connection somewhere.
That’s how the names of gods were.
But…
‘I’ll have to investigate this separately later.’
There’s no way this child would know if she asked her.
Wolhwa shook her head inwardly and briefly explained to Silvia.
“There were residents from another world who crossed over through an S-rank dimensional gate long ago. It’s a game based on their world.”
“So?”
“Hmm… roughly speaking, according to the game company, they combined multi-dimensional probability superposition theory with AI to make it as similar to reality as possible. They gave a lengthy explanation about it being a collaboration between magic and science, but to summarize, it’s an incredibly realistic game.”
Essentially a VR game where you can enjoy a completely different world.
That’s Adenia Online.
“There, you’ll be able to research a cure to your heart’s content. The physical laws are evaluated to be completely identical to reality.”
“…!”
At Wolhwa’s words, Silvia’s eyes widened.
Since Silvia usually maintained an expressionless face, Wolhwa gulped as she saw her wide eyes for the first time.
‘Is this what an elf is…?’
Elves are called the race of beauty.
Even when she saw other elves who had crossed over to this place, they weren’t to this degree.
This child in front of her was cute enough to make even those elves look like squids.
“That’s good.”
In the meantime, as if she had made up her mind, she turned to look at Wolhwa.
As if she had found a goal, with eyes full of passion,
Silvia smiled.
“Thank you. I’ll be in your care from now on.”
She bowed her head and expressed her gratitude.
“Until my sister gets better.”
“Y-yes…”
While driving a nail into Wolhwa’s heart.
Wolhwa laughed dryly inside.
“Then, now I should start explaining about that.”
Silvia said this as she slightly turned her head.
Where her gaze was directed…
“Magical stone.”
There existed a huge jewel that was scattering purple magical power.