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Chapter 242: You Haven't Aged
Chapter 242: You Haven't Aged
When Elanor stopped hugging James, tears began to fall from her eyes.
"This is my family, sir, I've always waited for your return...I wished Erebus, I begged for your return, never really thought this day would come." Elanor said suddenly and Ariel saw the look on James' face as she tried to understand what was going on.
James was happy, of course, the reason made sense, after all, James had spent a long time wondering if Elanor might actually be alive because of the tower itself, even though he knew that the floor had ceased to exist, or rather was no longer existent.
"You never left my mind for a moment, I didn't even know if you were alright because I couldn't get back to that floor, everyone said you were just an illusion of what happened in the past or what the tower created, you seem more alive than any of them," James said.
Elanor had not left James's side for a second and had kindly introduced her own family to him, James had many questions, it was like the past mixed with the present, so the tower must have created this floor in such a way.
"Nice to meet you all too, really..." James said suddenly.
James couldn't quite understand what the tower was trying to do, maybe there was something the tower was trying to tell him, but even if James wasn't letting his guard down, he could at least maintain his current happiness for a while.
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Elanor led both James and Ariel gently into the main room of the mansion. There were many paintings in the room, and James himself seemed to be in every one of them.
"Well, I never thought you loved me so much," James said suddenly, and with that Elanor's gentle voice was heard again:
"Even though I was protected throughout the history of the tower, I died in agony as soon as the climbers finished their task, but when you finished your task, everything was different, everything that had happened in the past or could happen to me in the future was gone. I was able to live perfectly for 20 years, I was able to build my family, but I never forgot the face of my saviour, you."
When Elanor said this, James opened his mouth to speak, but just as he was about to speak, Elanor's voice was heard again:
"In case something happened and I forgot your face in my old age, I had hundreds of your paintings made and hung in this mansion where you saved me and brought peace to my family. I rebuilt the city and built a great city and had the rank of the duchess. 20 years... I am now 36 years old."
After these words, Elanor showed James the table in the main room and signalled him to sit down.
Elanor and her family seemed to be smiling, even if James and Ariel were surprised by this, James did a little scan of the room with his mana just in case, and when he found no problems, he sat down on the armchair.
"Giving up the main seat of my family for my saviour would be an understatement...Master James." Elanor said and then as tears streamed down her face she added "It's been 20 years for me, I'm 36 years old and the white colour fell to my hair, but you...you don't seem to have aged an hour, forgive me for standing before you in such a disgusting way."
James paused for a few seconds after these words, it had been almost two years for James, after all, he had climbed the first 10 floors very, very quickly.
Then James stood up and approached Elanor standing in front of him took her by the hands and said, "It has been 20 years for you and 2 years for me, dear Elanor. Looking at what you have done in 20 years, there is nothing to say, this seat is not mine, it is yours." and then he chuckled and spoke once more:
"And also, I can read the messages from my wife right now, she's quite jealous, if the most beautiful woman I've ever seen is jealous of you, that means you haven't lost any of your beauty."
James was indeed seeing messages from his wife Nemesis out of the corner of his eye, you could tell she was quite jealous.
However, James realised that this was no illusion. After all, he could see Elanor and her husband, their grown children and many others. This meant that for the first time, James was going to ask the tower for something strange.
He took the Void Pen out of his inventory, put it in his pocket, and then sent a polite message to Ariel, "I need a little time."
Ariel naturally shook her head, wondering what it was about, and then, shaking her head again as if she understood, she spoke aloud, "Are you going to try to claim the rights of this floor?"
Elanor and her family were surprised to hear those words, and Elanor herself was especially delighted.
James waved his arms after these words and then said, "There is a reason why I addressed to your mind directly, MOM."
When Elanor heard the word 'mom', she turned to Ariel with her mouth open and said, "Forgive me, my lady...I mistook you for a bodyguard, I apologise."
"Never mind, things happened," Ariel replied, and with that, James' voice was heard again.
"So I'm going to put in a request to the tower, it's happened in the past, though it's almost always been denied. I don't know of anyone other than Cain the Tailor and Nyx and Erebus who owns a floor of the tower outright," James said suddenly, and with that Ariel's voice was heard.
"Well, sort that out and then tell me about your ancestor, will you? I'm still waiting, and I know you've been avoiding it," Ariel said, trying to kill two birds with one stone.
James shook his head in boredom and then turned to Elanor and said, "Give me a while, I need to use the system to talk to the tower itself, who knows, maybe I'll succeed." then asked, "Is there a space I can use, maybe a garden?"
There were things he had to do.