Beers left looking dazed.
How could he not have heard the story of Time Thief?
It could be said that the legend of Time Thief was one of the few secret tales in the Wizarding World.
It was simply that Beers had never expected that this great being, rumored to have long surpassed legend and reached the third rank of miracle, was named Cassini.
Time Thief's greatest trait was that he could steal away your choices. Like a scavenger drifting along the nodes of time, whether in the past, present, or future, so long as it was a choice you had abandoned, he would steal it away without you noticing.
If life were compared to a road from which there was no turning back, every choice that affected the turning points of your life would give rise to a fork. When, in a single thought, you chose the left-hand path, the right-hand path would slowly fade away, leaving almost no chance to set foot upon it again.
And Time Thief could take that right-hand path without so much as a question.
Time Thief had his own rules for stealing choices, but at present, no one in the Wizarding World fully knew the restrictions governing his thefts.
However, everyone knew two things about Time Thief's ways.
First, once Time Thief took away your choice, he would certainly compensate you. No matter in what respect, it would inevitably bring you enormous benefit.
Second, Time Thief would not casually steal people's choices. Anyone he chose to mark was bound to have a chance of setting foot upon the path of truth. In other words, if Time Thief took away your choice, you were very likely a potential Seed of Truth.
The ultimate pursuit of every wizard was truth.
From a certain perspective, being