Angelina first turned over the card representing Queen Diana:
"Mother."
The Tarot Card showed Mother, and an upright Mother at that. When divining for a pregnant woman, this was quite a positive result.
Angelina seemed to relax slightly, then picked up the card representing the unborn children. The instant she turned it over, Shade suddenly felt his vision blur, as though his whole body had fallen into a raging river.
The overwhelming dizziness and disorientation made him cover his mouth and retch. The long-forgotten sensation of his head spinning left his entire body severely uncomfortable.
"Time truly is marvelous. Many years ago, I was once like Angelina is now. Shade—oh, what's wrong with you?"
Galina reached out to support Shade as he clutched his head and retched, his body even beginning to convulse.
"I'm fine. It just suddenly felt like—when did you come back?"
Suppressing the dizziness, Shade looked at the witch supporting him. Only then did she quietly say:
Outlander, you have experienced a time reversal. Because you possess the state of selectively refusing the Power of Time, you retained your original memories.
"Shade, what are you talking about? Came back? Haven't I been here the whole time?"
The witch asked in confusion, while the concern on Angelina's face had vanished as well.
"Shade, we were just talking when you suddenly clutched your head and started retching. Are you all right?"
"Would you like some tea? How about coffee or wine?"
Tifa asked softly from behind the sofa.
"Time reversal?"
Shade's shock was beyond words. He had never expected to encounter something like this, especially with no warning whatsoever. But since Priest Augustus had mentioned similar incidents before, he did not panic too badly:
"Listen to me. Something happened."
He tightly gripped the witch's hand, enduring the