The Cornflower Witch Chapter 84

Chapter 84: Returning to the Real World

Seeing the ethereal, illusory ‘Merelankah Praying in the Lake’ in her hand, Hylial, even without understanding many things about this world, knew it was an extremely precious and important item, likely something akin to the inheritance of a faction.

She had originally planned to enter the path of a Gardener based on the “Jade Nectar” affinity, but now this inherited item was guiding her to enter the path of “Glorious Moon.”

This challenge left her torn, but now was not the time to decide between ‘Tsinghua’ or ‘Peking University’; what she needed to focus on was how to leave here and return to the normal world.

According to the启示 in the book ‘Merelankah Praying in the Lake,’ if she wanted to return, she would either need to reach Level 3 and learn the Moon affinity’s [Moonlit Shuttle Technique], or find an extremely rare spacetime wrinkle fissure to return to the Cloud Sea Continent.

It was impossible to advance to Level 3 in a short time, so she could only find another spacetime projection fissure to return.

“According to the records in the book, such spacetime projection fissures are exceptionally weak, and most of them cannot allow people to cross through; they can only project some anomalies from the Shadow World, leading to strange occurrences like ‘haunting’,” Hylial analyzed, her head lowered.

“Unless a being possesses the ‘Alien Star’ affinity, they can easily traverse such weak spacetime fissures without injury or impact.” Reading this, Hylial understood why she had so easily entered the Shadow World before.

So, this was the side effect of the ‘Alien Star’ affinity; she was too accustomed to traversing spacetime.

This meant that as long as she advanced again and gained an affinity level, she could rely on the [Star] talent to obtain an ‘Alien Star’ affinity of the same level, allowing her to use a minute spacetime fissure to travel through it and return to the Cloud Sea Continent.

Her previously learned [Dew Prayer Method] and [Branch Combing Method] had been destroyed and dispersed when integrated into her Fate Card and when facing the Strange Black Cat. [Blooming Flower Method] suffered a similar fate and was also destroyed.

She currently had no time or resources to re-learn the [Dew Prayer Method], so the only thing she could rely on was the [Breathing Method]. This meant she first had to embark on the path of the ‘Blood Discipline’ affinity to escape, and then consider other ways to dispel or transform the ‘Blood Discipline’ affinity.

After sorting out her thoughts, Hylial stood up, looked at this gray-white world, and without further hesitation, began to concentrate on advancing.

In her destiny chart, the only remaining Ability Card, and the first ability she learned, [Breathing Method Lv.3], began to operate after a long time, greedily absorbing the faint affinity power contained in Hylial’s blood, causing ripples.

She felt her heartbeat becoming more pronounced, and an invisible pulse slowly spread.

Her blood began to circulate faster, nourishing every cell in her body, greatly enhancing its vitality. At the same time, this affinity power was gradually transmitted from the [Breathing Method] to the [Sleeping Girl] in the center of her destiny chart.

The blue cornflowers in the image gradually became stained with the scarlet red of blood, spreading from the edges of the petals slowly towards the corolla.

Finally, the grass where the girl in the painting stood was set against a backdrop of scarlet cornflowers, and then the entire card radiated light again, causing it to change.

[Sleeping Girl] (Affinity: None) → [Girl in the Scarlet Flower Bush] (Level 1 – Blood Discipline) –

Effect [Identification Eye Lv.3]: Originating from special talent and physique, you can distinguish colors that ordinary people cannot perceive, as well as parts of an object’s essence. (As you improve the rank of your Fate Card, this ability will also be synchronously upgraded) –

Effect [Balanced Body Lv.3]: Through the adjustment of the Breathing Method, your body has gradually adapted to the flow of ‘Blood Discipline’, and your strength, perception, agility, and speed have all been enhanced. (Balanced Body Lv.2 → Lv.3 due to the influence of moonlight baptism)

So, the baptism in the dream just now had its enhancement here, Hylial understood.

At this moment, she activated her [Star] talent again, transforming the [Girl in the Scarlet Flower Bush].

As shooting stars flashed across the night sky, the scarlet cornflowers gradually receded to the corners of the card, revealing the vast expanse of silver stars.

The [Girl in the Scarlet Flower Bush] (Level 1 – Blood Discipline) → [Girl Under the Starry Sky] (Level 1 – Alien Star) –

Effect [Identification Eye Lv.3]: Originating from special talent and physique, you can distinguish colors that ordinary people cannot perceive, as well as parts of an object’s essence. (As you improve the rank of your Fate Card, this ability will also be synchronously upgraded) –

Effect [Alien Perception Lv.2]: Immersed in alien power, your observation of all things is more insightful, allowing you to see five colors a normal person cannot perceive, and discover unknown secrets.

Ability Card: [Breathing Method Lv.3]

Not long ago, the power that filled her body dissipated, but compared to before her advancement, some of it remained. Hylial estimated that she still retained at least the physique of [Balanced Body Lv.1], because some of the physical enhancements from the Blood Discipline affinity were permanent; even if the affinity dissipated, a portion would remain.

She tried swinging the black steel short sword in her hand, feeling quite adapted. Now, she could begin her search for the way home.

Thanks to the guidance in ‘Merelankah Praying in the Lake’, she could now use [Alien Perception Lv.2] to distinguish which traces led to spacetime fissures that connected to the Cloud Sea Continent.

Thus, Hylial once again trekked through the gray-white world.

…

About half a day later, standing under a big tree, Hylial once again saw a familiar aura between the branches.

That was it. Through there, she could return to the Cloud Sea Continent.

She leaped up, felt the rhythm within, and then closed her eyes.

Everything before her eyes began to twist and sway, just like that day. Soon after, she took a step forward and fell from the tree again.

The grass covered with morning dew, the green big tree, the azure sky, and the familiar mountain air at her nose filled Hylial’s heart with joy.

Finally, she had returned to the normal world.

The anxiety and tension that had been suppressed in her heart were now released, bringing her a sense of relief.

Although she hadn’t shown any panic or given up these past few days, she couldn’t help but feel a little anxious in a completely unfamiliar environment. However, her rationality told her that panic wouldn’t solve the problem, so she deliberately refrained from thinking about pessimistic things.

Now that she had finally escaped, the unease in her heart also disappeared completely, making Hylial want to jump and shout loudly. But her inherent restraint prevented her from doing so; instead, it transformed into a light hum as she walked gracefully through the mountains.

She was finally back. From now on, she decided never to venture into the forest casually again.

But then she paused, suddenly understanding something.

Since she had once again appeared suddenly in a corner of the forest this time, then on that day, she…

…must have also traveled through a spacetime fissure for some reason, landing in this forest.

Well, was this another puzzle piece found? However, she now had many concrete clues and was not as anxious as before. With her mother’s powerful ‘aster’ trait, she would absolutely not be an unknown figure, so using this as a clue to find her origins was only a matter of time.

Speaking of which, her life outside seemed pretty good. She recalled childhood memories, feeling that wherever she went, she was followed by a group of maids from her family, which she sometimes disliked.

By the way, since her mother could achieve such great success with the blessing of the ‘aster’ talent, could she also rely on the blessing of the ‘cornflower’ talent to recreate the miraculous scenes she saw as a child?

The emotions that had been wavering between ‘Jade Nectar’ and ‘Glorious Moon’ once again leaned a little more towards ‘Jade Nectar’.

(End of Chapter)