Chapter 74

Chapter 74

The moment I heard Robert and Aidan talking, I knew instinctively.

"Did someone precious to you go beyond the Gate?"

I said it, but it was no use. He doesn't remember. It's the same as it was with my dad.

"Someone so precious to you vanished, and in this world it's as if that person never existed, isn't it?"

I don't know why, but everything about a person who crosses the Gate disappears.

Every trace of that person. Not just in other people's memories, but in records like photographs and books, too.

"But you remember."

My voice trembled. No, not just my voice. My whole body was shaking.

Robert's eyes quivered slightly. He seemed shaken.

But he said nothing. Perhaps he couldn't.

Or perhaps he was weighing whether he was allowed to say.

"Me too. It's the same for me."

"What?"

His eyes widened even further.

"I said…