The Crimson Magister Chapter 158: V4-C17: The Lord’s Blessing

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As Aqua stepped deeper into the sanctum, she attempted to split aether and conjure a simple spell, yet she couldn’t call upon it, nor was her divinity present. Not even the Black Flame could reach her. She closed her fist. For the first time in centuries, she was a normal girl, or she would have been a normal girl if not for a single fact. Her Authority of Time grew more absolute. Within the sanctum, she felt as if she could bend and shape the timespace without as much as a thought. What is this place? Her temporal barrier became even more powerful and absolute. “Curious entity you are, a denizen of lower cosmos yet with your own power you rewrote the temporal flow. I will require an explanation. Why?” The very moment the words left the shrouded entity, he appeared in front of Aqua, making her step back. Who is this?! She could feel his power. It was as if the universe itself was collapsing upon her. Yet it was neither divine nor was it based in Aether. Instead, the suffocating power came from a single source. The [Authority of Time]. The time around her became oppressive, threatening to send her to the very end of the timeline, yet her own authority forced her to remain. “I was left with no choice,” Aqua spoke confidently. For her Azure, she had resolved herself to use any means necessary. She would not lose her like she did Umbra. I couldn’t take it. I couldn’t lose my home, my friends, and my love again. The entity stepped forward. “No matter the loss, no matter the pain. Those who wield time must not use it recklessly. If we do, the consequence won’t merely be a single world.” Of course, she had understood the consequence. She knew that a single wrong step would have resulted in cosmos-wide destruction. Yet, she couldn’t agree with the entity. “I understand the consequences. I have fought the tyrant for centuries, and I have never resorted to using the [Authority of Time] on such a scale; however, this time it is different. I had no choice. I could not take the loss…” She couldn’t bear to look at the entity; she turned her head to the side, and a tear rolled down her face. The white man stood silent; the time around her relaxed. At long last, Aqua could stop resisting the accelerating end. “Perhaps I was foolish to expect a denizen of lower cosmos to be free of emotion, despite your power,” he said calmly. “Perhaps I should ask you something else then,” He said, his gaze upon her. “What would you have done if your reckless and sloppy use of time caused the end of everything you loved? What would you have done if a major paradox emerged?” Aqua gulped. Sloppy? She wiped her tears and resolved herself, standing tall in the face of the powerful entity. “I would have done everything in my power to restore it. I would spend millions, nay billions of years if need be, just to fix my mistakes!” The entity stood silently. Contemplating the woman's answer. “Curious, you are the most unique denizen of lower cosmos I have ever laid my gaze upon.” Aqua closely followed the man’s movement. Despite her answering his questions, she was ready to fight at any sudden move. “May I ask a question?” She asked. “Yes,” he stated. “Who, or what are you?” She asked, carefully observing the man. The authority and the clock behind his back cemented him in her mind as something far above even the world souls or the cosmic terrors. The man before her was dangerous, even to her. “I…” He said. “Am the Lord of the Beginnings, I am the arbiter of time and the one who is tasked with choosing the next timelord.” Timelord? She tilted her head. She crossed her arms and plunged into her mind. Soon, her eyes widened. Is this the man from Hikari’s fairy tale? “Is it your gaze I had sensed when I was rewriting history?” The Lord stood still for a moment. “It was. If I had not intervened, your authority would have unraveled everything within the isolated time, thought I must commend you on one point,” He said. Aqua awkwardly smiled. She had never played with time o