The system notification suddenly blinked before him, and Nolan's face was filled with shock.
Slowly, he stepped back from Lorelei.
"I need a little time." he said to her, his voice steady but guarded, as he disappeared among the shelves under her suspicious gaze.
'What do you mean by you can break her curse?' Nolan asked with a raised eyebrow.
[Breaking her curse is actually simple, Nolan. Very simple.]
[But the consequences of doing so are simply beyond your imagination!] the system replied curtly.
"Tell me everything," Nolan demanded, his tone serious, and the system began to explain.
[First, let's get one thing straight, she isn't actually cursed, Nolan.]
[It's not 'cursed' like your own 'curse.']
[Her so-called curse is the result of something you read about in that book—an energy called Anti-Aether.
[It's what causes the condition they call 'Silent Existence.']
