Chapter 390 - 336: An Inheritance from the Sky?

Chapter 390: Chapter 336: An Inheritance from the Sky?

Huh? She’s really gone? Just like that? In such a hurry?

Lloyd stood there, stunned. He could only watch as his beautiful, adorable "Childhood Sweetheart" reverted to a formless, shapeless Projection, leaving him all alone on a park bench at night. As the wind blew, an inevitable wave of emptiness, loneliness, and cold washed over him.

’Were the questions I asked too serious? Did I ruin the mood of our date?’

’Or is she really that busy? Did something actually happen?’

’And I still had a ton of questions I wanted to ask...’

’Maybe this is just how a Saint operates?’

Lloyd felt helpless. He took out his Space Pocket Watch to check the time in both worlds and decided he might as well head back to the real world early.

He headed back to his dorm to get the little kitten and happened to see it at the door, waving its paws goodbye to the Little Fragrant Pig. The Little Fragrant Pig then rolled like a yo-yo into a neighboring dorm building.

The yard of that dorm was filled with all sorts of bizarre plants, like a den of demons. Dim, cold lights now flickered on inside, making it look especially unsettling. ’I can’t even imagine what kind of creature lives in there...’

"Alright, time to go home."

Lloyd spoke, picking up the kitten. He swiped open a Teleportation Gate and returned to his office in the real world, then quickly pulled out the Synchronized Hourglass to adjust for the time difference.

Outside, it wasn’t even dusk yet in the real world. It truly felt as if time had flowed backward.

After catching his breath for a moment, Lloyd tried extending his hand, wanting to see if he could swipe open a Teleportation Gate.

As expected, he couldn’t.

The Space of the real world was far more stable than the Alternate Space where the academy was located. Opening a Teleportation Gate with his bare hands was clearly impossible.

However, opening one with the help of the Space Pocket Watch shouldn’t be a problem, just like he had done with the brooch before.

Additionally, Lloyd felt that his Spatial Domination skill was also heavily restricted by this enhanced stability. He could still manage some of the flashier maneuvers, but the effects were nowhere near as potent as they were in the Alternate Space.

’I’ll probably need the help of more equipment, or I’ll have to wait until my skill level is higher, to use it as freely as I can at the academy.’

Lloyd took a moment to get a feel for the change in the spatial environment. Then, using the Mark he had planted earlier, he checked on the static storms trapped within the three Storm Districts.

With no Spatial Anchors to fix their position, the three Storm Districts were still drifting aimlessly in random directions, just as before. However, thanks to Lloyd’s guidance and interference, their general trajectory was toward the danger zone.

And due to the difference in the flow of time, they appeared to be moving quite fast.

Yet Lloyd distinctly remembered that when he was in the ’lifeboat’ near the real world, looking back at the storm, it had appeared almost stationary, not active like it was now.

’Could there be a "time-slowing belt" between the academy’s Alternate Space and the real world? Or maybe a "temporal quarantine zone"? Is that zone what causes the difference in the flow of time between the two places?’

Lloyd made a bold speculation in his mind.

But such questions were destined to be nothing more than pointless worries. Time was clearly a more profound and esoteric domain than Space. At Mizkatoke, there wasn’t even a dedicated discipline for it.

So, Lloyd didn’t dwell on it. He simply filed the discovery away and continued to guide the ’Storm Districts’ along their planned route toward the danger zone, preventing any unnecessary ’collateral damage’ while he was away from the academy.

As for the ’lifeboat’ still under his control, he guided it to drift toward his current location in space and roughly estimated its speed.

By tomorrow morning, it should drift to the spatial coordinates of his home. Then he could deploy a Teleportation Gate, and his room would effectively gain half an Alternate Space convenience store.

But Lloyd hadn’t figured out how to use this half-a-convenience-store yet. For now, he could only use it to hide the things under his bed so his sister wouldn’t find them...

With these arrangements made, Lloyd could finally relax and enjoy his three-day vacation.

He immediately went to find Weiya and, the moment he saw her, pulled her into a tight hug.

’I haven’t seen Weiya in so many days. I’ve missed her so much...’

’Besides, Weiya isn’t going to just vanish right before my eyes, right?’

"Ah? Lloyd? What are you—this is the office..."

Weiya whispered, but her body betrayed her as she hugged Lloyd back just as tightly, greedily soaking in her lover’s warmth.

A strange feeling welled up inside her. It was as if the distance between her and Lloyd had inexplicably grown. ’We just saw each other this morning, but why does it feel like I haven’t seen him in ages?’

A moment later, they reluctantly separated. Weiya tucked a stray strand of hair behind her ear, revealing the faint blush on her cheek as she asked:

"How are your studies at Mizkatoke? Is there anything you can tell me?"

"I just accomplished a small, insignificant feat..."

Lloyd was about to share the details with Weiya when his student handbook suddenly began to vibrate, reminding him not to violate school regulations.

Lloyd felt a surge of annoyance.

’These damn school rules! If I get the chance, I’m definitely finding a way to change them!’

At that, the student handbook began to vibrate even more violently, reminding him not to violate the final school rule: Modifying the school rules is prohibited.

Now Lloyd finally understood why such a strange-looking rule had been created in the first place...