Chapter418:Chapter 418

Chapter 418 LUMINA "She's a necromancer," I said. "But not the kind from stories. She exists in spaces between life and death, time and causality. If she has the power to send me back once, she probably has the power to undo everything I've changed." We sat in silence for a long moment, both processing the magnitude of what I'd just revealed. "So we have a limited amount of time," Xenois said finally. "Until Jerome is defeated and Janice comes to collect her debt. After that—" he couldn't finish the sentence. "After that, I pay whatever price she demands," I said quietly. "And we hope it doesn't destroy what we've built." "What if the price is your life?" Xenois asked, his voice raw. "What if she wants you to die, to balance the cosmic scales or whatever necromancers believe in?" "Then I die," I said simply. "Xenois, I've already died once. In that other timeline, cursing you with my last breath. If dying again is the price for saving Ollie, for giving you back your autonomy, for brin