Thinking of this, Lumian came to a conclusion:
If his guess just now is true, it means that only Kordu Village and the surrounding area have gone back in time, and other places have not been affected!
Does this mean that as long as you can get out of here, you can return to normal life? Lumian thought about it, looked sideways at Aurore, and pretended to feel guilty:
"This, uh, this telegram was actually made by me."
"You?" Aurore was angry and funny, but more dazed.
She wondered if she had accidentally been pranked by her brother.
This is simply a perennial hunt that pecks the eagle's eyes!
Lumian explained "sincerely":
"That's right, haven't I always wanted to go to Trier? So, two days ago, I secretly sent a telegram to the telegraph office corresponding to "Novel Weekly" and consulted you in your tone when the nearest writers' salon was, and they really warmly sent out an invitation."
"So that's how it is......" Aurore looked like "the mystery has finally been solved".
In the next second, she picked up the wooden stick placed next to her and said through gritted teeth:
"The child has grown up!"
Lumian quickly added:
"Aurore, no, sister, listen to my quibbles, no, listen to my explanation."
He didn't panic and deliberately made a joke.
"Okay, you speak." Auroer pestled a wooden stick and said, "Your sister and I have always convinced people from the bottom of our hearts with our good virtues, how can we convict people without listening to the suspect's statement?
"Even if you die, you must die clearly!"
Lumian said extremely quickly:
"In Intis, the place with the largest number of universities and the best quality is Trier, I am about to take the unified entrance examination for colleges and universities, and I want to go to the field in advance to decide which three schools to apply for."
Aurore nodded invisibly and motioned for his brother to continue.
Lumian praised his sister earnestly:
"I believe that as long as I make this legitimate request, you will definitely take me around Trier, but in this way, it will cost you your money, and if the "Weekly Novel" invites you, not only the ticket cost of the steam train, the accommodation of the hotel, but also the various entertainment expenses in Trier will be reimbursed.
"I know you don't lack so much money, but it's all written by you word by word, and I will never let it go if there is a way to save it."
Auror calmed down:
"I still know that I feel sorry for my sister.
"But have you ever considered what writers' salon I don't want to attend? I hate being in contact with so many strangers."
Lumian smiled:
"Auror, uh, sister, have you ever thought that "Novel Weekly" invited you so warmly, not to let you participate in the salon, but to use the salon to have a good relationship with you, you are a famous best-selling novel writer.
"So, the salon is not important, what matters is you, as long as you are willing to accept their invitation to go to Trier to play for a while, you can find a reason to push the salon away, the people of "Novel Weekly" will not only not be angry, but will be glad that you accepted the previous part of the hospitality."
Aurore looked Lumian up and down a few times:
"Your ability to figure out people is getting better and better."
She then exhaled and said:
"Okay, I'll take care of something, pack my luggage, and take you to Trier in two days.
"Okay!" Lumian did not hide his joy.
Although he suspected that he and Aurore could not simply get out of Kordu Village, and before unraveling the secret of time reversal and finding the corresponding root, the act of "detaching" was likely to cause some unpredictable changes, but he had to try, and he couldn't trap himself in place.
With this mentality, he tried to persuade Aurore just now.
Lumian didn't plan to tell his sister about going back in time now, because Aurore had lost the corresponding memory and was unlikely to believe this almost delusional speculation, unless Lumian kept making "prophecies" and the prophecies were verified, but he himself wanted to pretend that he was unaware of going back in time and didn't prepare for "prophecy" for the time being to see if he could find any clues.
Under the pretext of studying, Lumian returned to the second floor and entered the study.
He sat down, casually took the book and opened it, checking whether he had taken it backwards.
He then slipped into his own thoughts, hoping to further clarify the current encounter through the various details he discovered last night and today.
As his eyes moved freely, Lumian swept to the small blue book on the table.
His heart skipped a beat, he withdrew his thoughts, stretched out his palm, took the little blue book, and flipped it quickly.
The pages of the book with some words missing and corresponding emptiness came into his eyes.
"That letter ......," Lumian whispered silently.
Combined with the "late" call back from "Novel Weekly", he had a new guess about the letter of help received by Lia, Ryan and others:
"Perhaps, that letter was really written by me, and I am the 'murderer'!
"It is likely that the time reversal has happened more than once, according to the definition in Auror's novel, this should be called a time loop.
"In a previous cycle, I discovered certain anomalies through certain exploration behaviors, and decided to ask for help from the outside world by sending anonymous letters that did not implicate Auror? By the time the officials realized the seriousness of the problem and sent Ryan and the others to deal with it, Cordu had already started a new round of cycles, and I, like Aurore now, lost all corresponding memories and returned to the 'initial' state......
"Now there is a question, why does this little blue book still maintain the appearance of having some words cut out?
"It stands to reason that it should also return to its 'initial' state, just like the food I ate in the last cycle......
"Well, there are two possibilities:
"First, I found an abnormality and asked for help before the time cycle started, but in that case, the relevant memories should not be reset. This is getting more and more complicated......
"Second, I also found a way to keep something unaffected by the cycle during that cycle...... What could be the solution? If there really is, why not just find a piece of paper and write down what you find?"
Lumian felt that he had cleared a layer of fog and restored the general situation, but also fell into more doubts.
He thought that he should have gone through many time loops, but in those previous cycles, once he started from the beginning, his memory and physical state would be reset, so he was completely unaware.
And the reason why I was able to preserve my memory and retain the extraordinary characteristics of the "hunter" this time was because I met the lady, got the scepter card, entered the ruins of the dream, and inspired the special in my body.
Since the special ability of those two symbols to allow Lumian to "bring" the state of the extraordinary in the dream to reality, it is entirely possible that they will "save" his complete physical condition to the beginning of the cycle.
"So, after the shotgun monster's state reset, it still couldn't 'get' back the 'hunter' extraordinary trait......" Lumian leaned back on the back of the chair, looked at the ceiling, and exhaled slowly.
He then laughed at himself:
"When you first become an extraordinary person, you have to face such unconventional things and don't give me time to develop......
"Well, I can't fully confirm that the letter of help was made by me, and it is possible that Aurore and Mrs. Pualis are also suspicious...... As extraordinary people, they may have sensed something was wrong in a previous cycle and made efforts to save themselves, and with their occult knowledge, it is easier than me to find a way to preserve a certain trace...... But in any case, the occurrence of a time cycle is indeed the most in line with the current situation."
Thinking about it, Lumian had a way to confirm the source of the letter for help.
The method is very simple, that is, enter the ruins of the dream and flip through the same little blue book at home there.
If the little blue book also has missing words, it means that the letter of help was made by Lumian himself, because the home in the special dream was formed by his subconscious projection of the mixed ruin world, and everything he knew subconsciously should appear there.
If not, then there is a high probability that Aurore or Madame Pualis did it, and Lumian's subconscious could not know about this and did not need to be responsible for it.
Seeing that the time was almost up, Lumian sneaked out of the house and went straight to the old tavern.
In the corner of the old tavern, a familiar figure came into his eyes.
The lady who gave him the scepter card and the potion recipe appeared again.
She wore a long orange stand-up collar dress with ruffles, and a light-colored ladies' frilly hat was at hand.
Lumian breathed a sigh of relief, just like a drowning man finally caught a lifebuoy.
He quickly approached and saw that the table in front of the lady was not breakfast, but tarot cards divided into three stacks.
"Do you need me to draw a card?" Lumian asked tentatively.
"You've already smoked." The lady mixed the three stacks of tarot cards together without raising her head:
Lumian instantly felt a sour eye socket.
She was really not affected by the time loop!
Without taking a tactful approach, Lumian sat down and asked directly:
"I, and the entire Kordu Village, have fallen into a cycle of time?"
The lady raised her head and replied with a smile:
"Yes, you are all from the ring."
People in the ring...... Lumian repeated the term in his mind.
He asked suspiciously:
"What does this mean, people who are stuck in a time loop?"
The lady smiled:
"There are two explanations for it, one is the special power equivalent to sequence 4 obtained after praying to a certain being, and the other is your current situation."
"Can I gain power by invoking to a hidden being?" Lumian was surprised by the first explanation of the "man in the ring".
Didn't it mean that the twenty-two extraordinary paths were all promoted by taking magic potions?
The lady nodded slightly:
"Theoretically, the Eternal Sun can also make its followers extraordinary without magic potions and gifts alone, but for Him it is a burden that can only be used as a temporary means, and the more people need it, the greater the burden will be, and it will even affect His state.
"The giver is not without harm, they will slowly approach the 'Eternal Sun', both physically, mind, and spirit.
"Also, since it is a gift from the superiors, they can be taken back at any time, unless you have the unique power of some way to secretly complete a certain amount of covert theft in the life of retaining the gift."
(End of this chapter)