This Time, To The Believed Path
The Path of Light

As she opened her eyes, Leana was in a room smaller than the one she had been to before.

The room is simple with only two long sofas facing each other and a table in between. A window is the only source of light but he also does not feel that the room is dark.

No matter how many times she tried to focus her gaze, Leana could not see what was behind that window.

"Welcome to the big maze. I've been waiting for you."

The figure of the man with soft green hair walked in from the door on his left. His golden eyes were glistening without the slightest energy it was glittering in the light behind his round glasses.

In his hand he held a book with a thick cover and a familiar symbol in the middle.

Just by looking at that, Leana instantly knew who she was.

Labyrinth guard, Telsia.

Telsia who had been sitting on the sofa slowly turned her head towards him and allowed her guest to sit down.

The withdrawn Leana sat down before him and waited until Telsia began their conversation.

With an expression as if uninterested, Telsia opened her mouth.

"Your name?"

"Ah, yes, Leana Grandall."

Telsia opened her book then read something in it seriously.

Meeting with Telsia after a long time made it seem to return to the time of his shadow. He feels a little awkward

Their meeting was just a coincidence at the time, but now Leana is utilizing her memories to make an opportunity to meet with Telsia.

But one thing astonished him. 'What does it mean that Telsia has been waiting for her?'

They had never met, at least to this point. Even though several years passed, no one can be sure that Leana can meet with Telsia again.

"That's it, I get it."

Telsia closed her book and looked back at Leana.

"Include me, I'm Telsia, but it seems you already know…"

From her reaction, Leana suspects that Telsia has found out about her life. Not only life in the present moment but also life before.

"Croselia has told you yes."

Crocelia, the labyrinth keeper's book, can provide the information needed by its owner just by mentioning a word or name.

"Oh, you even know about Crocelia."

"If you've read about my life, you should be able to deduce the meaning of my current arrival, right?"

Telsia nodded as if understanding the situation.

"really so. I've read your life. I'm so sorry."

'I'm sorry.' Those were the same words that Telsia had spoken in her first life.

The Telsia he knew indeed always had an indifferent gaze to things other than the labyrinth but his entire actions were always paying attention to him.

Leana always thought that Telsia's actions were only limited to the contract between them. But it turns out he was wrong.

In the past, he had secretly hoped that they could become comrades in arms with pure intentions.

But seeing her now was enough to make her laugh. As he is today came not because of pure coincidence or without certain motives.

Leana has a purpose, and the power of Telsia is one of the big keys.

"As you said before, I already know what's going on in your life and I know that you're here to make a contract with me."

"That's right. I want to make a contract with you. I need your strength."

The power Telsia possesses could be the key to stopping the labyrinth and preventing war.

Telsia opened her mouth for a moment and closed it again. Leana waited for her words calmly.

"Not so long ago I felt something bound to me. But I don't know what binds me."

'Telsia is tied to something?'

This was something different from what he experienced in his first life. Telsia is never bound by anyone. At least that's what he knows so far.

"That's why I'm trying to wait for whatever's at the end of it. Didn't think you came to me yourself.”

Does that mean that Telsia already knew of Leana's whereabouts from the beginning?

“Before we get to the heart of this meeting, let's talk about something you want to know.”

Leana's stunned.

“Something I want to know?”

“You must have, right? Questions that can only be answered by the labyrinth keeper who knows everything from the eyes of the world.”

Inquiries. Leana has a lot of unanswered questions. But it never occurred to him to ask Telsia.

With hesitation, Leana opened her mouth.

“Why.... How can I return again as Leana Grandall after being reincarnated into the modern world?”

“Are you unwilling to return as Leana Grandall?”

“Life as Leana Grandall is neither fun nor beautiful. A life filled only with mistakes and tragic endings.When I thought I got another chance to make a life in a new world, I had to come back as Leana.”.

Leana snorted as if laughing at her life.

“I just want to improve and live a normal life. When I return to Leana, do you not know how frustrated I am when I wake up again in this body?!”

Although she has a new determination and purpose in her second life as Leana, she cannot hide her fear in repeating the same mistakes. He was so scared that it was enough to make him paranoid about everything.

He even repeatedly tried to deceive himself even brainwashing himself can somewhat continue to stand firm.

“...”

Telsia was only silent with a flat expression, ordinary speerti. His eyes can not be separated from the figure of the interlocutor as if listening carefully.

“Actually... What did the world want from me until I was pulled back to this place?”

Leana looked at both of her hands. His forehead was crinkling as if in pain. But he could do nothing but accept his current condition.

Telsia opened her mouth.

“Leana Grandall, do you know how I can be here?”

Leana raised her face.

How Telsia could be in this world, he did not know the reason.

“I am not from this world.”

Leana knew she could sense how Telsia was not like coming from this world, but she did not expect that Telsia really came from a different world.

“I come from one of the millions of existing worlds. Ever since I became the labyrinth guard, I have only been able to follow the will of the labyrinth. Come and go to different worlds without a purpose. My own existence is made in order to be able to keep an eye on the movement of the labyrinth that appears in the world where I am sent.”

The eyes of Telsia turn to Crocelia. He stroked the book as if it were something very valuable.

“The labyrinth keeper will always be tied to the labyrinth. He could do nothing but watch the movement of the labyrinth from a designated place. In this task, the labyrinth guard is given power and assistance by the guidebook Crocelia.”

Telsia is the guardian of the labyrinth, but she is unable to stop the labyrinth that will destroy the world. This was the answer to a question he had in his first life.

Leana still remembered how on that day, with anger and frustration overflowing in her chest, she asked for an explanation of all the events that this world had experienced.

Rein who regarded Volfelance as something precious beyond his own life wanted to stop a war that slowly devoured life in the world.

Telsia who had great power as a labyrinth guard could not act recklessly and was speechless without doing anything. Just like he is an observer.

Hence, he lent a little of his strength by using the contract as an intermediary.

But in the end, he still could not stop the war.

If you think about it again, why would Telsia who can only follow the will of the labyrinth make a contract with Rein?

Telsia who was filled with emptiness behind her golden eyes was always thinking rationally and keeping her circle. He should have paid no heed to Rein who was just a human being accidentally passing in front of him.

To this day, Leana still does not know why.

“The reason behind your reincarnation is because someone made a wish.”

Leana widened her eyes upon hearing his words. Instantly his heart was racing.

“Application?”

“He is bound and unable to move. He who can only see how the world is destroyed without being able to do anything."

Telsia gave a pause. Something like hindering his words.

"But you're different from him. You who become a soul particle can go anywhere. That's why he made a wish.”

The chants of the tone released by Telsia slowly weakened as if conveying a sad story. Something in his mind slowly shook.

“He wants to give you a chance to change the fate of this world. That's why he sent you to another world."

Telsia looked at Crocelia like her old friend.

"He wants you to make a new look by feeling a different life. That way, you can regrow the ambitions and hopes you've thrown away in your previous life."

Leana instantly realized something in her words. Something spinning in his mind became clearer until he shook.

Leana opened her mouth to ask.

“Telsia... have you made that request?”

Telsia looked at him for a moment before finally slowly nodding. Something seemed to come and detached inside Leana.

“I also don't understand why I am capable of making such an action. But after meeting you, it seems I understand.”

“You understand?”

“I can only speculate that myself in that life was fed up enough.”

Telsia looked out the window. For a moment Leana could see a weak smile laughing at herself on her face

Leana turned her head towards the window, which she found was an afternoon sky in a reddish expanse of desert.

He glanced at Telsia. Was the scene something that described his mood?

The view is like a meaningless end. Being alone cannot do anything.

“I should not feel like a human being after being the guardian of the labyrinth. But somehow I was able to re-feel the feeling of disgust. Very funny indeed.”

Telsia's golden eyes were tinged with a sad feeling. Leana who saw him felt his eyes heat up.

Telsia turned back to face him.

"Leana, to be able to pull you back into this world, there are some things that must be fulfilled first."

"Things to be fulfilled? What does that mean?"

Leana was confused by this statement. He did not feel he had done anything to be able to be pulled back into his home world.

"The book you met in another world.. Is it really just a novel?"