The moonlight passed through the forest in the afternoon sun, and the fluctuating light was not dazzling at all. The strange lady seemed to raise her hand to touch the light, and then turned her back to Shade in the sun and sighed again:
"Such a pure silver moon reminds me of the ancient texts in which the ancients praised the first moon.
You have pure moonlight and outstanding time talent. Even if you are not selected by her, after getting the tenured teaching position in the college, you are not qualified to compete for the president's seat. Very good, seeing that there are successors in the college, and each generation is getting better and better, now
I feel relieved."
"It's not that my talent is outstanding, it's that Miss Daniste's vision is so good. I'm so bold to ask, do you really not want to meet Miss Daniste?"
Shade asked again. After all, if she had wanted to see him just now, she would not have spoken again after Shade used "Time Stop".
The strange lady shook her head as expected:
"No, sometimes it's better not to see each other. I don't know what will happen in the future, but I have to try my best to avoid affecting the stability of time. You and I are not contemporaries, that's why I talk to you, but Dany
Steve and I have too much involved."
She hesitated for a moment and then said:
"But now that you have touched these weird tree holes, you have already been involved in the affairs of Ximu Town.
I have to tell you something. Brookwood and Vista Grove are really weird places. If the stability of time in other places is like a dense tapestry, then the stability of time here is like a large mesh sieve.
.
I didn't come here because of the time travel thing, but after careful investigation, the things here are really indescribable. Tell me, young people, in the future many years later, there will be more time travel events in Ximu Town
?"
"How can I describe it? I met him three times within a week of being here."
Shade then added:
"And it seems that in the eighth chapter of "", the story of the Time Chosen One will unfold here."
"The legends and epics of the Sixth Age are actually in Danist's generation?"
The lady with her back against the tree was silent for a few seconds:
"I will stay in Ximu Town in this era for a while. Even if we are not at the same time, I should have the opportunity to help you. I originally thought that these weird tree holes were the remaining power of the ancient gods, but now it seems that this is not the case at all.
It is the source of disaster.
Oh, do you know the rules of time travel in tree holes?"
"I only know one thing: if time travelers appear in places where they have stayed for a long time in the past, they will spontaneously be attracted to that time again."
This is the experience summarized from Bennet’s old house, and the strange lady continued to add:
"Rule 2: The more stable the tree hole is, the simpler the time point it is connected to. When traveling through time through a stable tree hole, the time curse will be lighter.
Rule 3: Anyone who travels through time through these tree holes will be cursed by time, but the more powerful the person, the more obvious the curse will be. For example, Daniste turned directly back to eighteen years old. Thinking about it carefully, she is really lucky.
Ordinary people suffer a slight curse, probably because their souls, spirits and elements are weak. But the time curse is fair to everyone, so even if the curse is slight, it must be an unbearable price."
Xia De was thinking about whether to take out his notebook and write down the "Judgement of Tree Hole Stability" and "Inevitability of Time Curse" when he was suddenly startled, and then a horrified expression appeared on his face:
"Madam, I want to ask a very important question. If I accidentally transform my pet cat into a toy and bring it to this time and space, will it also suffer the time curse?"
His hand touched the pocket of his coat, but little Mia's toys were still there. Infinite regret was intertwined in his heart at this moment. He did not expect that he was not aware of this problem, but at the same time he desperately hoped that Mia would be taken care of at this time.
If it is determined to be "non-living", it may not be cursed.
The lady in the black dress gave a better answer:
"During the process of passing through the tree hole, any transformation spell will be invalid, and everything will show its original state. If your toy transformation spell is still in effect, it only means that either your cat is originally a toy, or your thaumaturgy comes from
to the power of the gods.
In this state, it will not be cursed, and you can even change it back to be active in this era within a certain limit. But similarly, it comes from you and will be regarded as a part of you. If it violates the rules of time,
The curse will befall you.
This works for all animals, but don't do it for people, people and animals are different."
Shade felt relieved now, which meant that the thaumaturgy [Toy Making] that had been blessed in the "Holy White Auditorium" could safely "smuggle" little Mia and other animals to the other end of the tree hole, but Shade needed to take good care of them.
This also means that it is entirely possible for Shade to smuggle "Miss Owl" over, because she is really just an owl now. As for the thaumaturgy of "cannot carry forcefully transformed creatures through the corridors of time and space mazes", that doesn't matter.
Because the "Twisted Tree Hole" is not a time corridor at all, Shade will know if he can take Miss Owl with him next time he tries it.
"Since you know so much, then you also have a time curse, right? Can't you remove this curse?"
Feeling relieved about Mia's matter, Shade hurriedly asked again. Time was running out.
"I also have a curse, and I have a way to solve it, but Daniste cannot copy my method. You can understand that I used a one-time precious relic collected by the academy to transfer the curse I suffered to the place where I died.
moment.
But Danister also has her own way. Although she is not a time genius, she certainly did not touch the taboo and stability of time in the process of traveling through time. Therefore, she was only cursed for illegally traveling through time. Speaking of which, you
Do you know her ancestry?"
"Miss Daniste said that her great-grandmother came from the Stormchaser clan. This is also an elf clan that believes in the Tree Father, so Miss Daniste has one-eighth of elven blood. (2035)"
Shade immediately recalled that the strange lady turned her back to him and nodded slightly:
"Yes, so to a certain extent she is one of our own. Although this bloodline will not allow her to be cursed, but now she is only cursed because of illegal crossing, then there is the possibility of 'atonement' [
Paradox Bug].
Ancient evil thing - Paradox Worm, I won't tell you what it is, otherwise this tree hole will completely collapse. Go check the information in your own time, the possibility of Danist's recovery is here. Of course, also
It's just a possibility. Also, don't ask Daniste what it is, check it out yourself, and then tell her yourself after you find it."
But Shade is very sure that Miss Winslet does not have elf blood, she is purely human. Therefore, the "smuggling method" only works on Miss Winslet, and the "paradox bug" only works on Miss Daniste.
But no matter what, at least now there is finally a possible solution to Miss Daniste's problem, which is already considered progress.
"I understand, and I will investigate on my own. It's time for us to leave. Let me ask you one last time, are you really unwilling to meet Miss Danister?"
He asked in the mottled shadow of the trees. The warm summer afternoon breeze blew over the two of them. The lady's back left the big tree, but her back was still facing Shade:
"I don't know what will happen in the future, but judging from her performance in the fantasy, it's better not to give her hope. Goodbye, young man. May the moon protect you, me and her."
She disappeared as if melting into the sunlight. Shade nodded slightly in that direction, then turned around and patted Miss Danister on the shoulder, and took out the key from her pocket:
"Grab my hand, I'm afraid I'll have to force you back for a while - may the World Tree protect me for infinite time."
Click~
The scenery in Room 317 of the Accordion Hotel was returning, and the scenery of the woodland under the sun was gradually becoming blurry. Because the pictures in front of her were very coherent, the red-haired girl did not realize that she was missing two important minutes.
Just when Shade read out the current time and forcefully pulled the illusive red-haired girl towards him, the young girl suddenly turned around and looked at the sunshine under the tree not far away.
She didn't know why she did this suddenly, there was obviously nothing there. When she wanted to take a closer look, she had been taken back to 1854 by Shade.
"Mia!"
Shade immediately changed the cat back, then touched the cat's head violently to make sure that it was really not contaminated by the curse, and then turned it back into a toy with the cat's confused expression.
At this time, Shade and Miss Danister were standing in front of the dilapidated wooden door in the deepest part of the cloakroom in Room 317. Shade quickly inserted the time key in his hand into the keyhole again, confirming that the door leading to 1821
There really was only one last chance to use the door, so he turned around and asked Miss Danister, who looked melancholy:
"Looks like you came back successfully. What happened here? Miss Bell just told me that you wanted Adele Isabella to find out how to use the door safely. After she refused, she took Winslet with her
The young lady went to room 321 alone, and then things got out of control."
The thin white mist that filled the room was slowly disappearing. Judging from the density, it was clear that the mist was coming from this door.
Miss Denister looked a little guilty, but she still shook her head:
"I'm not sure either. At 8:40 this morning, the witch with thirteen rings arrived at the hotel, and what happened after that was just as you said.
The three of them didn't come back immediately after leaving my room, so I had been alone in this room. At first everything was normal, then I noticed an extra layer of fog in the room, and then I found the door where the fog was coming from.
, but before I could do anything, I suddenly appeared in the illusion.
It wasn't me who cracked your thaumaturgy, and I didn't even think about actively using this door. I thought about it, but I didn't do it. It was this door that took the initiative to pull me through."