When consciousness returned, Lena found herself in a chaotic darkness, of course, it may be that consciousness did not return at all, and the place where she was her own consciousness, but in any case, Lena felt that she was now in a state of "wakefulness".

Able to think, able to recall things that have been experienced.

Calitan, Ballard, and Heine were all around, and she was alone in this dark space.

After trying to speak, I can hear my own voice clearly, there is no echo, and I can also subtly feel that the sound waves are difficult to transmit to "distant places".

It is not clear how far this "far" refers to, and in this kind of place where there is no sense of distance, the concepts of "near" and "far" actually have no meaning.

I tried the chanting magic again, but there was no fluctuation in response.

There is no voice that suddenly appears to talk to him, as in the unfolding of some routines, and there is no sudden bloom of light that pulls him into another world.

She didn't know if the place she was standing on the ground or not, and she couldn't make out what strange state she was in.

Somewhat unexpectedly, the word "banishment" suddenly came to her mind.

Maybe those people or things that have been banished by oneself are the same as the ones you have now.

No, it's that I finally understand what it's like to be banished.

Trying to take a step to walk, Lena found that she could make walking movements, and she had the "feeling" of walking, as if she was stepping on the void but as if she were on the ground.

can "walk", Lena took a step to "walk", there was no reference in the chaotic darkness, this kind of walking made Lena unable to judge whether she was moving forward or not, but she was still walking, the same state as after the dissolution of the dream, just walking aimlessly, not knowing where she was going, not knowing where the end was.

It's strange that she suddenly regained the unrestrained blind freedom she had at the time, but this long-lost feeling was quickly suppressed by her.

It's not the same anymore.

She regained the purpose of traveling, regained the companion of travel, and re-felt the true treasure that travel brought her.

The names of the three people returned to her thoughts, and it was at this time that the three of them appeared in front of her very suddenly.

The appearance of the three of them is very unreal, as if they were three illusory projections. As she approached the three of them quickly, they disappeared abruptly.

"Hallucination......"

Maybe.

Shaking her head, she continued to walk aimlessly.

She was surrounded by darkness on all sides, and she walked quietly alone in this darkness, and I don't know how long later, she suddenly showed a strange smile.

"Have you had enough?"

It was just a simple question, but it made the whole darkness "tremble violently".

The feeling of unstable shaking in the space is very real, but the eye cannot tell if the darkness is changing, and there is something that you know is happening but you can't see it.

This strange state lasted for a long time before stopping, and the sound of glass cracking echoed in Lena's ears in the next second after this "trembling".

Lena's eyes were finally able to catch a definite phenomenon, it was a terrible crack, they spread rapidly through this dark world with the sound of cracking, and a faint light shone through those cracks.

When the "world" is full of cracks, centered on Lena's feet, the "world" collapses.

Countless space debris of different sizes flew around her, and behind the rain of debris, a gray "object" beat slowly there, like a heart contracting rhythmically.

Lena bowed slightly, in this world that was still only dark, and saluted to this mist.

"Direct consciousness also protects the integrity of my consciousness as much as possible, although it is a little different from the impression in my mind, but I still want to thank you for your thoughtfulness, the mother of life, Tiamat."

"Hear" Lena's voice, and the "mist" she called Tiamat shrank abruptly.

Re-inflated, re-inflated and re-inflated has returned to its original rhythm.

"It's just part of chaos."

"It's humble," Lena shook her head, "well, you should know that I have a lot of questions about you right now. So, interested in talking to me? What I have here is time anyway, right? ”

"I may or may not be dead, and I don't know how to describe my current state in human terms."

The voice was imprinted directly in Lena's "mind", the voice of a very cold, but very gentle woman.

"My children and I came from another world, but they lost their lives when they came here, I think I should be sad, but I don't have this feeling, and I don't have the joy of being out of chaos for a while, I just know that one day chaos will 'find' me, it should be me, and it won't be me. I've been wandering around this world for a long time, and I think I should 'hate' the children in this world, but I know that they are also 'my' children, and I can't and won't hurt these children. I can't accept that the other 'me' who was also born of 'me' wants to hurt these children, but I can't resist the 'me' who has more power......."

"So you're trying to say that you're being chased by your subject and beaten into this by another part of your subject that is like you?"

"Pretty accurate, though I don't think I like you."

Well, Lena felt like she had figured out some historical secrets that would make the timeline feel distorted, even though the Tiamat had a very peculiar way of trying to make people scold.

"So, what do you want me to do? Don't forget, I'm one of your 'disliked kids'. ”

"No, I don't have that emotion for you, that's why I chose to talk to you."

Oh huh?

"What do you mean by that?"

"I can't say it clearly, and I don't understand the feeling, but I know you can help me and help me get out of where I am now."

Squinting, Lena instinctively wanted to summon magic to guard it.

"Want to take my place in my soul and occupy my body? I think ......"

"No, I won't do it to you, I won't allow me to do it to you, just like I would do to me."

"Why?"

"I don't know."

Lena suddenly wanted to scold the street, and the conversation through the life form really made it difficult to calm down.

In particular, the logic of this Tiamat's thinking is so strange.

"And how do you want me to help you?"

"Kill me completely, or let me go back to 'me'."

No sooner had the words dissipated than Lena suddenly felt the connection between herself and magic.

"So, you can help me, though I don't know why I can be so sure you can help me."