"Are you sure a lot of islands are falling, Rei!?" Lyria shouts loudly, asking me as I carry Lyria and Orchid flying quickly toward the source of the disturbance where I sense many elements are losing control.
"Yes, I can feel it. And I also sense a connection similar to the one I feel from you, Lyria." I respond without slowing down.
"But isn't that strange? How can you sense a connection similar to what you feel with Lyria?" Orchid also shouts asking me.
"I don't know..." is all I can say in response.
I continue to fly quickly towards the source of the connection that feels similar to Lyria's. Thanks to these 12 wings, I can fly much faster than before.
The closer I get to this connection, the stronger the feeling i get from the tetra-elements that are losing control become. I don't know why this is happening, but if left unchecked, all the islands in the Sky Realm will fall.
While Rei is with Lyria and Orchid, on an island where the Wind Shrine is located, a small airship had crashed due to a hard landing.
Next to the wrecked airship, some people are seen checking their condition.
"*Cough* *Cough* Are you all okay? How about you, Lyria?" A man with light brown hair and brown eyes is dusting off his clothes.
"I'm fine, Gran. Thank you for protecting me during the crash." Lyria says while brushing the dust out of her hair.
[Gran]
"Sheesh, we really hit hard on that crash." Vyrn remarks while examining the condition of the borrowed airship.
"Sorry about that, everyone. I'm not very good at steering in heavy winds like on this island." Sierokarte apologizes.
"It's fine, Sierokarte. No one is injured, and we did arrive here thanks to your ship." Gran reassures.
"Hmm, I wonder who that person from Sierokarte's story is..." Vyrn said while thinking.
Sierokarte had previously told Gran and the others that she was attacked by someone during a meeting. Fortunately, she managed to escape before the entire room exploded, killing nearly everyone inside.
"Who knows. Now, do you intend to find these four primarchs?" Sierokarte asks Gran.
"Yeah, that's the plan. We're supposed to meet up with Rackam's group, but we might lose the Primal Beast's trail if we do." Gran reply, then looks at Lyria.
"What about you, Lyria? Can you sense anything on this island?"
Lyria then clasps her hands together and focuses on sensing the energy on the island.
"Hmm, from what I'm sensing, it's the wind element. It feels stronger than it did yesterday." Lyria says while pointing toward a forest in a certain direction.
"Mm-hmm. There should be an old shrine out there..." Sierokarte said while looking at the direction Lyria is pointing.
"Then we should go—" "Wait!!" Lyria suddenly shouts loudly and cuts off Gran.
"Woah, what's wrong, Lyria!? It's rare to hear you scream like that." Vyrn asks Lyria while rubbing his ears because she screamed so loudly.
"This-! What I'm feeling... it doesn't make any sense!" Lyria says while trembling as she stares in a certain direction.
Seeing Lyria's strange behavior makes Gran serious. He then asks her, "What's wrong, Lyria? Did you sense the archangel?"
"Wha-!? Did we get found out because of my bad steering!?" Sierokarte panics when she hears Lyria say she feels something strange.
"No! This is... I can feel everyone! Tiamat, Colossus, Leviathan, Yggdrasil, Luminiera, Celeste, and even Rosetta are heading this way!" Lyria points to a direction in the sky, making everyone look that way.
"What!? But how can you sense something like that!? Aren't Tiamat and the others inside you right now, Lyria? And isn't Rosetta on another island doing her investigation?" Vyrn becomes utterly confused when he hears that Lyria can sense the other Primal Beasts approaching them.
Gran gazes intently in the direction Lyria points and becomes even more serious. It is really rare to see Lyria so panicked, making him think this might indeed be the archangel Sierokarte mentioned.
"Everyone, get behind me!" Gran steps forward while drawing his sword.
Lyria, Vyrn, and Sierokarte then run to hide behind the damaged airship so as not to interfere with Gran if a battle were about to occur.
After that, everything fell silent... Except for the sound of the wind blowing through the grass around them, there is no one that making sound.
They all stood still, staring seriously at the direction Lyria had pointed earlier, waiting for the creature to come.
Gran gripped his sword tightly, looking very focused as he anticipated whatever is coming. He recalled Katalina's training to never let his guard down in battle or in a situation where he couldn't see his enemy.
"Nothing happened...?" After a while, Vyrn finally whispers to Lyria because the creature still hadn't appeared.
But Lyria continues to stare seriously in front of Gran because she could feel the creature quickly approaching them, and soon after,
"Uaaaahhhh-!?" A strong wind suddenly blows, tossing Vyrn because of his small body.
Gran shields his face from the wind with both hands while keeping his gaze fixed ahead.
But because of the smoke that came with the wind, they can't immediately see who had just arrived. However, Lyria immediately senses something.
"What am I feeling...?" Lyria starts to feel her heart pounding as she stares at the smoke.
It is as if something is drawing her to go to them... She had never felt like this before, so she could only clutch her shirt, while feeling her heart race.
"*Cough* *Cough* Rei, why did you land so fast?" Suddenly they hear a very familiar voice.
"Lyria? Did you say something?" Sierokarte asks Lyria because she thought the one that just talked is Lyria who's beside her.
But Lyria could only shake her head. "No, that's not me!"
Soon, the smoke begins to clear, and they all start to see what is behind it.
"No way!!" Lyria exclaims in surprise when she sees them.
"What the-!?" Gran's eyes widens when he sees the same thing Lyria did.
They could all see a silver-haired man with twelve black wings on his back, but what shocked them are the two girls the man is carrying.
"Lyria!?" "Orchis!?" Gran and Lyria exclaims simultaneously.
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I can see Gran and the others staring at us with wide eyes. "I see, so that's what's going on."
"Hmm, what do you mean, Rei?" Lyria asks while still looking at me
"Lyria... look in front of you." Orchid says, nudging Lyria.
Lyria then turns to look ahead and sees a light-brown-haired man holding his sword. But when she looks behind the man, her eyes widen just like theirs.
"Wha-wha-wha-what!? That's another me!! Why are there so many of me!?"
I then put Lyria and Orchid down so they can stand on their own and look towards them.
I can see behind Gran there is Lyria, Vyrn, and Sierokarte wearing very confused expressions, seemingly discussing something, perhaps wondering why there is another Lyria here.
"Who are you!? Are you a result of the Primal Beast's power!?" Gran asks us while pointing his weapon at us.
Hearing that, I quickly retract my wings and raise my hands in front of me. "We're not. We're from an alternate timeline that accidentally got sent here," I tell them.
I don't want this misunderstanding to continue because we don't have much time before the entire island in the Sky Realm falls.
And I already know which timeline we are in.
"Different timeline?" Gran looks suspicious because this is the first time he has heard about a different timeline.
"Yes, we're not actually from here." Orchid answers. Orchid easily concludes that we are in a different timeline after seeing there is another Lyria.
The Lyria in front of us is wearing a short white dress like when I first met her, unlike our Lyria who wears a long dress that suits her.
[Lyria's Clothes]
[Lyria²'s Clothes]
Their Lyria then comes out of hiding and runs towards Gran then stops beside him while staring at me.
"Are you the one I'm sensing?" Lyria² asks me.
I am a bit confused by what she means, so I guess the thing she senses is the Primal Beast inside me.
"Are you talking about Tiamat and the others? If so, then yeah, I'm the one you sense."
"No, not that... actually, never mind..." Lyria² looks like she wants to say something but decides to stop.
"This is really weird seeing myself again like this!" Lyria holds her head with both of her hands, feeling dizzy from the situation she is experiencing.
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Heya it's me again.
I actually don't know what name to call Lyria from alternative timeline so I'm using Lyria² but if you have any suggestions feel free to tell me
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