Chapter 85: Ch124. A world reborn

"What?" Kurt asked, taken aback by the sudden statement.

"Well, I don't mean it as if we're not going to meet ever again. But it's something like that. Now that you're done with the trials, you're more than capable of handling the ordeals that lie ahead of you on your journey." Orkas/Kurt said, looking gloomy. "Even more now that you seem to have accepted the burden that was entrusted to you..."

But Kurt immediately retorted.

"I didn't."

"... What?"

"I didn't." He smirked. "But it's my world, right? I don't want to die, and I don't want any of my friends to die, also. So I guess I don't have any other choice. So... This is goodbye, then?"

"Kind of." Okras/Kurt smiled. "Remember what I said about the Echoes of Reality?"

"Yeah. You said that the system is fighting to get them back to-" Kurt was taken aback by the realization that unfolded in front of his eyes. "You don't say..."