Elsword – Time Trouble v1c5

happened was a dream. But that was impossible.

Add abruptly raised himself up as he heard someone speak from besides him.

It was Ara, no Eun who was peeling an apple with a fruit knife. White hair and the fox ears curling

Add sent Eun a burning glare but she didn’t stop peeling the fruit.

with just increasing one’s natural healing ability and….”

the room flew towards him. Add scowled at Eun. His eyes were burning violently.

“What do you mean?”

That’s right. Eun said she could look into the future. She must have known about this future where

It wasn’t just this time. She must have known Eve was going to be destroyed….from the start.

Eun nodded without even a hint of denial. Add had expected it to be true but he clenched his fists

“I’m on boy’s side. What are you curious about?”

“Boy didn’t ask me anything he was curious about. So I didn’t particularly tell him.”

Eun’s cooperation was necessary in order to time travel again.

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“…..”

Add looked at Eun with a fearsome glare but Eun just made a beaming smile.

“….Why didn’t you tell me beforehand?”

Add’s blood pressure was about to soar through the roof after seeing Eun play dumb. If possible, he

But now was the time where he had to suppress his anger and gather information.

“Because nothing would have changed even if I told you.”

“My foresight isn’t absolute. Let’s see, how shall I explain this? Should I say it’s like number of cases?

precisely than other people.”

“If future is a gambling game where the dice called fate is rolled endlessly, lives of the present are

around me and change the future I’ve seen.”

“Boy, have patience. Calm down.”

“It takes enormous amount of clairvoyant powers in order to see into things that are not directly

universe. It’s not something you do mindlessly.”

Eun was confessing that even she needed to make great sacrifices in order to see into the future.

“So I make a great effort to peek into the eyes of the dice. Then let those around me know of the

boy also know what would happen this time around?

Add had seen Eve be destroyed two times already. That was why he had decided to stay back in

“But how was the result?”

“No, that’s wrong. There is no such thing. But how shall I put this? If the normal die of fate is 6

It meant there was an extremely high chance that Eve would be destroyed. Eun laughed slightly as

“Everything that is born dies someday and everything that is created is destroyed someday. It is

It’s the law of mortality.”

Add manipulated his Dynamos after realizing that Eun had taunted him again. Electrical current

“Do I look like I’m playing around in the boy’s eyes? How regretful.”

didn’t take it.

“What is that? Tell me right now….!”

accepted the dish because of her gesture that said she’d only talk after he had accepted it.

one could tell they were completely different individuals by seeing how the lavish aura flowed out of

“Boy, don’t get your priorities mixed up.”

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Add closed his mouth. That’s right, Eun’s indication was correct. Didn’t he join the El Search Party

He ended up time traveling because he kept seeing Eve get destroyed before he had the chance to

“Didn’t I tell you? I want to help the boy.”

“Boy should know very well already.”

“Travel through time right now and extort the girl’s Core….. Faster than the demons can destroy

“…..”

making a grin.

how much the girl is guarded against you, or even if other members tried to stop you….. It doesn’t

“…..”

have to do is go back 5 minutes before. Repeating this, you’ll succeed in the end.”

Eve.

“…..Kukukuk.”

“What’s your reason for helping me?”

still suspect me? Me, who helped the boy time travel all this time?”

Add didn’t answer Eun’s smile and closed his eyes. Starting the calculations in order to understand

What Eun said was correct.

Core before it happened.

Add created a time space wormhole as he burst out laughing. Eun got up from her seat as if she was

“Then when will you go back to?”

Following Add’s words, Eun’s hand started to shine with white light.

When Add came to, dumbfounded El Search Party members were staring at him.

“What are you doing all of a sudden?”

“……”

approximate time then asked.

“But Mr.Hoffman wasn’t here.”

Add’s eyes opened widely. Elsword scolded Add.

“…..”

Why did the events from the past change when he time traveled? Add was taken aback at the fact

From other members’ atmosphere and what they were talking about, it looked like the decision to go

“Alright, Eve. Come with me.”

Eve spoke back coldly. Add hadn’t expected her to refuse instantly like this and was at a loss for

“Rena, don’t push.”

“……I can’t understand humans.”

he left the room but Ara only blinked her eyes innocently in response.

around the balcony to create a barrier so that the conversation couldn’t be leaked outside.

Eve didn’t seem too pleased that there were only two of them in this room. Well even if Add

No, even if Add did something, it became all nonexistent when he time travelled.

with him. She wasn’t Eve that fought against Shadow Master’s minions with him. She also wasn’t

She was the 4

“What relationship do Nasods have with Demons?”

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“If you had to say so, it’d be a hostile relationship.”

Add could finally fit all the pieces together.

were after her. Wally Robot was built by the Castle’s Lord that joined up with the demons. Shadow

Demons appeared wherever Eve was located and were trying to destroy her.

someone called D. Well Eve was a highly ranked Nasod…. They must have a good enough reason.

“I don’t understand. Is it a superstition?”

Add told her calmly but there was no particular change in Eve’s expression. Add frowned and

“Demons are after you. You’ll be attacked by the demon’s assassins tomorrow, or maybe even today

“So it’s a superstition.”

too if someone had told him the same thing.

“You are lying. Although I don’t know why you’re telling me this lie.”

decided to push forward with it.

“I can’t understand even more.”

jumped to this time from the past by accident and is desperately trying to get back!”

Eve was now only blinking as she listened to Add yell. Add couldn’t tell if she was so taken aback,

Add started to feel that this was a lost cause. But he still didn’t give up and spoke.

gain by lying to you like this? I’d just get treated like a crazy person. Then wouldn’t it be fine to try

“What do you plan to do by researching time travel?”

Add hesitated for a moment but then let out the last part of his word.

Time travel using Dynamo was only for one person but it had rooms for modifications. Just like

Also…. Although it was limited to couple days, if Eun really had the ability to interpret time wave

Maybe, possibilities might open up without having to steal Eve’s Core.

“You’ll only get attacked by demons if you remain in this time. Do you think I’m lying?”

Eve refused outright. She ignored the now stunned Add as she spoke coldly.

El, or to travel to a different timeline.”

“Even if what you’re talking about is true. I don’t think it’s something that can be solved by running

Add’s heart burned up because he knew all too well the result of what she just said. He just gave her

effort Eve didn’t waver.

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“I don’t know why you’d bring up his name here.”

was mentioned. Add was about to respond with toxic remarks but stopped himself.

Final persuasion was a failure. Then what’s left was….

Sound of a door being opened was heard along with footsteps. Add was extremely startled but

Ara will now turn into Eun.

he thought about this.

Ara who was wandering around the room came out to the balcony and exclaimed. Was it just a

“We were just talking for a bit.”

uneasy heart and tried to read Ara’s actions. Ara tilted her head and asked.

“…..”

sun had gone down completely. Was her appearance restricted by time of the day?

“I’ll head back now if you’re done.”

confusedly.

“That’s not it…..”

Eun must be asleep. Just when had Add assumed so and shook his head, Ara’s eyes suddenly

Her hair turned white and the tone of her voice changed.

“…..”

up her hands like a cat and lightly scratched the air.

“…..Why are you showing up now?”

probably come out if Ara asks. She won’t be able to resist if the boy attacks her then.”

“I don’t feel up to it today. You can go back.”

her on purpose.

Night.

no choice but to do what Eun had suggested.

for Add who could now perform limited time travel with Eun’s help.

“Big brother Add, are you not going to sleep?”

Elsword inside the boy’s bedroom without Raven.

Elsword in private since the day they camped out where Add had provoked him?

“I can’t sleep.”

talk to even if that someone was Elsword.

“Is it because you’re worried about tomorrow? You’re strong so it will be fine.”

Elsword must have thought Add was worried about going to the Underground Waterway tomorrow.

Strong? Who is?

“Yea, I’m stronger than you. But there’s absolutely no use in becoming stronger. There are things

“……There’s absolutely no use?”

stronger doesn’t mean it’s the end of all your problems. I’m not being modest, this is resignation.”

“Nothing will change. No matter how strong I become I’ll just continue to lose.”

“You don’t have to listen. You won’t be able to remember anyways.”

rustling noise and then Elsword sat on his bed.

“Kukuk, nonsense. I’m saying this as someone who’s stronger than you. You’ll figure it out too once

Add was jeering then closed his mouth. Honestly, Elsword’s future wasn’t too bright either.

Didn’t Elsword get covered in blood as he fell to the Shadow Master’s attack? Add hadn’t checked if

Long as the demons were after Eve, Elsword who was with her was also exposed to the same

“No, I know someone who’s stronger than you. That person told me. You can change if you

Elsword spoke with a force in his voice. Those words came from a young boy but they were

“If you want to change you can become stronger, if you want to become stronger you will change.”

“I don’t understand too much because it’s too difficult for me. But I know for sure that this is true.

“……”

Elsword mentioning Eve at the end really got on Add nerves but he decided to let it slide.

“….You’re too noisy.”

Add closed his eyes, but what Elsword said strangely bugged his ears.

his own life attacking Ran. But he couldn’t even touch a single strand of Ran’s hair. If Ran was that

Protect Eve from the grasp of such powerful demons? Outrageous. It was hundred times better to

Yes, hundred times better.

That’s what he thought…. But Elsword’s words didn’t leave his ears.

‘Do you want to change? That’s…..’

Next day morning.

“Big brother Add? Aren’t you going to get up? We should get ready to go soon.”

When Add declared bluntly Elsword left the room looking confused. When the room became empty

He sighed as he wriggled his fingers.

Shouldn’t he steal Eve’s core soon as possible and use that to obtain the technology to safely go

some reason he didn’t feel up to it.

bit? Add basically had infinite time on his hands right now.

“Tired…..”

(Although this expression wasn’t quite accurate because he had time traveled) his mind wasn’t doing

He was exhausted both mentally and physically even though Eun had supposedly healed him.

Just when Add was about to close his eyes and tried to sleep, he heard the sound of a door opening.

“Add are you not feeling well?”

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he didn’t want to see anyone’s face right now.

“Do you need anything?”

Add spoke about something he didn’t intend to do. He was just going to get a good rest, ignore

past.

“Alright, come if you change your mind.”

Rena spoke calmly and left the room. She didn’t force Add to come despite knowing perfectly well

Add let out a long sigh and closed his eyes. He felt a bit sorry for Rena…. But this event would

Let’s just fall asleep.

Clack.

was too drunk in his sleep to identify whose footstep it was.

It sounded like the person hesitated for a moment then slowly walked out of the room. Sound of the

The sound felt nostalgic.

“…..”

Add opened his eyes abruptly soon as he realized this. Sleepiness instantly disappeared and his mind

Eve was already gone. Add was about to quickly run towards the door but stopped. This was

again.

Add muttered to himself with resignation in his voice. His gaze turned towards then remained on

A cup filled with lemonade.

At a loss for words, Add looked down at the lemonade. There was no way Elsword had brought it

“Seriously, what the heck…….”

was stuck below the cup.

But thank you for worrying about me.

Take good care of yourself.

it.

Add made a hollow laugh as he grabbed the tip of the note and shook it up and down. It was so

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even just cooperate with me. Saying thank you when you don’t even believe me? That’s illogical.

like this…..”

“Kukukuk, Nasods paying humans a get well visit? The world must be ending. My name is going to

Add swallowed his sigh multiple times. His head was feeling dizzy.

that doesn’t make sense like this? Do something that’s more believable if you’re going to write off

Add muttered words that no one would hear. Then he slowly brought the lemonade to his mouth.

“It’s sour. Just why do you….like this stuff?”

“Are you an idiot? Seriously. Kukukuk. Huh? You give it to me because you like it? People all have

Add drank it without leaving a drop despite what he just said. Add’s fists shook as he stared down

It shook because his hand was crushing the cup.

That’s right, he was alone. He didn’t care what happened to the El Search Party. He only wanted

He did.

Add bit his lower lip with a force that almost made them bleed. His eyes were still blurry from the

“…….Eve”

could. He couldn’t take this lying down.

“Don’t make me laugh. How dare you not believe what I say? Fine, I’m going to go watch your

Add put on his hood and bit his lip.

He just had to rescue Eve at that moment and get her to properly cooperate. It was something

He’ll only be gratified if that pompous Eve thanked him honestly from the bottom of her heart.

“Just you wait!! Eve!!”

away using Dynamo’s flight.

wall.

Eun was standing there.

“I don’t need it. I’m going after the Eve from right now.”

“Then we can go together. I’m not going to stop the boy. Even though he’s going to see the same

“Are you saying that I’ll fail again?”

“I just proposed a way to help the boy. Boy is free to choose. Whether he wants to see the girl get

“Me failing is a certain truth….?”

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The same sense of incompatibility that he felt ever since he saw Eun for the first time.

He couldn’t tell if Eun was good or evil. Ara said she was a Celestial spirit but in Add’s point of view

pass so far because she said she’d help.

It was something he should have made sure of from the start.

“You…. Didn’t tell me the truth from the start.”

“Are you suspecting me? How cruel. Didn’t boy already find out I was on boy’s side when I helped

“You may not have told any lies. But….there’s parts you didn’t speak about.”

“What are you saying all of a sudden, boy?”

you could see the future. That it was because I was related to your future.”

“But that doesn’t make sense at all. When I become able to freely control time travel, the time I’m

So there was absolutely no reason for Eun to help Add. That wasn’t everything. Eun always…..knew

Too perfectly.

amount of clairvoyant powers.”

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subtly in the last timeline right after we who remained in Elder got attacked by the demons, you

Add protested sharply. Smile disappeared from Eun’s face.

That means you had absolutely no reason to waste your clairvoyant powers and peek into Eve’s

“…..”

That’s right. That’s how it was from the start. This entire story would have changed completely if

But Eun only revealed this fact after Add had witnessed Eve getting destroyed.

Eun’s goal wasn’t to blindly help Add. Add didn’t know the truth, but Eve’s destruction, and making

When Add glared at her, Eun scratched her hair and then sighed.

this so composedly.”

pose and tensed up. But Eun held out her other hand towards Add instead.

“Don’t make me laugh. Until I find out your true goals…. I can never trust you.”

Eve’s destruction was enough to make Add’s heart uneasy.

Eun spoke then lightly waved her empty hand.

went on her way. I don’t think the boy would be any different.”

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she also didn’t blatantly suspect him.

“Don’t you dare talk about her like that.”

“……What is it?”

point in me talking if you don’t do this.”

hand looked very soft.

About why Eve had to end up like that?

That’s right, Add didn’t care an inch about Eun’s identity or her goals. He just had to know. Why

He had to know what was going on so he could break through this situation. For that he could even

“I’ll cooperate.”

“You’re going to regret saying that starting now.”

Eun burst out laughing at Add’s curtly counter. After making a sneer that you couldn’t tell who it

“Congratulations boy, for opening your eyes to the truth of this broken world.”

“Again, you’ll despair and collapse. Again, I’ll have to watch you like that and won’t be able to do

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“For we’re all mere beasts crying out after falling into the depths of hell…..”

“Now boy, try to hold out much as you can.”
It was the true beginning of a fight that transcended time.

Chapter end