Chapter 984: The Beginning Of The End [Part 1]

Chapter 984: The Beginning Of The End [Part 1]



The moment Ethan saw the heart made up of ice, he knew right away that this heart belonged to the Progenitor of Ice, Baradiel.

The little girl, who was none other than Nicole, approached the Altar cautiously, afraid that a ghost might jump out of nowhere before she reached the altar.

Finally, she was in front of it, and she looked at the Ice Heart with wonder.

The heart was slowly rotating, like some kind of priceless jewel put on display for everyone to

see.

After observing it for a few minutes, Nicole gulped down and reached out for it.

"Don't touch it!" Ethan couldn't help but shout. Despite knowing that this had already happened in the past, he couldn't help but still warn the girl who would suffer a very pitiful fate in the future.

Nicole jumped up in fright, having heard Ethan's shout.

Suddenly, she clasped her chest as she struggled to breath.

Ethan's eyes widened in shock because Nicole looked like someone who was suffering from a heart attack.

At first, he didn't want to believe it. After all, she was still very young, not even ten years old.

Little did the young man know that although it was extremely rare, children could suffer from heart attacks as well.

'Dammit!' Ethan cursed internally as he reached out to grab Nicole, whose face had already contorted due to the pain in her chest.

But, before Ethan could even come close to the girl, the heart made up of ice flew into the little girl's chest, merging with her body in an instant.

Nicole, who was about to collapse, suddenly found herself perfectly fine.

Just before she was about to faint, she saw the heart flying in her direction, so she knew what had happened.

After making sure that she was truly fine, Nicole started to pat her chest and even pulled out her dress a bit to look at the place where the Ice Heart merged with her earlier.

Ethan, who saw all of this happen, had a weird expression on his face.

No matter what angle he looked, wasn't he the one who caused the Ice Heart to merge with Nicole's body?

Of course, since this had already happened in the past, Ethan thought that no matter what he did, Nicole was fated to acquire Baradiel's Legacy.

Even so, he couldn't shake off the feeling about the "what if?" scenario that this memory, which he hadn't seen when he absorbed Nicole's Origin Crystal, had actually happened in the past.

It seemed that this particular memory was erased after Baradiel merged with Nicole's body. If this was the case, then it was indeed understandable that Ethan didn't see it.

"Mr. Ghost, please don't scare me again," Nicole said anxiously as she looked around her. "I almost died earlier!"

"Sorry," Ethan replied subconsciously, making Nicole look in his direction.

The young lady's eye widened in shock before she pointed her shaking finger at Ethan.

"G-Ghost!" Nicole stuttered before her eyes rolled over as she fainted on the ground.

This time, Ethan properly caught her, but he was surprised when he realized that Nicole's body was very heavy.

It was as if he was holding onto a whale.

Ethan used everything in his power to slowly lay down the girl on the floor, preventing her from suffering any damage from hitting her head directly on it.

"Just what in the world happened?" Ethan muttered while looking at the unconscious girl on the floor.

Naturally, Ethan said his name, or at least he tried to. But the moment he tried to say it, he

was unable to do it.

After trying several times he decided to choose an alias.

"Just keep calling me Mr. Ghost," Ethan replied because he couldn't think of what name to

use.

"Okay, Mr. Ghost!" Nicole suddenly felt much safer after talking to the friendly ghost in front of her. "By the way, don't tell anyone that I've been to this place, okay?"

"How did you even find this place anyway?" Ethan asked.

"I saw it in a dream," Nicole answered. "There's a lady in my dream who said that if I want to

be strong, I should come to this place. She even handed me the key by placing it on the bed

where I was sleeping."

Ethan frowned because it seemed that the one that called out to Nicole was Baradiel herself.

"What else did you see in your dream?" Ethan inquired.

"It stopped after I touched the Heart of Ice," Nicole replied. "The lady in my dream didn't lie

to me. I now feel stronger. But... I still don't think I can beat my cousins. They know how to use swords, and they are good at magic."

"You'll get better than them," Ethan said with confidence. "I guarantee it."

"Really?"

"Really."

Nicole smiled sweetly, making Ethan feel his heart melt. The Nicole in front of him was still

innocent, and her smile was like that of an angel.

However, her next words made Ethan's body stiffen.

"Mr. Ghost, can you teach me how to fight?" Nicole asked. "Can you teach me how to cast

magic?"

Ethan then felt a tug in his heart, and mind. Before he could even consider the little girl's request, his lips moved and answered her before he could think.

"Yes," Ethan replied. "I will teach you how to fight."

The little girl's face brightened as if she had found the light at the end of the tunnel.

Ethan, who saw her expression, couldn't help but sigh internally.

He didn't know why or how he ended up in this place.

The young man still thought that everything he was seeing wasn't real.

That he was just in some kind of illusion that might have been made by Baradiel, who was

nowhere to be seen at the moment.

However, since he was already here, he decided to just go with the flow and teach the little girl on how to fight and protect herself from the world that wished to cause her harm.