That statement feels like thunder in my ears. The world spins, and every sound is muffled. I grow so dizzy I nearly faint.
But still, I need to know the whole truth.
So I fight the urge to throw up and press on, asking Eris more and more questions about her condition. Soon, she has no choice but to open up to me.
*****
Turns out, it is true. There is no such thing as a Mana Ring returning to its former state.
What she showed me all this time was nothing more than a carefully crafted illusion. A perfect façade. She had made me believe everything was fine.
After the incident in that S-rank dungeon, after she killed Lucian, Eris searched desperately for a method to restore her strength. She roamed countless dungeons, visited so many healers and clerics and searched many great libraries scattered in both the two grand worlds.
And she found it, a method.
But… it was not a cure.
It was only a makeshift solution.
