"I think you must be the only outsider," a soft voice whispered beside his ear.
"Why?" Shard asked.
"The appearance of an outsider is luck within luck, a miracle to find even one. A second is simply impossible," the voice explained.
"Then why does 'The Little Match Girl'..."
"In this world, there are no coincidences, only the inevitable built upon the inevitable. Besides, haven't you already guessed the reason?"
Shard smiled. If there was no second outsider, the answer was indeed clear.
Today was Wednesday, after midnight, exactly one week since he last used the Ti Key:
"It seems I, as an outsider, am not without possessions," he remarked.
Again, the pleasing laughter of a woman filled his ears.
"Shard, did you hear that?"
Realizing that Miss Luisa was talking to him, Shard looked up, embarrassed, and said,
"Sorry, I was lost in thought. What did you say?"
"I said, if you don't take care of your cat, it's going to jump out of its basket soon,"
the blonde writer said, touching her earlobe.
"ow~"
Mia made a "threatening" sound at Miss Luisa, almost managing to leap onto the dining table.
After dinner, Shard bid Miss Luisa farewell. Before leaving, he inquired about placing an advertisent in the newspaper. Miss Luisa pulled a bunch of business cards from her handbag, all from newspapers she had worked with:
"There's bound to be one that suits you."
Excited about the night's events, Shard didn't visit anywhere else after saying goodbye to the writer, but went straight ho to Saint Delan Square with Mia. The usage of the Ti Key needed to cross midnight, so from 6:30 pm to nearly midnight, Shard still had to wait.
Of course, he didn't waste the ti but continued to help Miss Luisa translate "Chasing the Four Elents: Wind and Fire," and even took the ti to keep reading "The Mad Light Chaser."
Calculating the ti and confirming that he could now use the Ti Key, he excitedly stood up from the chair in the study.
Mia had originally been lying on the desk beside Shard's hand, asleep. Shard's movent woke her, but the cat still lazily sprawled on the desk, just lifting her eyes to watch him.
"Since Divine Afterglow has already brightened beside , now it's ti to explore the tales of the past,"
he thought excitedly, pulling out the cracked key from the locked drawer.
Leaving all his "relics" on the table, he closed the study door from the inside, then gripped the key and whispered,
"May the World Tree bless
in this ti."
The key entered the lock, and after a twist, it clicked again. Opening the study door, behind it was a Mist Gate sealed by thick fog.
The orange cat watched the scene in astonishnt, but before it could rise, Shard had already stepped into the Mist Gate:
"Mia, see you in three seconds."
As his foot touched the ground, he was surrounded by white fog.
The whispering voice sounded in his ear, and after preparing himself, "the other " received a ssage from the fallen Ancient God, "Father of the Infinite Tree":
"Outlander, you have stepped into the Ti Corridor," the ssage from the Ancient God "Father of the Infinite Tree" announced.
[Fifth Era 1068, Autumn, Southern Continent, Hope Town.]
[Event: The Old God "Creator of Innocence" has fallen.]
[Duration 10 minutes (2/3).]
[You have gained additional information.]
[The figure of the Father of the Infinite Tree continues to watch you.]
[The tests given by the Ancient God of Ti will continue.]
[Witness His final wish before the fall of the Old God "Creator of Innocence".]
[The Ancient God of Ti will reward you: Arcane Technique - Blade of Chaotic Ti, Miracle Soul Rune - Echo.]
Apart from the addition of words like "continue" and "prolongation
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