Chapter 251 (1/2)

Chapter 251

Chapter 251: The Next Message

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I bristled in anger at the sight of the black ball of flames

“Why…” I seethed

“Why what?” it looked back in confusion It’s expression was so lifelike, so…sentient, that it infuriateda slow and painful swing at Regis

My hand slipped through its snarky face, thebody I toppled forward, sla my face hard on the cold smooth floor of wherever the hell I was

“Don’t do that!” the will-o-wisp snapped before e continued to bubble up and rise as I stared at is had come from “Why Why the hell are you here now? After years of drainingwhat you want, why do you appear now?”

I whippedat the black flame My vision blurred as tears welled up in my eyes “If you had come out earlier, I could’ve won I could’ve saved everyone!”

A trace of what looked alis’ face before the horned will-o-wisp shook its head and turned away “Well aren’t you a ray of sunshi+ne Even asuras would die trying to fight over a sentient weapon yet here you are,about—”

“I needed you,” I whispered, tears dripping on the ground beneath is remained silent as I let all of the eis, but I was doing the sa him as an excuse for my own failures

After some time had passed,out raspy stutters trying to take in is’ voice sounded from a small distance “There’s a pool of clean water here Drink before you cry yourself into awhether I even deserved water when the slistened in the corner of my eyes

“Yes, that’s it You can do it! Do it for that rock!” Regis cheered, hovering aroundaside all of the eed is led n to me, even as I moved I felt like I was still in a full suit of ar alside est source of is up

“Come on, pretty boy, almost there,” he continued

“Shut…up…” Iout as a wheeze

“If you have the strength to drawl, you have the strength to crawl!” he intoned

I’ll kill him, I decided

I focusedwater so clearly and silently froling onceto pull myself up over the rounded base that held the water, I immediately buried my head inside

It felt like I had slammed my face into a wall of ice, but I didn’t care I opened ulped it all in, the water crisp and cool as it rushed down my throat

My body continued to s er

“Gah!” I pulled e coveredthat maybe the back of is chortled behindits own tail for the first tirunted, still trying to flip my shi+rt off of my head

“That’s your hair, oh-wise-one”

“Huh? That’s iup My eyes widened

The person staring back at me looked a lot like myself yet a bit older, with sharper features and skin the same milky white as otten fro neck and adam’s apple

But what shocked es in old and the color seemed to have been completely washed out of my once-auburn hair The head of deep reddish broas now a grayish wheat color, even more pale than Sylvie’s hair in her huhtened at the sight of my reflection, my own hair and eyes now a sore reminder of what my bond had done for me

“W-What is this? Why do I—” A screanited inside ht on fire

My vision doubled and became hazy until I heard a voice It was one that I hadn’t heard in a long tiet

“hello, Art, this is Sylvia”

My heart pounded against my ribs as excitement rose up “S-Sylvia?”

“I recorded this at the sae to you, but I suspect that, for you, it has been quite a while since hearing my voice Haha, I suppose I should say that it has been a while”

I let out a laugh as I felt fresh tears stream down my cheeks

“I’e On the one hand, I’et to where you are now But the fact that you’ve had to push yourself to this point means that life has not been easy for you, perhaps even more difficult than your previous one”

I felt the weight of her somber tone but continued to listen