Unfortunately, it was already nighttime.

When we reached the adventurer guild in the imperial capital, it was already closed. After asking the guild staff nearby, we learned that the inter-city transfer formation had only been test-running after the war. Regular service wouldn't start until tomorrow.

I remembered we had arrived here just one day ago. Most of our time was spent looking for Reider and dealing with that confusing maze at the royal villa, plus several battles. But now there was no rush, and everyone was tired anyway, so we just found a nearby inn to rest.

"...That's basically what happened. Your world's classmates and friends finally defeated the big villain 'Spring' after going through many hardships. They cleared all threats and achieved peace in the end. Even Michelle made up with the other Element Angels and agreed to stop her monster subordinates from invading the continent. By the time the story ended, basically everyone was doing well, and even my other self was revived!"

Everyone gathered in Cyrae's room while Adrian and I told her in detail about the story from the other parallel world we learned about. Of course, to avoid unnecessary trouble, we specially left out the part about Adrian's unfortunate death in that other world.

"Are you sure it was really my world?"

At first Cyrae couldn't help but doubt us. After all, hearing that all this came from a book called "Ethereal Ascendance: A Journal of Transformation", it wasn't something anyone could easily accept.

"Of course it's all true!"

Although we couldn't rule out the possibility of different parallel worlds branching out during the story's development, to comfort her, I confidently guaranteed while patting my chest: "Don't forget Nicola said she personally went to your world? The book also mentioned the parts about her experience, and they match almost perfectly!"

Come to think of it, in some sense, wasn't the Cyrae in front of us like a character who jumped out from the book? Looking at her from another angle suddenly gave me a strange feeling.

"Indeed, I can find some impression of the name 'Spring' in Elara's memories. Although in her memories this god never actually appeared, she always kept some wariness towards the 'Ancient God Religion'..."

Seeing both Adrian and I vouching so strongly, Cyrae finally had no reason to doubt anymore. After all, now that "System" carriers had appeared, having another mysterious person who could observe the world's entire development and record it in a book didn't seem too unacceptable.

She let out a long breath and showed us a knowing smile while nodding: "In that case, I choose to believe you. It's wonderful that they're all safe and sound!"

This "they" naturally referred to Nicora, Feliciara, and others from the parallel world. Speaking of which, when Cyrae was sent back to Earth by the other Nicora without warning, she had been very worried about her classmates. Although she eventually gave up on trying to go back, now learning that they achieved such great things finally put her mind at ease about this matter.

"If nothing unexpected happens, you should be able to meet this world's Elara tomorrow. Don't forget she's somewhat different from the Elara in your memories, so make sure you don't cause any misunderstandings!"

It was getting late now, and we had finally passed on all the important information. I stretched and stood up, reminding Cyrae while opening the door to leave. Suddenly I heard Adrian say quietly to me:

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"Actually, I also have something important to do tomorrow..."

Though he didn't say it directly, I immediately understood what he meant - it was about proposing to Elara that he had mentioned before.

Although proposing didn't mean getting married right away, it undoubtedly meant the relationship between Adrian and me was taking a substantial step forward. However, the problem was that proposing to the angel race hadn't always been successful in the past. Thinking about all the possible situations we might face, it was impossible not to feel a bit nervous.

After a tiring day, the next thing to do was return to my room to sleep. However, when I opened the door, I was surprised to find someone already standing inside. Looking carefully, it turned out to be Cyra Number 18, who had been mysteriously following us to this world several times before!

"You're out again..."

To be honest, after so many encounters, I wasn't shocked anymore. Instead, this person really gave me a headache! Because every time she would just disappear without warning, barely saying anything useful, and I couldn't get much useful information from her!

"Wait, let me call the others to talk with you!"

I remembered Cyrae next door had the memories of the other world's Elara, and since both of them should be Cyras from parallel worlds, maybe having her come over would give us better ideas.

"There's no one here? Did you see wrong?"

But most frustratingly, after I dragged Cyrae back to my room, even bringing Adrian along, we found the room completely empty. As expected, Cyra Number 18 had disappeared again.

"I believe Feliciana didn't see wrong, but the problem is this person following us probably isn't just a coincidence. There might be some special reason we don't know about!"

Since Adrian had personally seen what seemed to be Cyra Number 18's "appearance" before, he didn't doubt my words like Cyrae did. But he still couldn't figure out the specific reason. Fortunately, we could be almost certain that she didn't have any bad intentions.

Adrian could only remind me to watch out for Cyra Number 18 possibly appearing again, then everyone returned to their own rooms to rest.

"...As expected!"

Not long after the others left, I felt water elements mysteriously surge behind me, and this mysterious person appeared again like a ghost.

After several previous attempts, I could be pretty sure she would only appear in front of me alone. Maybe because she didn't want others to see her, this time I didn't hurry to leave and find help. Instead, like before, I turned around and tried to stay calm while asking her:

" Why do you only talk to me? Why not the others?"

"Because... you're very similar to me..."

Maybe she was hesitating about how to answer, but anyway, after a long time, she finally stammered out an answer.

Come to think of it, she seemed to have said something similar when she appeared before. Afraid she would disappear again the next moment, I immediately asked:

"Similar? Aren't you Cyra? No... you should be Cyra from another parallel world! Theoretically you should be more similar to Cyra and Cyrae, so why don't you follow them?"

"Cy...ra...?"

After hearing what I said, Cyra Number 18's face showed a confused expression. But this time she seemed to understand something and, very rarely, continued to answer:

"...I'm not... Cyra!"

"Not Cyra? How is that possible!"

This was completely puzzling - if she wasn't Cyra, who else could she be? Putting aside whether she could have changed her appearance through some magic, at least her appearance had definitely been Cyra's.

"Then what's your real identity? Can you tell me your name?"

Afraid of upsetting her and breaking off the conversation, I continued asking more carefully. No matter what, through our talk I had learned a bit more about this person who seemed to be Cyra Number 18. Today we finally made great progress.

"My name... yes! Who am I..."

However, she seemed to completely forget, staring blankly ahead like she had lost her soul.

"No way, you don't even know who you are? Did you lose your memory?"

Just as I couldn't hold back and asked a third time, Cyra Number 18's eyes suddenly burst with bright blue light. While looking at me, she reached out one hand and grabbed my arm tightly.

I remembered the last time we had physical contact, she let me feel her unparalleled water element control ability, which was indeed one significant difference between her and Cyra.

But this time was completely different. I felt her form suddenly become transparent, and huge amounts of water element like a tide silently surrounded us both.

Then Cyra Number 18 and I involuntarily started moving closer to each other. Just when we were about to crash together, my mind went blank like a broken film, my vision went dark, and I lost consciousness...