Ch. 23 'Reverse The Time'

"Richard? How did you come here? Are you also a knight of Elementalist? But it's impossible." Scarlet didn't believe Richard was one.

"I don't feel the energy of the knight at all." Shin Ha said.

"You are right."

"Blue hair." murmured Richard when he saw Shin Ha's blue hair color. "So the three of you are... the Elementalist knights?"

"Good. Now our identities have been discovered." Shin Ha grumbled.

"That's not important now. We still haven't found a way to get inside." cut Kazuto firmly. "You are not a knight, but you can still move freely. Does that mean you can break this freezing time?"

"I can not. Only my sister can."

"Sister?"

"The person who cried inside is my twin sister. Even though she has the water element, she can't use the power of water at all. Her real mastery is controlling time. She can speed up, slow down the time, and even repeat time and make everyone lose their memory.

But it requires so much energy that she would faint or worse; she could die from running out of energy. That's why I forbade her from using her power and started to train her water elemental since she also has the water element energy."

"Why are you telling us all of this?" Kazuto asked suspiciously.

"I will keep your identities a secret, as long as you also keep my sister's special abilities."

"Considerate it has done. We promise to keep it a secret. And we will protect her too. Besides, she will be part of us sooner or later." Scarlet explained.

"What do you mean? Part of you?"

"At the moment, the most important thing is to break this barrier. I don't want your sister's energy drained away." There was a firm voice from Kazuto's tone, and it was clear he wanted Richard to take immediate action.

Richard nodded in agreement. Right now, the most important thing to do was to make his sister stop using her power.

He walked and stood right in front of the invisible wall.

"Niken ... it's me."

***

Niken cried and cried. She realized she had frozen the time around her, and little by little, her energy evaporated from her body.

Alas, she could not stop her crying, and she was afraid to return the time. She did not want Karyn to get hurt. She was terrified and kept calling her brother's name.

"Richard..sobs... Richard"

"Niken, it's me."

Niken stopped crying that instance and focused on her hearing.

"Richard, where are you?"

"I am here at your class door. Come here. I can't enter because you are putting up barriers around this classroom."

Niken slowly released Karyn's hug and then entered the gaps in the crowd of her friends. She pushed slightly carefully and gently so that no one would fall.

"She did it carefully so as not to hurt them. Your sister is really kind."

"She's kinda cute."

Niken could hear the sound of people talking. But she did not care. She remained focused on what she was doing.

After successfully escaping the siege, Niken immediately ran to her brother. But she also could not pass through her barrier.

"Richard ... what should I do?" her eyes focused on her brother, not realizing the three strangers were standing behind her brother. "I don't know how to reverse this barrier."

"Don't panic. Just make the time rerun. This barrier will vanish."

"But, Karyn will get into trouble. The water above us will... Karyn will..."

Richard did not answer, as his vision began to blur. He almost at his limit.

"Richard! Richard!"