Supreme Magus novel Chapter 3477

"Each World Tree lives knowing they are cursed to be alone and no one will remember them." Xaphen said.

"Without my fragment, the next World Tree will become bitter and resentful soon after they inherit the mantle and realize what awaits them. The next Yggdrasill will try to break out their prison or, if that proves to be impossible, to make everyone as miserable as them." Read latest stories on empire

The Sapling extended his hand with his palm open to Lith but Aalejah stopped him again.

"Wait, there’s something you don’t know. Once the fragment is gone, you’ll lose your memory of everything that happened since you received it. You would forget about having this conversation, every place you visited, and every person you’ve met."

"Destiny is truly cruel." Xaphen laughed bitterly. "It seems I can’t escape the fate of the World Tree but it’s a small price to pay. I can only hope that some echo of my travels will remain.

"Maybe I’ll see it in my dreams and find the motivation to leave my home and start traveling again. Losing my memory also means I’d have the rare chance of trying something for the first time a second time."

"You don’t need hope." Lotho extended a bundle of his vines. "Use a mind link and the communion between Fae to leave a message to yourself. Once the fragment has been removed, I’ll give the message to you."

"It’s a good idea but I’d rather leave it to Aalejah, brother." The Sapling said. "There’s no telling how the fragment might affect a fellow Fae and no reason to risk discovering it."

"A fair point." The plant representative nodded. "Before meeting you, I always envied the World Tree and considered them foolish for being unable to resist the madness. Now I can see that what I considered a blessing is a curse and vice versa."

"Glad to be of help." Xaphen held the elf’s hand, trying his best to be concise.

There was only so much a brain could handle and he had to be sure his future amnesiac self wouldn’t doubt the origin and sincerity of those memories. He entrusted her with feelings he had always kept for himself and a tiny personal embarrassing secret.

"I’m ready." The Sapling let go of Aalejah and looked at Lith.

Without Xaphen’s will holding it back, the fragment was unable to resist the call and left his life force. Lith was still purifying the new fragment when the Sapling started looking around in utter confusion.

"Who are you? Why am I in this ridiculous form? What happened to my home? What are we doing here?" Xaphen recognized none of the people staring at him.

Yet he could see with Life Vision that if the strangers wanted to harm him, they would have already killed or restrained him with ease. The mysterious Dragon was strong enough to kill him by herself while the others would have needed to join their forces.

"It’s a long story, brother, but I can explain it to you." Lotho extended his vines and the Sapling accepted them without hesitation.

’I need to understand what has gotten into me to make me leave the safety of my home.’ He thought. ’If I was kidnapped or used in a Forbidden Magic ritual, I must learn how to keep it from happening ag-’

The plant representative started the mind link from the death of the World Tree, skipped everything until the moment Lith had asked for Lotho’s help, and left out nothing past that point.

"This must be a fucking joke!" Xaphen rejected the vines with such violence that the sudden break of the communion stunned Lotho. "Over two months? Do you really expect me to believe I was in a mystical trance with a fragment of the World Tree and played tourist for two months?"