Chapter 79

Episode 79

"We know how to open the gate, too."

Aidan pressed down firmly on my shoulder. Right. I couldn't afford to act on my emotions here.

"You solved the cipher?"

Noah's eyes widened.

"Yes. You built your secret base at this location in order to open the gate, didn't you?"

"The way you ask tells me you really did solve it."

Noah savored her tea at leisure, then set the cup down.

"Yes, that's right. I hoped that if anyone lost someone precious to a gate after we were gone, they could open it with this method."

"Then do you know why only we remember?"

Everyone else had forgotten. Every trace that such a person had ever existed had vanished. So how were the people gathered here the only ones who remembered?

"I don't know for certain, either. As you know, we have nothing in common."

It was true.…