[Silver Ash] - Become The Strongest In Another World
CHAPTER 47: Turning Point (3)

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"I'm back~"

In the inn room that Noelle and Olivia had rented, Noelle's cheerful voice emerged from the corner of the room accompanied by a black fog that formed her body.

"Welcome back~"

Olivia immediately greeted him by tightly hugging Noelle's body and drowning her face in Noelle's chest.

Charlotte and Chloe who were also in the room looked dumbfounded by the behavior of Noelle and Olivia who was so natural and completely ignored everything around her.

Noelle with a warm smile continued to caress Olivia's delicate hair while Olivia enjoyed it wholeheartedly.

Noelle saved Chloe before she met Bruce, and Chloe introduced herself to Olivia and Charlotte.

As long as Noelle went to see Bruce, the three of them had quite a bit to chat about things, but the memory-losing Chloe still caught Olivia's attention.

"Noelle .. Is Chloe really the Abyss Clanman? "

"Nn. .. I know you'll be hesitant, but he's really that clan, I've also ascertained his ability in controlling shadows"

"But .. They should have been wiped out in the great war .. How is he still alive? "

"Content .. I'm also still curious about that … "

Of course Noelle thought of the possibility of the Abyss Clanman still surviving somewhere in this world, yet he felt it was impossible.

If the Abyss Clanman really were still alive, then they would definitely be in a place very far from the Gardiant continent, which became the location of the war between mankind and the Demon King, he said, and the probability that Lindsey or the Republic knows where they are is 0%.

But the Republic clearly knows Chloe's whereabouts and intends to kidnap her using Lindsey as a doll, raising other questions about how they can find out Chloe's whereabouts.

And another possibility that Noelle made is, Chloe somehow managed to survive a big war and hide somewhere, then seal herself by using magic, she said, he could survive if he used that trick, and by chance the Republic found the location where he was.

Of course it was too fantasy to believe, yet this was a world where one could use magic, Noelle thought that nothing would be impossible in this world as long as she had a way or trick to do something.

Noelle could have gotten more information about Chloe if Chloe talked about it, but Chloe remembers nothing but her own name. That was a problem for Noelle who wanted to do an investigation.

Thinking that the matter had turned troublesome, Noelle and Olivia sat on the sofa and looked at Chloe who was in front of her.

"Chloe, tell me .. Do you remember how you first came to your senses? "

Noelle asked seriously, then Chloe closed her eyes and remembered what had happened to her.

"I don't really remember .. But it was a very dark place .. My body couldn't move, and many strange sounds were echoing around me. After that … By the time I realized, I was already with those who kidnapped me"

(So ... That means, most likely Chloe was still in a semi-conscious state for a while after she woke up, her body was paralyzed or comatose, but .. What did she mean by sound? )

Thinking for a moment, Noelle asked again.

"Then ... Is there anything else you remember? Like ... Where did you come from? You remember your name, so you should also know where you came from"

Chloe seemed to be squeezing her head with difficulty, but the only thing she remembered was the name that accidentally came out of her lips without her noticing.

" … El-Gustavia Empire"

" " "yeh? " " "

Noelle, Olivia and Charlotte unintentionally voiced their shock. And after saying that name unconsciously, Chloe actually looks confused.

Seeing Chloe's confusion, Noelle immediately frowned and asked the confused Chloe.

"Chloe, did you mention the El-Gustavia Empire? "

"Eh? I guess .. I don't know why, but that name just came to my mind as soon as I tried to remember … "

"Olivia, Charl .. Do you know which Empire it is? "

Noelle asked to be sure, but both Olivia and Charlotte simply shook their heads in question marks.

None of them knew the El-Gustavia Empire, so their confusion was natural.

Noelle thought for a moment and recalled whether she had seen or heard the name somewhere, but nothing in her memory was recorded about the Empire.

Noelle had memorized quite a lot of the contents of the book in the castle library, but she had never found the name of the El-Gustavia Empire in any records.

But he thought it was natural, after all, that Vampire Castle was originally owned by the Vampire King who came from the Demon world, and had nothing to do with the Human world at all.

(But it's troublesome to have to face something I don't know)

Noelle let out a weak sigh as she massaged her temple while strengthening her grip on the mask she had been holding since returning from punishing Bruce.

"Chloe .. Do you really not remember anything? "

" … No", Chloe replied with her head bowed in disappointment.

Seeing that, Noelle simply shook her head and smiled at Chloe.

"Well, don't force yourself to remember it .. Just tell me if you remember something, it will be very helpful"

"Accept … "

Chloe smiled slightly as she replied. Charlotte looked at them from the side and started talking to Noelle.

"By the way Noelle .. What mask is it? ", Charlotte said as she pointed at Noelle's mask.

"Ahh this? Someone gave it to me yesterday, but that guy was really weird … "

Noelle answered while frowning and made Charlotte and Olivia tilt her head in confusion.

"Any? Whatdoes thatmean? "

As soon as Olivia asked, Noelle immediately told her about her encounter with Jasper and how Jasper gave her the mask.

Noelle also explained about the mask that became a legacy in the Jasper family.

"Sounds unbelievable", muttered Olivia as she stared at the mask Noelle was holding.

Charlotte did not say anything, but she just stared at the mask without blinking an inch.

Chloe, too, woke up from her confusion and stared at the mask with Charlotte.

"Charls? Chloe's? What was? "

Feeling anxious about the two of them, Noelle asked, but Charlotte remained silent and finally spoke to him in a very low voice.

"Hey, Noelle .. Can I see the mask more clearly? "

"I-I want to see it too! "

Chloe also regained her senses and excitedly begged Noelle. Noelle did not understand, but she handed the mask to the two of them.

And just as Charlotte and Chloe touched that mask—

"uh? Nghhh—" "Urrghh—"

"Charl?! " "Lookie! "

The two of them screamed in pain while holding their heads tightly and made Noelle with Olivia call out their names worriedly.

Noelle continued to hold onto them anxiously, but Charlotte and Chloe did not stop groaning in pain as they gritted their teeth.

Shortly after, they both fainted.

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"Ughh~"

His eyes were very heavy, his throat felt dry, and his body was completely helpless.

But Charlotte still forced her body to move, enduring all the pain and managed to get up to sit on the bed.

" … Where am I? "

Charlotte looked around her and looked at the familiar-looking bedroom.

(If not mistaken, yesterday ... Ughh .. The mask .. )

He began to grumble as soon as he recalled the incident that caused him to faint. As Charlotte moved her hand to get out of bed, she heard a groan right next to her.

"Nghh .. Ehehe~"

Charlotte turned her head to the side and saw a girl with very dark black hair, sleeping with a disgusting smile and saliva on her face.

"This girl .. Chloe right? "

Charlotte looked at the sleeping Chloe, then the door opened and a voice came from her direction.

"Ahh, are you awake? "

Noelle enters with Olivia carrying a tray with a bowl in her hand. There were two bowls, and both of them were emitting white steam, so Charlotte thought it was for herself and Chloe.

"This is for you" said Olivia as she placed the tray on the table, then she walked over to the sofa and sat down with Noelle.

"Ah, thank you .. By the way, what happens when we pass out? "

Charlotte thanked him and began to ask Noelle who was drinking her tea quietly.

"Hmmm .. The cleaning up of the rest of the battle is already done by the adventurers and Knights on duty, the collection of the materials of the slain monsters is also completed, and tomorrow there will be a distribution of results according to their respective contributions"

"Eh? "

At Noelle's reply, Charlotte inevitably called out her surprise spontaneously and widened her eyes in shock.

(What ... What the fuck)

Chloe who was already up next to him also looked at Noelle with question mark eyes.

"What's? ", noelle asked as she raised one of her eyebrows questioningly at Charlotte and Chloe, yet the two of them only fell silent into a thousand languages while looking at her.

Successfully recovering from her shock, Charlotte again asked in a quivering voice.

"No-Noelle, say! What happened before we fainted? "

"Eh? Ahh, you two passed out right after the battle was over", Noelle simply replied in a relaxed tone as if unperturbed by Charlotte's nervousness.

"Eh? "

Charlotte really showed a confused face and made Noelle and Olivia wonder what happened.

"Charl, what's going on? "

" ……… Noelle ... What kind of battle did you mean? "

After a moment of silence, Charlotte asked again. Noelle just casually answered him.

"Huh? Of course monster raid ... They call it ‘Stampede’, we resist monster attack for 3 full days 'remember? "

" "Eh? " ", neither Charlotte nor Chloe were able to contain their shock, they widened their eyes and quivered as Charlotte asked Noelle back.

" Noelle .. How long have we fainted? "

"Eh? Ahh ... A full day, you two passed out just as ‘stampede’ was done"

"Eh? … Ti-no .. That is impossible … "

Charlotte muttered as her body shook strongly and the glint of light in her eyes started to panic.

Chloe also did not understand what was happening, but this was also very strange for her.

Seeing the state of the two of them, Noelle and Olivia narrowed their eyes suspiciously as they looked at Charlotte and Chloe.

" … Charl ... Say, what happened? "

" … Ti-no .. That … "

Charlotte tries to refuse to explain, but Noelle keeps pressing her and asks Charlotte for answers.

Sighing softly, Charlotte then gave up and answered Noelle in a low voice.

"I don't know what happened … "

"Whatchu mean? "

"That's .. You said that, right? About the monster raid, and we held the attack for 3 days … "

"Nn .. Yes"

Noelle nodded, she continued to focus her ears to listen to all of Charlotte's explanations.

"You said it so, but .. I don't remember I ever following that raid .. I didn't even know that yesterday was the day of the raid"

"really? "

Noelle looked at Charlotte suspiciously, whereas Charlotte could only nod awkwardly as she continued to speak.

"What I remember the last time was the last day of the tournament, it was the night after you made a scene at the closing party"

" … Olivia, what do you think? "

Noelle did not reply to Charlotte and instead asked the opinion of Olivia who was staring at Charlotte with her usual eyes. He opened his mouth and spoke.

"Nn ... That's strange .. Tournament day .. It ended more than 3 months ago .. Air temperature has also started to rise lately"

" "Eh? " "

Charlotte and Chloe are silent. The Margrave Suiren region is a region that has four seasons. Winter, spring, summer, and autumn.

According to Olivia, the weather is starting to heat up lately. If you use the Earth calendar as a comparison, then surely it is now July.

While the tournament is held in the spring, or rather in April.

Charlotte only remembered about her being in the coliseum and following the fight, while Chloe only remembered about her watching Noelle from the audience bench at the colosseum.

"Chloe, are you like that too? "

As Noelle turned her eyes to Chloe, Chloe flinched as if being electrocuted by something and stuttered in reply.

"Eh? I-iya .. We may experience it together"

"So yes … "

(In this case .. It is clear that they have memory problems ... But ... What is the cause? The two of them suddenly fainted after the stampede was over, and they lost their memories upon waking)

Noelle rubbed her own chin as she continued to think, then she continued muttering while frowning in annoyance.

"Did they experience memory decline? What cause? And why did their memories go back to the time of the last day's tournament? Is that a sign? By accident? Ahh shit! Think Noelle! There was no way such a memory regress could be experienced by two different people at the same time! What's more, our location was close to each other, but why were Olivia and I still normal? That's too good to be a coincidence! There must be a trigger! "

Noelle quickly processed the information into a brief explanation, but she did not come to any conclusions just from the ambiguous information of Charlotte and Chloe.

(Ayoo thinks Noelle, the smart and cool Vampire king! There is no way I will be made confused just because of a trivial thing like this !! )

"Aahhh shit! "

Noelle ruffled her hair in annoyance as she continued to try to make conclusions, she then looked straight at Charlotte and Chloe who were looking at her anxiously.

"Charl, Chloe .. Do you remember anything that could trigger the deterioration of your memory? If there is, please say"

Noelle asked, Charlotte and Chloe made a thought gesture for a moment and then answered Noelle in unison.

" "Mask! " "

"Mn? "

Olivia immediately tilted her head upon hearing that from Charlotte and Chloe.

"Mask ... You mean this mask? ", said Olivia while taking an object from her spatial storage.

"Yes … "

The thing that Olivia was holding was unmistakably Noelle's Mask that she got from Jasper.

"………"

Noelle and Olivia stared at the mask for a moment, then Olivia handed it to Charlotte and Chloe who were staring at the mask with stunned looks.

*wrong…

Charlotte involuntarily swallowed her saliva nervously as her hand grabbed the mask, but the moment her hand and the mask touched each other, nothing happened.

Right, nothing happened. It's not like the first time she and Chloe touched it.

"The mask ... Is that really the trigger? ", Noelle asked in a small voice as she looked at Charlotte and Chloe who continued to stare at the mask silently.

"Yes, there's no mistaking it. .. In my memory, I fainted after touching this mask for the first time"

" … I am too"

Charlotte and Chloe replied after thinking for a moment. In their memories, the two of them experienced intense pain and lost consciousness at the same time as they touched the black mask for the first time.

"So … "

Noelle muttered softly, and Olivia spoke as she stared at the reflection of her face in the reddish liquid from the warm tea in her cup.

"Nn. .. There was indeed a time when you both fainted when you touched the mask on the last day of the tournament .. But you only fainted for a few hours"

"Eh? Really-really?! "

"Nn, it's not wrong .. When Noelle and I asked about what happened? you just look confused and don't remember anything about it"

(It's getting complicated), Noelle thought as she bit her nails.

"Ahh alright! So the deterioration of your memory has something to do with this mask, right? ", Noelle said listlessly as she took back the mask from Charlotte and Chloe.

Charlotte and Chloe looked at him confusedly, but Noelle did not care and returned the mask to Olivia and said 'Save this', after which she immediately returned to talking.

" All right! Let's postpone this investigation for a while! You guys must be confused by what's going on right now, so you guys better take a break, I'll think about this later"

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Her night.

It was a very dark place, too dark so one would think whether light could enter that place.

(Dark ... What is this .. ?)

Noelle's consciousness woke up in that very dark place.

(Am I still sleeping? What is this .. )

She could not feel her body, but Noelle was somehow still keeping her consciousness in this place.

"A-what ... What the fuck is this?! "

"Ahh noiseless .. ", Noelle involuntarily whispered as she heard moans from behind her.

(Hm? A groan? )

" "Eh? " "

Noelle's voice overlapped with that of a girl she had never seen before.

Although the place was very dark, Noelle was somehow able to see the girl clearly.

The same white hair that Noelle had was long to the touch of a foot, a beautiful and innocent face like a doll, an inhuman porcelain white skin, she also had a different eye color, she had a different eye color, green in the right eye and amber in the left eye. That 'Heterochromia' eye trait was in stark contrast to her white hair and the burgundy dress she was wearing.

"Who? "

He tried asking the girl in front of him, but the girl only widened her eyes as she looked at Noelle.

"Ti-impossible .. Should .. Ti-impossible … "

His eyes quivered and began to glaze over as he looked at Noelle with those heterochrome eyes.

Noelle did not know this girl, but she strangely felt a strange longing just by looking at her so she subconsciously asked.

"Who? "

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