chapter 213
213 – 214. Gaps in Time.
“…”
At this point, should I call this amazing?
Or should I say it is meaningless.
Looking at Chrono’s ‘time’, Leah couldn’t even express any feelings.
‘…It’s absurd.’
She clearly reached the ‘situation’ she wanted.
However, the most important reality, ‘results’, continues to be missed.
If it were a completely hopeless task, I would even slap my hand away, but just look at that scene right below.
[Is this right…]
[It’s not about whether it’s right or wrong. It is a concept of like and dislike.]
[I don’t like it…]
[A person who hates something has done this?]
[Actually, it was good…!!]
[Yep! This is Chronology!]
“…Huh.”
There was only one thing Leah wanted.
Theia. Giving her to that man whom she herself had saved and bought with her own money.
She just waited for a ‘beautiful and ideal result’ where she would receive the gift she had been given and thank herself.
“Isn’t he crazy?”
She took both women into her arms, except the one she handed over.
If those women were low-class trash, I wouldn’t be so angry.
Since it is the law of the world for pigs to eat potatoes that fall on the floor, how can they say that they are satisfied with just one piece of potato?
If she had just attacked a woman passing by and ended it, maybe she would have been able to convince her.
But what is the reality?
“It would be shocking to get this far.”
She was once a goddess and one of the 12 main deities who ascended to the position of main deity. Hestia.
She is also a goddess who serves as a part of the muse. Eto.
The sight of that libertine who only had goddesses in his arms was now shocking.
“I’m truly shocked.”
It was understandable that she did not accept the gift she gave.
No matter how beautiful she is, how big her breasts are, and how likely she is to give birth, she is in reality a ‘human being’.
Even though she was outstanding and outstanding, she was still a ‘human being’.
And would such a ‘human’ dare to take the place of a ‘goddess’?
‘It’s impossible.’
This is a loss.
No matter where she looked, the only thing she could say was ‘lost’.
A gift she brought with all her might and even her pride.
I have no choice but to admit that it is meaningless and useless ‘trash’ to that person.
“It’s really, really sad.”
I didn’t want to use this ‘method’.
I didn’t want to use these ‘means’.
It wasn’t just about using ‘power’ to break his ‘seal’.
“Is it because I have something black around me? In the end, I also end up turning like ‘him’.”
As if he had violated himself.
Even if you pray for my life, I will see you
I tried to beg you to come back
The way of ‘that man’ who did not respond even if you trusted and trusted him endlessly and only made demands forcefully.
“Kronos. “I’m in no position to criticize you.”
In the end, there was only one conclusion that came out.
Even if it means receiving ‘hate’ that cannot be erased.
“God, as God, must be respected.”
That’s why.
Opening never makes ‘mistakes’.
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“…?”
The first time I felt uncomfortable was when I opened my eyes.
Open your eyes and look around.
Warm sunlight. Quiet weather.
A morning without anything strange.
It was an uneventful day except that the same day was repeated…
“…Huh?”
A strangely quiet family.
Only then was I able to understand the identity of my sense of discomfort.
‘There’s no one.’
I couldn’t see any cars passing on the road.
I couldn’t see anyone crossing the street.
The faint sound of birds chirping.
Even the voice of a young child.
And above all—even the voices of ‘Mai’ and ‘Minerva’ that should have been heard outside the room.
“…!”
Just as my thoughts reached that point, the sound of my cell phone ringing.
Theia’s phone call. I accepted it as is.
[Hello…?]
“It’s Chrono.”
[Chrono…Tiaga, Hestia!!]
“…”
Just hearing that voice was enough to infer the situation.
‘It’s gone.’
I left my room and went into other kids’ rooms.
It wasn’t visible. There was no trace of the children.
“First…See you there.”
[…Yes.]
I quickly changed my clothes.
We must meet first. We need to meet and observe the situation.
She put her cell phone in her pocket and immediately opened the door and went out.
And at that time.
─Rat!
“Wow… ?!”
“Wow?!”
Someone headbutted me from the other side.
In an instant, I was pushed backwards and almost fell backwards, so I held on to the wall and held on.
‘Suddenly a variable?’
I’ve never been like this before when I go out.
A situation that is both embarrassing and absurd.
Let’s somehow let go of the woman in order to go outside again…
“…Chrono?”
“Mr. Teia?”
The person who pushed me was none other than Theia.
Why is someone who should be at home over there right in front of my house?
“Chrono is already in front of the house…?”
“…Yes?”
Just when I was so embarrassed and speechless, I heard a word from Theia.
Chrono is already in front of the house. It’s exactly the same thing I thought earlier.
‘No way.’
But just in case.
I leaned out the door with Theia next to me.
“…Wow.”
It looked like an ordinary front door to my house until I crossed the threshold.
However, when I crossed the threshold to the other side, it turned into the front door of Theia’s house.
‘The spaces are connected.’
Theia and the space of my home were connected.
I know it makes no sense, but I could understand it because the regression made no sense in the first place.
However, conversely, if there is something that doesn’t make sense, is it possible that Leah, who used ‘time’ to perform ‘reversion’, could also manipulate ‘space’?
“That’s not true.”
What Leah took from me was ‘time’.
What Leia can handle and control is also ‘time’.
In that case, it would be correct to view this phenomenon as a phenomenon using ‘time’.
“But how do you deal with space with time───ah.”
Hour. And space.
The two combined are called ‘space and time’.
It may be a bit philosophical, but to put it simply, it should be called the ‘relationship between time and space’ or something.
Something super sticky or something happens when you apply Einstein’s theory of relativity to space.
‘…Why do I know this in the first place?’
I can’t explain it in words, but I felt like I knew.
I don’t know, but it feels like ‘I’ know.
I don’t know reason, but my instinct knows. Anyway, I can’t explain it in words, but I felt like I could put it into practice through action.
“Maybe───here.”
Between the threshold and the threshold.
A ‘transparent border’ that is clearly invisible but felt.
I put my hand there and looked at ‘time’.
“…It’s connected.”
‘Time’ is connected.
The ‘time’ on my house’s front door and the ‘time’ on Teia’s front door were connected to each other.
Therefore, the relationship is established that leaving Theia’s house means entering my house at the same time, and leaving my house simultaneously enters Theia’s house. I don’t even know what to say.
‘I just need to put it back to its original state and that’s it.’
I put my hand on the border and turned back ‘time’.
The task of cutting off each connected ‘border line’ and returning it to its original state.
“Uh…?”
A boundary that slowly begins to sway.
Theia was embarrassed and hid behind me, as if she could see that.
…It’s not particularly dangerous, but if you use it as a meat shield, it feels a bit like a meat shield.
“With this—is it okay, eh…?”
The boundary line was cut.
The relationship between ‘time’ and ‘time’ returned again.
At the same time, the ‘space’ connected to ‘time’ also seems to have moved away and returned to its original state.
“…What is this?”
Black.
It’s just black.
The scenery in front of the gate was completely black and I couldn’t see outside.
I stretched out my hand to see if I could go outside, but I couldn’t move forward as if I was blocked by a huge barrier.
“This is…So…”
‘Time’ is blocked.
Beyond the black space, ‘time’ had completely stopped.
‘Because time stands still, does that mean space also stands still?’
Just in case, I stretched out my hand and put ‘time’ beyond the black space.
“──Oh!”
“Mr. Chrono?!”
The right hand being sucked into the black space.
It feels like being sucked into thick mud.
At the same time, I also felt another premonition.
‘If ‘time’ is released in this state…’
Space stops. Therefore, the space of my ‘right hand’ also stops.
Disconnection between space.
I could tell without even imagining what would happen because of this.
“It’s not something I should leave to a new era.”
As soon as I understood the situation, I withdrew my hand.
Fortunately, the right hand is alive and moving.
I sighed softly and looked back.
“Chrono…?”
“…Mr. Teia.”
There is good news and bad news here.
What would you like to hear first?
“…Start with the bad news.”
“I’ll tell you the good news first.”
“?”
“Actually, even good news is bad news.”
“…”
Cold, hard eyes.
Don’t look at me like that.
I felt dizzy when I found out right away.
“First of all, it’s good news… But it seems like the kid who locked us up is slowly reaching his limit.”
“The word limit…?”
“I don’t think there will be a regression.”
“Ah…!”
A face with a bright color.
However, there is bad news to be delivered after this.
“It seems like the consumption of power has been drastically reduced as it is a limitation.”
“Reduced consumption, ramen…”
“I can’t go out anymore.”
“…?”
There is no more regression.
“We are locked up.”
“…!!!”
Because there is nothing to return to in the first place.
As an aside.
“…Kronos, they say he’s that bastard’s apostle.”
Between the gaps in time.
“You really turned that crazy guy into an apostle.”
At best, in the end, this human being walked through a gap in time, even if only for a moment.
The moment I doubted my own eyes.
Leah quietly trembled.