The Spirit Book's answer made Igor grin, as it was exactly what he had hoped to hear. The Spirit Book had been in a deep sleep and knew precisely how long it had slept. Therefore, no matter how much Kadi doubted it internally, he couldn't deny the established fact: they had indeed lost so ti in Ghost Wind Valley.
Kadi's mouth fell wide open. The Spirit Book's answer had clearly shaken him to the core. For him, this impact wasn't just the disappointnt of a dashed hope; it was the shock of having his entire understanding of reality rcilessly overturned.
"Ti… can be lost?!" Kadi naturally found this claim hard to believe. In his eyes—no, in everyone's eyes—ti was intangible, untouchable. It wasn't like fruit on a tree that you could pick and put in your pocket, nor was it like gold coins in your hand that you could place in an earthenware jar, dig a hole, and hide away. Ti was not subject to anyone's control. Whether you wanted it to or not, it was always there, accompanying you. You couldn't shake it off, nor could you hold onto it.
So how could ti possibly be lost?
Although the Spirit Book didn't quite grasp the current situation, seeing Igor's heartfelt joy, it let go of its own anxieties. In an instant, it reverted to its usual arrogant deanor.
Well, what could you expect? It was, after all, the creation of the great Lord Soron.
"Hey, hey, hey, what's with that look? You seem like you've eaten sothing hard to swallow. If you're confused about anything, you can ask . I am, after all, the great Lord Soron…"
"You're nobody, just a braggart. Would it kill you to go one day without showing off?" Igor interrupted the still-babbling Spirit Book. He didn't want to hear its rubbish; losing ti was already bad enough for him.
"Yes, Master, I was wrong." The reprimanded Spirit Book imdiately acted like an obedient child.
"I don't know when we lost that period of ti either. It's quite vexing." Igor scratched his head.
"Er…" Kadi was already numb. He couldn't comprehend what kind of experience losing ti was. To him, whether it was lost or not, that ti had already passed! What was the use of dwelling on it? Ti was always by one's side, wasn't it? Could it be that the "lost" ti Igor ntioned simply referred to ti slowly passing?
Kadi's face continued to display that expression of shocked disbelief. Thinking too hard was too complicated; it was a bit difficult for him.
"The one who made us lose ti might be hidden here too. Kadi, this Guru Mountain of yours is really full of wonders!" Igor looked excited. For him, anything adventurous was worth looking forward to.
The wonders you've given are far more nurous than those in this mountain… Kadi couldn't help but think.
Kadi also knew this wasn't the ti for him to be emotional. Right now, he had to try hard to use his brain and figure out what this "lost ti" of Igor's truly ant.
But what one is not good at, one is ultimately not good at. Kadi's head was about to explode from thinking, but he still couldn't figure out the deeper aning.
This "lost ti" probably just ans ti passed too quickly, and he hadn't noticed. This was the only answer Kadi could co up with after racking his brains for a long ti.
This answer seed very simple, but it had taken Kadi a lot of effort to think of it.
"Th-this lost ti… it can't be found again, right?" Kadi asked weakly. Although he had an answer in his heart, he still couldn't be sure if it was correct, even though he felt there couldn't be any other answer.
"Why not? Things that are lost should naturally be found. That's our ti; how can it be taken away by others?" Igor's reply was very straightforward, sounding as simple as finding his own lost gold coins.
"Wh-what…" Kadi couldn't believe his ears. This lost ti… ti!
Igor looked at Kadi's astonished face again and was very puzzled. What was so surprising about this? Wasn't finding sothing you lost a very normal thing to do? Was it really that incredible?
"I… I don't understand…" Kadi had already broken down. The last life-saving straw in his mind had also been broken and crushed. He was now like a kite with a broken string, with no direction, bumping around everywhere, and finally about to crash headfirst to the ground.
"You've been acting very strangely. The Spirit Book just confird my words too. Could it be that you still don't believe ?" Seeing Kadi's expression, Igor thought Kadi still didn't believe his previous judgnt, and Igor felt a bit disappointed by this.
"No, I don't disbelieve you. It's just that I don't understand. This ti, this thing, how could it possibly be lost? Isn't… isn't this thing always there?" The collapsing Kadi couldn't hold it in anymore and finally spoke his mind. After saying it, he felt a wave of relief.
It seems that in the future, if I have any doubts, I should just say them out loud. I'm really not suited for using my brain. After all this thinking, I still couldn't find the right answer.
"Er, this…" Igor was suddenly stunned too. He had never considered Kadi's question. He had only instinctively felt that ti was lost, and then instinctively felt that he should find what was lost…
"Just say it! You've made so confused, I've already collapsed." The anxious Kadi couldn't wait. He really wanted to know what on earth Igor had been talking about for so long.
"You know, we stayed in Ghost Wind Valley for two nights, and we stayed here for one night. It looks like three nights and three days."
"Yes, that's right." Kadi still felt there was nothing wrong with this.
"But I figured out from my food intake that we spent at least three nights and three days in Ghost Wind Valley. Adding the ti here, we've experienced at least four days and four nights…"
"Your deduction seems very reasonable too."
"But I still couldn't deduce it completely accurately. The Spirit Book says we've experienced a total of five days and five nights."
"This…" Kadi turned his gaze to the Spirit Book.
"Master, I absolutely didn't make it up. I swear in the na of the great Lord Soron." The Spirit Book was terrified by Kadi's gaze. He really didn't want to offend Igor in the slightest right now.
However, Igor didn't pay attention to the Spirit Book. He continued to speak about his own feelings, which also served to clear up Kadi's doubts.
Igor said, "We have no mory at all of those two days and two nights. It's like they were directly deleted from our own ti. If we hadn't discovered this, then how could we determine if what happened yesterday actually happened yesterday?"
"You an our mories were erased?"
"If they were erased, then we would also know the specific ti; the total amount of ti would be consistent with the present. But now, our total ti is two days less than this Spirit Book's. If this isn't being lost, then tell , what is it?"
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