Death... and me

Roan and the others could clearly see the so-called clue Bunbun mentioned carved on another wall. "Isn't that...!" Rean was speechless.

"It is, right?!" Kentucky was just as shocked.

"It definitely has the same shape..." Roan commented while narrowing his eyes.

Rean, Roan, and Kentucky all commented together. What Lolio was holding in his hand... was the Underworld Relic? "How can the Underworld Relic be here?" Rean finally couldn't hold the question back.

Yet, Celis quickly noticed the problem. "That makes no sense. The Underworld Relic has a Fragment of the Universe Foundation inside. Yet, the events of this Wonderland happened way before the events with the extinction sphere."

Roan then commented. "Actually, it does make sense. The Underworld Relic is using the Universe Foundation Fragment as an Energy Source. Before, it was just an item without use... I think."

Bunbun was quite surprised by their words. "Underworld Relic? Is that what you call this item? All we knew was that it had a connection with the Underworld. Can you explain your part of the story?"

"We will explain later," Roan suddenly mentioned. "So, this was the clue that the Underworld existed, right?"

Bunbun wasn't very happy that they didn't answer his question. But then again, it wasn't like they were obligated to do it, so he made a deal. "I will continue the story, but you absolutely must tell me your part later."

"We will," Roan nodded, not intending to go back on his word.

Bunbun then took a deep breath and returned to Roan's shoulder. He then pointed forward so that everyone could continue to follow the story on the walls. "Alright. This was the clue that the Underworld existed. It was through this item that Lolio finally managed to get in contact with someone from down there."

They stopped in front of another wall. This time, it depicted Lolio holding the Underworld Relic and another being. However, this being didn't really have a form, obviously an existence of energy. There were many races in the Underworld, Realm of Gods, and Heavens that were made of energy, so it was hard to tell which one it was.

Rean tried a guess, though. "Hum... is it a Soul Devil?" Soul Devils are also a kind of being of energy, although it is Soul Energy instead of Devilish Energy.

Bunbun shook his head. "No, this is-"

Yet, Roan cut him. "This is a Death Spirit, the real one, not a copy."

Even if they didn't want to, Rean, Celis, and Kentucky would make the connection. "Kafan!"

Roan nodded. He finally found the connection between the Loporrits and his Master.

Bunbun, on the other hand, began to grow angry. "You said no one told you about this place. So you were lying, uh?"

Roan glanced at him and snorted. "Hmph! Every single expert exploring this Wonderland knows Kafan. That Loporrit called Lavi and also mentioned that the Semi-Celesitals seemed to have information about this place. Do you really think it was hard to make the connection?"

"This..." Bunbun's anger instantly disappeared. Roan's logic was flawless, especially since it was corroborated by his own Loporrit Race. "Now that I think about it, I have never mentioned the name of the guy I didn't like. Fine, that is indeed a Death Spirit, and he is indeed Kafan."

'Nice job!' Celis, Kentucky, and Rean commended Roan in their minds at the same time.

Having begrudgingly accepted Roan's excuse, Bunbun continued his explanation. "Lolio worked on that relic for several decades, certain that this wasn't something from this world. I don't know exactly how, but he managed to use it to catch the attention of that Death Spirit called Kafan."

Excluding Hyeoumu, Kafan could be said to be one of the oldest Semi-Celestials alive... Well, no one really knows if Hyeoumu is just a Semi-Celestial anyway. Leaving that aside, Kafan was already a Semi-Celestial way before the Universe got divided in two. That said, it made sense that Kafan got in contact with this world during that time. It would also be extremely easy for him to reach the Loporrits' Planet in the Mortal World with his power.

"Kafan arrived on our planet after that. At first, he was quite nice. He heard Lolio's plight and decided to help him find a way to fix the problem with the Loporrits birthrate problem," Bunbun explained, still feeling angry just to think about Kafan. "Let's follow the tunnel."

In the several walls that followed, Kafan and quite a few more Death Spirits appeared in the story. Above all, Lolio and Kafan seemed to be quite close. The twins' group also noticed Bunbun's presence on the walls increasing, seeming to have joined the research on the Loporrits' bloodline issue. If anything, the Loporrits and the Death Spirits seemed extremely close to each other, especially Kafan and Lolio.

Roan then remembered what Rean commented when they were outside the Wonderland, just after they finished their conversation with Kafan. Rean raised the possibility that Roan wasn't just Kafan's disciple while he was a Death Spirit Copy. Instead, there was a possibility that Roan was already Kafan's disciple, even in his previous life.

"Bunbun," Roan couldn't help but ask the definitive question. "Did Kafan take Lolio as his disciple?" At the same time, he felt like something was changing in his mind. It even slightly appeared on his face.

Bunbun nodded, oblivious to Roan's change. "It is pretty obvious, isn't it? The two of them are basically together in all the wall carvings. They truly seemed to like each other a lot. Lolio, on the other hand, handed the 'Underworld Relic' to Kafan."

Inside the Soul Gem Dimensional Realm, a black crystal suddenly cracked all over. It soon broke into thousands of pieces, quickly disappearing into specs of dark light. That seemed to be the last straw. With Bunbun's confirmation, a wave of memories immediately rushed into Roan's mind, making it very hard for him to separate them from this life's ones.