Chapter 19: Shadows of the Past! The Second Stage of Zi-O that has undergone a mutation?
Nine to five.
Sougo stood at the door in a daze, holding the knight dial.

The girl's attention was directed towards the store.

Her eyes contained deep affection and a hint of excitement.

It was as if he was looking for someone in the store.

then
She saw Aguilera sneaking around, hiding in the kitchen.

It wasn't until their eyes met that Aguilera walked out of the kitchen.

"I guess."

"I'm afraid your purpose is not just to send gifts, right?"

"What are you looking for? I'll help you find it, okay?"

Aguilera raised the corner of his mouth in a mocking arc and said sarcastically.

Although her tone was aggressive, she hid behind Sougo.

Only his head showed, and he looked at the girl with a wary look.

是 的
What Sougo said is absolutely correct
The only thing Akilela can rely on now is Sougo's protection.

She is a maid now, and as the Master, Sougo is responsible for her.

"I'm looking for a knight."

"His name is: Zi-O"

"He saved my life five years ago."

The girl did not hide it and took out her cell phone from her other pocket.

The pencil drawings he drew as a child were shown to Sougo in the form of photos.

This vintage painting was done with colored pencils and was very carefully drawn.

In the picture, two golden halos, one positive and one negative, appear behind Zi-O.

The two huge apertures were in the shape of clocks with blood-red hands.

Sougo looked at the picture with a strange expression.

Although the color is wrong
But he could tell this special effect at a glance.

Time King Rank !

This hand-drawn pencil drawing shows the scene of Zi-O's second-stage transformation!
"please!"

"Please let me see him!"

"I waited five years to see him again!"

"Five years!"

"Do you know how I got through these five years?"

The girl clasped her hands together and pleaded in a trembling voice with excitement.

"ha--?"

"Is there something wrong with your brain?"

"Do you know what you are talking about?"

Not only Sougo, but even Akilela didn't believe what the girl said!
The person who transformed into Zi-O is Sougo, but he is a knight who only awakened recently!
five years ago?
Five years ago, Sougo was only thirteen years old!

Only humans in this world who reach the age of eighteen are eligible to awaken!
Under this premise, how could Sougo have saved the girl five years ago?

"Aguilera, pay attention to your manners"

"Maybe what she said is true."

Sougo turned his head and spoke to comfort Akilela who was hiding behind him.

She feels insecure now, like a stressed kitten, afraid of strangers.

Although he is very timid, he is full of aggressiveness.

She doesn't trust anyone except Sougo.

"what?"

"Why are you confused too?"

"Could it be possible that you can travel through time and go back to the past?"

Aguilera rolled her eyes and complained about her own Master.

The ability to stop time is already terrifying!

Travel through time and space?

Can this kind of thing really be done?
"That's right."

"Time travel is easy for me."

Sougo heard Aguilera's complaints and answered confidently!

Different from other knights.

Sougo is the king of time.

The [Time Magic Machine] he possesses can travel through time and space!

Going back to the past was not a difficult thing for him!
That is
For the girl, it is something that happened in the past.

For Sougo, this may happen in the future.

this means
One day in the future, Sougo will travel to the past and meet the girl!
"How much do you remember about what happened five years ago?"

"This information is very important to me."

Sougo put away the Knight's watch dial, hoping to get more information from the girl. "I'm willing to tell you everything I know."

The girl took a deep breath, calmed her complicated emotions, and responded politely.

She addressed Sougo with a respectful title.

In fact.
She had already noticed the joy that Sougo showed when he received the [Knight Dial].

This handsome boy of the same age as her might be the one she has been looking for for the past five years.

"That was five years ago, around mid-June."

"Missing people cases keep happening in Chongyue City."

"There are missing person notices everywhere on the streets and alleys."

"Officials set up an investigation team and sent out vehicles for patrol day and night, but to no avail."

"The missing people still can't be found."

"And people in Chongyue City continue to disappear."

“Until one day.”

“A message that rang in everyone’s mind.”

"That voice, notify all citizens of Chongyue City."

"Zhongyue City has been eroded and has become an S+ restricted area."

"A curtain of light rose from outside the city, covering the entire city."

"Some people tried to escape, but the moment they passed through the light curtain, they turned into dust and dissipated."

When the girl said this, fear flashed in her eyes.

Because her parents were the ones who passed through the light curtain.

She watched with her own eyes as her parents turned into dust and disappeared before her eyes.

That scene left a permanent shadow in her young heart.

Whenever I think back on it, I still tremble with fear!
"Don't be afraid, just keep talking."

"Aguilera, go find some paper and a pen and write it all down."

Sougo comforted the girl and gave orders to Aguilera.

What the girl said was very important to him.

Since he is in the future, he will travel back to five years ago.

Then
He must make all preparations in advance from now on!
But at this time
A reliable-sounding voice came from outside the store.

"Please rest assured, my Lord Demon King."

"Leave this kind of work to me."

Wozniacki's figure appeared outside the door.

She arrived at the right time and just happened to hear everyone's conversation.

"Then I'll continue."

"Citizens who were unable to escape the city began to commit crimes crazily."

"I stumbled back home and locked myself in the house."

"What happened next, I only heard about on the radio."

"The guy hiding behind the scenes is playing games in Zhongyue City."

“He called it: The Knight Wars”

"Those who are chosen, whether they have talent or not, will become knights."

"They fight in the mirror world and contract powerful mirror monsters."

"The knights will kill each other, and only the final victor can leave."

“That’s when I knew”

"Those who disappeared became food for the monsters in the [Mirror World]."

The girl continued to tell her story, hot tears already flowing out of her eyes.

She lost her parents during that crisis and hid at home alone.

She had seen with her own eyes the monsters in the mirror world descend into the real world.

I also heard the screams of my neighbors and the sounds of flesh and bones being eaten.

"Then?"

When Sougo heard this, he subconsciously clenched his fists.

The world in the mirror!

Knights Battle!

That's the plot of [Dragon Rider]!
He finally understood why his future self had to go to Chongyue City [five years ago]!
Because in the original work, the little devil obtained the [Zi-O Second Stage Dial] in the mirror world!
He can also replicate it!

No matter what the cost!

Mirror world!

That is a test he must go through on his road to growth!

Only by overcoming the immature past can one grow!

The information the girl told was far more valuable than the knight's dial!
Sougo has decided
The first forbidden area he was going to challenge was Chongyue City five years ago!
As the [Zi-O], he will completely put an end to the Knight War!

(End of this chapter)