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Chapter 168
I was frozen in place.
"I don't know what it means either, but that's what Elam told me to say, so I'm passing it on exactly the same."
To those who had no idea about it, it might seem like a mystery, but not for me.
The reason for my return?
'What does he mean by that?'
It couldn't be a thoughtless remark… especially the choice of words, ‘my return.’ And conveying this to me, Sylvia, of all people, who came back from the future five years ahead.
'Could he possibly know?'
My fingertips were cold and my palms were sweaty. Licking my dry lips, I opened my mouth.
"What does that…"
But I couldn't finish my sentence.
Ken looked at me with puzzled eyes as if wondering why I had reacted that way to a seemingly insignificant statement. But then his expression quickly changed.
"Are you alright?"
"…"
"Your face is pale… Good heavens, what did that old man say?"
'He doesn't know.'
