"Time's been accelerated again..."
Alice Kuonji sighed as she watched the sky gradually regain its colors from a sea of white.
Whenever she saw this sight, she felt her pride as a mage being trampled all over again. Before she could begin to complain, however, the experience she had gained during those years had already occupied most of her thoughts.
Since the point of Roland's true arrival was his position before the time travel, the universe would use that record as an anchor to directly correct the growth and experience Alice Kuonji had recorded on the timeline in between.
Bringing future growth directly into the present while preserving one's physical age was a miracle that could only be reproduced with the Fifth Magic. Yet under Made in Heaven's influence, the witch could not only retain her physical age but directly obtain the power she possessed in future history-a result that amounted to cheating.
But as one of the few beings in this world who understood the true nature of this phenomenon, once she remembered that all of it was that man's work, that little bit of power hardly seemed worth mentioning.
"Have we reached that particular point in time now?"
The girl gave a weary sigh. Remembering everything Aoko had said that day, she slowly turned her gaze toward Roland beside her.
"Mm... Taking in twenty years of experience all at once really is a bit much, isn't it? Want me to help?"
"No, thanks. It would just end up being impossible to tell who's helping whom again. Corrections from the universe are much more reliable than you."
"Really? Then let me rephrase that."
Hearing the witch's dismissive response, Roland merely smiled unconcernedly. By now, he thoroughly understood her cold exterior, her warm heart, and every other aspect of her,