Chapter 168

Crash!

The boulder shattered. Stone fragments flew in every direction. Standing behind Cassion, not a single shard reached me. But I couldn't escape the thick cloud of dust.

"Khh, khh."

"Diana, it's open."

Cassion's voice, calling to me through my coughing, had dropped low. He was overwhelmed by the sight unfolding in front of him.

"Diana, look at this."

I waved the dust away with my hand and stood beside him.

"Ah..."

A sky full of stars stretched out above and below, both overhead and underfoot.

[What are you waiting for. Come in.]

As I stood there, speechless, staring blankly into the space before me, that same voice spoke again.

"It, it's telling me to come in, Your Highness."

"Who is? Who exactly have you been talking to this whole time, Diana?"

Cassion grabbed me before I could wander in as if spellbound. He looked straight into my eyes and…