After Rose finished deciphering the final layer of the magical crack, it didn't take long for the dormant celestial magic inside to respond.
A pulse of energy surged through the air — quiet, ancient, alive.
And then… my earrings, the [Tears of Chronos], reacted almost instantly.
A gentle pull, like gravity folding inward — and before either of us could even speak, the world around us shifted.
The warmth of the real world vanished. The light warped.
And in the blink of an eye…
We were inside.
Inside Lavine's realm.
The feeling was… familiar. Too familiar.
Despite how long it had been since I first stepped foot here, the nostalgic weight of this place settled on my chest like it had never left.
It was still as serene and as breathtakingly surreal as before — and yet it felt deeper now, like the echoes of time had thickened in her absence.
The air shimmered with azure light, soft and eternal, like the lingering echoes of stars in a night sky long forgotten.
