Ch. 76 'If She Dies So Does He'

"Since then, you have become twin siblings with a new name. As in exchange, your memories as Xiao Yue were sealed along with your true astral soul. But you could break the seal as you are The Time Master."

"How about brother Xiao Yang?"

"..." there was a moment of silence before uncle Ling Duan continued. "His memory as a crown prince of Xiao Yang will never return. He would stay as he is."

Tears began to flow down Xiao Yue's cheeks.

"Even though he doesn't remember it, his great affection towards you and his feelings that want to protect you are still in him. Everything has proven for these twelve years. He does everything to protect you even if it cost his life."

Xiao Yue wiped her tears with her hands. "I no longer want to be a burden on my brother. If I die, won't my brother be free?"

Uncle Ling Duan's expression turned tense and severe. "You're wrong. If you die, Prince Xiao Yang will die too."

Xiao Yue could not believe what she had just heard. If she dies, then her brother does too? How come it turned out like that?

"Nonsense! What does my death have to do with brother Xiao Yang?"

"Even though Xiao Yang did not use his energy to reverse his body lifetime, he still uses it. He should have been dead a long time ago since he used the forbidden technique despite not a time-controller. But the feeling of wanting to protect you is the one that made him alive today. If you die, then his feelings of protecting you will be lost in the place of deep sadness. At that moment, he will die. Do you want that to happen?"

"No, I don't want. My brother is the only one I have since I lost my mother and father and friends on Nishian Island. I don't want him to die."

"Therefore, you must immediately get out of this place and be merged with your other memories. As long as you live in this world, your brother will also survive."

"But, I'm just an ordinary girl. I'll be a burden. Father, mother, brother Xiao Yang, all this time they are protecting me. I always hide behind their backs. I.."

"Princess Xiao Yue, look at you." A large glass mirror appeared before Xiao Yue.

Following what the man said, Xiao Yue stared at the reflection printed on the large mirror. She saw a young girl with black hair with sharp eyes and a powerful aura of astral energy emanating from her body.

Is that girl.. her? Is that true?

All this time, Xiao Yue remembered that she was just a helpless child who always hid behind her family's back. She had no idea that she had grown up like this, including her increasing cultivation of energy.

Where does this energy come?

"You are not a weak little child who needs the protection of others. Or have you forgotten how you drove the purple knight king away? You've gotten stronger. Without you realizing, you grew up here and became strong. Not to mention each time-controllers' energy that dies regroup with you making you the strongest Time Master ever." explained the old man with a shaky voice. He was proud and joyful of his young princess had grown up nicely yet sad at the same time.

His time was running out; he was no longer needed in this world after finishing his last mission from his master.

"Princess Xiao Yue, you are The Time Master, who could freeze time in the world. The one who could stop and reverse one's lifetime. You have the time of the world in your hand. Nothing could stop you when your enemy is in your time zone." he continued hoping the young girl was willing to break this barrier.

"..."

Xiao Yue did not answer while Ling Duan waited patiently to give the young girl a second thought.

The truth is, Xiao Yue didn't think at all. She still looked down on herself and considered herself as weak time-controllers. She did not believe at all that she had now become strong.

That's why she was afraid of facing the outside world and preferred to stay inside. She still covered in fear facing the enemy that wanted her power.

A moment later, there was a scratching sound.

It was the voice again!

She got annoyed toward the scratching sound-like that disturbed her. It was the one who wanted to breach her barrier wall! Why did someone so persistently wish to get into her barrier?

She couldn't take the disturbing sound any longer; thus, she turned around to find the culprit.

At last, she found it. She wanted to drive the culprit out of this place. She thought the culprit was one of the stray souls or another knight. But what she found was unexpected at all.

She saw a black thick fur puppy with round black eyes was scratching with its two feet. For a moment, she was enchanted by the cute tiny thing.

Awww. It's so cute! Xiao Yue no longer wanted to drive it out.

The puppy looked very funny, scratching the barrier relentlessly. The puppy wanted to go inside to approach Xiao Yue.

At first, she thought an intruder had come to her astral place. Initially, she wanted to destroy and repel the intruder the first time she heard the noise. But when she felt there was no evil aura or intention to hurt her, Xiao Yue leave it be.

It turned out that all this time, the one who was trying to get inside was this black puppy!