Why is it gone?
Why isn't it here?
Why?
Just why?
'...'
Until now, the prophecy book had never been wrong.
No, it had been, but that was the result of the butterfly effect caused by Gerhard.
But this time was different.
There was no reason for the elixir, which should have been quietly rooted in the ground—or in this case, the rock—to suddenly disappear.
Could it be that it never existed in the first place?
'Does that make any sense...?'
Lately, he might have been relying too much on the prophecy book, but he couldn't help it.
Despite some modifications due to the butterfly effect Gerhard had caused, the contents of the prophecy book had all been true.
'Could it be...?'
Gerhard urgently infused mana into his eyes.
And he realized.
It wasn't that it didn't exist.
He could see a hole on one side of the rock wall. The crack-like hole penetrating inward resembled the shape of something that had rooted itself.
