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Chapter 358: Echoes Buried Beneath Forgotten Memories · 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

Echoes Buried Beneath Forgotten Memories

”A Sword Master.”

”Accompanied by two fully equipped knights.”

”Was ambushed by ordinary bandits.”

”Both your father and one knight died.”

”But the remaining knight escaped...”

”...and somehow lived long enough to report everything.”

He looked directly into Clara’s eyes.

”Doesn’t that sound strange to you?”

Clara clenched her jaw.

”Of course I doubted it.”

”I questioned it many times.”

”But because of that knight’s testimony...”

”No further investigation was ever conducted.”

She slowly continued.

”Everyone trusted him.”

”They said his honor was beyond question.”

”When I eventually became an A-Rank adventurer...”

”I searched for him.”

”I wanted answers.”

Her voice became quieter.

”But I learned he had taken his own life.”

”They said...”

”...he couldn’t bear the guilt of surviving when Father couldn’t.”

She swallowed painfully.

”After hearing that...”

”I convinced myself...”

”...that he had been telling the truth.”

Victor slowly shook his head.

A faint sigh escaped him.

”Naive.”

Clara frowned.

”...What?”

Victor’s golden eyes met hers.

”Very naive.”

His voice remained calm.

”It never occurred to you...”

”...that someone could have murdered that knight...”

”...and made it look like suicide?”

The words struck Clara harder than any weapon ever had.

Her pupils contracted violently.

She froze where she stood.

The possibility...

Had never crossed her mind.

She knew very few people capable of disguising a murder as suicide.

One of them was Gian.

Another...

Was standing calmly before her now.

Victor continued before she could recover.

”If someone silenced him...”

”Then he knew something.”

”Something another person couldn’t allow to become public.”

He took one slow step forward.

”So, tell me, Clara...”

”Why did your father travel to the Capital that day?”

Clara stood motionless.

Victor’s final question echoed through her mind.

Why did Father travel to the Capital that day?

She closed her eyes, forcing herself to search through memories she had spent years trying to bury.

For several long moments, only silence filled the room.

”I...”

She frowned slightly.

”It’s difficult to remember.”

Victor didn’t interrupt.

He simply waited.

Memories forced out through pressure were often incomplete. It was better to let them surface naturally.

Clara slowly rubbed her temple.

”So much time has passed...”

”I tried my hardest to forget everything about that day.”

Her breathing steadied little by little.

Then...

A small fragment of memory resurfaced.

”...Wait.”

Her eyes slowly widened.

”I remember something.”

Victor remained quiet.

”My father never explained why he was going to the Capital.”

”He only told me he was meeting an old friend.”

A faint smile appeared on Clara’s face as she recalled the distant memory.

”He even joked that when he returned...”

”...he would bring me a souvenir.”

The smile lasted only a heartbeat before fading.

”Before leaving...”

”I remember overhearing him speaking with Mother.”

”He sounded... excited.”

”He told her that after returning...”

”...there was a chance he would be promoted.”

”He believed he could become a Count.”

Victor’s eyes narrowed slightly.

”A promotion...”

Clara nodded.

”Yes.”

”But he never explained how.”

”He never told us who that friend was.”

”And after...”

She lowered her head.

”Everything happened so quickly.”

Victor quietly organized the information in his mind.

”A Viscount unexpectedly travels to the Capital.”

”He meets an unnamed friend.”

”He expects to return with enough influence to become a Count.”

”Then...”

”He dies on the journey home.”

He looked at Clara.

”That isn’t coincidence.”

Clara slowly nodded.

”I can see that now.”

Victor folded his arms.

”Is that everything you remember?”

She tried once more.

Several moments passed before she finally shook her head.

”I think so.”

”I’ve spent years trying not to remember that day.”

”So...”

”Those are the only memories I have left.”

Victor accepted her answer.

Then his expression became even more serious.

”Very well.”

”Let’s move to the next question.”

Clara looked toward him.

”The day your mother lost her voice.”

His calm words caused Clara’s shoulders to tense.

Victor continued.

”I’m almost certain...”

”That was also the day she received the curse.”

”I need every detail.”

Clara inhaled slowly before answering.

”It happened the same day the surviving knight returned.”

”He brought news of Father’s death.”

The painful memory resurfaced vividly.

”The moment Mother heard those words...”

”...she collapsed.”

”She fainted without saying anything.”

Clara’s voice became softer.

”When she finally woke up...”

”...she never spoke again.”

”It was as if...”

”...her soul had disappeared.”

Victor’s gaze remained unwavering.

”So from that moment onward...”

”She became like an empty shell.”

Clara nodded silently.

”Yes.”

The room fell quiet once again.

Victor thought for a moment before asking another question.

”When the knight delivered the news...”

”Who else was present?”

Clara immediately searched her memories again.

”My sisters were still very young.”

”Our servants...”

”They were nearby.”

”But...”

She frowned.

Something felt strange.

Her heartbeat gradually accelerated.

”No...”

”There was...”

She suddenly pressed a hand against her forehead.

Fragments of forgotten memories began surfacing one after another.

Why...

Why had she never questioned them before?

She squeezed her eyes shut.

Someone...

Someone had been standing behind the knight.

But every time she tried to remember...

The face became blurry.

Almost as though an invisible fog covered it.

Victor immediately noticed the change.

”What’s wrong?”

Clara didn’t answer.

She continued forcing herself to remember.

The pressure inside her head became almost painful.

Then...

Without warning...

A face flashed across her mind.

An old man.

His wrinkled face.

His crooked smile.

His cold eyes.

That smile...

It wasn’t sympathetic.

It wasn’t sorrowful.

It had almost looked...

Satisfied.

Clara’s entire body trembled violently.

She instinctively stepped backward.

”...No...”

Her breathing became uneven.

”I...”

”I remember...”

Victor’s expression sharpened.

”Tell me.”

Clara stared blankly at the floor.

”The knight...”

”...wasn’t alone.”

Victor remained silent.

”There was another man.”

”He stood behind him the entire time.”

Her voice trembled.

”I don’t know why...”

”...but...”

”...I completely forgot he was there.”

She grabbed her own head.

”How is that possible?”

”I saw him...”

”I spoke to him...”

”I’ve seen him almost every day...”

”So why...”

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