You call this a black hand?

"There are special circumstances, but it's not related to Anthony?"

Mellen didn't show anything strange when he spoke, but Lydia still saw some truth.

In fact, there is no need to look at this, because if there is really progress, Mellen cannot come here until now.

"That's right,"

Mellen nodded, "So I'm thinking about a question."

"what is the problem?"

"What was the flow rate of time in that era determined by?"

While speaking, he had already come to the bedside, looking around at the living environment that was completely different from usual, and couldn't help but feel surprised.

The abandoned classroom where the nun stayed was originally similar to the ordinary classroom in Mellen's previous life. It had tables, chairs, a desk, a blackboard, and a few cabinets in the corner to store miscellaneous items.

This kind of arrangement is also the traditional style of this world, and many school lecture rooms look like this.

Because there is pure theoretical knowledge that needs to be taught, there are many similar places in St. Grant's Fort, but this classroom is not completely consistent with others of the same style.

There is also a more spacious underground hall below it, which in the early years was used to cooperate with lecturers in practical combat.

But now, everything has changed drastically——

Not only did the wooden tables and chairs with burrs disappear, but the entire classroom also became inexplicably larger. From the inside, it turned into a round place, like a royal reception room.

The overall space looks very vast. The soft sofas are elegant, calm and neatly arranged. They are surrounded by gold embellishments. Under the sunlight outside the window, they look extremely magnificent.

The core of this place is a large down bed next to Meren, which is covered by gold curtains. Lydia, wearing a red silk nightgown, is leaning on the bed at this moment, with that graceful figure,

Paired with lazy blond hair, she really has a enchanting queen-like temperament.

What's even more astonishing is that, through some unknown means, she actually made the floor transparent, similar to a glass plate. Under this thin glass, the underground duel room has been transformed into a lush green space.

of flora.

When you step on it, you have the illusion that the ground may crack at any time and the whole person or even the whole house will fall down.

It also makes the overall style here seem dreamlike, both real and fake, like a gorgeous dream that seems to be shattered with a poke.

"The first two times we didn't go in strictly at the same time."

The blond "Queen" in this dream was lying on the bed, with her hands folded and supporting her chin. The slender fingers of her left hand were tapping the side of her fair face, and her expression was thoughtfully considering the questions raised by Mellen.

"But the time is neither more nor less, spanning a whole year..."

"That's right, so I suspect that even if we delay going in for a few days, the time there won't advance any further."

Meren, who was sitting by the bed, was stroking the blonde beauty's beautiful long hair as he spoke. He could clearly feel the other person's gradually relaxing mood as his words fell.

"Are you scared?" he asked with raised eyebrows.

"A little."

Lydia said casually, but then as if she thought of something, she quickly added, "But what I'm afraid of is not that you can't become Anthony, but something else."

"What else?"

"If you really mastered the ability to transform into Anthony during this period, does this mean that what we are experiencing now is actually destined?"

Mellen was startled when he heard this, and then narrowed his eyes slightly.

Because there were a lot of things going on in the past two days, he really hadn't thought about it.

Now it seems that this is indeed worth considering...

In Lydia's girlhood, everything was doomed, but it didn't matter. After all, it was history that had already happened, it was the past, and it was understandable that there would be some kind of power to correct it.

However, if everything in the past can be fixed and unchanged, how can the present in front of us be doomed?

But if the present is not destined, the past will inevitably change...

On the other hand, if the present is doomed, what about the future?

This is a very scary question to think about.

"Let's go now!"

Lydia suddenly looked up at Melen and said with a serious expression:

"Although you haven't figured out how to become Anthony yet, this is the most suitable state for experiments. If we go in and you still think of how to move freely without me, it proves that everything we have now may be

It's all doomed, but if not..."

"If not, either history has been rewritten and affected reality, or history has been rewritten and reality remains the same. The so-called historical era is equivalent to a parallel world."

Mellen frowned and said: "The latter is nothing, what if it's the former..."

"This is something we have to face sooner or later."

Lydia whispered: "If you can really rewrite the present, then you can do more, but if it's the opposite..."

If it is the opposite, it proves that one's own destiny is not independent and is always moving forward along a certain trajectory.

This may be a big problem, or it may not be a big deal.

After thinking for a while, Mellen nodded slowly.

Although she is still waiting for Alyssa to wake up, she may not do anything immediately after she wakes up, so there is no rush in this matter.

Relatively speaking, it is obviously more important to conduct an experiment while you have no idea how to become Anthony.

So Meren immediately got up and went to Base 2, which was his and Juliana's home base.

"What were you busy with last night?"

Juliana was sitting in the restaurant having breakfast at this time. When she saw Melon appearing, she pretended to ask as if nothing had happened. Her pure black eyes were always lingering on Melon's slightly messy clothes.

"Busy about saving the world."

Mellen walked towards the underground laboratory as he spoke, looking like he was on business.

"What are you talking about? You can't even make up a decent excuse for telling lies?"

Juliana rolled her eyes when she heard this, but didn't take it seriously, and she didn't think there was anything unusual about Mellen staying out at night.

The two are now semi-living together, not completely, and although Melen is very eye-catching at Fort St. Grant, there are quite a few female students who want to "attack" him for various reasons.

However, the person involved, Mellen, had a very cold attitude towards others, and these people never had any room to attack.

More importantly, her niece Athena had told her that she had never seen Mellen, her future uncle, date any other woman.

Considering that Athena is Mellen's assistant lecturer and can be deeply involved in Mellen's student life, her words carry a lot of weight.

So Juliana is actually very relieved about Mellen and doesn't think he will do anything to regret her.

"Maybe they are cooperating with the school for cleaning."

she thought.

Because of the previous turmoil, Fort St. Grant is currently conducting an inspection. The senior officials have vowed to clean up all dangers or potential dangers in the school to prevent something unimaginable from happening again.

As the heir, Mellen usually has a very detached status, but no matter how detached he is, he can't stay out of this kind of thing, right?

So, it’s actually normal to be busy.

After sitting at the dining table and drinking a glass of milk in her hand, Juliana hummed a tune and put away the tableware, and then went to the cloakroom to pick out her outfit for the day. Seeing that Meron never came out after entering the laboratory, she couldn't help but be a little curious.

I took a peek inside and was surprised to find that he had disappeared.

"When you enter here, shouldn't you use the magic potion for channeling? Why did you suddenly leave again?"

Meren can teleport within the confines of Fort St. Grant, and she knows this.

So even though he disappeared inexplicably, Juliana didn't want to go anywhere else. She just thought that Mellen thought of something else and left midway.

Therefore, she just looked around the laboratory with a little curiosity, and after finding nothing, she went to work in a happy mood.

In the past two days, Juliana has been in a good mood.

This is mainly because she has made some new progress in her research on Meren seeds.

However, this progress is currently only in the experimental stage, and it is not yet certain whether the research can actually yield results.

So she didn't tell Mellen.

"It's just that there should be no accidents."

Touching her belly, Juliana's eyes showed a hint of deep anticipation, and her whole body seemed a little absent-minded.

It wasn't until she saw other people on the road that she calmed down her emotions and returned to the image of the stern Professor Blackmore in the eyes of others.

…

On the other side, after Meren came to the world of ice and snow again, he didn't find anything unusual about himself.

It wasn't until the silver-haired girl threw her head into his arms and let out a scream that he vaguely realized that something was wrong.

"Brother Mellen, you seem a little different?"

The girl raised her head in his arms and blinked, her little face full of surprise.

"What's the difference?"

Although Melen also noticed it, he still asked.

"Hmm...it seems more real?"

The other person didn't seem very sure, "You didn't smell at all before, but now you do."

"What does it smell like now?"

Mellen couldn't help but ask.

"It smells very good, but I can't tell what it is."

The silver-haired girl said with a depressed expression on her face, "Do you think I'm too stupid?"

"Of course not, it's just that we know too little."

Mellen replied absently.

"Then, brother, can you tell me what you smell like?"

"Of course, but I actually-"

Halfway through his words, Meren suddenly stopped. He looked down at the girl in his arms who was looking at him eagerly, and couldn't help but feel funny.

"Sylvie?" he asked.

"Ah?" the other party replied pretending to be confused, "What's wrong?"

"nothing."

Mellen replied thoughtfully.

No. 1 and Sylvie looked exactly the same. Without looking carefully, he couldn't tell who was who, so he thought the person in his arms was No. 1.

This judgment is normal, because logically speaking, the one who can warmly embrace her after he enters should be No. 1. After all, the relationship between the two is closer.

The girl who foolishly named herself Sylvie would not be like this. At first, she was even slightly "hostile" to Melen.

Now she suddenly became so cheerful and approachable, which actually surprised Mellen.

Although the "brother and sister" relationship has been established between the three of them since they came in last time, the progress of this relationship is not something that can happen just by chance.

"Most likely you want to ask me for something."

Mellen murmured in his heart, but when the girl held his arms and walked towards the residence, he didn't pay much attention to this change.

Sylvie has a lot of smarts, but overall she is still a child, and her temperament is more childish than people with the same appearance as her.

Mainly because I don’t know much.

On the other hand, she has the same ability as Alyssa to make her wishes come true.

Therefore, even if he begs Melen, he will not ask for anything that would embarrass him.

Relatively speaking, Melen pays more attention to the changes in himself——

As the walking continued, he was now able to confirm that he was walking with his real body and not his previous soul state.

Why does this happen?

Mellen immediately placed the target of suspicion on his own field.

After all, between the last time I entered and this time, this is the only change.

Through the connection with the field, after putting his "eyes" into it, Meren saw that there were obviously fewer strange vines growing inside.

"Why does it have this effect?"

Mellen frowned at this.

He naturally remembered the issue he discussed with Lydia not long ago.

Is everything in reality already doomed?

So the field that seems to be born by chance is actually inevitable? The expansion of its functions is also closer to a certain established trajectory?

"Did I say something wrong, Brother Mellen?"

Melen was thinking about something and didn't pay much attention to the situation outside. However, the girl holding his arm clearly saw Melen's frown, which made her blink and her tone became "uneasy".

"nothing dealing with you."

Mellen answered casually.

He could sense that this girl was harboring some small thoughts, but Meren was not in the mood to tease this girl who had a bit of a dull personality right now.

Seeing that the other party wanted to say something else, he changed the subject appropriately, "Where is your sister?"

"...Who is the sister?"

"Who else could it be?"

"That's my husband!"

The girl immediately retorted, and after seeing Meren's noncommittal smile, she couldn't help but feel a little annoyed.

Through Melen, she already knew that in the eyes of "normal people", feelings are a matter between a man and a woman, not just the two of them.

But this situation is something she has long recognized, and of course she will not change it just because she wants to be a so-called normal person.

However, if she doesn't change, she will still be angry. Being so stimulated by Melen will inevitably make her angry.

But considering her own purpose, Sylvie decided not to be on the same level as Melen.

"She is preparing dinner at home."

"dinner?"

"Yes, didn't you say that every day is divided into morning, lunch and evening?"

Mellen said oh when he heard this.

He actually didn't say anything like this, he just put some general knowledge into the minds of the two of them, but that's not the point.

What needs to be considered is, will the current situation still occur when No. 1 is used to travel through time and space?

In other words, will the same physical body travel through the past?

Thinking of this, Meren was suddenly stunned.

Because he realized a new problem.

"My real body has appeared here, how should I return to reality?"