novelonline Chapter 3498 Luvia's Pilgrim's Path
Chapter 3498 Luvia's Pilgrim's Path
Chapter 3498 Luvia - The Pilgrim's Path
Thinking of her hard work that day, Emilia mustered her courage and wanted to interrupt their conversation to say goodbye. Then she heard the ladies who were chatting say:
"Can you feel it? The anomaly of the spirit and the elements?"
This is Luvia's question, and "Miss Sabel" nods:
"Of course, as the Fatu people sing in their local dialect, the elements also rise and fall with the melody. I think this song must be a spell that has been passed down from a long time ago. Although the Fatu people themselves don't understand its meaning, at least the rituals they have passed down are not wrong."
Seeing that they were discussing "academic issues," Emilia decided to wait a little longer, and little Leona, whom she was stroking, clearly felt Emilia's hand speed increase.
The conversation about the Fatu people, the snow-capped mountains, and traditions lasted for another twenty minutes. After 8:30 p.m., fireworks exploded more and more frequently overhead, turning the entire starry sky into a rainbow of colors.
Leona and Ellie ran happily on the rooftop, looking up at the exploding fireworks, while Emilia felt an overwhelming sense of desolation—the bonfire party was about to begin after the fireworks show, and if she waited any longer, her entire trip tonight would have been for nothing.
"I'd rather read in the dorm than listen to Luvia chatting here. I'd rather read in the dorm."
With the ball about to start, Emilia finally mustered her courage:
"Luvia, it's me."
"There should be very few people left at the dock now; everyone's around the campfire. Let's go for a walk by the sea. Let's bring the two unicorns along too, so they can come along for a stroll as well."
At this moment, Luvia spoke, and the blonde woman, who had been focused on speaking with Luvia, accepted the invitation. Emilia pursed her lips, looked at them, and finally nodded:
"Then I'll go with you."
Almost everyone in town went to the docks, and the few remaining were unable to see through the girls' illusions. They chatted as they walked to the seaside. Although they deliberately chose a place far away from the bonfire party, Emilia could still see the alluring firelight of the dock area when she turned around.
She longed to go there now, but turning around, she saw Luvia and "Miss Sabel" chatting and walking side by side along the beach, while little Leona and Ellie followed behind them, playing on the sand. She remembered the scare tactics adults used to use on her when she was little, saying, "If you don't take good care of the little unicorns, they'll fall into the sea and drown," and reluctantly followed her friends.
But actually, both Ellie and Leona can swim, with the former being particularly good at swimming in icy water full of floating ice.
Starlight illuminated two rows of footprints on the beach. Two women who had been enemies and hated each other in their past lives were now walking side by side on the beach in this new world, both in good spirits.
Although one knew their identities and the other did not, fate is truly fascinating; this was a scene they could never have dreamed of in their past lives. The only witnesses to this moment were the chosen one of time and the two unicorns. The former was distressed about missing her date, while the unicorns frolicked on the beach.
Especially little Leona, St. Byrons wouldn't let his unicorns go to play in the icy sea at the edge of the ice sheet, so she rarely had the chance to see the beach before.
Luvia shared her views on fate and complained about Shad's shortcomings, such as "not liking to buy new clothes" and "never knowing how to rest." Miss Sabel shared her views on time and discussed her prophecy about the story of Fatummister Island.
The two discovered that they actually had a lot in common. Although they studied different subjects, their time and fate were very similar in some ways.
Amid the sound of the waves, they talked for a long time, while Emilia just followed behind them with her head down, occasionally glancing up at Ellie and little Leona to prevent them from actually running into the sea.
The mermaid girls in the distant sea also noticed them. Drawn by the glowing unicorns, they tried to get closer but only lingered near the shore. Emilia spotted them by chance, but since she had mermaid classmates and friends at the academy, she wasn't particularly curious about them.
"Shad should be dancing with the witches right now."
The abnormal fluctuations in spirit and elemental energy reached their peak at 9:30 p.m., and at that moment, the bonfire party at the town's docks had also reached its climax.
Laughter, singing, musical instruments, and cheers could be heard even on this secluded beach. Luvia and Miss Sabel stopped and stood together on the sand, gazing at the sea and the moon reflected on it.
At this moment, a dense array of shimmering objects appeared on the sea surface. Some were small boats carrying candles that tourists had launched from the shore, some were glowing jellyfish from Falling Star Bay that only appear during All Souls' Day, and some were things that even Luvia and Miss Isabella could not distinguish.
"Perhaps a star fell into the sea."
"Very romantic," Emilia said, and both the witch and Luvia laughed. The snow had stopped, and there were no clouds above the beach and pier. A sea of stars hung overhead, the shimmering waves the color of moonlight, and the twinkling stars on the water were reflections of the starry sky.
Although they all wanted to see Xia De and talk to him for a while, they did not do so.
Adele Isabella had haunted Luvia Annette for so long, pursuing her with boundless hatred and malice for countless ages. But on this peaceful All Souls' Day night, she stood with Luvia, admiring the moonlit seascape—
None of the three present knew how miraculous this was. Only the long-haired girl, who was standing behind Luvia watching this scene, understood that it was also a miracle of fate.
She abandoned her own obsession and left the responsibility to Shad; and the present-day Adele, influenced by the past Adele, did not rekindle her hatred for her.
Fate, through the arrival of Shad, once again presented her with possibilities she could never have known on her own. Although long-haired Luvia still inwardly mocked the great witch of time for always being a step behind her, she had to admit that seeing herself standing and chatting with her old rival like this filled her with considerable感慨 (gan3kai3, a complex emotion encompassing both feelings and reflection).
"Shad really made the impossible possible. No, it's not that it was impossible, it's just that I myself couldn't achieve such an ending. Shad's appearance should be considered impossible on the level of fate. Shad is also impossible."
The long-haired girl then pondered the possibility of Shad turning into a snake, and then, for some reason, she thought of Lacia's description of something, blushed, and then smiled:
"I've really been changed a lot by him and them."
A pair of translucent purple eyes gaze at the starry sky:
"After so many years and so many experiences, seeing this starry sky again finally makes me realize just how beautiful it is. I wonder what I will gain when I reach the end of that road."
The ladies who had been discussing time and fate fell silent, for when they looked out over the sea, the scattered lights floating on the surface seemed to form a path.
Glowing starfish and jellyfish made the path extend from the horizon towards the island, but the swaying seawater caused the path to disappear in less than ten seconds.
The unusual reaction of spirits and elements took on an even more indescribable form during the appearance of the path. Luvia felt her own tremor at that moment, and Miss Sabel beside her smiled:
“Fate has guided you on this path. This is the unique pilgrimage route that the diviner was able to find on the island, as you just mentioned.”
Not only did Luvia see the path clearly, but the witch and the fairy also saw it clearly. Although the path that stretched from the sea to the island only appeared for less than ten seconds before disappearing, they still accurately remembered which direction the path pointed to on the island.
"The trajectory of fate should only appear at moments when destinies intersect and miracles are born, but just now it seems we were just talking. Is it because of All Souls' Day? Shad keeps saying I might find this path, but this seems too easy."
"Alright, Miss Sabel, Emilia, let's go see which way this road leads."
Luvia suggested, and Emilia glanced goodbye to the lively campfire in the distance, then called out to the unicorns who were still playing:
"Little Leona, Ellie, come help."
She and Luvia sat behind the adult Ellie, while Miss Sabel sat behind little Leona. The two unicorns excitedly took a running start on the beach before spreading their wings and flying into the night sky together.
Under the cover of night, the unicorns flew from the southwest of the island all the way to the west, an area with towering cliffs and no villages due to the terrain.
The pure white sacred beasts landed on the towering seaside cliffs, where the ladies first gazed out at the sea, then looked towards the endless darkness in the direction of the island.
Do you know what to do next?
The blonde woman asked Luvia a question, while the girl with purple eyes looked wistfully into the darkness ahead.
“I know, and I have a strange feeling that I’ve walked this road before. It feels like I’ve traveled a long way and ended up back here. Strange. Come on, I’ll lead the way.”
The long-haired phantom was right behind her, watching the familiar scene nearby. Her path to the "Pilgrim's Treasure" had always been this one from the very beginning, only the companions who came each time were different.
On a few occasions, she came alone; on most occasions, Claire Reinhardt accompanied her.
And this time.
"Ang~"
Ellie let out a soft cry, causing her horn to shine even brighter, illuminating the path ahead for everyone.