Whispers of the Machine Age
Chapter 2549

Time's Fourth Candidate

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Click~

A clear sound of clock hands turning came from the void. Shade looked around suspiciously. Whenever he used Time Miracle Techniques lately, the previously nonexistent "click~" seemed to be growing more and more real.

Galina looked at the pocket watch Shade had not hidden away this time. Of course, she recognized it, and at last understood where Shade had learned his "Time Stop." But then she suddenly looked at the completely "frozen" Queen:

"Careful, what is that!?"

Only Shade and Galina remained in the room now; even Angelina had not stayed behind. As the Duchess grabbed Shade and quickly retreated, she noticed something abnormal about Queen Diana.

This was not referring to the indecent state the Queen was in while giving birth. Rather, despite her body being stopped in time, her swollen belly was bulging upward from within and trembling like waves.

It sounded simple enough when described, but seeing it for real made even Shade's scalp tingle.

What happened next made the corners of his mouth twitch even more. A tiny hand tore open the Queen's abdomen, and amid the gurgling flow of blood, two babies still connected by umbilical cords, their bodies covered in blood, forcibly crawled out of Queen Diana's belly.

Shade really did not want to describe what the two babies looked like. The newborn Twin Princes were truly ugly; they could not even open their eyes, which were squeezed shut from having just been born.

The Witch beside him took a deep breath to steady her emotions. She had been very close to Queen Diana, and this scene had deeply shaken her. Meanwhile, Shade realized something else:

"They're immune to my Time Stop? No, you two are Ring Arcanists? Wait, six rings? Is the Cavendish Family's bloodline this generation really that good?"

Extremely illusory,

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