Chapter 107

“This…”
“That’s right. Repositio. An ice castle made from the light of the blue moon.”

Kael said in a low voice as Adeline was stunned and unable to say anything.
It was also the first time he had seen it with his own eyes. The ice castle shining brightly under the moonlight was so beautiful that anyone who looked at it was bound to feel dazed.

“Can we just walk inside?”

Adeline, who had been staring blankly at the castle for a long time, asked first.

“Let’s go and see. It’s a place only the two of us can enter anyway.”

Kael and Adeline slowly approached the door of the castle. They realized the magnitude of the huge castle as they approached it.
Although the northern castle wasn’t of a normal size, this castle was so huge that when they stood by the door it looked at least three times bigger.

“Stand behind me, Adeline. Just in case.”

Before opening the door, Kael sent Adeline behind him. He didn’t know what obstacles would emerge. Protecting Adeline was his priority.

Screech.

The moment Kael pushed the ice door open, Repositio’s door opened with a screeching sound.
Unlike its amazing outside appearance, the interior of Repositio was empty. There was no fancy hall or shiny chandeliers. It was so dark that it was hard to tell what was where, and there were only long corridors. It didn’t feel at all that they had entered the castle.
Kael immediately pulled Adeline to his side. His strong arm wrapped around Adeline’s waist. His vision was dark, so he didn’t know what was going to happen. He had to keep Adeline as close to him as possible.

“I can’t see the end of the hallway,” Adeline said quietly. The long corridor had no end in sight. She couldn’t fathom how long and deep it was.

“Welcome, Masters of the North.”

While both Kael and Adeline were feeling tense, a strange voice was heard.
When they turned their heads towards the sound, a man wearing a white mask and a white robe slowly walked towards them.

“Greetings. My name is Nuah, guardian of Repositio.”

Nuah placed his right hand on his chest and greeted Kael and Adeline very politely.

“I’m sure it wasn’t easy, but I’m glad to see you here safely, Your Grace. And Her Grace.”

Unlike Nuah, who was naturally dealing with them, Kael and Adeline were still nervous and couldn’t speak easily. They were still dazed from entering Repositio and meeting the guardian of time.

“We’re trying to find the lost time.”

Kael, who had come to his senses first, went straight to the point. There was no reason to waste time.

“Of course. Whose records would you like to see?”
“Mine and Adeline’s. We want to look at our records.”

The main purpose was to retrieve Adeline’s memory, but since they were already inside Repositio and had no idea when it would appear again, they decided to examine Kael’s records as well.
They thought that another way to break the curse might exist at a time that Kael could not remember.

“Very well. I’ll take you there.”

As soon as he said he would take them there, the walls of the long corridor suddenly moved. No one was moving, including Nuah, but the walls were passing by so fast that it was hard to recognize their shape. It felt like they were riding a very fast horse.
They were nothing but brick walls until just a moment ago, but when they stopped, they looked around and saw that the walls had turned into a closet with tightly divided compartments. The compartments were filled with parchment paper.

“Does this contain all people’s records?”
“Yes, that’s right, Your Grace. These are the records of everyone living and breathing in the world right now. The records of the deceased are downstairs.”
“Can we also see the records of the dead?”
“Of course, Your Grace.”

Adeline’s mouth opened slightly at his Nuah’s words. She was very surprised.
Not only could they see the records of the living, but also those of the deceased. She could understand at once why Kael and the previous grand dukes of the north did not want to reveal the existence of Repositio and why they approached it with great caution.
It was a dangerous place. Kael and Adeline came just to look at Adeline’s own records, but there must have been someone who wanted to use it for an impure purpose.

“If you stretch out your hands, the parchment with your records will fly to you. You can check the contents.”

Nuah immediately explained how they could find their records.

“When you unfold the parchment, a line is drawn. If you put your finger on that line, you can read the time.”
“Do I just have to wait?”
“Yes, Your Grace.”

Her heart was pounding even though she was only listening to the instructions. She couldn’t really feel it before because it was so hectic; but now, thinking that all her memories would come back the moment she touched the parchment, she felt anxious.
It was a truth she had to know, and a truth she wanted to know. But even so, she was scared.
She had no idea what the story of the time she had forgotten because of the black magic would be, or whether she would be coming back with a terrible wound.

“Adeline.”

Recognizing that Adeline was feeling anxious, Kael called out to her in a low voice. Their different-colored eyes met.

“No matter what the time you lost is, I’m here to protect you. We’ll get through whatever it is, so don’t be afraid.”

It was such a supportive encouragement. Adeline smiled softly and nodded.

“When you’re ready, I’ll move us to the place of Your Grace’s records.”
“It’s not here?”
“No, Your Grace. I just stopped for a moment to explain how the records of time stack up and how to read it when you find it. We have to go a lot deeper, so it takes some time. If we don’t stop in the middle, you’ll feel a lot dizzy.”

Adeline believed that her records were gathered here, and that was why they stopped. But Nuah said they had to go deeper.

“How deep do we need to go that we’ll feel dizzy?”
“It won’t take long. But since we have to go to the deepest place, the walls will change a lot,” Nuah calmly explained when Kael asked out of curiosity.

When he said that they had to go to the deepest level, both Kael and Adeline’s expressions stiffened even more than before. Something felt odd.

“We’re departing.”

As soon as Nuah finished speaking, the walls moved.

“It’s here.”

Just as the movement stopped with Nua’s words, Adeline couldn’t hide her surprised face as she looked at the empty closet. It wasn’t filled to the brim with a single piece of parchment.

“Why is this…”
“It’s up ahead, Your Grace.”

As Nuah stepped aside, she saw the end of the corridor she thought she would never see.
It was blocked by a closet with equally tight compartments, and there were only three parchments in the middle of it.

“Is this all? Are two of them our records?”
“Yes, that’s correct, Your Grace.”

The three pieces of parchment filling the empty space made her feel disturbed. She had a bad feeling, strangely.

“I know you’re curious about a lot of things, but it would be easier to answer those questions if you checked for yourself. Reach out your hands, both of you, as I have told you.”

Kael and Adeline met each other’s eyes. They exchanged gazes and reached out their hands at the same time. Two parchments each flew towards their owner.

“…”
“…”

She felt strange as the paper that had recorded all the time in her life touched her hand. Neither of them could unfold the parchment. They just held it in their hands.

“You can open them comfortably. As I said, if you put your finger on it, you will see your memories.”

After carefully catching their breaths, the two slowly untied the string on the parchments.

“Huh?”

But the moment the two parchments were spread out, Adeline looked at them alternately, puzzled.

“Is everyone’s line the same? I think the passage of time between us is exactly the same. Only this part right here is a little different. Besides, there are two.”

There was only a slight difference in length, but the lines that marked Kael and Adeline’s time looked the same. It was also curious that the lines were curved instead of straight, but even that looked the same. And there were two lines.

“No, Your Grace. Not everyone’s the same. Most of them are in a straight line.”
“Then why are ours…” Adeline blurted out, unable to understand.
“Because you both went through the same passage of time. To be precise, you’ve gone back in time the same way.”

Kael and Adeline both frowned at the incomprehensible words that made them doubt their ears.

“What do you mean?”

When Kael asked again, Nuah calmly explained.

“The reason why only your records are inside is because this is the place where the records of those whose time is out of loop are kept.”
“Time is out of loop?”
“Yes, Your Grace.”

Kael’s expression showed even more confusion. He could hardly understand what Nuah was talking about.

“Your Grace has gone back in time. For the sake of Her Grace.”
“…”
“And Count Jeffrey Felix was in the place where you did it. So the three of you went back and lived your lives again.”

Nuah continued, facing the two who had become stunned by the shocking revelation.

“That’s why it has the same shape. You crossed time together.”

The moment Adeline heard that they had crossed time together, she put her trembling hand on the line.
She had to see it. She had to know what on earth was going on. She couldn’t just be surprised.

T/N: Only 10 chapters left! I can’t wait to see how the story will end~

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