NOVEL NEXT Chapter 244: Well, We'll Move On
When James came to, he could properly realise that he was back in reality, Elanor's daughter was still standing on his left side and did not seem to have sat up yet.
"Did something go wrong, Uncle?" the young girl asked.
James shook his head as if surprised by this question. He looked around and realised that not even a minute had passed; it was as if time had stopped. Such was the effect of talking to the tower self.
He could see the scroll glowing in his mind, a scroll behind dozens of files of thoughts, memories and teachings he had acquired and needed to replace.
When James imagined the scroll, a window appeared in front of him, thanks to his Mind Palace ability, he knew what to use and how to use it, when the tower self-placed this scroll in his mind, everything was very easy for him.
When James put his hand into the window and removed the parchment, he suddenly tore the parchment and a system notification appeared in front of him:
[Congratulations!
James Arthur Black, nicknamed Umbra of Chaos, Terror Incarnate, Fallen God Killer and Poison Master, has become the sole owner of the 36th floor according to the authorisation given to him by the tower self.
We will pray for the good of your administration].
James smiled as he read what was written in the window and began to feel good that everything was over so easily.
"Lady Nyx...I already know you have a lot to say," James said suddenly and with that the message window he had been waiting for appeared in front of him:
[I'm not angry with you, after all, you did what you wanted and what your heart desired, on the contrary,y I'm proud of you, but if only you could have done it in the future instead of now, I lost half my power when I faced the tower self for floor ownership, Erebus had to throw away almost every bit of his divinity. I hope you didn't lose too much].
James was, to put it bluntly, quite surprised when he read the message, he thought that every god and goddess watching him, close to him or not, would chastise him, but instead, he got a kind word from the goddess he most respected.
"I haven't lost much, my lady...about ten years," James said suddenly. He couldn't even comprehend the effect those words had on Nyx and the others.
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"How come? Only ten years?" muttered Nyx, she really couldn't make up her mind, she looked like she was starting to worry.
"I don't understand, could James have been tricked? But we saw the scroll, it was identical to the one you and I were given," Erebus replied, sweat pouring down the god of darkness's face.
"Could the tower self have tricked James? I mean...could something have been placed on James that would have affected or restricted him?" asked Nyx.
With Nyx's question, concern grew in everyone's eyes, and even talking to the tower self personally became an option in everyone's mind, no such harm could come to James, not when the war was so close, not when all the floors and powers were escalating.
The fact that everyone had this information was what made everything troublesome. The fact that they knew there was no use in thinking about it any longer caused Nyx to address James:
"James, is there anything you'd like to share with us? If you're trying not to worry us, please, you don't need to do that."
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[James, is there anything you'd like to share with us? If you're trying not to worry us, please, you don't need to do that].
When James looked at this message from Nyx, he shook his head from side to side as if strangely and then said, "No, the tower's itself only asked me for 10 years, he stated that he normally gets much more than that, and he even told me that I was lucky, my lady."
With his words, everyone managed to take a deep breath and let it out, they had chosen to believe James.
With that, James stood up from his seat and then turned to the girl next to him and asked, "I didn't ask your name, do you want to tell me?"
"My name is Umbra, Uncle," the young girl said, her eyes shining as she heard these words.
James didn't even know what to say, he had never told Elanor his nickname, at least that's what he remembered, it was as if some 'spell' cast by the tower had shown its hand.
"No way, haha! I can't call you by my nickname...what about...Thalia! How's Thalia?" James said suddenly, seemingly looking for a way to address the young girl.
At these words, the young girl stood up proudly and then said, "I would be honoured, Uncle!" Then, with a smiling face, she pointed the way to James and added, "If you are finished, please let's go."
James smiled and started to follow Thalia, and then the two entered the main room of the mansion again.
Ariel and the others looked at James with slightly odd eyes, not expecting the pair to return so quickly.
"Uncle called me Thalia, Mummy..." the almost 20-year-old girl said with sparkling eyes as Thalia quickly ran to her mother and hugged her.
"You don't like the name Umbra, sir?" Elanor asked in surprise and James replied, "I just thought a more special name would suit your daughter better."
James's words made Elanor incredibly happy. With the information she had heard from the tower itself, she had managed to learn at least James' nickname and had named her daughter Umbra, but now her saviour himself had given her another name.
This was even better than she could have asked for.
Indeed, it was even possible to see it as everything in Elanor's mind.
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Ariel coughed a little, as if annoyed by such cuteness, and then asked, "Well, what did the tower self say?"