Kronos told Daniel to sit while he prepared tea.
The room was dimly lit.
Watching Kronos retrieve tea cups from a cabinet, Daniel mentally prepared himself.
His fingers tapped anxiously on the armrest of the worn leather chair.
’I need to explain everything about the previous loop.’
’But will Kronos believe me?’
Suddenly, a screen flickered to life before him.
[Host should not reveal the information about the future.]
’Huh? Why?’ Daniel was baffled.
[Fate.]
[Revealing about the future will turn Fate against you.]
Daniel frowned deeper.
He didn’t understand how Fate could attack him, but knowing the System, it wouldn’t have warned him unless the danger was real and immediate.
’If I don’t reveal I’m from the future, how will I gain Kronos’ trust?’
[Host needs to think about it himself.]
Daniel’s mind churned like a stormy sea.
The System hadn’t forbidden him from saying he was from the future, only from disclosing information about it.
Was there a loophole?
"Here."
Kronos’ voice pulled him from his thoughts.
The man placed a steaming cup of tea in front of him.
The porcelain cup was delicate, decorated with swirling silver patterns.
The gentle heat radiated against Daniel’s hands as he picked it up.
Watching the steam spiral into the air, an idea slowly formed in his mind.
"Kronos," Daniel began, "I’m Daniel Caelum, and I’m from the future."
Kronos raised a single brow.
Yet his expression remained calm, and unreadable.
He didn’t show much of a reaction.
"Can you prove it?" Kronos asked.
"I can’t. I’m sorry."
Daniel hesitated, then shook his head.
His grip on the teacup tightened as he continued,
"But I know something that might earn me your trust."
Kronos leaned back.
A playful smile curled at the edges of his lips. freewёbnoνel.com
Regardless of whether Daniel was telling the truth or not, the current situation was, at the very least, entertaining to him.
"And what might that be?"
Daniel exhaled slowly.
His gaze met Kronos’, unwavering.
"You want to save the Child of Mana."
The room fell silent.
Even the crackling fire seemed to quiet, as if holding its breath.
Kronos’ smile faded.
He remained silent, and his expression shifted to something far more serious.
"I don’t know the reason for it," Daniel continued. "You always said you wanted to save the Child of Mana because of your intuition.
"But at your last breath… you said the reason was something else."
Kronos’ hand paused mid-air, his fingers resting lightly on the rim of his cup.
"Something else? What was that?"
"I don’t know the reason. You didn’t reveal it."
Silence descended between Daniel and Kronos.
Kronos seemed to be thinking about something.
His sharp eyes narrowed as he stared past Daniel into the distance.
The only sound was the crackling of the candle’s flame and the faint rustle of fabric as Kronos shifted slightly.
His voice broke the stillness a few minutes later.
"How do you know about the Child of Mana?"
"She is my sister. Selene Caelum. She was kidnapped a few months ago by Sovereign of Wind, Charybdis."
"I’m sorry."
"It’s okay."
Daniel had come to terms with the fact he couldn’t save his sister.
The pain was still there, like a wound that refused to heal, but he had steeled himself.
He would make Typhaon pay for harming her.
"Can you show me another proof instead of just this?" Kronos asked.
Daniel’s brows furrowed.
’Something that can reveal I’m from the future but doesn’t reveal the knowledge of the future…’
He thought hard of a way to prove it.
An idea came to him.
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