I enlightened the heroine of the second dimension in New Tokyo

This method obviously cannot cure the problem, so Eddie and his team can only start research again."

He started coughing again, and after a while he continued:

“At this time, a researcher proposed a hypothesis.

The herb garden ruins are connected to the other ruins, most likely because there is something inside that makes the two connected, so the ruins can teleport Neo away from the herb garden."

“Eddie and his team sent lifeless puppet soldiers into the ruins to investigate.

After some investigation, they successfully discovered that the thing that connected the two ruins was this glowing flower."

Grandpa Yasha pointed at the flower in Neo's mouth.

“When this flower is present in large quantities, the two relics become connected.

Eddie and his team asked the puppet soldiers to pick some flowers and bring them back for research. They found that if only a small amount of this kind of flower existed, it would not attract the power of the ruins.

On the contrary, it will have a special attraction to spiritual bodies. As long as it is placed into the body, it can attract the spiritual body back.

So we rely on these flowers to maintain Neo's normal life.

But as time passed, Neo's spirit left her body more and more frequently, and the number of flowers she needed increased... and the flowers in the ruins had almost been plucked.

So I knew early on that she would be taken back by that relic one day."

After a violent cough, Albert's face turned very pale:

“We thought of many options, but we ran out of time.

Eddie and his wife, as well as Dr. Xiang and his wife, all died one after another due to magic poisoning.

Fortunately, I am only a guest of the Space-Time Garden. I have not stayed as long as Eddie and the others, so the degree of poisoning is less severe, which is why I can hold on until now...

But even so, I can only live a few more years.

The only thing I can do is to teach all the knowledge to Asha and Neo before I die, hoping that they can find a way to survive with their own wisdom.

That's all, cough cough cough, poof!"

Albert finally felt relieved after telling the secret that he had hidden for a long time. He coughed more violently and vomited a large mouthful of blood.

"grandfather!"

Asha cried out worriedly.

She gently placed Neo's body on the chair, let her lean against the wall, and went to help her grandfather find medicine.

But Albert stopped her:

"No, cough, cough, no need. I can't hold on any longer."

"how so……"

"Is there really nothing we can do?"

Zhao Yang asked with a frown.

Although he was not very familiar with Yasha's grandfather, he felt bad when he saw Yasha so sad.

"I've run out of options. Cough cough cough. My body has already been replaced once, so it can't handle it again. So... cough cough cough, there's nothing I can do... poof!"

He spat out another mouthful of blood.

Albert lay down weakly, his face turned pale, and his breathing became slower and slower.

"grandfather!"

Yasha's heart tightened, knowing that the situation was very bad.

"...Sister, brother...Grandpa?"

Just at this moment, Neo's spirit slowly opened its eyes.

She rubbed her eyes and floated up from the ground.

Yasha said anxiously: "Nio! Are you okay?"

"I feel a little light and floating, as if I'm flying... my brain is also very slow..."

Neo, who was floating in the air, did not look very clear-headed.

"But I heard what Grandpa said."

She floated to her grandfather and tried to grab his hand, but passed right through him.

Zhao Yang tried to use magic to probe Neo to see if he could find anything.

…But he sensed nothing, only air.

"Ahem, Neo, I'm sorry that Grandpa couldn't save you."

Albert said weakly.

"This isn't Grandpa's fault..."

Neo shook her head and looked into the distance, her eyes penetrating the wall, not knowing what she was looking at.

She murmured in a trance:

“I felt like there was a place calling me.

That place... I didn't feel any malice...

Well, I should just fall into a deep sleep, you don't have to worry."

She looked at Yasha and Zhao Yang and said affirmatively: "And my sister and elder brother will also save you."

In the middle of the conversation, Neo's spirit body suddenly disappeared without a trace.

Yasha lost her voice and said, "Nio?!"

“…Is it really gone?”

Zhao Yang has been monitoring the surrounding environment.

But the moment Neo disappeared, there was no obvious movement around her, only a slight tremor of magic particles that was even more illusory than an illusion.

It was so hidden that Zhao Yang wondered if he was wrong.

"You have about three years."

Albert looked at the cloned body left behind by Neo and suddenly said this.

His face became unusually ruddy, and he spoke more fluently:

“The spirits of those who disappeared occasionally appear in that ruins, but they usually stop appearing after about three or four years.

I don’t know what it means that the spirit bodies no longer appear, but since no one has returned to Earth, it is probably not a good thing.

So you only have three years.”

"I……"

Yasha held her grandfather's hand and choked up, feeling overwhelmed.

At this time, Zhao Yang spoke.

His voice was full of confidence:

"Three years? That's enough. Don't worry, we will definitely rescue Neo."

"Yang, Yang-chan?"

Yasha was a little puzzled by his confidence.

Albert couldn't help but look sideways: "Oh?"

Zhao Yang said: "I have awakened an enlightenment ability, which can turn special people into extraordinary people.

Those who are enlightened are all highly gifted.

About half a year after I awakened my abilities, Rem, who was enlightened by me, was promoted to D-level. Fate and Nanoha also upgraded very quickly, and they both have extraordinary talents.

... I don’t mean to say that three years is more than enough time.”

In order to let Grandpa Yasha pass away peacefully, Zhao Yang told her about his abilities.

His confidence was not fake, he had seen fragments of Yasha and Neo's memories and knew that Neo would be fine in the end.

Since Yasha can rescue her sister by herself, wouldn't it be a sure thing if they add their strength?

"How can there be such a magical power in the world?"

Grandpa Yasha's cheeks turned rosy and he seemed to have regained some spirit.

He sat up and looked at Zhao Yang with bright eyes.

Zhao Yang nodded: "Yes, to be honest, I came here to see Yasha, intending to use my ability on her."

Yasha was shocked by his words and fell into confusion again: "Huh?"

Albert was looking forward to it: "Okay, okay, then let me see your ability, so that I can die with my eyes closed!"

228 Passing

After hearing what Albert said, Yasha said with tears in her eyes: "Grandpa will not die!"

Albert shook his head: "Everyone will die. You don't have to be too sad. I am already very lucky."

Yasha couldn't bear it anymore and hugged him.

"Asha, I'm starting."

Zhao Yang reached out and stroked her hair, comforting her while silently activating his ability.

"Hmm? What does this feel like...?"

Soon, Yasha found that something was wrong with her body, and a comfortable feeling came over her.

But she was in a sad mood at the moment, and didn't make any strange noises like Rem and the others.

She slowly lost consciousness.

Zhao Yang helped her sit on the chair, then said to Grandpa Yasha:

"The next thing is to wait...Speaking of which, what should we do with Neo's remaining body?"

"Burn it, to prevent the relic from affecting you.

The same goes for my body. I have to burn it quickly so that no one will notice anything is wrong."

After he finished speaking, he asked, "How is Precia now?"

Zhao Yang replied: "It's normal, it looks like I can still hold on."

Yasha was unconscious, and they could talk about this without any scruples.

Albert asked about Precia's recent situation, and Zhao Yang said, "She is looking for a kind of gem recently..."

While waiting for Asha to condense her magic core, they talked about the Space-Time Garden.

Basically, Zhao Yang was talking and he was listening.

After talking about the Space-Time Garden, Grandpa Yasha had difficulty even opening his eyes.

His life was like a candle in the wind. He could only lie in bed, struggling to maintain consciousness.

Time passed little by little.

When Asha's body absorbed a large amount of magic power and began to condense the magic core, Albert's face flushed and he laughed several times.

Then his eyes, which had been narrowed into a line, finally closed.

His breathing stopped.

"farewell."

Zhao Yang was silent for a while, then pulled the quilt up to cover Albert's face.

He had experienced the sadness of his parents' death, so he was not very shaken at this moment.

Rather than sadness, he felt more responsibility.

He said to himself: "Don't worry, I will take good care of Asha, and Neo will definitely get it back from the ruins."

Three years...