Chapter 2552: Goodbye Aipusi

"Xia Duo should have a way!"

Niya did not know how such a thought had arisen; thinking of how Xia Duo had returned from the Projection Plane not long ago with a vast amount of brand-new Knowledge, perhaps Xia Duo now had a way to resolve the curse on her father.

Thinking of this, Niya instantly lost interest in continuing to check on everyone's progress with auxiliary Spellcasting, turning instead to instruct Aiboke:

"Uncle Aiboke, I suddenly thought of something. I will leave things here to you for now. You check their respective coordination first, then lead them through a collaborative drill. We will conduct the first experiment tomorrow or the day after."

For a moment, Aiboke did not think of Aipusi; he simply assumed Niya had truly thought of some urgent matter. In such a situation, he, as her uncle, would certainly not hold her back.

As for Saville, Niya did not feel right troubling her great-grandfather. After all, the Spellcasting difficulty of the Communication Mythallar was much lower than that of the New Floating City Mythallar; having these people assist was already sufficient.

……

Leaving the Labyrinth Laboratory, Niya confirmed Xia Duo's location through the communication between the Tower of Time's tower spirit and the Floating City's spirit, and soon found Xia Duo in the Study, where he was busy decrypting the future Cloud Pattern.

Because both husband and wife possessed Advanced Permission Levels for the Floating City and the Tower of Time, they were long accustomed to each other teleporting back and forth, so Xia Duo said nothing about Niya's arrival.

Niya calmed her excited emotions slightly, came before Xia Duo, and asked with slight trepidation: "Did you find a way to lift the Aging Curse in the Projection Plane?"

"Father, I have missed you so much!"

Aipusi felt deep guilt toward his deceased son Boli. Perhaps he did not have much affection for Niya, his great-granddaughter two generations removed, but he had projected some of his guilt for Boli onto Aiboke, who was Boli's son.

He had not even dared to imagine it. "It's true!" Xia Duo gave an affirmative answer once again.

Xia Duo thought of Aiboke at once, looked up to see the nervous Niya, and then nodded, "Yes, I should have a way to lift the Aging Curse on Aiboke now."

Although Aiboke had previously told Niya to unseal him to ask for help when she encountered difficulties, he also knew that given Niya's temperament, she would certainly not be willing to unseal him if she could not lift the curse.

As for now, Niya had asked suddenly for some reason, so he naturally would not deliberately avoid the question and gave a definite answer.

He and Niya had not delayed much, yet Aipusi had been able to arrive early, which showed the status of his grandson Aiboke in his heart.

As an "outsider" who did not have much affection for Aiboke, how could Xia Duo have proactively thought of the other party without someone specifically mentioning it?

But suddenly, Niya had matured a lot, and the change in Xia Duo was even greater. In his eyes, Xia Duo had previously been somewhat cautious, but now he had become incomparably composed, and his deep gaze even made him feel somewhat lost.

Niya subconsciously glanced at Xia Duo, as if wanting to ask if it was Xia Duo who had notified him, or as if making a final confirmation to Xia Duo, confirming whether her father could truly be saved this time.

"Great-grandfather, you, why are you here?"

In fact, when he found the method to lift the curse in the 【Projection Plane: Red Heart Alliance】, he had thought about lifting the curse for Aiboke as soon as he returned to the Main Plane.

"Aging Curse?"

Noticing the worry in Niya's eyes, Xia Duo held Niya's hand and comforted her a few times, "Rest assured, there is no problem!"

"Niya? And Xia Duo?"

……

The proof was that when Xia Duo mentioned in a Sending that he had a way to lift the curse on Aiboke, although Aipusi did not reply immediately, he had arrived early before he and Niya reached the Stasis Chamber.

Combining this with his past investigations into Aiboke's condition, he was eighty or ninety percent certain that the curse Aiboke was afflicted with was the very same Aging Curse his Red Heart Alliance had found.

It was just that he had stayed in the Red Heart Alliance for too long, and after returning to the Main Plane, he had been tied up by various matters, so he had forgotten about Aiboke's curse for a time.

For Xia Duo, Aipusi caring so much about Aiboke was equivalent to giving him a new means to leverage Aipusi.

Aiboke cast an inquiring gaze toward Xia Duo. Xia Duo nodded and replied: "It has been over five years since you entered the Stasis Chamber, and we have indeed found a way to lift the curse."

"How much time has passed? You have found a way to lift the curse?"

And Niya, upon hearing this answer, was instantly overjoyed and even excitedly repeated the question several times, "Really? Can the curse really be lifted?"

Xia Duo would certainly not make things difficult for Niya; he immediately put down the Cloud Pattern decryption work at hand and brought Niya to the Stasis Chamber where Aiboke was located, notifying Aipusi on the way.

Upon hearing this, the tears Niya had been holding back for so long could no longer be controlled and gushed out. She quickly rushed into the Stasis Chamber to support the frail and tottering Aiboke, who was showing his full age.

"Good, let's go now."

Aiboke seemed to understand a little at this moment. Among those who had seen him off, Saville was missing, but there was an extra stranger who looked somewhat familiar; for a moment, he did not recognize Aipusi.

Perhaps there were minor differences in the details, but as long as the Principles were clear, it was not difficult to design a solution based on reality.

Subsequently, Xia Duo proactively used the Tower of Time's Agent permission to lift the Stasis state of the chamber where Aiboke was located. Aiboke's mental state at this time seemed to remain at the scene when everyone had seen him off, and he waved at Niya:

"Only five years?" Aiboke was somewhat dazed. He knew Niya and Xia Duo had some talent, but five years was definitely an incredibly short time he had never imagined!

Of course, this did not mean Xia Duo was prepared to do anything to Aipusi, but he hoped Aipusi would stand on his side, and if he could use the bond of family, that would naturally be for the best.

But he could not be more sensitive to the changes in Niya and Xia Duo, especially Xia Duo. In his perception of time, the two had only just married, and whether it was Niya or Xia Duo, they both seemed very green in his eyes.

Not to mention the systematic Magic Education he had received in the Red Heart Alliance; even without it, he was confident he could lift the curse on Aiboke. There was no other reason than that he had found the original Elven Magic spell for the Aging Curse in the Red Heart Alliance.

"Then let's go save my father now!" Niya pulled on Xia Duo's sleeve, saying with a pleading expression.

After all, it had been many years. At the very beginning, Niya had often gone to the Stasis Chamber to visit Aiboke, but later, Niya herself had gone less and less.

"Go back, there will always be opportunities to meet again in the future!"

"I notified him. I felt he also had the right to witness Aiboke's awakening."

So, was now the time for the curse to be lifted?