Advent of the Three Calamities

Chapter 503: A blue sky [1]



World Integration.

The moment one's mind becomes integrated into the world, allowing them to bend nature at their will.

...And the moment one truly became the Zenith.

"As always, it's gray."

Mumbling quietly, he stared at the dark sky above.

"They say the skies in the Empire are blue, but I have a hard time... believing the tales. Can such sky really be blue?"

From what he knew, the blue sky meant light.

It meant prosperity.

And most importantly.

"Freedom."

It meant freedom.

Extending his hand, he tried to grasp the sky.

Unfortunately...

"...It's out of my reach."

He felt it at his fingertips but couldn't fully touch it.

If he could just pull it.

.....If only....

"What a pity."

Staring at his old and wrinkly hands, he lowered it back down.

"I really wanted to see the blue sky."

He could if he entered the Empires, but he didn't want to see it there.

He wanted to see it in his home.

Not just him, but the people too. He wanted everyone to see it.

The fabled blue sky.

"A pity."

Freedom only existed for those who could afford it.

Unfortunately, he couldn't.

Placing his hand on the piano, he started to play.

Dang~

It was also then that he noticed it.

"...Hm?"

The first thread.

*

"What... are you doing?"

The three of us stared at the poor excuse of an old man.

'He looks to have aged even further, and his mind seems to have regressed again. He's still conscious, and that's enough.'

We hadn't even left for less than a day and he was already on the verge of losing himself. "We're here to get you."

"...Haa..."

The old man's murky eyes fluctuated.

"You... stop. It-"

"No, you don't seem to get it."

I pointed directly at the old man.

"We're here to get you, mastermind."

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Both Kaelion and Caius looked at me.

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