Emilia said, then pointed at herself:
"The World Tree is dead; that is an unchangeable fact. But the sapling that hatched when I became a Time Chosen One is almost equivalent to a newly born World Tree."
"But you did not choose to transform into a tree, so although the Tree Father = the World Tree, Emilia Sinode ≠ the World Tree."
Iluna pointed this out. Seeing Angelina shivering, she cleared some snow away, then gathered dry branches to build a campfire so her friends could sit and talk.
As Emilia sat down beside Little Liana, she agreed with Iluna's view:
"You're right, but it is precisely because I did not become the new tree that I have a chance to revive the old one."
The little princess felt that her "Astounding Wisdom" had come into play once again:
"Emilia, surely you're not saying you can use the Yggdrasil Staff to gain a second chance to transform into a tree?"
The Pointy-eared Elf nodded quickly, not expecting Angelina to have thought of it:
"Yes. Since I could choose to transform into a tree before performing the ritual, there is no reason I should lose that ability after performing it. Though calling it transforming into a tree is not quite accurate. It would be more accurate to say that I can use myself to grant new life to a withered tree.
Even for a Time Chosen One, there is only one such opportunity. If Shade had chosen to let me become a tree back then, I would have lost this chance instead."
"But in that case, wouldn't there be two World Trees in the Material World? One in the hands of Shade's statue upon the Crystal Throne, and one revived by you. The World Tree is the axis of time. Can