Chapter 700: 546 The Savior Who Wants to Return to Paradise
"That fairy, that is Morgan."
The emotionless tone of Reiger’s words left Shinobu speechless, seemingly unsure of what to say next.
"...Are you her disciple?"
For some reason, Shinobu asked such a question.
Being the disciple of a human was not an unfamiliar concept to Shinobu.
Yet, Reiger shook his head.
"Although I did indeed receive a portion of the power that rightly belonged to her, I am not her disciple," Reiger stated indifferently, as if he were discussing someone else’s affairs, "According to her, our relationship is that of husband and wife."
"I am her husband, this is what she always says in front of me."
"Even though I do not understand why she does it."
These words plunged Shinobu into silence once again.
Following that, for some reason, Shinobu changed the subject.
"What do you plan to do next?" Shinobu asked, "Are you planning on finding a way to return?"
After all, Reiger did not belong to this era; he would probably try in every way to return to the year 2017 of the Queen’s calendar, right?
If that was his plan, Shinobu felt that she could help him.
She also wanted Reiger to return to two thousand years later and not remain in this era.
Although Shinobu very much wanted to know what had happened in the future, why Morgan had risen to power 400 years after the Autumn Wars ended, what had happened in Britain after Yuse came to power, and whether her desires had been fulfilled, from Reiger’s attitude, Shinobu always had a feeling that things in the future would not be as satisfactory as expected.
She was very afraid.
She feared that the future development would shatter her hopes.
She feared that Britain would become something beyond her imagination.
At the same time, Shinobu also feared Reiger.
Because, she truly could not fathom what kind of impact this man, who claimed to be Morgan’s husband, would bring to her era.
The constant impulse to approach him, draw near to him, and even embrace him truly terrified Shinobu.
After all, she knew all too well the tragedy that befell those who grew too close to her.
She, had no desire to witness such events unfold again.
Therefore, Shinobu truly hoped that Reiger could return to the future.
However, Shinobu was bound to be disappointed.
"There’s no rush," Reiger said unexpectedly, "Since I have come here, I will not return until I have unraveled some mysteries."
It was not so much that Reiger could not return if he wanted to.
The [Water Mirror] was a grand magic that could only send people back to the past; it did not involve the future.
That is to say, this magic was a one-way ticket; it could send people back to the past but had no way of sending them to the future.
Even if it were possible, Reiger was unable to use the art of the [Water Mirror], as Morgan had given him the power of the "Tower" but not the "Mirror."
Thus, wanting to return to the future was not an easy task for Reiger under normal circumstances.
Luckily, he had found a solution to this issue.
"With the Dimensional Cube here, this isn’t difficult to solve."
Reiger silently thought to himself.
He had already perused the instructions for using the Dimensional Cube and knew that Dimensional Travel allowed the selection of the arrival point when opening a dimensional gateway to a designated world.
Take the Earth Mistake World as an example; Reiger, having been to that world once, if he needed to go there again, he would need to expend ten times the Dimension Energy to initiate a Dimensional Travel to a specified world.
After initiating a Dimensional Travel to a specified world, Reiger could either choose to arrive at the initial landing site of his first Dimensional Travel or at the location where his previous Dimensional Travel ended.
In other words, if Reiger were to make another trip to the Earth Mistake World, he could either arrive in Eularia City, where he landed during his first Dimensional Travel, or in the main room on the 37th floor of the underground city, where his last Dimensional Travel ended.
Thus, when Reiger decides to return to this world next time, he could also choose to arrive at the initial landing site of this Dimensional Travel.
If Reiger made such a choice, he could also choose to arrive back in the era of his initial arrival, albeit the time he spent in this era would still be counted.
That is, the amount of time Reiger spent in this era would be equivalent to how much time would pass in the future era.
If he stayed in this era for a month, a month would pass in the future era.
If he stayed in this era for a year, a year would pass in the future era.
Thus, when Reiger used this method to return to the future during his next Dimensional Travel, he would not be returning to a time calculated by the ratio of time he spent in this world to time spent in other worlds, but rather to a time point calculated from the moment he was sent to this era by [Water Mirror] extending into the future.
By this calculation method, perhaps more than a month would have already passed in the future by the time Reiger next uses Dimensional Travel to return to this world.
As for why it would be more than a month, that is naturally because Reiger only had a bit more than a month left to stay in this world.
The time ratio between the main world and this world is 1:90, meaning Reiger could stay in this world for 90 days, a total of three months.
He had already spent a little over a month in this world, and naturally, he had a little over a month left.
After a little more than a month, Reiger would return to the continent of Akasha. By then, when he used the Dimensional Cube to travel back to the time and place where he first arrived in this world, more than a month would have passed.
In that month, the major events of Fairy Country Britannia definitely hadn’t concluded yet.
In the original, from the time Chaldea first arrived in Britannia to the collapse of pan-human history, there was nearly two months’ time.
In such a case, even after the upcoming month, when Reiger came back next time, the events of the Britannia anomaly wouldn’t have fully concluded.
After all, only a few days had passed since Chaldea arrived at the Britannia anomaly, and it was still a long way from the nearly two-month final deadline.
Reiger considered all this and decided to uncover the mysteries in his heart by going intentionally to Norwich and diving into the "Water Mirror," arriving in this era, Fairy Year 400, with the "calamity" of Norwich.
Otherwise, without knowing how to return to the future, Reiger wouldn’t have casually come to this era, lest he, like Matthew who was also sent to this era in the original, be forced to sleep in Morgan’s "coffin" for over two thousand years before he could return to the future.
"Is that so?"
Unaware of these matters, Shinobu saw Reiger was not in a hurry to return and immediately nodded, thinking about something.
"What about you?" Reiger asked, "Do you have anything you want to do next?"
"Me?", Shinobu appeared not to have expected Reiger to ask him this, and after thinking a moment, he finally said, "Right now, the thing I want to do the most is to attend Yuse’s coronation ceremony a few months later and witness the true unification of Britannia."
"After attending the ceremony, I will take the ’Bone Bells’ of the major clans back to Paradise."
Hearing this, Reiger unsurprisingly said, "You plan to return to Paradise?"
"Hmm." Shinobu nodded, "This place ultimately isn’t mine, and it is not fitting for me to stay."
Having said that, Shinobu changed the subject.
"However, there are still many mysteries on this island that have caught my attention."
Upon hearing this, Reiger raised an eyebrow.
"Like what?"
He looked at Shinobu with a half-smile.
"...Like everything that happened here a long, long time ago."
Shinobu slightly lowered his eyes and murmured softly.
"I sort of know why Paradise sent a fairy like me to Britannia."
"But why Britannia has become what it is now, I still don’t really understand."
"The mission of the Paradise Fairies is to save Britannia, to save the fairies, but is that really considered redemption?"
"Also, why does Britannia have such a thing as the ’calamity’?"
"Why is there that ’hole’ in this land?"
"And what will become of the ’tree’ planted in this land?"
"These are what I want to figure out."
Of course, Reiger could understand what Shinobu meant.
"So, you mean, before attending your disciple’s coronation ceremony and returning to Paradise, you want to solve these mysteries?"
Reiger said this in a casual manner.
"Correct." Shinobu glanced at Reiger, as if trying to discern something, "The you from the future probably knows a lot of things I don’t, but if you tell me all these things, I don’t know what kind of impact it will have on the future."
"Britannia is very fragile, a trivial matter could evolve into a major issue here."
"So, I really want to ask you some things, yet I have to hold back."
"This is all for Britannia."
Saying this, Shinobu stood up.
"My companion is nearby, ready to meet me anytime." Shinobu smiled at Reiger, "How about it? Want me to take you to meet them?"
Since Reiger did not plan to return to the future, Shinobu had to keep an eye on him to prevent him from doing something that would affect the future.
Even though he really wanted him to leave, it was no different.
"The savior’s companions?" Reiger, unaware of Shinobu’s feelings, stood up himself and said, "Well then, let me meet them."
"Okay," Shinobu nodded, "Please follow me."
Shinobu turned around and walked into the depths of the forest.
Reiger turned back, took another glance at the unknown coast turned into ruins, and looked towards the crystallized pit.
Before long, Reiger turned and followed behind Shinobu, leaving the place.
The two walked into the forest, one after the other, their shadows merging into one, perhaps signifying the fate that would follow them.