Shade drew the Long-haired Girl into his arms. Luvia, gazing at that black sun, spoke softly:
"The enhancement is complete. This is already the seventh time."
"Are you melancholy because so much time has passed since the very beginning of the adventure?"
"Yes, but I am also reflecting on how, this time, I can finally share this staff's secret with someone else."
She leaned against Shade's chest, listening to his heartbeat:
"Don't be surprised that I completed its enhancement so quickly. Time flows differently in the dream world than it does outside, and I have already done this many times. Listen to me, Shade. The enhanced Yggdrasil Staff still counts as an Angel Level Relic, but now that the Chosen One of Time's story has come to an end, you can use its power completely."
"So I wasn't using it completely before?"
"Each time the staff passes through a Sixth Epoch, it gains a new function. Now that the World Tree Remnants serving as its core are dead, using those powers will no longer cause a Time Paradox."
She picked up the black staff with her left hand, and a series of golden runes emerged across its surface. Those runes spoke not only of the secrets of time and trees, but also of the stories of the entire world. In the past, the staff merely glowed when used. Now, it truly seemed to have unleashed all its power:
"Its spell-enhancing effect has become even stronger, and it has also gained the ability to transform into a tree. Drive it into the soil and let it grow into a giant tree. In that form, apart from spells cast by you and me, all abnormal time effects in the surrounding area will be suppressed."
"It's a pity this effect could only be