Kelly's gaze was distant, as though it could see through layer after layer of the void.
She said softly, "Go. I might… come as well."
"You too?"
The little girl's eyes were filled with astonishment.
"You also want to…"
"He will soon encounter a crisis."
Kelly smiled, and hidden within that smile was an indescribable resolve.
"If he cannot survive this crisis, he will be unable to break through to Divine-grade."
"And I am the only one who can help him. If he cannot succeed, then your wish will be nothing more than fishing for the moon in water."
The little girl nodded heavily.
"As expected! When you first came here, I already felt that there was some kind of connection between us in the unseen."
"I never thought our fates would be entangled this deeply!"
Kelly stroked the little girl's head, her gaze turning toward Daniel's location.
…
Beside the Time River.
Eternal Sage Kelly quietly watched the flow of the long river.
