Rebirth Of The Noble Mage Behind The Scenes
Chapter 217: The Secret Ritual Among Girls (Part 1)

Chapter 217: Chapter 217: The Secret Ritual Among Girls (Part 1)

After the initial joy of hearing the news, the young girl calmed down again.

Actually, on this island, no one could truly reach that cliff, not even the only Fifth Rank Lord in Port City.

Therefore, whether the old man’s words were true or not, she couldn’t verify them.

In this secluded Port City, the residents lived very conservatively and were xenophobic.

Due to her unusual hair and eye color, as well as her somewhat strange dreams, the girl was often isolated and shunned by her peers on the island.

They called her wild child, mongrel, and monster, threw stones at her, tore her clothes, splashed dirty water on her, and scared her with snakes caught from the sea.

Until one day, a real Explorer from the outside world arrived at the island.

He drove away the peers who bullied the girl and told the curious girl about the outside world.

Afterward, the Explorer left, and the girl never saw him again.

But on the evening she met the Explorer, the kids intensified their bullying toward her.

They vented their frustration caused by the Explorer dispersing them on the girl, beat and kicked her, and despite her fierce struggle and resistance, tied her up with a rope they found and threw her into that supposedly haunted building ruin.

Many people had disappeared in that suddenly appeared ruin area, and the adults on the island had declared it a forbidden zone, avoiding it as if it were venomous.

Even if she could break free from the rope, night had already fallen on the island. No one dared to walk the streets under the night sky, she could only choose to spend the night in that haunted house.

The cold night wind blew through the dark rubble of the ruin, the girl, tightly bound, wore only a torn and dirty dress.

She felt cold, hungry, and in pain all over. The darkness around her seemed alive, gradually swallowing her consciousness.

But after the night fully descended on the island, she suddenly saw, in her daze, a warm orange glow emanating from the direction of a pitch-black house in the middle of the ruins.

And when she woke up again, she found herself in this grand house.

Everything in the room remained unchanged; she tried moving some furniture, even breaking a vase, but as time passed, they would eventually return to their original places.

Lorna thought she was dead, but when she saw the familiar island environment outside the window, she realized that she stayed in the world in a new form of existence.

Perhaps due to her obsessions, she found that she no longer felt cold or hungry and had gained the ability to change the clothes on her body through her thoughts, as well as make objects float.

However, there was a strange force in the house preventing her from leaving the range of the ruins.

In a corner of the ruins, Lorna found her Drifting Bottle.

The children who bullied her had also thrown her Drifting Bottle into the ruins, but luckily, it landed in a clump of weeds and was not broken.

Unable to leave, the girl had no choice but to continue living alone in this house.

From initial loneliness to gradual adaptation.

The only pleasure each day was observing the passersby outside the ruins.

But gradually, she began to notice something off about Port City.

The endless loop of scenes, reset with each full moon night...

And no matter how hard she tried, she could not remember her family. Her memory was completely blank.

Occasionally, someone would stray here, and Lorna discovered another ability of hers: she could see the invisible halos on these outsiders.

If they stayed too long in the house, this halo would slowly darken, the speed of transition depending on the brightness, and the brightness of the halo related to the strength of the outsider.

But when this ’light’ turned as black as midnight, the outsiders could no longer leave.

For some reason, the weaker outsiders would run away in fear upon seeing her, while the stronger ones would attack her right away.

They called her a monster.

Even in death, she could not escape this label.

With several terrifying experiences of her consciousness slipping into darkness, when she encountered another strong outsider, she would carefully hide inside the fireplace, hoping not to be discovered.

Such times had continued for so long that even Lorna herself could not remember how long it had been. Until a few days ago, a Half-Elf girl with the palest halo she had ever seen suddenly entered her life...

She doesn’t seem very smart, and completely lacks a sense of crisis, I don’t even know how she managed to grow up like this.

Not only did she completely ignore her warning, she even slept soundly in front of her without any precautions.

Unlike other outsiders before, the girl had no fear of her sitting by the window, and she would even tirelessly try to chat with her.

However, she often spoke some incomprehensible words. Things like ’NPC’, ’task’, ’instance’, ’dog planner’... The last one, maybe some kind of special mutated magical beast?

In the following time, Lorna confirmed her judgment even more.

She treated her as an ordinary girl trapped by the ruins’ erosion, just like herself, even looking at her with sympathy every day, telling her about her daytime experiences.

For her, whom she had only been with for a few days, she would foolishly stand in front of the attack of that powerful outsider, even though her own body was already shaking nearly unable to stand steadly.

Even after learning her true identity, she still called her a friend, not a monster.

The girl was like a beam of light, illuminating her originally dim and dull life.

So, Lorna wanted to give her a little something in return.

She remembered what the half-elf girl liked the most.

Vivian had once told her, it seemed to be called ’task reward’?

"...Everything here is immovable."

"Vivian, I’m glad to have met you."

"I know, it’s very ordinary, it can’t compare with your other ’task rewards’."

Looking at the surprised expression in Xia Ye Yinghuo’s pale green eyes, Lorna’s gaze slowly dropped, seeming a bit despondent.

"But, this is all I have to give you..."

"No, Lorna, I really like your gift!"

Xia Ye Yinghuo, overwhelmed by a surging sympathy, couldn’t help but suddenly hug Lorna, burying her light body in her warm embrace.

The latter’s small body suddenly shook, and then quickly broke free from the girl’s arms.

At this moment, the half-elf girl’s life value dropped significantly.

"Don’t touch!"

Looking slightly distressed at Xia Ye Yinghuo whose aura suddenly dimmed, the dark-eyed girl withdrew a little.

"Excuse me for a moment, both of you."

Meanwhile, Anvis returned here with Jom.

"So, Miss Explorer, I ask you one last time, do you really wish for her to be freed from this place?"

Having glanced at Xia Ye Yinghuo’s warmly embraced which upped by 20%, Anvis turned towards Xia Ye Yinghuo, asking seriously for confirmation.

"Yes, Anvis, is there any way?"

Looking at Lorna beside her, Xia Ye Yinghuo nodded definitely.

"Don’t worry."

Anvis smiled, turning his gaze towards Lorna.

"So, what about you? Do you want to leave this place with her?"

Looking at Xia Ye Yinghuo too, the small dark-eyed girl nodded firmly.

"I... am willing..."

"Very well."

Anvis nodded.

With that, the condition for the ceremony has been met.