Chapter 22: The Present and the Future
She knew that the suppression of Order levels was absolute, and after becoming the Time Witch, she understood the terrifying power of a high-Order witch’s authority. In her domain, she controlled the flow of time, its stopping and starting. She believed she could defeat anyone outside her domain, and no one could defeat her within it.
“You… how did you do that…?”
The Time Witch looked at Luo Miaomiao, who was moving freely within her domain. For the first time, she felt like she had lost her grip on time. Luo Miaomiao looked around, then at the Time Witch, at the black and white world, and had a sudden realization.
“Oh no, I forgot that in this timeline, Time Stop isn’t a common thing…”
Luo Miaomiao clapped her hands and returned to her original position, frozen. The Time Witch didn’t understand what she was doing, but Luo Miaomiao, seeing her stare, said,
“Uh, I wasn’t paying attention, sorry. You can continue, just pretend I’m frozen~”
Luo Miaomiao stuck out her tongue playfully, trying to bluff her way through, but the Time Witch wasn’t interested in playing games.
[Domain Expansion: Pure White Domain]
[Dual Domain]
“Who are you really…?”
The Time Witch touched the ground, and a pure white domain expanded from her, engulfing the black and white one. Luo Miaomiao looked at the pure white space in awe. There was no sound, no objects, just an endless white void.
“This is eternity. If you don’t want to talk, I don’t mind spending some time with you…”
“Ah, isn’t this the ‘white room’ for naughty children…?”
Luo Miaomiao looked at the white space, her expression finally changing. She looked at the Time Witch and pleaded,
“Oh my, anything but this! This place is so boring…!”
“In my domain, everything is eternal. No matter how you walk, you’ll always be in this pure white domain…”
The Time Witch said expressionlessly. Luo Miaomiao ran forward, but the distance between them didn’t change. She ran backwards, but the distance remained the same.
“I hate this domain…”
Luo Miaomiao sat down on the floor. The Time Witch was surprised. She had expected her to try and break free.
“I can’t solve this problem. I guess I’ll have to ask for help…”
Luo Miaomiao took out a stone and placed it on the ground. The Time Witch didn’t understand at first, then the space around them began to tremble, as if a powerful being was about to descend.
“You! What did you do?!”
The Time Witch had never seen such a person. A crack appeared in the pure white space, and a slender hand reached out, pulling the crack open.
“Did something happen again, Little Miaomiao~?”
A mature voice echoed from the rift. To the Time Witch’s shock, a woman with the same white hair and silver eyes, the same white clothes, but with a dazzling silver divine halo, emerged.
“N-No! That’s a future I can’t reach!”
The Time Witch looked at the woman in disbelief. The same body, the same face, but with more emotion in her eyes.
“Hmm? Is this me from this timeline? And this is the Pure White Domain?”
The woman from the rift, her divine halo a testament to her identity, snapped her fingers, and the dual domain shattered like glass.
The Time Witch stared, her powerful domain broken so easily.
“How is that possible…?”
“Sorry, I didn’t mean to be so rough. It’s just too fragile.”
The future Time Witch seemed indifferent to her past self. The Time Witch looked at her, a future she had never imagined.
“Wh-What happened…?”
“Why is there another Time Witch…?”
Yun Keke and Yu Keke, who had been trapped in the time domain, were now free. In the blink of an eye, another Time Witch, with a divine halo, had appeared.
“The Time Witch… right, I don’t even have a name yet. But my future self has become a god…”
“Looks good. I didn’t expect my future self to be so arrogant, so annoying…”
“Better than being a stray dog like you…”
Luo Miaomiao stepped between the two bickering Time Witches.
“Stop it, you two! You’re just insulting yourselves!”
They both looked at each other, then turned away, unwilling to admit she was right.
Suddenly, the sky cracked, as if being torn apart.
“Wh-What’s happening now…?”
“This world is still too fragile. Even the presence of a god is a burden?”
“It must be your future arrogant self…”
The Time Witch looked at her future self, who, as if she hadn’t seen anything, simply poked the void, tearing it open.
“Your domain is as fragile as paper. I accidentally poked a hole in the table…”
“You!”
The future Time Witch stepped into the void and vanished without a word. The Time Witch was speechless, wanting to smash her head against a wall. How dare my future self be so disrespectful? Luo Miaomiao, as if reading her mind, stood before her.
“The present and the future haven’t closed their loop yet. Let’s talk~”
“There’s nothing to talk about. You’re looking for Luo Yuxi, go find her. The Church’s army should have just left for the south.”
The Time Witch was about to leave when the flow of time around her slowed down.
“Let’s talk~”
“You also have time power…?”
“Yes, I’m from the future, Luo Yuxi’s daughter. I also have time power. Could it be that I’m also your daughter~?”