Chapter 8 Is this a dream? Who is teasing her?

In her daze, Vifiya opened her eyes and smelled the pungent stench. Her heartbeat accelerated and she stood up and took a few steps back reflexively.

But I saw the chain golem standing in front of me like a sculpture.

Vifiya hesitated for a while, retreating while being wary of the monster. She didn't stop until she reached a safer position, and then she looked around attentively.

The dim cave wall was flashing with faint colorful and fragmented light. When Vifiya got closer, she found that it was a transparent stone. There were bugs in the stone. The bugs emitted fragmented light, but they did not seem to be living things.

She had read in a book that this kind of stone was called amber. When the stone was first formed, it would release a toxin that attracted any luminous insects and sealed the insects in the stone. The substance in the stone could catalyze the insects' luminous activity.

If she remembered correctly, amber was a stone found only in the Atesaki Mountains of Ulucia.

She stared at the amber thoughtfully. The magic circle brought by the chain golem could actually teleport her to such a faraway place in the neighboring country.

She had not been exposed to the magic of this world much, but a magician in her previous life had told her: "Magic may be able to create miracles, but it is not omnipotent. The world does not need excessive power."

Although she is now in a foreign country, Vifiya unexpectedly feels an indescribable excitement. She has been trapped in the Segarot Empire for the past 16 lives, and she sees new variables in her 17th life.

Changes sometimes make her question herself, but she still likes changes. Changes mean changes and new clues.

In such a cyclical life, the most terrifying thing is the monotony.

Whether this was an accident or a carefully planned event, she was looking forward to what was to come.

The air was filled with a moist scent, and a squeaking sound came from somewhere.

Vifia glanced again and saw that the other direction of the cave was blocked by the chain golem, so she had to move in the opposite direction.

She still remembered Isidore holding her hand, the touch of which could not be faked, and she also saw him disappear with her, but she woke up without seeing him.

She would not abandon Isidore. He came here because of her, and she should go find him for both moral and logical reasons.

[Vifiya] won't do that, [Vifiya] will just find the way out herself, but Vifiya will do that.

The Kesley family does not value affection, and there is almost no affection between family members. The real Vifiya told her not to be assimilated.

The repetitive cycle of life made her more numb.

Sometimes she would wonder if she was [Vefiya]? She seemed to have become [Vefiya].

The life in another world kept reminding her that she was not [Vifiya], she was just playing [Vifiya].

Sometimes she needs to do what she knows how to do to be herself.

Vifiya groped forward in the dim light of the amber, and suddenly the scene of Isidore and her together emerged in her mind.

She could sense his dependence on her, as if she and he had known each other for a long time. However, from the very beginning, Isidore and her meeting were full of coincidences, and this knowledge only made Vefia more suspicious.

It was true that she would go find him, but once the seed of doubt was planted, it would not be eliminated so quickly.

She would not make enemies with Isidore for the time being, simply because she needed a magician.

It is undeniable that Isidore is extremely valuable as the apprentice of the Great Magician.

Vifiya took a deep breath and stopped thinking about it.

The small cut on her arm was oozing blood and causing a stinging pain. Seeing that the wound was not a serious problem, Vifiya simply ignored it.

She picked up the stone, cut open her skirt, brushed off the dirt on her body, and finally looked back at the chain golem that was still motionless. She strode in the opposite direction.

From time to time, squeaking sounds could be heard from the quiet cave. Vifiya looked around but could not see any trace of mice.

After walking a few more steps and turning a corner, Vifiya was stimulated by the light in front of her and subconsciously squinted her eyes. After her eyes adjusted to the light, she saw that the narrow cave in front of her was filled with light like daylight.

Finally seeing a different scene, she couldn't help but quicken her pace.

As she approached the cave entrance, she suddenly felt a sharp pain in her head. Vifiya stopped and stroked her head. It seemed that she was fine just now.

The familiar scene reminded her of the first time she met Isidore. The tingling in her head intensified, even worse than when she met Isidore in the garden. Vifiya thought to herself that something was wrong.

She touched the candy that Isidore gave her. There was no good way to solve the problem at the moment. If she fainted here, who knows what would happen after she fell down.

She was not afraid of death, but the pain before death was too real every time, and when she opened her eyes, she found herself back to the initial numbness.

She no longer hesitated, opened the small cloth bag, and put a candy into her mouth.

After a while, the tingling in her head slowly faded away, and a light fragrance with a hint of sweetness filled her taste buds. Vifiya even felt that her condition had improved a lot.

Only then did she look seriously at the small cloth bag Isidore gave her. There was a pattern of silver wind grass on the bag. How much did he like silver wind grass?

Vifiya put the small cloth bag back into her belt and hung it up, then turned her gaze back to the front.

Whatever Isidore's intentions were, he did help her.

The entrance to the cave was narrow and only one person could pass through. Vifiya groped her way through by leaning sideways.

It was not until she passed the cave entrance that Vifia looked up and realized that the light came from the crystal on the top.

The crystals were all purple, pure and translucent. The ground was covered with blue and white unknown flowers on both sides, with white dotted petals, which looked like falling snow.

There is a light golden line in the middle, shining with golden light, like flowing river water.

Vifia stared at the crystal that looked very similar to the one at the bottom of the cliff at Alsayn Academy, and couldn't help but wonder if this place, like that place, contained clues to return home. But how could it be so easy to find?

This is clearly a cave, but the surrounding scenery gives it a sense of sacredness.

Vifiya looked along the lines not far away, and saw that the place where the lines disappeared was full of blue and white flowers.

But for some reason, Vifia's heart was pounding. It was not because of nervousness, not because of the unknown future, nor because of the sign of fainting, but simply because of the acceleration. Something almost intuitive drove Vifia to move forward, that was a desire.

Vifiya took a step forward, and when her feet touched the ground, she realized something and stopped abruptly. Her red eyes were sharp and anger was rising in her heart. She had just developed a sense of belonging, but she actually developed a sense of belonging to something she didn't know what it was.

She just found it ridiculous.

Vifiya looked at the flower at the end of the pattern with a hint of coldness. The cave was silent, her heartbeat gradually slowed down, and the only sound was her light breathing.

After a long time, she suddenly burst out laughing, no longer hesitated, and strode towards the end of the lines.

The worst outcome is death. If she can stop this damn cycle and truly die, maybe she can really go home.

She had nothing to be afraid of, she was used to it, wasn't she?

Now she just wants to know what it is that can make her feel a sense of belonging.

A sense of belonging, her sense of belonging is in another world, with her parents, her brother, her friends, her real home, and her hometown.

That’s not what [Vefiya] is all about.

It's truly everything that belongs to her.

At the end of the lines, there lies a tin box quietly. It is a little rusty and the pattern on it is mottled, but you can still vaguely see the cartoon pattern it once had.

Deep in my memory, a small corner of another blurred world gradually becomes clear.

The anger was doused with ice water and disappeared without a trace. Vifiya only felt her breathing stagnate and she was trembling.

She wanted to move, but she felt like she was in a dream, being held down tightly and unable to move.

After a long time, she took a slow step forward, but stumbled and fell to the ground. She didn't care about the stinging in her knees and palms, and crawled forward a step.

The coolness of the earth penetrated her skin and she shivered slightly.

Her hands trembled uncontrollably as she touched the tin box.

Cold, with a bumpy, grainy texture.

She opened the box.

The action stopped there.

Her heart seemed to have stopped beating. She didn't know what to think or what to do now. There was nothing in her mind.

In an instant, "Plop!" tears fell on the box, awakening her thoughts.

Is it a dream?

Or is someone teasing her?

How could she possibly see something like this here?