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Chapter 353: A Promise Beyond Life [Part -2] · Oct 23, 2026

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351 Chapter 351: The Flame Rekindled 2026-10-23
352 Chapter 352: A Promise Beyond Life 2026-10-23
353 Chapter 353: A Promise Beyond Life [Part -2] 2026-10-23
354 Chapter 354: The Soul’s Eternal Covenant 2026-10-23
355 Chapter 355: The Place Where Souls Rest 2026-10-23
356 Chapter 356: The Path to Saving Her Sisters 2026-10-23
357 Chapter 357: The First Thread of the Conspiracy 2026-10-23
358 Chapter 358: Echoes Buried Beneath Forgotten Memories 2026-10-23
359 Chapter 359: The Vanishing Fisherman 2026-10-23
360 Chapter 360: Shadows Beneath the Ruins 2026-10-23
361 Chapter 361: The Eyes Watching from the Dark (Part 3) 2026-10-23
362 Chapter 362: A Hero’s Heart in Turmoil (Part 1) 2026-10-23
363 Chapter 363: A Hero’s Heart in Turmoil (Part 2) 2026-10-23
364 Chapter 364: A Hero’s Heart in Turmoil (Part 3) 2026-10-23
365 Chapter 365: A Smile Before the Trap (Part 1) 2026-10-23
366 Chapter 366: A Smile Before the Trap (Part 2) 2026-10-23
367 Chapter 367: A Smile Before the Trap (Part 3) 2026-10-23
368 Chapter 368: The Cornered Rat’s Last Bluff (Part 1) 2026-10-23
369 Chapter 369: The Cornered Rat’s Last Bluff (Part 2) 2026-10-23
370 Chapter 370: The Cornered Rat’s Last Bluff (Part 3) 2026-10-23
371 Chapter 371: A Family Reunited, A New Enemy Revealed 2026-10-23
372 Chapter 372: The Curse That Bound Blood 2026-10-23
373 Chapter 373: A New Trail Toward the Elmhart Family 2026-10-23
374 Chapter 374: Seeds of a New Era 2026-10-23
375 Chapter 375: Seeds of a New Era [Part -2] 2026-10-23
376 Chapter 376: Seeds of a New Era [Part -3] 2026-10-23
377 Chapter 377: The Foundation of an Empire 2026-10-23
378 Chapter 378: The Foundation of an Empire [Part -2] 2026-10-23
379 Chapter 379: The Goddesses’ Invitation (Part 1) 2026-10-23
380 Chapter 380: The Goddesses’ Invitation (Part 2) 2026-10-23
381 Chapter 381: The Goddesses’ Invitation (Part 3) 2026-10-23
382 Chapter 382: The Goddesses’ Invitation (Part 4) 2026-10-23
383 Chapter 383: Echoes Within the Soul 2026-10-23
384 Chapter 384: The Gathering of Incarnations 2026-10-23
385 Chapter 385: Diana!!! 2026-10-23
386 Chapter 386: Echoes of Forgotten Bonds 2026-10-23
387 Chapter 387: Echoes of Forgotten Bonds [Part 2] 2026-10-23
388 Chapter 388: Echoes of Forgotten Bonds 2026-10-23
389 Chapter 389: The Contract Beneath the Eternal Moon 2026-10-23
390 Chapter 390: The Oath Beneath the Eternal Moon 2026-10-23
391 Chapter 391: The Oath Beneath the Eternal Moon [Part 2] 2026-10-23
392 Chapter 392: The Dragon’s Oath 2026-10-23
393 Chapter 393: A Promise Across Lifetimes 2026-10-23
394 Chapter 394: The One Waiting Beyond the South Gate 2026-10-23
395 Chapter 395: The Lioness’s Resolve 2026-10-23
396 Chapter 396: The Gathering of Spirit Rulers 2026-10-23
397 Chapter 397: A Dread Beyond the Soul 2026-10-23
398 Chapter 398: The Seventh Summoning 2026-10-23
399 Chapter 399: The Arrival of the Seventh Spirit 2026-10-23
400 Chapter 400: The Chaos Spirit Descends 2026-10-23

A Promise Beyond Life [Part -2]

Still kneeling before her mother’s cold body, Clara slowly lowered her forehead until it touched the cold wooden floor.

”I’m sorry...”

”...I’m so... so.... sorry...”

”...for being such a worthless daughter...”

Her voice cracked with every word.

For many years...

She had convinced herself that her mother no longer cared.

She had resented her silence.

Resented her empty gaze.

Resented the woman who seemed to have abandoned her family.

Yet now...

She finally knew the truth.

Her mother had never abandoned them.

She had been trapped.

Unable to speak.

Unable to move.

Unable to even comfort her own children.

A wave of guilt crashed into Clara’s heart.

Tears fell endlessly onto the floor.

”I’m sorry...”

”I should’ve realized...”

”I should’ve noticed...”

”I kept blaming you...”

”I was the one who failed you...”

As memories surfaced one after another, Clara remembered her mother’s gentle smile from years ago...

The warm dinners they shared.

The way her mother laughed whenever Father teased her.

The peaceful home that no longer existed.

Then...

A warm breeze brushed against her cheek.

A gentle voice, softer than the spring wind, whispered beside her ear.

”It’s alright... my little one.”

”Be strong...”

”I’ve never blamed you.”

”I love you.”

Clara’s entire body froze.

Her breathing stopped.

Slowly...

Almost afraid to look...

She raised her head.

Her mother’s body still lay peacefully upon the floor.

Yet standing beside it was a faint translucent woman.

Her figure shimmered like moonlight dancing across a quiet lake.

She looked exactly as Clara remembered.

Kind eyes.

A gentle smile.

The same warmth that had comforted her countless times as a child.

”...Mom...?”

Her trembling voice barely escaped her lips.

The translucent woman smiled.

”Yes...”

”It’s me.”

Clara stumbled forward before collapsing to her knees once again.

Fresh tears streamed down her face.

”Mom...”

”I’m sorry...”

”I’m so sorry...”

”I said horrible things to you...”

”I hated you...”

”I thought you abandoned us...”

The translucent woman slowly knelt before her daughter.

Although her hands could no longer truly touch the living, she gently reached toward Clara’s face.

”You don’t need to apologize.”

”The one who should apologize...”

”...is me.”

”I couldn’t protect you.”

”I couldn’t protect your sisters.”

”I couldn’t even tell you how much I loved you.”

Clara shook her head violently.

”No!”

”It was me!”

”I should’ve noticed something was wrong!”

”You suffered all those years...”

”And I never realized it...”

The woman smiled sadly.

”The curse never allowed me.”

”I could hear your voice.”

”I heard every word you spoke.”

”I saw you crying beside my bed.”

”I wanted to answer.”

”I wanted to hug you.”

”But no matter how hard I struggled...”

”...my body would never listen.”

Clara covered her mouth as another sob escaped.

”Mom...”

The woman looked lovingly at her daughter.

”When I was still young...”

”My grandmother passed down an ancient spiritual art to me.”

”It is called the Final Farewell Art.”

”It isn’t a technique that revives the dead.”

”It simply allows the soul to remain for a few moments after death.”

”Just long enough...”

”...to say goodbye to those we love.”

”I prayed I would never need to use it.”

”But today...”

”I’m grateful I learned it.”

Clara wiped away her tears.

”So...”

”You were waiting for me?”

Her mother nodded.

”I couldn’t leave.”

”Not without telling my daughter...”

”...that I have always loved her.”

Clara could no longer hold herself back.

She reached forward.

Even knowing she couldn’t truly embrace her mother...

She tried anyway.

The translucent woman smiled through tear-filled eyes.

”My little girl...”

”You’ve become so strong.”

Before Clara could speak again, the woman slowly turned her gaze toward Victor.

For the first time...

She truly looked at him.

Her warm smile deepened.

”So...”

”You’re Victor.”

Victor met her eyes calmly and gave a respectful nod.

”I am.”

”My name is Victor.”

The woman chuckled softly.

”So this is the young man my daughter kept talking about.”

Clara blinked.

”...What?”

Her mother laughed gently.

”Even while trapped inside that endless dream...”

”I could still faintly hear voices from outside.”

”Whenever you returned home...”

”You always mentioned someone.”

”An arrogant man.”

”A troublesome man.”

”A man who somehow always made you angry.”

”But every time you spoke about him...”

”...your eyes shone.”

Clara’s face instantly turned bright red.

”M-Mother!”

”I-I never—”

”You misunderstood!”

”I wasn’t talking about him like that!”

She hurriedly waved both hands in panic while stealing an embarrassed glance at Victor.

Victor simply stood there with his usual calm smile, pretending not to notice.

The woman laughed once more.

”I may have been trapped...”

”But I’m still your mother.”

”I know my daughter better than anyone.”

Clara lowered her head, too embarrassed to argue anymore.

A peaceful silence settled over the room.

Then Victor quietly noticed something.

The edges of the woman’s body had begun dissolving into tiny particles of light.

Her soul...

...was dispersing.

He wasn’t surprised.

A soul lingering after death wasn’t impossible.

Even in his previous life, he had witnessed countless techniques involving spirits and souls.

What interested him wasn’t the existence of the soul itself...

But the method she had used.

A soul-retention art...

Simple... yet elegant.

Whoever created it understood spiritual laws rather well.

The woman also noticed herself fading.

She smiled peacefully.

”It seems...”

”My time is almost over.”

Clara’s heart tightened.

”No...”

”Please don’t leave...”

The woman gently shook her head.

”My journey has already ended.”

”It is time.”

Victor suddenly spoke.

”It doesn’t have to end here.”

Both women looked toward him.

His expression remained calm.

”There is another option.”

The mother blinked.

”...Another option?”

Victor nodded.

”I possess a spiritual technique.”

”It cannot revive the dead.”

”It cannot create a new body.”

”But it can preserve a soul before it completely disperses.”

Silence filled the room.

Clara looked at him in disbelief.

”You...”

”You can really do that?”

”I can.”

”But I won’t hide its price.”

The woman quietly listened.

Victor continued.

”If I perform the technique...”

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