Chapter 259

He slumped into the chair, looking utterly dejected, like an empty puppet.

Noa sniffled, waited quietly for a while, and then asked, "Have you recovered yet? If you have, Xiaoguang will explain the methods we came up with to you. We are pressed for time and don't have time to give you more time to be sad."

Leon blinked hard, pinching the web of his left hand; the pain brought him back to his senses.

Okay, I'm listening.

Aurorla walked to Leon's side and slowly began to speak.

"First of all, let me correct a misconception, Dad. You didn't 'sleep' in the spatial rift for twenty years before waking up."

"No spatial magic can last for twenty years."

"In that battle, Ravi used his Heart-protecting Dragon Scale to forcibly alter the nature of spatial magic, causing it to undergo uncontrollable changes."

"It was this change that 'teleported' you to... this place, twenty years in the future."

Leon listened intently, "Teleported... to here?"

Aurorla. "Yes. 'Here' is just a simplified way of putting it; you can also understand it as 'a point in time,' 'spacetime,' or, most accurately—"

"A world twenty years in the future where Leon Casmod does not exist."

"For you, it really has only been a few hours;"

"But for us in this world where ' Leon doesn't exist,' twenty years have truly passed."

"To give a simple example:"

"The world is a smoothly running assembly line, and each person plays the role of a cog."

"But one day, you, this part, will break off from the assembly line."

"While this won't have a fatal impact on the operation of the assembly line, everything related to you has been changed."

"For example, my eldest sister and second eldest sister, without your companionship, we have become what we are today;"

"But if you were here, I believe we wouldn't be like this now."

After a pause, Aurorla, wanting to lighten the somewhat somber atmosphere, looked at Noa.

"At the very least, the eldest sister will be a long-haired beauty."

Leon quickly absorbed and understood what Aurorla had said.

He understood this principle and also grasped the meaning behind her joke.

The transformation from a short-haired cool girl to a long-haired beauty is just a metaphor, because the impact of a father's absence during a child's upbringing goes far beyond just hair length.

The initial agreement he and Losweiser reached was that the children would grow up healthily in an environment where both parents provide adequate love and support.

A childhood lacking a father's love is certainly incomplete.

Aurorla was absolutely right. If Leon were here, they would not be in this situation today.

Although they have become stronger now, there is no doubt that the guidance Leon provided during their childhood and adolescence will make them even better than they are now.

That's for sure.

This also explains Leon's sense of "belonging" from his awakening to his present state.

He always felt he didn't belong 'here'.

He doesn't belong to... this world where ' Leon Casmod doesn't exist'.

"So, having corrected this misconception, here comes the crucial point."

"For the past ten years or so, I've been studying the reversal magic of Ravi's spatial magic," Aurorla said.

"Reverse magic?"

Leon's mind raced slightly. "You mean... time travel? Traveling back to the past?"

"No, no, no, Dad, that's not how time works."

Aurorla corrected him.

"Through a series of coincidences, you traveled through a spatial rift to the future, twenty years in the future; we see this as 'moving forward'."

"But in the rules of 'time,' you can't 'go back'."

"All events can only move forward with the passage of time, and no amount of powerful magic can defy this. Even the out-of-control space magic that incorporates the Heart-protecting Dragon Scale can only transport you to the future, not to the past."

Hearing this, Leon frowned slightly. "Then wouldn't it be impossible to change anything?"

"Don't worry, Dad. Although the rules of time are fixed, I've still found a loophole in them."

Aurorla flashed a confident smile unique to researchers.

"It's what I just mentioned, the magic of reversal."

"While we cannot go back in time, it does not mean we cannot reverse known magic."

"For the past ten years or so, I have been studying the spatial magic that Ravi used back then, and successfully created the prototype of reversal magic."

"If the research is successful in the end, you will be able to go back in time and correct and change all of this."

Leon lowered his brow, his mind racing.

After a moment, he asked, "I think I understand, but I remember you said something like... only six months left? What does that mean?"

"The battle that put Mom into a deep sleep happened six months after you entered the rift," Noa said.

"But this shouldn't have anything to do with Xiaoguang's research progress, right? As long as the reversal magic succeeds, won't it send me back to the point in time when I left?"

"No, Dad."

Aurorla said,

"For example, about eighteen hours have passed since you woke up."

"That means eighteen hours have already passed on you, so even if I complete the reversal magic now, I can only send you back to the eighteenth hour after you entered the rift."

"Time operates in a single line; it affects the world and it affects you."

"If you were to return to the world 'eighteen hours earlier' in a state 'eighteen hours later', no one knows what would happen; it might tear your body apart."

"Did you understand, Dad?"

Leon shook his head blankly, "I didn't understand."

Aurorla had anticipated this. She turned to look at Mu En and said, "Second sister, explain it to Dad in a simple way using your method."

"Okay."

Mu En stepped forward and looked at his elderly father.

"For example, Dad, you ate a steak at noon and ate until 12:30."

"Then, you return to midnight using reversal magic while you're full, and if you go back to eat those steaks, you'll definitely burst your stomach."

That's roughly the principle.

Leon: "I understand now."

"One last thing, Dad."

Aurorla stood in front of Leon.

The Noa Muen sisters stood on either side of her.

The three sisters looked at their father with serious expressions.

"You are the only one who can travel back to the past through reversal magic."

"The world is a game of chess, and you are the Only One piece that can jump off the chessboard."

"You are the variable, Daddy, and the key to saving everything."

"Xiao Guang has six months to complete the reversal magic."

"And you, Daddy, you must become as strong as you were in the beginning."

"Only someone like you possesses the power to turn the tide and reverse the future."

Mu En stepped forward, half-knelt in front of Leon, and stretched out his arms to hug his father.

"Mom and we are waiting for you in the real future, Daddy."

Leon tried to process what his daughters had said.

Although there are still some things I don't quite understand, in short, since there is an opportunity to change all of this, Leon will definitely do everything he can to try.

For a full twenty years, he was not by his daughters' side, which was undoubtedly the most regrettable thing for a person with a strong sense of responsibility.

Furthermore, the absence of a father's love will inevitably change a person's life.

Such changes are often negative.

Moreover, Leon is an excellent father, a fact that even Nuoya had to admit when their relationship hadn't improved.

And, besides the daughters...

Leon looked up, his gaze falling on the crystal.

The silver-haired beauty lay quietly in the crystal, her brows relaxed, her eyelashes distinct, her delicate features gentle, and she looked serene and beautiful.

But she shouldn't have done that.

She is the Silver Dragon Queen and the mother of her daughters.

She is also his wife.

This cunning yet arrogant foolish dragon deserves a better future.

Noticing her father's gaze, Aurorla raised an eyebrow.

Tsk, when she was little, she would hide in Daddy Mom's arms and watch them look at each other, and she thought that was cheesy enough.

Why is it that now it's only Dad's gaze that's directed at Mom, and the way he looks at her is almost like he's about to pull out a string of threads?

So, just how much love for his Mom is this stubborn old bastard suppressing in his heart?

No.

Aurorla realized that if they stayed any longer, she and her sister would be overwhelmed by the invisible dog food (a Chinese slang term for public displays of affection).

She gently nudged her older sister with her elbow.

Noa glanced at her sideways.

Aurorla gave her older sister a look.

Noa was taken aback at first, then glanced at Leon and immediately understood.

"Well... time is tight and the task is important, so I'll go back to researching reversal magic. You guys chat."

After saying that, Aurorla immediately performed a light-speed resurrection.

"Then I'll chat with Daddy! I have so much to tell Daddy!" Mu En said excitedly.

The talkative little tagalong who used to follow Leon around all day calling "Daddy, Daddy, Daddy" has been holding back for twenty years, and of course he has countless things he wants to say to his dad.

However.

Noa grabbed her sister by the back of her collar and dragged her toward the door. "Come with me to cook. We'll talk while we eat."

"No, no! I want to stay with Daddy! Waaah~"

"He's only a year older than you now, and you keep calling him 'Daddy,' which will drive someone crazy."

With its two feet and one tail, Mu En dragged three shallow tracks on the ground.

Little Moon, with her noodle-like eyes, was ruthlessly dragged out of the dark room by her eldest sister.

After the three sisters left, Leon shook his head and smiled.

He could tell that his daughters had finished discussing important matters and were leaving their time for him and Losweiser.

As for Noa's statement that "he is only one year older than you"... it certainly stung the old father's heart.

Leon was twenty-three years old when he entered the spatial rift, while Noa Muen was only two years old at the time.

But now, twenty years later, the Queen and second eldest are already twenty-two years old.

I want to say, "Twenty-two is truly the prime of life."