154 Ch. 154 'Vision'

Niken.

A soft sweet voice resounded in Niken's mind. For a moment, Niken did not respond and continued sleeping.

Niken, wake up.

The voice did not stop calling her name to disturb her sleep. Finally, Niken opened her eyes and blinked a few times. For a moment, she still thought she was in her room. But something tickled her face and her hands as if she was not sleeping on her bed. It felt like she was asleep on the grass??

Niken stared wide when she realized that now she was in a vast meadow. There were no trees, no houses, only the grass around her.

Is it possible that she is dreaming? Is this another nightmare?

Niken realized that she never had nightmares when she was trapped in the past, but now that she is back in her current time, do her dreams come to haunt her again?

'Niken, don't be afraid. I won't hurt you.'

Niken rose to her feet to search for the sound source only to find a familiar butterfly.

"You… did you talk to me?"

The butterfly flaps its beautiful colored wings without moving. Not long after, the butterfly was shining so brightly that Niken had to squint her eyes. The butterfly vanished and was replaced by a human figure??

A stunning girl with a pair of golden butterfly wings behind her stood elegantly in front of Niken. Her hair was goldish yellow, and her round eyes were full of the sparkle of gold.

The shape of her ears tapers upward like elves' ears. Her clothes were white with a model like a Greek goddess in ancient times. Her pure jade skin shone as if she was an angel who came down to earth.

The woman's aura was so elegant and majestic that it made her feel reluctant and wanted to respect her.

Who is this mysterious lady?

"Niken, please drop your plans to dive into the lake to get the orb. Your efforts will be in vain."

"Who are you?"

"I'm nothing, but I'd like you to believe me."

"How can I trust a stranger? You don't seem like an evil person, but I can't believe you like that."

The girl smiled then waved her hand, creating changes around her.

Niken no longer stood in the vast meadow, but she was in a cave surrounded by light magic in every corner. Niken could see a silver-haired man focused on doing something.

Niken saw a black liquid coming out of a bottle and floating in midair. The man injured his own palm, then let his blood drip into the fluid, and the two liquids fused together.

Niken could feel a strong force coming from the combination of the two liquids, making her clueless. What liquid is it? And why did the butterfly lady take her to one of the pureblood wizards' lair?

The one who darkens the mermaid lake? Could it be that this person was Zehell's father?

Not having time to finish her curiosity, Niken has moved back and is in the same meadow.

"Because of that, you won't be able to restore the evil mermaid's sanity by simply placing the mermaid princess's astral soul on the throne seat. You need another help." explained the lady in a voice as gentle as the breeze.

"What kind of help do I need?"

"You need a familiar spirit of the ocean lord. Call her here and let her swim in the lake. She will know what she has to do."

"Familiar sea spirit? How can I call her?"

The elf lady answered her with a soft voice, but strangely Niken could not hear her voice. She felt like she was watching people talking, but something blocked her hearing.

"I'm sorry. What did you say?" instead of answering her query, the lady's figure became transparent and merged with the wind. "Wait! Don't go yet! Tell me, how should I find the familiar sea spirit? At least tell me who you are!"

"WAIT!!"

Instantly Niken woke up from sleep with one hand raised toward the sky as if she was trying to reach the stars.

"Niken? What's wrong? Did you have another nightmare?"

Niken lowered her arms that were raised up and turned to the man who was lying beside her.

"I don't know if what I saw was a nightmare or a vision."

"Vision?"

Niken snuggled in, looking for warmth in Kazuto's embrace as she buried her face in front of the man's chest. Kazuto stroked Niken's back gently while giving a light kiss on the crown of Niken's head.

Niken's breathing returned to normal as she enjoyed the man's stroke. She pondered all her dreams and vision in silence.

All her life, Niken always felt that she was just a weak Elementalist. When she restored her memories as Princess Xiao Yue of Nishian, she thought she was only an ordinary Time Master.

But as it turned out, she was not an Elementalist and was not an ordinary Time Master. 

The more shocking part was that she had two magic circles!

The fact was both surprising and encouraging. Niken was even willing to undergo training from Sir Lionel so that she wouldn't become a burden when Muyun or the white knight strike back.

But what is this?

Why does she have nightmares? Why does she have the ability to go to a different era?

Why were strange things that she had never met or experienced, now approaching her one by one?

The first time she met Zehell, a mix-blood wizard, she could stand straight. But she couldn't help but be discouraged when she met a frightening pureblood wizard in her nightmares.

Before she concluded her understanding of mermaid and daemon realms, she had to find a familiar spirit?

Why did she feel this adventure to expand her time-spacial range would be mentally exhausting?

Is she up to all this?

After this place, they planned to go to the Beast Country located in the western country. At first, she was excited because she could see Kazuto's birthplace. But now she wasn't sure anymore.

Somehow she felt she would encounter another problem there.

Author: Yes, you will!