Chapter 127: Chapter 127

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Translator: Vine

Chapter Title: The Reunion

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"Musica."

Vinesha trembled as she uttered that name.

"Master, Grantony."

And then, calling out the next name, she pulled herself up.

The evil spirit broke through the fragments of the sky, letting her out.

Vinesha crawled on the ground, coughing.

As all the fragments of her memory connected, tears kept bursting from her eyes.

She couldn't bear how pathetic she was.

"It's because of me. It was all my fault."

She looked at the pendant clutched in her hand.

Musica was captured and killed by the Monstrous Lord.

Marisa sacrificed her life to save her.

Grantony was caught in her rampage, his face destroyed, losing everything.

Yet, she had lived aimlessly, having lost her memories.

"Grantony."

Vinesha savored the name.

Her brother, who must resent her the most.

Her brother had now entered the Monstrous Lord's spirit world to retrieve Musica.

She clasped her hands together.

No.

She couldn't lose Grantony too, following Musica and her Master.

Grantony wouldn't be able to find Musica.

No matter how talented Grantony was, he was no match for the Monstrous Lord.

'But if it were me.'

Vinesha was the one who had offered Musica to the Monstrous Lord.

She would surely be able to find Musica's trace.

The Monstrous Lord knew this, which was why he had destroyed Vinesha's memories.

But even memories imprinted on the soul couldn't be erased.

Vinesha began to draw a magic circle with the blood squeezed from her hand.

She had to create coordinates here to summon Musica.

Just then, the Monstrous Lord had revealed himself in the Otherworld.

This was the only chance to summon Musica.

If she found Musica, Grantony would return too.

'I'll accept any resentment.'

Vinesha bit her lip hard, her vision constantly blurring with tears.

'Musica, please.'

Several years had already passed since then.

There was no guarantee that Musica's mind would still be intact.

But at this moment, Vinesha desperately wished.

She desperately, fervently wished that Musica's consciousness, devoured by the Monstrous Lord, would still remain.

The moment she finally completed the magic circle.

Vinesha poured all her magic into the magic circle.

"Musica."

Around Vinesha, blood-red magic, a fusion of spirit arts and sorcery, began to unfold.

"I have to save Grantony."

Just as the magic circle, glowing with tears, surged forth.

*Thump-*

The light of the magic circle vanished all at once, beginning to fade.

Seeing this, Vinesha looked up at the sky in despair.

There was no response.

Vinesha knew best what that signified.

"Ah."

Musica's consciousness had indeed been devoured and extinguished by the Monstrous Lord.

Vinesha couldn't believe it.

"No."

So she drew another magic circle and activated it.

"No. Please, no."

She kept drawing and drawing magic circles.

But each time, the magic circle extinguished.

*Gush-*

Blood gushed from her nose and mouth.

This was the repercussion of expending too much magic.

Yet, she used that blood to draw the magic circle even more intricately.

If she couldn't find Musica, she couldn't save Grantony either.

"Rather…"

So she drew the magic circle, her hands trembling uncontrollably.

"Rather, take me, take me and kill me."

Finally, having created the magic circle, she squeezed out her magic and activated it once more.

"Leave them alone."

The moment she activated the magic circle, spitting blood.

*Thump-*

Once again, the magic circle died out.

Vinesha stared blankly at the ground.

Countless magic circles, drawn in blood, lay scattered on the fragments of the shattered sky.

Musica had not responded to a single one of them.

Everything was her sin.

Blood tears streamed from Vinesha's eyes.

"Please."

Vinesha pleaded towards the broken sky.

"Please, it was all my fault, wasn't it? They did nothing wrong."

Vinesha cried.

She just cried and pleaded to the sky, like a child.

"Take me instead, just me."

But the sky remained silent.

She dropped her head to the ground.

And then, moving her empty magic, she began to draw the magic circle once more with trembling hands.

Even if she died here today, she would call out for Musica until the very end.

Just as she was drawing with that resolve.

*Thump-thump-thump-thump-thump-thump-thump-*

A sound reached her ears.

Vinesha lifted her head.

There, she saw souls, turned into puppets by the Monstrous Lord, swarming towards her.

They were sprinting across the fragments of the shattered sky.

Vinesha watched them in desolation.

There was no strength left in her body.

Even the evil spirit that guarded her side had disappeared.

There was nothing she could do but be trampled like this.

The Monstrous Lord wouldn't even allow her to draw a magic circle.

Just before she could express her grief at that fact.

*Thud!*

A woman appeared before her.

This person, with blue hair flowing and vivid blue flames erupting around her.

Unyielding Blue Flame

Eve

"Associate Professor Vinesha, I don't know what you're doing, but Hanon Airey told me to be a beacon!"

Eve bit her lip, looking at the approaching spirits.

Though she was terrified of ghosts, and immense fear assailed her at this moment, she overcame it with a shout.

*Fwoosh!*

Eve's blue flame surged wildly, reaching for the sky.

"How's this?! Is this enough of a beacon to reach the sky?! Can it find the one you're searching for so desperately?!"

The beacon of blue flame illuminated the sky.

Its light was fierce enough to awaken even the slumbering.

As Vinesha saw the light, a man was etched into her mind.

The name Eve had just shouted.

Hanon Airey

Bikamon Niflheim

At this moment, she realized who had led her here.

"Hus... band."

Vinesha couldn't understand what he knew or why he had led her here.

To Vinesha, Bikamon had been a target for her self-inflicted pain, rationalized by her affection deficiency.

Her affection had a hole that could never be filled.

Even though she had lost her memories, she implicitly believed she was unforgivable.

Thus, she scraped at the emptiness in her heart and forced it upon others.

She was certain that Bikamon would never show her affection, no matter what.

That's why she could freely pour out her terrible affection onto Bikamon.

He was clearly just that, nothing more.

Vinesha recalled Bikamon's eyes, looking at her.

Pity and regret.

Many emotions she couldn't understand.

His appearance, which she had never once truly seen, distracted as she was by her own desperate search for affection.

That image now surfaced in her mind.

She didn't know.

Vinesha couldn't understand why he had brought her here and restored her memories.

But one thing was certain.

He didn't want her to suffer too much.

Before her eyes, the blue flame blazed.

The blue flame, illuminating the vast ocean, roared as if searching for a ship.

Vinesha placed her hand on the completed magic circle.

"Musica."

Vinesha closed her eyes and called out for her sister.

What was affection that she had been so distracted by it, envying her beloved sister?

Vinesha hated and detested her past self.

Even if she had been manipulated by the Monstrous Lord, the genesis of those emotions was clearly her own.

"Musica."

So Vinesha declared, amidst falling tears.

She pleaded to see her beloved sister once more.

Vinesha's magic circle began to emit light.

At that moment, Vinesha felt a warmth on her shoulder.

Vinesha's eyes slowly shifted behind her.

There, a spirit stood.

Vinesha belatedly realized who she was.

Her Master, Marisa, who had sacrificed her soul to save Vinesha.

She had lost her will, but she appeared by Vinesha's side once more.

Marisa placed her hand over Vinesha's.

Seeing this, Vinesha felt a surge of magic from an unknown source.

The unworthy disciple had to rely on her master's grace until the very end.

Vinesha poured out all her surging magic and cried out.

"Musica!"

At that moment, a flash of light spread before her eyes.

The pure white flash almost made Vinesha close her eyes for a moment, but she kept them open as wide as possible.

Soon, she found a child sitting in a secluded spot.

Vinesha ran towards the child.

She stumbled and fell as she ran, but somehow got up and rushed to the child.

The moment the child saw Vinesha, she tilted her head.

"Sister? Why are you rushing so much?"

The moment she heard the child's question, Vinesha couldn't hold back her tears and embraced her.

"Musica, I did it because I missed you so much."

When Vinesha returned the words Musica had once said to her, Musica hugged her tightly.

"Me too, Sister."

Urgent footsteps echoed from afar.

Vinesha heard the sound and lifted her head.

There stood Grantony, his face a skull.

His spirit was ragged and scarred in many places, showing how much he had struggled through the spirit world.

Grantony gasped for breath, looking at Vinesha and Musica.

The blue beacon he had found while searching through the vast ocean for a long time.

Chasing after it, he found Musica and Vinesha.

"Sister Vinesha, Musica."

As Grantony called their names, Vinesha rose from her spot, holding Musica in her arms.

Musica had already lost consciousness and fallen asleep.

"Grantony, I'm sorry. It's all my fault."

Even after Vinesha lost her memories, Grantony had visited her once.

But she hadn't recognized Grantony at all and had pushed him away.

After that, Grantony had fallen into madness.

The usually stoic man engaged in bizarre acts and laughed foolishly.

It was as if he wanted to escape from his terrible reality.

Vinesha felt incredibly sorry for Grantony, whose life had been ruined by her.

To him, Vinesha was nothing short of a sudden disaster.

"But there are people waiting for you."

Vinesha was okay with Grantony being angry at her.

But she thought he shouldn't ignore the people who had come to save him.

"I'll definitely take Musica back safely. So, let's meet outside."

They had come too far around.

Now it was time to retrace that path and go back to their original one.

Grantony looked at Vinesha for a moment.

Then, he slowly turned his body.

Grantony knew the moment he saw Musica.

That he had no way to take Musica, who had been devoured by the Monstrous Lord.

Even if he had found Musica, all he could have done was exchange a few words.

But Vinesha was different.

She was the most brilliant spirit artist Grantony knew, and the one most deeply connected to Musica.

"Sister Vinesha, it wasn't you I resented."

Vinesha's eyes slowly widened.

"It's just that I resented my pathetic self, who couldn't do anything that day."

Grantony also knew that Vinesha truly considered them family.

That's why he felt sorry for her, who had lost her memories, and resented himself for being unable to do anything.

So he wanted to bring Musica back with his own power.

He believed that if he brought Musica back and found Vinesha again, everything would return to normal.

"No."

Vinesha cried out to Grantony.

"Grantony, you were able to find Musica because you've been searching for her more diligently than anyone else until now."

Vinesha told him to at least know that.

Grantony was silent for a moment after hearing her words.

Grantony and Vinesha's forms scattered and disappeared simultaneously.

It was all to return to the real world.

"Heh heh."

Soon after, Grantony clicked his teeth and let out a wry laugh.

"Tell Musica in advance that my diligent search was the coolest thing ever."

Time had passed since Musica's death.

That's why the usually stoic Grantony had also become quite smooth-talking.

"You can't have my sister."

And the same was true for Vinesha.

Grantony and Vinesha disappeared, laughing through their tears together.

The emotional rift that had formed long ago.

It was the moment the rift between the two of them was finally mended.