Overturned Tower

At this moment, for the first time, he saw Torvatus as an equal target.

Therefore... instead, he lost that pretended humility in his words.

... It's ridiculous.

Before today, barbers never thought of elves as superior.

——Because he subconsciously believed that he had a higher status than these elves.

And Tovatus also obviously tasted this kind of strange, unfounded...but extremely reasonable arrogance from the words of the godfather.

It's not arrogance, but there is indeed an inexplicable and unclear reason for arrogance.

"This unabashed arrogance, and absolute trust in yourself... Ah, so familiar. So interesting."

The elf boy with black hair and red eyes suddenly laughed: "At this moment, you are more like an elf than me..."

He was silent for a while, sorting out his thoughts.

Then the "discordant" replied:

"Let's put it this way. I've actually died once."

He softly replied: "It was my mother who crossed time and saved me once."

Chapter 36 The Anchor of Love and Hate

"My mom, had really high expectations of me.

"But there were candidates for 'Tovatus' at the time ... there were many.

"I was number one. Because I showed the 'discord' trait early on.

"I can easily screw up relationships and piss people off.

"For ordinary people, this is a very troublesome character. But because of this, I have the possibility of inheriting the name of Tovatus."

Tovatus said slowly: "But one day... I was killed."

He does not shy away from the "dead man" Morgan.

In other words, he was telling Morgan some secrets that could be trusted by "me next week".

This should be because Tovatus actually didn't believe that the godfather and Morgan could end all this in this week.

And as long as he enters the next week, the leak of these secrets has nothing to do with him.

...The biggest difference from other elves is that Tovatus doesn't think he needs to keep secrets for other elves.

The various prohibitions and rules he obeyed on the surface are just to maintain the existence of this generation of "Tovatus".

He is very proactive in leaking information in order to cause trouble for others of his kind.

Looking back, at that time, Tovatus told the secret about the church and the angels in front of everyone... that should be the information he deliberately revealed to the godfather, the "elf rebel".

Looking around, among the leaders of the entire lower city and among the new mages, the only one who resisted the "elf" from the heart - not the "company" and the "upper city", was himself, the one from the upper city. spy.

Just thinking about it like this makes the barber feel ridiculous.

"Maybe you can't see it, but I actually look younger."

Tovatus replied slowly: "I am over 100 years old this year, not 70 or [-] as most people think.

"The gap between 60 years old and a hundred years old is completely different... I think Godfather, you should know the difference."

"Because of the Sharia War, isn't it?"

The barber whispered one of the histories that were forbidden by the elves.

——Anyway, the role of "Godfather" is the rebel of the elves.It should be fine to be more transparent.

The black-haired and red-eyed boy smiled gratifiedly: "Ah, sure enough...

"Yes. I was born from the time of war... as a member of a family of mages.

"At that time, the angel had not yet been born. The battle situation was tilted towards our side.

"But suddenly one day, I was killed by someone... the murderer was my uncle."

Morgan's eyes widened slightly.

She couldn't understand what happened before... But combining Tovatus' words and her own experience, she has keenly grasped the truth of the matter.

"Yeah, there was no motive. He and I even had a good relationship, fighting each other and playing together.

"It's like being possessed by a demon, and it's like trying to verify something. After I habitually taunted him, he killed me without warning..."

"...Because he was caught in the reincarnation of time and space, right."

The godfather said in a deep voice.

Having said that, he already realized... what happened to Torvatus.

"yes……"

Torvatus sighed: "Reincarnation again and again, and the shorter and shorter retention time, brought his morality to the verge of collapse. He is no longer bound by some rules and begins to act recklessly, which is also a precursor to madness. .

"My mother discovered all this, and calmly followed the traces to find the past.

"Before her uncle attacked Camalthy again, she knocked him down and knocked him unconscious. At that time, Kamalthy was not a director, but the Earl of Kamalthy.

"And Kamalthe reacted immediately.

"The Earl said to his mother, 'You have done something wrong'."

His gaze turned icy: "But then he said, 'You can make it up'."

A day that repeats itself over and over again, and it collapses because of this.

Only this time, Torvatus' uncle attacked him.Because everything is about to be reset, and when the world is reset, Torvatus will still be bouncing around happily.

But unfortunately, Tovatus' mother was not far away, and she witnessed all this with her own eyes.

She didn't collapse... Instead, she followed up calmly, and knocked down the uncle who was going to assassinate him in front of Earl Camalcer.

However, this made Earl Camalthy realize that this person had already been hit by a spell.He doesn't need to reset him again... When 24 hours pass, the sand will drain and the worldline will be anchored.

This is exactly the chain reaction of his uncle killing Tovatus, the consequences.

This also means that Tovatus' death is an irreversible "fact".

unless……

Someone go back again.

As a voluntary "experimental product".

Tovatus' mother agreed.

"Camalthe had more than 50 'hourglasses,' but that doesn't mean he only killed more than 50."

Tovatus replied slowly: "To be precise, he has been controlling the hourglass to around this number.

"In the area of ​​'Hourglass House', the maximum number of hourglasses that can be stored is sixty. Through his spells, he can make the opponent disappear without any contact... Hidden' the ontology of urban legends.

"As long as the other party attacks him repeatedly, his spell will make the world's time go backwards... Only when the other party gives up on this matter, time will flow normally, and this means the other party's disappearance.

"Because of this, not to mention that the dragon can't punish him, even the other elves don't know about it.

"That's why...he actually doesn't understand his own spells. Because Kamaltha didn't tell other elves about the spells he possessed. At most, they knew that he could stop for 1 minute or reverse the flow of other objects. time."

He needs an "assistant" to explain to him from another perspective what happened to the subject.

That was Tovatus' mother.

His mother as a human.

"His hourglass is not made after using a spell on a person. If he uses this spell on this person or another person during this time, it will destroy the previous hourglass... In other words, that People no longer have the ability to repeat the cycle, nor will they continue to get memories from the cycle.

"No matter what, there will only be one hourglass at the same time. The old hourglass will not be harvested until the time when the spell was first used, that is, when no new hourglass is created within 24 hours after going back in time. ... And only then did Kamalthe realize that the self in another timeline had used a spell at this very moment.

"My mother opened another timeline, where she knocked down the uncle who 'thought I was the only one in infinite reincarnation' ahead of time...he didn't have the memory of my mother knocking him down, and even still wanted to attack me.

"But this time, my mother saved me. The history of a day ago has been changed.

"My mother hugged me, and told Count Cammarthe what she had seen and heard.

"—After that, Kamalthe ordered her to continue into reincarnation and take a new test.

"She didn't cycle only once... because every time she would save me first, and hide her memory and part of her personality in my mind. After 37 cycles, Earl Camarthe finally let her Get relief.

"Or, another eternal torment has begun.

"...while she was holding me, she disappeared into this world without a trace. And not long after that, my uncle who passed out on the ground also disappeared out of thin air.

"According to Camalthy's account, although two people died by his spell, he got only one hourglass—my mother's hourglass."

"And I know she's still going through the day.

"One for one... Fair enough. That's the price paid for the miracle of resurrection."

At this moment, Tovatus didn't look like a young elf.

And as if returning to the human period, strong emotions appeared on his face.

It was an extremely complicated expression... Although the smile on his face never faded away, it gave the impression of a clown who painted a smile and was crying silently.

Rescue across timelines.

"...I thought you would be silenced."

"Will not."

Tovatus sneered and said: "The new elf originally needed to take away the segregated education to prevent being 'deceived' by the short-lived species. When he graduated, he became a qualified elf, able to separate himself from the position of mortals. ...At that time, they were completely reborn, and became elves from mind to body.

"Not to mention, I am the 'successor' who inherited the fate of those 84 people. The moment I became 'Tovatus', the feelings of human beings will be diluted to the point of invisibility by the long memory.

"Because of this, Kamalthy also thought it was a good thing - it would give him a trusted elf ally.

"From his world view, the person who attacked me was my uncle... Since my mother only came to him at that time, it means that he did not do such crazy things in the previous reincarnation. The shortened time crushed him, and it was the tragedy of his frailty as a human being; and it was Kamalthy who gave my 'mother in human time' a chance to make 'Successor of Tovatus' Rescued from a dead timeline. That's the miracle of bringing the dead back to life.

"Not only did he have no guilt, he also considered himself my savior."

The arc of the boy's mouth rose slightly: "But what he didn't expect was that...he was the one who created me.

"The magic that my mother hid in my mind gradually dissolved over time... In the dream, the phantom she left behind taught me magic, taught me how to be a human being, told me what happened in the past, and told me her love for me... …

"My father died in the war a long time ago. If she and my uncle died again, I would be alone. I was good at making people angry at first, just to attract more attention. When I was alone, I read I have read these memories many times and seen many things she experienced in my dreams. This makes my mental age much older than the real age of "eight years old".

"It is precisely because of the memories I got that don't belong to me that I was finally able to anchor my own personality under the scouring of the memories of 'Tovatus'. In the end, I, a 'human being', became a Torvatos. Subject of Vatus's personality."

"...that's why you said at that time, 'Among the elves, you are also unique'."

"Yes...my godfather."

Tovatus touched his chest with his right hand.

On his immature face, there was an undisguised, malicious smile: "I am unique because of my 'love' and 'hate'.

"I've been dormant long enough, Godfather. So long that he has begun to doubt me...

"But it finally made me wait for this opportunity.

"I want to join you... to invest in intelligence."

The elf boy declared: "Until Kamaltha is killed, I will be your most loyal ally."

Chapter 37 Allies for a Day

"...Before killing Kamalthe?"

The godfather laughed when he heard the words: "Isn't that today?

"Are you going to be my loyal ally 'for a day'?"

"Isn't one day enough?"

Tovatus just crossed his arms and asked with a normal face: "You originally planned to defeat him in this reincarnation.

"Since this is the case, with one more elf obeying your command... No matter from any point of view, your plan should be more likely to be completed.

"And once this goal is accomplished—even if I say, I'm still your loyal ally, will you believe it?"

"Of course I believe it."