''I can feel it too...''


    Even Tetra, who was inside his core, felt her memories being rewritten.


    "Orion..."


    Henrietta called his name while glaring at him.


    "What... did you do?"


    With a smile, he walked toward her and helped both Henrietta and Titania stand up.


    "I did what I had to do."


    The memories of the past surged back into the concerned party, changing the reality they were persuaded to remember.


    "A-Are you alright?"


    Dramia and Drania began to cry in front of everyone, surprising the entire family.


    "Those... memories..."


    The twins were having an existential crisis. The events of the past began to be rewritten, conflicting with their original memories.


    Orion helped the two Remnants by grabbing their waists before walking toward the ground.


    "Here."


    Handing Henrietta to Amelia and Titania to Karteira, Orion immediately went to his precious companions.


    "It''s alright."


    He placed his hands on their heads and slowly caressed them.


    "Nia... Mia..."


    His words, which entered everyone''s ears, shocked them. Why was he calling the twins by these names?


    "Kh!"


    Dramia clenched her teeth, feeling the pain subside gradually.


    "S-Sis..."


    Her younger twin sister was having a rougher time processing the changes, but it also turned out alright for her.


    Henrietta and Titania were the first to recover. They looked at each other, slightly confused.


    "This is..."


    Titania nodded before adding something.


    "He is crazy. But it seems like he made it alright."


    Letting out a heavy sigh, Henrietta placed her hand on her chest and brought out the ''Book of Fate''.


    When she opened it, she went to her page.


    <As instructed in the book, Henrietta remembered everything about the past.>


    "I seriously locked out our memories... This is a terrifying prospect."


    Without realizing it, she turned the pages and stopped on the last page telling Noah''s story.


    <The first Hero, Noah Stralicht, perished against Miasma, his purpose accomplished.>If you encounter this story on Amazon, note that it''s taken without permission from the author. Report it.


    She lifted her head and was about to ask Orion about the plan she remembered, but the twins were faster.


    Clenching on his clothes, they looked at him with pleading eyes.


    "Orion. I remember! What-"


    Drania hesitated, but not Dramia.


    "What happened to Noah!?"


    Seemingly furious, Dramia pushed his hand away from her head and stood up, grabbed his collar, and pulled his face closer.


    "Don''t tell me you failed."


    "You gave your words. It was a promise! What about it?"


    With their memories having replaced the previous ones, it was obvious it would happen.


    Everyone around them was confused and anxious about the twins'' reaction. It wasn''t usual to see Dramia being this furious about a matter.


    But Orion smiled. That''s all he did.


    "You..."


    Slowly releasing her grip, she dropped her hands.


    Orion looked at the two sisters and nodded.


    "I can''t tell you what happened yet."


    He looked over his shoulder and turned to Henrietta.


    "Has something changed?"


    She shook her head, lifting her head from the book.


    "Absolutely nothing."


    Orion breathed a sigh of relief.


    "In that case, it should be fine. Since you all remember everything and that nothing was explicitly changed, it means it was a success."


    The four people affected by these past choices looked at Orion with a dumbfounded look.


    "He returned home safely. I swear by it."


    Placing his hand on his chest, he resolutely stared into Dramia''s mossy green eyes.


    Dramia''s knees began to shake, and briefly after, she dropped to the ground, her eyes lost.


    "You... saved him."


    "I did."


    Drania crawled next to her sister and pushed her head into his chest.


    "Thank you..."


    Muffled words of gratitude could be heard by the energetic fairy. A feeling of plenitude raptured through their minds, bringing a peace they thought would never return to them.


    "What are you talking about?"


    Amelia walked up behind him and leaned over his back.


    Then, as Orion glanced at her, he smiled.


    "I went to the past and saved a Hero."


    An overwhelming silence took over the entire area.


    "Huh?"


    Deveralna opened her eyes wide while the other tried to understand the meaning of his words.


    "It''s true."


    Titania stepped forward and verified what he said with a pronounced frown.


    "Tiohr-nam. I see you''ve left the tree."


    "Call me Titania now. I will explain everything later."


    Surprised, Orion simply nodded. Immediately after, he continued to explain.


    "After our battle, I was sent to the ''Corridors of Time''."


    "As I thought..."


    Henrietta nodded, satisfied to hear her guess had been right all along.


    Orion helped the sister stand and began to caress their hair while they recovered from their emotional state.


    "After staying in there for a very... very long time, I managed to escape."


    They all saw the extreme expression of loneliness on his face. Each of them wanted to give him a tight hug just to remove that haunting experience from his mind.


    But Orion continued, unbothered by their longing stares.


    "When I left that space, I was ejected into a past era."


    "In the middle of a battlefield, no less."


    His eyes kept drifting toward Henrietta, who closely observed the book for any changes.


    He was afraid that speaking in now would affect the past, and that simply mentioning it would change everything.


    As she showed no reaction, he simply continued.


    "The person I met, at that moment, was Noah."


    Olivia, who always listened to everyone''s story, exclaimed.


    "The first Hero?!"


    Turning to her, Orion nodded. Everyone was in shock but couldn''t help but listen.


    "The rest is a long story, so I will tell you later. All you need to know is that I helped him return home alive."


    Karteira frowned.


    "What do you mean by that? Wasn''t he from this continent? Was he from another one?"


    He shook his head.


    "Noah was..."


    His eyes looked down, and, with a smile, Orion finished his sentence.


    "He was from another world."


    The absurdity of his words turned everyone speechless, yet they believed every word he spoke.


    "I have obtained many things from that time, and I have tried my best not to change our future."


    "All of it, just to get back here. Just to see you again..."


    Kneeling, he hugged the twins again. The sisters he knew, the women who supported him during the events in the fairy realm, were right in front of him.


    "..."


    They both accepted his hug, but Dramia puffed up her cheeks slightly, thinking that all of this was unfair. Drania didn''t care at all, simply hugging Orion back with a happy smile.


    After a moment, Orion stood up and walked past Amelia. He stopped in front of a Remnant.


    "Could you shake my hand, Titania?"


    "Sure."


    Titania did just that, extending her hand forward. The moment she shook his hand, she felt the soul of another being inside him.


    "Hmm... We need to do something about that too."


    With a deep frown, she began to ponder. At the same time, Henrietta closed the ''Book of Fate'', seeing no changes after Orion told everyone about his time in the past.


    She walked to him and, with a serious glare, asked him a question she wanted to know, without knowing both Orion and Titania were discussing it.


    "What about her?"


    He simply smiled, closing his eyes.


    The air grew heavier with the smell of powerful magic as he opened his eyes.


    "!"


    Inside his pupils, a number appeared. Henrietta immediately understood what it meant.


    "Tetra..."


    Henrietta clenched her shirt tightly, holding her emotions back. Her friend was still there, alive inside Orion.


    Further away, Orianne tapped her husband''s shoulder.


    "See? You were guessed right, again."


    "You were listening?"


    "I always listen for your voice."


    "Right."


    The two smiled warmly as another group of people approached.


    "And here I thought I''d never see you again."


    A blonde man walked toward Orion with a snarky smile. Orion turned to the voice and smiled with a mocking smile in return.


    "Were you missing me? You?"


    Orion left Henrietta and Titania before walking toward Elliott.


    "Oh? You''ve changed. I can''t believe you''d greet me without showing that usual disdain."


    Losing his provoking smile, Elliott appeared genuinely puzzled.


    As Orion came closer, he placed his hand inside his pocket before throwing something into the air.


    "Catch."


    Without looking at the item, he caught it. After opening his hand and looking at the object, Elliott opened his eyes wide.


    "Wait. Is that what I think this is?"


    "Do what you want with him. He shouldn''t be able to cause any problems now."


    A white, almost translucent pearl rolled in the palm of his hand. When Elliott looked back at Orion, he noticed something.


    A power Orion shouldn''t have been in possession of.


    "..."


    Everyone turned to Orion instinctively. All Remnants in the vicinity felt the aura of an alien Remnant.


    One that was locked away behind thousands of years of corruption.


    "No way..."


    Both Titania and Henrietta opened their mouths in shock as a white aura covered Orion''s figure.


    Over his pupils, thin layers of light covered his anthracite-colored irises.


    The power of ''Purity'' covered his entire body, bathing and cleansing his entire body in the purest energy available to this world.