Chapter 556
A vintage mansion that seemed vaguely familiar with a towering white spire that stretched high into the sky beside it. Observing the backdrop, Lea soon recognized the location.
This was Babel in the past.
Madurk Mansion, which now housed the Chairman’s office, used to be the main building of Babel decades ago. It made for an unfamiliar yet nostalgic setting, which a doll slowly stepped into under the spotlight.
The doll resembled a brown-haired woman whose features resembled Lea’s, yet carried a far colder impression. It wore an old version of Babel’s student uniform, and on the name tag pinned to its chest, the role it was playing was written: “Reyna Claudel.”
Now it was clear the third act was set before Lea’s birth, showing the story she had only ever heard in fragments. And soon enough, Lea found herself subconsciously captivated by the doll and the stage portraying that story.
Click, clack-
There was nothing particularly special about Reyna’s upbringing. Her father died in battle before she was even born, and her mother, a professor at Babel, worked tirelessly to fill that void.
Thanks to her, Reyna had never really felt any sense of something lacking during childhood. She had even decided on her career early on upon awakening the mana within her and discovering her innate talent for enchantment.
Click, clack-
Her life truly followed an unbroken, uneventful path. Even enrolling at Babel had changed nothing much. She went back and forth between the same lecture halls, the library, the lab, and the dormitory day after day, preparing for the future after graduation.
The backdrop flowed like a panorama, displaying the same four locations in rotation, while the doll portraying Reyna wandered aimlessly in front of it. Her life was monotonous and repetitive, devoid of any color.
—Act Three, Scene Two.