Inertia: Beneath The Starlit Veil Chapter 61: Chapter 61

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Chapter 61 Cyrus POV Being forced to rest and get some sleep didn't go quite how I would have liked. One of the side effects of absorbing Adam's core had a delayed reaction during my attempted slumber. My dream was suddenly flooded with bits and pieces of his memories. Some of them I couldn't quite make sense of, but others I couldn't deny. I saw the times he spent with my father in school and some of the perilous adventures and battles they went through together. In some of those memories, I saw a different side of Adam—one that helped me understand why he believed in the things he did and why he acted on those beliefs. I saw the love his townspeople had for him and the love of his partner. Seeing all those moments made a pit form in my stomach, making me start to regret, even if just a little, what I had done. "But Cy, it doesn't change the fact that he did what he did, and he tried to do the same to you," I muttered to myself. Trying not to let these memories get to me, as I forced myself to go back to sleep. But that didn't last long at all. I was hit hard with one memory that reaffirmed my position regarding Adam. There was a man he met with in person—the same person the phantom echoes had turned into in an attempt to stop me from leaving that first stage in the rift. It was the same man who had been there when my clan was slaughtered, the one who dealt the finishing blow to my mother. Adam had numerous conversations with him and had essentially planned to sell me off to him. "Lord Enzo is his name," I said to myself as I awoke once more. Unable to sleep any longer, I got out of bed and left our lodging. Walking through the town at night was a stark contrast to what it had been recently. With everything so quiet, it felt as if my footsteps and thoughts were being announced over a loudspeaker. Letting the moonlight bounce off my skin and the cool breeze brush past me, I made my way to the outskirts of town once again. I observed the place where I had battled Adam. I revisited the spot where I had nearly lost my life against the queen of the aurora moths. Lastly, I gazed upon the rift, understanding just how far I had come—how much I had pushed myself just to be standing here at this moment. But it still wasn't enough. Not even close. Not if I wanted to defeat that man one day. Lost in thought as I stared at the rift, I completely lost track of time until I heard gentle footsteps approaching from behind. "Couldn't sleep?" my father's soft, smooth voice asked as he neared. "No. The memories of Adam started flooding in. It was a lot all at once, and they zipped past me too fast." "What did you see?" "Everything. I understand now why the people of this town felt the way they did. I understand why you were more than patient with him. But my opinion of him and what he did recently hasn't changed. Especially after finding out that he worked with the man who killed everyone that day." "What do you mean? He worked with them? There's no way he would have done that. After fighting Kael, there was an implication that Adam was unaware of what was going on behind the scenes." "Yeah, but the man he was buying the batteries from is the same man who was there that day. I couldn't forget his appearance even if I wanted to, and now I know his name as well. He was going to trade me to him as part of some business deal." "What's his name?" "He goes by Lord Enzo." "That's the same name Kael told me during our fight. Apparently, he knows where your uncle is." "So what do you want to do, Dad? We know where he is. Why not take back what's rightfully ours?" "Our first priority is to get you out of here safely, regroup, and gather more information. If this man is part of the Lux Tenebris, there's a good chance he's of the Empyrean stage or higher. I'm not putting you in a situation like that, and there's a high chance he isn't alone. The situation with Adam was already too much for you to endure. You haven't even been a Stabound for that long yet. B