"Wait, I'm maintaining the normal order of time. Why do I have to pay a price on top of not receiving any reward?"
Shade protested inwardly, but exhaustion had already robbed him of any desire to object.
"She" smiled gently:
After completing the Time Key mission, the Tree Father's help would indeed require no price. But for the Silver Moon Library, hadn't you used the Black Mist Camp key in advance?
"I'll say it again, that wasn't for the Silver Moon Library. At least, not entirely. Fine, fine, purify the curse. I've really had enough tonight."
He took a step back and watched the green leaf left on the forehead of that pitch-black humanoid melt into a gentle green radiance, wrapping around Envy Edwards's soul. Yet after only a few dozen seconds, the green light dispersed, and the bewildered pure-white soul rose from the ground, helplessly staring at everything before him.
His father, Sloth Edwards, walked over and embraced him without saying a word for a long time.
"The Youthful Immortality Leaf can be considered a remnant of the Tree Father's power. That's why it provided spacetime protection."
Watching this scene, Iluna felt as though she understood something. Letting out a sigh of relief, she smiled at Shade:
"I didn't expect it to be so simple."
"This wasn't simple at all."
If not for Shade, even if someone else held the leaf, they most likely would not have been able to so easily stir the power left behind by that Ancient God of Time.
But matters here were not yet over. The Night Watchman was still in the lake on the Eastern Island, and Laplace Klein Howard still needed to be dealt with.
"Iluna, think about how you'll explain what just happened. Though you can say that that 'God Summoner'