Chapter 146:Dawn

Modern Era.

The true homeland of the Evergarden family before they were possessed.

If they hadn’t been possessed into this world due to a sudden accident, they would have been spending peaceful days in that modern world.

To be suddenly chased out of their birthplace and forced to live in a fantasy world they knew nothing about would be a bleak feeling that ordinary people couldn’t bear.

Fortunately, the Evergarden family was able to reunite in this world as a family, so they could hide that feeling to some extent, but they were always longing for their homeland.

Therefore, the word “modern” was nothing more than a hidden longing for them.

In that situation, Eileen appeared, creating a strong wave in the calm waters.

What does that mean?

Is there a way to return to the modern world?

How do you know that?

Can we really return home?

Numerous questions swirled in the Evergarden family’s minds, but no one dared to speak up immediately.

“Modern, modern…”

Even amidst all this, only Freya quickly regained her composure compared to the rest of the family, repeating Eileen’s words and muttering to herself.

“That’s quite a statement. The hostility I felt just moments ago has vanished in an instant, and I want to listen to what you have to say even more.” Freya wanted to return home.

There were definitely things that were better in this world than in the modern world since she came here.

Although her gender had changed, she had a younger body, and she discovered new pleasures while being held in Dariann’s arms.

In any case, her family was here, and she thought she could somehow survive like this.

But that was just a compromise because there was no way to return.

The safety of the family was overwhelmingly unstable in this world.

Anomalies like auras and magic, where common sense from the modern world didn’t apply.

It was also an unstable place where the importance of life was less than in the modern world.

Of course, the family members except for herself had enough power to protect themselves, but Freya was always anxious.

She was worried about her family being placed in a noble society filled with schemes and dirty tricks, and the thought that a powerful being beyond their strength could harm them, like in the academy raid, tormented her.

If Freya could go back to the modern world, she would definitely choose to return.

However, Freya clearly remembered.

Before being possessed into this world, her family, including herself, had all ‘died.’

The car they were in was crumpled like a crushed wrapper, and they were literally covered in blood.

When she asked Tene and Estel, who wasn’t here, about the situation just before being possessed into this world, it was the same.

In the process, Freya learned that there were two main conditions for being possessed into this world.

To have read the original novel at least once.

To have the body stop or die.

That’s why Freya didn’t actively search for a way to return to the modern world, even though she wanted to.

She thought that their modern selves were already dead, and this life was their second.

“Then why didn’t you approach us until things got this far and chose this method?”

That’s why Freya couldn’t trust Eileen even more.

If Eileen really had the goal of returning to the modern world, she could have come to the Evergarden family and reached out before confronting them like this.

But Eileen only came to them after Ganix and Asir had already caused trouble.

“…After being possessed, I had to build up my own strength to some extent. I was gathering the opportunities that appeared in the original work, and gathering allies… other people from the same hometown.”

“You asked why I came so late? The Evergarden family wasn’t very high on my priority list.”

“So, has our family’s ranking increased now?”

“Rather than increased… it’s closer to saying that I came to stop you because I thought I couldn’t leave you alone.”

“In the meantime, I just thought it would be better to gather our intentions and join hands.”

“Hmm…”

Eileen’s words didn’t make sense at all.

Freya noticed that fact, and she knew that continuing this conversation would be useless.

If Eileen really wanted to join hands with the Evergarden family, there should have been some reaction from before the conflict with Ganix… or even when Rosaria and Felix entered the academy.

From that moment on, the Evergarden family was continuing to completely destroy the development of the extra villains, and anyone who had read the original work, including Eileen, would have naturally realized that the Evergarden family was also possessed.

Yet, Eileen didn’t appear.

She had this feeling from the first time they spoke.

She revealed shocking facts that they didn’t know in a chain, but fundamentally, she wasn’t clearly telling them the important information and was vaguely glossing over it.

But.

‘Still, the statement about returning to the modern world is bothering me…’

Even in this situation, Freya thought she needed to talk to Eileen.

A key to returning home. She wanted to hear even a small hint.

“Let’s get straight to the point. Do you, or rather… do you know how to return to the modern world?”

“Yes.”

Freya, who judged that there was no need to beat around the bush any longer, asked the core question directly, and Eileen nodded without any hesitation.

“[Twilight Starlight]. We’re going to use [Twilight Starlight].”

“Twilight Starlight…..?”

When Eileen then brought up the proper noun “[Twilight Starlight]” that she would use to return to the modern world, Freya, who didn’t know what it was, lightly asked back.

“What is that?”

“Since it’s [Twilight Starlight], isn’t it something related to the title? [Twilight Starlight], [Twilight Starlight]. It feels like that.”

Dariann and Rosaria also seemed to be similar to Freya in that they didn’t know what “[Twilight Starlight]” was.

To be honest, they lacked knowledge of the original work.

They had only glanced at it once thanks to Felix’s forced recruitment.

But.

“[Twilight Starlight]… If it’s [Twilight Starlight]… wait a minute.”

“Did you just say [Twilight Starlight]?”

Felix, who was a fan of the original work to the point of re-reading it several times, and Tene, who had finished re-reading the original work just one day before coming to this world, knew exactly what ‘it’ was.

“…Crazy! Does destroying the empire mean that?!”

“What’s wrong? What is [Twilight Starlight]?”

Felix, who then recalled Eileen’s statement about destroying the ’empire,’ realized exactly what they were trying to do and was horrified with a pale face.

“[Twilight Starlight] is a kind of divine artifact that grants wishes.”

In the meantime, Eileen continued to explain [Twilight Starlight] to Freya, who didn’t know what it was.

“A kind of Holy Grail and all-purpose tool that can fulfill any wish if the conditions are met.”

“We are going to wish to be sent back to the modern world by meeting the activation conditions of [Twilight Starlight].”

“…Is there really a guarantee that that wish will be fulfilled?”

“This world has slight differences in parts that are not expressed in the original novel. For example, the lives of commoners, which were not described in such detail in the original work, how to feel the aura of Magical Power, the exact names of food ingredients, and so on.”

“However, the settings described in the original work were accurately matched.”

“So, we can go back?”

A judgment that was nothing more than a rough guess.

But Eileen’s opinion wasn’t bad.

If that [Twilight Starlight] worked normally and really granted any wish, it might be able to restore them to their original state, even if they had died in the modern world.

It was just speculation, and it didn’t make sense logically, but… the situation that the Evergarden family was experiencing was already illogical.

However, even if that tool called [Twilight Starlight] sent them back to the modern world, their original bodies would have already died, so there was a question of whether they could solve that.

It might give them a new body, or it might move them back to the time before the accident.

But for now, that problem was secondary. If they could be possessed from a novel in the modern world, Freya was now listening to her, thinking that they might be able to return from a novel to the modern world.

But.

“And, if it’s [Twilight Starlight], which is the most important thing described in the original work, I’m sure it will grant it…”

“Shut up! Do you know what you’re talking about?!”

“Daughter?”

“Hey! What’s wrong all of a sudden?”

Felix, who had been listening to Freya’s attentive listening, interrupted Eileen’s words with a curse and started shouting at her, pointing his finger at her.

Felix, who was usually calculating and skilled in conversation, heavily resembling Freya’s blood, was now completely caught up in his emotions and was angry.

The family was surprised by Felix’s unusual behavior.

“[Twilight Starlight]! Eileen, your original master! The purpose of the protagonist of the novel was to stop that [Twilight Starlight]!”

“…What does that mean?”

However, Freya’s eyes narrowed at Felix’s subsequent remarks.

“That’s right! As you said, [Twilight Starlight] grants any wish.”

“But, you know what the conditions are!”

Conditions.

Freya then realized.

Until now, Eileen had said that conditions were needed to use [Twilight Starlight], but she hadn’t said what those conditions were.

“Human souls! Don’t tell me you don’t know that the activation of [Twilight Starlight] requires a huge number of human souls?!”

“Souls…?”

And, the conditions for using [Twilight Starlight] came out of Felix’s mouth, who was still panting as if his anger hadn’t subsided.

“That’s right. As far as I know, using [Twilight Starlight] requires sacrificing the lives of many people.”

Then, Tene, who was looking at Eileen with gloomy eyes, said carefully.

“…So many lives that it would literally push in all the life treading on the land of the empire.”