Fragnts were known to hunters as pieces of another beings strength that could be absorbed or inherited, but that was just a general term. Each fragnt varied greatly in power.
In Sumires case, it was a boss monster witch. There were also so hunters that had been sealed by the Tower, but then there were fragnts of other, unthinkable things.
The fragnt Lorelei had obtained entered the third category.
- I'm Chronoa.
- I am the goddess that watches over ti, and I want you as a follower.
Her first eting with Chronoa was when she was going through the Trial.
It was, from a certain point of view, destiny, but it was also a necessity.
Lorelei was the first hunter to obtain the [Ti's Manager] Trait, so Chronoa had been wanting her for quite a while.
The Witch Aris had recognized Lorelei's talent, and Goddess Chronoa gave Lorelei her fragnt, so getting stronger had been relatively easy for her.
- This barrier could destroy an average person's mind. Of course, you're an exception.
Chronoa had been one of the biggest reasons she could stay sane when she went through the Trial.
- It's quite funny that soone like you likes fairy tales. Despite being a goddess, I also find them interesting.
- Goddesses don't believe in destiny. Does that an that there isn't such a thing as a destined love?
Chronoa wasnt considered a special ability, and she hadnt needed to actively do much.
Challenging the Trial ant that you would wander around an endless amount of knowledge. Chronoa's voice was of huge relief to Lorelei back then.
When Lorelei absorbed half of the strength, Chronoa asked her a question.
- Lorelei, did you know that the fragnt chooses soone similar to the original owner?
- That ans that my choosing you is, in reality, part of a bigger picture called destiny.
I don't know about complex things like that.
She wanted to deny it, but she already knew what was being told to her.
Lorelei could absorb Chronoa's strength because they were similar.
Still, she couldn't understand how she was similar to Chronoa.
Chronoa seed to think differently.
- Lorelei? Just like a fragnt searches for its owner, the Trait also picks its owner. Tis Manager belongs to those who cling to ti the most.
- Ah To be more precise, those who cling to the past.'
- That's why [Ti's Manager] seeks those who regret sothing in their past more than anyone else and has things they want to fix.
Lorelei stopped reading. Her expression hardened; then, Chronoa began to speak again.
- Aren't you worried about what sort of past I, a goddess, am hanging onto the most?
What could a goddess regret? What made her cling to the past that much? She hadnt been that curious about it at first.
Then she had been lonely during the Trial and started to wonder.
"I'm curious."
Lorelei was surprisingly polite when she was seeking knowledge. That was one of the aspects Chronoa liked about her.
- I broke a promise.
- I lost sothing important to .
- I beca a broken fragnt and chose to wander around the ti of another dinsion to keep that mory.
Lorelei had read a similar story in a book about a goddess that fell in love with a human.
It was a mythic story where the most important god was angered and killed the human before turning the goddess into a constellation.
'It's probably similar to that.'
When Lorelei thought that, Chronoa asked her a question.
- Then, Lorelei, why were you given Ti's Manager? Even I'm curious about the past youre clinging to.
"Mypast?"
What was she hanging onto?
Lorelei thought back to her past when Chronoa said,
- I understood. Why youre hanging onto the past, the mont that trapped you, is
Sound faded and beca distant.
She found herself in a dark abyss. As a distant light approached her and shone over her, Lorelei saw a familiar face.
[You're as dangerous as a waiting bomb, but you also have a strength that could save the world.]
[Not even I know how your Talent will be used.]
[I cannot guarantee anything because I don't have a strong sense of responsibility, but]
Sound faded again.
Was the Clock Towers Trial supposed to be like that?
She couldn't feel any strength in her body. Feeling that she was floating in the abyss, Lorelei tried her best to grab the air.
[If I were to get a disciple as expected, I think you'd be the best.]
Ah
Soone this strong
Soone this cool
Wants .
I don't want to disappoint her
Lorelei finally understood what she was trying to hold onto.
- To think you'd want to answer the expectations of others Truly a child-like thought.
Unlike her words, Chronoa's voice was warm.
The barrier broke, golden books scattered away, and golden knowledge also fanned outward.
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That was when Lorelei finally understood what the last condition to clear the Trial was.
'Although I was craving knowledge so much I didn't understand myself.'
That's how she cleared the Trial and finally found the last condition.
Tap, tap.
She heard the bonfire.
Lorelei was clinging to the air just like back then.
'You have 10 minutes.'
She closed her eyes and took a deep breath.
It was ti to prove all of her efforts through the path shed walked.
Lorelei opened her eyes and said, "Xpvoa."
It was the Goddess of Ti. Chronoa's real na.
Then she used the 10 minutes she'd obtained after offering 10 days of her life.
The light compressed in Lorelei's hands burst out.
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