Chapter 145 - The Princess in the Sky
Tave and Panpan continued to fall as the bonding process unfolded, the vibrant green aura dancing wildly around them. Suspended midair, plummeting freely through the open sky, their forms seemed wrapped in that glowing light.
And around them, the demons that had been in relentless pursuit now swarmed closer, drawn to the light like moths flinging themselves toward an open flame.
Countless notifications flickered rapidly across Tave’s vision. But none of them registered. His mind was too fractured, too stunned by the cascade of revelations, to process anything clearly. Everything was happening too fast, too violently, too impossibly.
Panpan... was Vanya Zylven. The crowned princess of the Dissidia Kingdom. The realization hit him with the force of a landslide.
It wasn’t that the possibility had never entered his mind, especially not after witnessing the way Panpan moved, the way she held herself.
There was always something about her, something undeniably regal. She was elegant in a way that felt innate, commanding in a way that seemed effortless. She carried herself with a poise and strength that even Elincia, as radiant as she was, couldn’t quite match.
Still, this truth completely overturned everything. In the story Tave had created, Vanya Zylven was a Spell Caster. Never once had she wielded a bow. That weapon didn’t belong to her, not in his version of the world. It was simply not who she was supposed to be.
And worse, far worse, was the fact that in the original story, Vanya had never managed to awaken her Echo. She’d died before she ever reached that point. Her journey had ended abruptly, tragically, during the catastrophic attack on the Vensalor Kingdom. Her potential had been left unrealized.
But now... now, everything had changed.
Because Tave had seen it with his own eyes. Vanya had awakened her Echo. It happened precisely in the moment their bond had been sealed. And the power that followed... It was staggering.
He could feel it rushing into him even now, an overwhelming torrent of energy that surged through every fiber of his being. It was Nature Element. The very element Vanya commanded. Or Panpan? Tave didn’t know anymore. All he knew was that the discovery was tearing through everything he thought he understood.