The Arks - Chapter 405

“The unstable building? You better have a good explanation for this. You spent the whole time arguing Tomoe for this and now you are going back on your word?” said Gillian, folding his arms across his ċhėst.

“I’m aware of what I said but it was because we didn’t have a chance to hear others’ opinions and ideas. And our initial plan was much too harsh for the kids. They can’t live as per normal, they need more time from the human world first before coming back.”

“And this solution would be better than the other? What is called then?”

“Time Pocket, I was the one who gave them the idea. Headmaster,” said Ysabeauy, looking at her husband.

“What do you mean by that?” asked Gillian, shocked by Ysabeau’s sudden reply.

“If Raiyen could place the building into a Time Pocket, it would negate any forms of abnormality. It won’t return to any particular time, it will just stay there,” explained Mavislin.

“It’s like stuffing the entire building into a pocket of Time. Like taking a Time Frame and freezing it within a moving Time Period. It won’t affect the outside world and nothing from the outside world can come in without the ones inside or us opening it up,” explained Raiyen.

“There’s a spell for that, I’m pretty sure that I’ve got that thing somewhere in my library. If I am not mistaken, it’s called ‘Suspended Animation’,” replied Gillian, recalling the Time Mage’s idea.

“It’s not that one. I can’t do that one or else the kids would be frozen in Time. I need them to be in a slice of Time and Space, the building itself must be within in the Time Pocket. Otherwise, I can’t pull this thing off,” said Raiyen.

“You need that spell to allow us to move in and out of the compound as well as let the inhabitants live without being frozen?” asked Gillian, raising his eyebrow.

“Yes. Is there a way to do that?” asked Mavislin, looking quite worried.

“I need to have the name of the spell so that I can properly locate the right way to do it. Or else I can’t find it.”

“From the looks of thing, this isn’t going so well. I told you, Mav. It is a near-impossible thing to do. But at least we tried,” said Raiyen, sighing.

“No. It might not be ‘Suspended Animation’, but I remember there is a spell that could fulfill our needs. I just have to recall where I heard it from…” protested Mavislin, trying her best to remember.

Everyone fell silent, with Mavislin getting more worried about the task at hand. Mavislin felt her head increasingly getting heavier by the minute. It was only for a moment but she placed her head onto the stone table.

“Mav? Are you feeling alright?” asked Raiyen, facing his partner.

“I’m fine, just let me close my eyes for a bit… My head feels heavy…” complained the Valkyrie, before closing her eyes.

It was empty and dark. She couldn’t see anything, not even her hands. But a pair of very familiar hands appeared through the darkness and grasped her hands. And if the hands were not enough to tell this person’s identity, his voice surely confirmed it.

“Darling. What you are looking for is something that repeats itself. A fraction of Time taken out but not ‘Suspended’. The spell is called a-”

Before he could finish, Mavislin woke up and turned to Gillian and Raiyen. Scaring poor Tomoe, Raiyen asked once more if she was alright.

“It’s called a ‘Time Loop’,” replied Mavislin, as she recalled what was that spell.

“A ‘Time Loop’? Does that exist?” asked Raiyen, looking at Gillian for confirmation.

“Yes, there is a spell for that. However, it requires the Mage to collect a certain period of Time within the present world and seal it within those Time Frames,” explained Gillian.

“So, it’s like cutting away a portion of Time and creating a never-ending loop for the building within that particular duration of time?”

“Affirmative. It’s not impossible to do so but it is quite difficult. Are you up for the task?”

“Anything that can uphold the promise for Mavislin,” replied Raiyen, taking a deep breath.

“But this spell has its drawbacks as well. If done wrongly, it could cause a rift within our Time and wherever Time that the building belongs to. Second, and this is confirmed, the people within the TIme Loop will never age,” elaborated Gillian, sitting closer to Mavislin and Raiyen.

“The inhabitants’ actions won’t be looped but their surroundings would be. The same birds would fly by and the same plants will grow and wilt. Unless tampered with the kids’ powers, these things will be in the loop.. This will make the people within unable to age.”