Fantasy Clock～Dream Ruler～

Time stopped suddenly at this moment, which I really didn't expect.

The back of the head was pressed against the ground, but the body was suspended in the air. Both Xia Yinci and Elus were still a little away from the ground.

The eyes are covered with a veil of weightlessness, and the emotions are intertwined into a subtle sense of fear. Accompanied by the rippling throbbing in the chest.

If time hadn't stood still, Xia Yinci and Elus would have touched the ground a few seconds after me.

"You, you can't die." That tone seemed to carry a little disdain and mockery. Trampling all the unease I showed, even the excuses I used to comfort myself were trampled.

For a split second, my vision was briefly stained with darkness, and I focused on the breached hole in the cloud. The white round edges of the perfect circle suddenly merged into several residual marks, which unexpectedly formed the clock dial.

The pointer stopped at zero o'clock, without any sign of trembling, and then the clear and cold voice whispered softly in the ear again.

"The time governed by the 'Fantasy Clock' extends infinitely and never stops toward the future. Perhaps making time stand still is your limit."

For some reason, there was a slight difference in tone from Qianyan's. That's not the coldness that is arrogant to everything, it's just the indifference without any emotion.

What she meant...was my ability called "Fantasy Clock" instead of the so-called "time stop"? It's just... for me, stillness is the limit.

"But, these are just the rules made by this world. The meaning of the existence of rules is not limited to obeying and breaking the rules, it is also one of the meanings."

I was thinking about her words, thinking about the words of this girl whose attitude was different from Qianyan's. Eventually, I got what seemed to be the correct answer——

"Do I need to break this rule?"

The figure floated in front of me, and at this moment I confirmed that the person in front of me was Qianyan, but the gentle eyes were not the Qianyan I knew.

"Well, you have already met the condition of 'sacrifice', now go break through the world's doomed matrix. As for whether you do it or not, it's up to your personal wish."

"So...reversing the direction of the pointer, making the time go back to the past, is it up to me whether I want to or not?"

Qianyan's eyebrows were slightly curved, and the smile that appeared on this pretty face really made me unbelievable. The soft laughter was like the spring of the earth, and it made me feel warm when I was frozen by time.

"As long as you are willing to recreate the rules of the world, you are breaking the rules."

The second hand trembled slightly at the moment I was persuaded by her, and began to rotate counterclockwise, and stopped uncontrollably after two weeks of rotation. At the same time, everything in the world is changing. Continuously going up the long river called time, the cold touch on the back of the head disappeared, and the body kept moving away from the ground—everything returned to two minutes ago.

Her back was pressed against the wall of the house that had just left me, and I could still see the roof when I looked up. Elus beside me was holding a staff to find her body's balance.

"Even if I can't predict whether there will be someone who will break your stereotype one day. But this is undoubtedly the rule you set."

A little anticipation, a calm smile... This may be quite an ordinary expression for other people, but it actually reflects a kind of ethereal beauty when it appears on Qian Yan's face. It makes people wonder if it is just their own illusion, and worry that the smile will no longer exist in the next second.

"Hey, controlling the passage of time in a dream...what does that mean?"

"..."

There was no answer. It seems that although she is different from that Qianyan, she will not answer every question I ask.