The Fox Goddess-Chapter 540 Parting Part 7
"O- okay… As for my last Element… it is Time Manipulation. I can manipulate Time, but Mommy said that I can't control it well, and that is why I can't use it." Aika said in a quiet voice as she knew her words would shock everyone in the room, she didn't understand why Yuki forbade her to tell anyone, but that was in the past. Now she completely understands after she learned so much about this world, in its principles, powers, and everything. She read that Time Manipulation was such a heaven-defying ability that would make even the strongest Gods at War get their hands on that kind of power.
"Wow… hearing it come out of little Aika's mouth really hits me differently. Aika, you might be confused by my words, but Yuki has already told us about this. In fact, she informed us about this matter just a few hours ago… she informed us that you were not coming with us, and that is all I can tell you for now because Yuki will explain everything to you more clearly. Just know that she is not mad or disappointed at you, she just wants the best for you, and most importantly, she loves you, she loves you very much." Kurokami said as she bent down in front of Aika and gave her a tight hug before kissing her on the cheeks after that, she stood up and smiled towards Amane who also had tears in her eyes. But even if she wanted to do something, she stopped herself, and just let Yuki handle everything, she would step in after she was done.
Kurokami knew this, that is why she stepped in first and comforted the little girl. Based on the fact that Yuki and Amane had a lot of alone time together, she was the first one who got to know the plan that Aika would be not coming with them, and the fact that she was her real blood Mother only proved her right. But she and Yuki probably had a conclusion that she would not step in, at least not after Yuki finished explaining everything to Aika since she was the right person, after all, she was the person who decided on this.
"Aika… what Kurokami said is right. I already told them, your sisters also now know this. … The real reason why I want you to go with Amane for 10 years is that I want you to grow even stronger, more resilient, and most importantly… be more independent with yourself. If I'm going to be really honest with my daughter, I don't like it when I see you being too dependent on others, especially when it comes to fighting. But of course, I know that it's my fault because I spoiled you too much, and that is the reason why. Do you understand what I mean?" Yuki asked as she held Aika's hands and looked her straight in the eyes and her hand was shaking while she held her hands.
"I… yeah. I completely understand Mommy and I don't blame you, Mommy. Another reason why I became like this is also myself, I let myself be so used to such privileges that I forgot that I need to also work for the things for my own life." Aika said solemnly as she now completely understood Yuki, looking back at everything that she had been doing, Yuki was right, she was too dependent on others. She merely didn't realize it sooner and she now knows why Yuki wants to send her away because if she stays she might stay like that forever.
"I know that you are smart, you are my daughter after all. But that is not everything why, another reason is because of your Time Manipulation. You probably don't realize it yourself, but your Time Manipulation has already been activated a few times, and all of those times were when you were too overwhelmed by your emotions. Can you tell me what that means?" Yuki smiled warmly after seeing and hearing that Aika completely understood her which eased her a lot because now she was processing things on a different scale now. 𝚋𝚎𝚍𝚗𝚘𝚟ｅｌ.ｃ𝚘𝚖
"It means that I don't have full control of it, or more precisely. I can't control it with my own will. It would matter in my state of mind or emotion." Aika answered honestly what she thought and it was precisely that. Yuki just had to ask if she really understood the situation or not because her next words would either break Aika or wake her up.
"It's good that you understand, don't be shocked by my next words. But what I'm about to tell you is the truth… your Time Manipulation Skills have already been activated more than a dozen times already. But don't worry, what you just did was just normal Time Manipulation, you just merely stopped the time, made it slower, or made it faster by a few seconds. Nothing serious yet, but I'm going to tell you now, that your Time Manipulation is very powerful. Because you can actually kill someone using it, whether it is by accident or intentionally, it doesn't matter. You would be able to kill someone as easily as breathing." Yuki took a deep breath before continuing again.
"You probably don't remember any of them, but if there is one moment that you're going to remember, it's probably this one. Do you remember when your personal maid, Catherine, got extremely sick? You visited her to try and heal her using your Seeds and even healed her using both your Light and Nature Element, but it didn't work right?" Yuki asked her about a moment that had happened more than two months ago.
"Yes… but didn't just my powers take a while to activate?" Aika answered with a confused face, but as she answered she finally understood what Yuki was trying to tell her.
"You finally understand. Yes, what you are thinking is right. You reversed the time on her that is why she instantly got better and let me tell you this, you could have accidentally killed her without you knowing. Because if your Time Reversal didn't stop and continued, you would reverse her time until she wasn't born yet, making her basically non-existent." Yuki answered which absolutely puts a shiver down everyone's spine because never have they truly realized how strong Time Manipulation really was. They just thought that you can freely control Time which lets you become faster and make your enemies slower because of it, and you can even stop Time which makes enough time for you to attack relentlessly without worrying about the enemy.
"This is the true reason why I want you to come with Amane because her control over Time is one of the greatest in the whole Celestial Star Heaven. You will be training under her until you have at least a full grasp of your Time Manipulation. Now I'm not telling you to be as good as Amane because that would take hundreds or even thousands of years to happen, just enough where you can control your Time Manipulation with your own will. And once that happens, you can come back with us because, at that point in time, you probably won't need us to help you right? You will become independent of your own. In shorter words, once you have a full grasp over it, you can come back with us my daughter. Who knows, maybe you can control it within just 3-5 years." Yuki patted Aika's head as she gave her words of encouragement that she would be needing.
And her words ignited something inside of Aika to do even greater than what she has already been doing and from hearing that, she will now definitely try her absolute best to accomplish what her Mommy wants from her.
"Yeah, Yuki is right. Aika, controlling your Time Manipulation is very important because once you do, you can basically become Immortal from that point on because you can stop your own Time. Stop yourself from doing it again and we don't want any accidents to happen in the future right? So training your Time Manipulation is actually very important, it is just one of the most powerful Abilities that you can have because once you get to my level, you will be able to do this." Amane finally found the right time and approached Aika and couldn't help but smile as she even demonstrated how powerful Time Manipulation is.
"Going against the Laws of the World without being punished~" Amane smiled casually as she then snapped her fingers and from one snap of her fingers, she did something so shocking that Yuki couldn't even comprehend what was happening for the first time in her life. And it was because there were now three Amane in front of her.
"Hello little Aika, this is Amane from the Future!" The Amane to the right said with a smile and waved.
"Hello little Aika, this is Amane from the Past!" The Amane on the left also did the same thing.
"And this is me from the Present!" As for the middle one, she was just there with a smirk on her face.
"You are probably confused, so let me explain. I took my future self which we still have the same consciousness of course and also took my last one here to meet you. I can simply be anywhere I want, whether it is in the Future or the Past, I can make it happen. But if I also want to, I can do that to this Heaven. I can make three different splits of the Mystic Dragon Heaven." Amane smiled as she retrieved everything back again.
"Oh, I see. Now I understand how you did that. Maybe Time is really the fourth dimension. Time is something we can see or touch, just like with the other three, but even so, Time is a matter of movement. Time is constantly moving within us which would generally really make it a dimension, but seeing you did that really proved it. You were basically moving from the Past, Present, and the Future all at the same time." Yuki laughed to herself as she now believed in one of the greatest Scientists of all time, the one who said that Time was the Fourth Dimension.
A.N: This is all made up, of course! I'm no Scientist lol.
