Chapter 1410 River Nomads
The three women looked at him expectedly. Sunny hesitated for a few moments. "You know where we are, right, Jet? In general, I mean."
Taking the cup of tea and cradling it in her hands, she nodded. "Yeah... we are inside that weird pyramid. Somehow. This place is the Great River, which is supposed to flow endlessly from the future into the past."
He sighed in relief. It seemed that Effie and Jet had learned a few things about the nature of the Third Nightmare, as well. "Indeed. Because of the nature of the Great River, there are all kinds of strange things happening to time in this Nightmare. For example... Nephis and I have been here for about four months now. But Cassie has been here for more than a year."
Nephis and Cassie nodded calmly, since they had already known that fact. Jet, however, seemed perplexed.
"What?"
Sunny looked at her, lingered for a moment, and said:
"Yeah. What about you?"
Soul Reaper suddenly seemed uncertain. He touched her hair briefly, then blinked a couple times. "About... two months? Effie and I were sent to the same place, two months ago."
This time, it was Neph's and Cassie's turn to look stunned.
"How can that be?"
Sunny smiled faintly. "I'll explain in a bit. But first, Jet... can you tell us what has happened to you two?" She took a sip of tee, then smiled back at him.
"Effie and I were separated while trying to reach the island. And here we are, I guess."
Nephis glanced at Cassie, then frowned a little. "What do you mean? How long have you been here?"
Jet looked at her with surprise. 'There, the moment of truth.'
She scratched her head. "A couple hours? I landed, tried to search for Effie, and got lost in the mist. Then, that thing attacked me... I managed to flee, but she would have probably finished me off soon if not for Sunny. Talk about a prince on a white horse... who needs one when there's a pauper on a black horse, right?"
Soul Reaper grinned and downed the rest of her tea in one gulp. A satisfied expression appeared on her face. Nephis and Cassie, meanwhile, seemed troubled. The blind girl frowned:
"But how is it possible? Your Echo arrived at Fallen Grace many months ago."
Jet stared at her, bewildered. "What? Wait... I thought that you guys were already on the island. Wasn't that why Crow Crow was able to find Sunny so fast?
Cassie shook her head. "No... we only ventured to find Wind Flower after learning that the two of you were here."
Soul Reaper leaned back.
"That doesn't make any sense."
Everyone grew quiet, failing to understand the strange discrepancy. In that silence, Sunny finally spoke:
"It's because time moves in a circle on this island."N0v3lRealm was the platform where this chapter was initially revealed on N0v3l.B1n.
