Without Delphi, who traveled back to this era from the future, Maka would not have been able to save Luna. On the other hand, if he wants to save Luna, it seems that he must bring Delphi from the future back to the present.
These two contradictory sentences were exactly a way for Maka to realize how she should connect everything logically.
In this plan, if the time turner is a "thread" that connects the beginning and end of all events, then the name he carved on the edge of the golden ring of the time turner is probably the last one he carved. "Knotted".
"Delphi, do you know? About half an hour ago, I just put this converter engraved with your name into your hands..."
On the top of the building, Maka looked at Delphi, who was staring down at the time turner, seemingly dazed, and said softly:
"That's right, it's the you who just turned one year old in this era - to be honest, you seemed to really like this slightly belated birthday gift at the time."
"But, this is what Sister Cathy gave me before she died—"
"Well, yes!" Maka nodded and said calmly, "For you now, it is like this. But in fact, I think Cathy is not dead... Well, no, actually I don't know either. But I have to say, it is indeed what I left for you, and the inscription on it is the best proof... "
"While you were lying on the sofa in a coma, I carved it with my own hands."
Delphi stroked the letters on the edge of the golden ring, and the subtle touch made her feel more and more astonished.
"sorry."
This is the third time Maka has said sorry to her.
"I left a forgetting spell on the notch of the time turner and a false memory that I carefully created. Once the magic on the notch is activated, it will lead you to use the time turner and actively Come to me."
"I'm sorry, actually I didn't want to either - but if I want you to live, I have to do this."
Turning your own expectations into reality, and even affecting someone in the future, is definitely something that requires various coincidences. But under the restraint of time rules, it seems that this is the only option to save Delphi from the fate of being erased.
Obviously, rather than saying that Maka "came up with such a plan on his own", it might be more appropriate to say that "it was the rules of time that forced him to take this path."
Perhaps, is this also one of the concluding effects of time rules
"Dad, I want to believe what you say, but..."
After listening to Maka's explanation, she felt that her hands were trembling slightly and she couldn't stop.
"But," she said, "if what you say is true, doesn't it mean that... everything I have experienced in my memory is actually false? I have never hated you, nor have I loved you. I didn’t live through you, let alone spend that most difficult and unforgettable time under your care, care and companionship?”
"That-"
Speaking of this, Delphi's voice had a hint of crying.
"Then how did I get through these ten years of my life?"
If one day, when you know that you have gone through a lot of hardships, you are suddenly told by someone you trust the most that everything you have ever been is false.
So, will you suddenly develop an uncontrollable fear
What is your past really like? What have you experienced, what have you possessed, and what have you lost? Or even, who are you
Is she really Delphi McLean? Or... maybe something went wrong during the process, so that she was just another person who accidentally got the time turner
Delphi is undoubtedly smart, but because of this, she is more likely to fall into this state of disordered self-perception.
However, Delphi's confusion was actually experienced by Maka a long time ago.
When he first came to this world, the feeling of waking up from a dream also caused him to fall into an endless loop of thinking. Which one is the real self, the self in the previous life or the self in this life? Which one is just a dream.
Or, in fact, none of them are themselves
Even in his first few years as a child, he thought he might be in a "lucid dream" so vivid that he almost bit off a piece of his own tongue in an attempt to return to reality.
Therefore, Maka, who had similar rich experiences, suddenly opened her arms and hugged Delphi tightly.
"You are Delphi - 'Delphi McLean', the daughter of my Maca McLean. As long as you remember this, nothing else matters... What's more, if you really care about it, there will be plenty of time in the future. You go and witness it for yourself, don’t you?”
It's not like himself. I'm afraid it will be impossible to confirm who he is in this life. And in a situation like his, all he can do is completely forget those messy thoughts.
Therefore, he can always look forward and never look back needlessly on the roads he has left behind.
Maka gently stroked Delphi's hair, as if comforting a frightened kitten, letting her slowly calm down in her arms.
At the same time, Maka himself was still thinking about the "future" scene that Delphi once described to him.
In fact, according to the theory of timeline, that so-called "false memory" is very likely to be real. It's just that Maka's entire plan made it an illusory future.
Yes, to this day, the stone ball on the top of Maka's staff has not been broken due to the intervention of the rules of time, and Haierbo's demon summoning ritual has not been destroyed yet!
If it continues like this, there may be some minor changes in the future, but I'm afraid there won't be much deviation in the general direction.
If we want to make that bad future completely impossible, then Maka must stop Haierbo's conspiracy and jump to "another" branch line!
"Delphi, are you feeling better?"
After thinking about it, Maka pressed her shoulders and pushed her gently in front of her, looking down at her face slightly. Seeing the sparkling tears on her cheeks, Maka couldn't help but reach out and wipe them for her.
"If you still feel uncomfortable, then just give me a good beating!"
Maka didn't know what the future would be like, but he would definitely treat his daughter, who was one year older than him, well. And maybe this is the source of the impression that Delphi remembers of his father who was "very good to him"
After all, that was what he really thought when Maka created that memory. As for whether this is a kind of compensation or for some other reason, Maka herself is somewhat unclear.
"Well," Delphi blushed slightly, feeling a little embarrassed about how he had just made a fool of himself, "I'm fine... Then, can I still call you 'Dad'?"
"Oh, of course!"
Maka patted her head and said with a smile:
"No matter what, you are my daughter - memories may deceive people, but what you have learned cannot deceive others! I am not yet powerful enough to be able to tell someone with just the inscription of a name. You can learn so many abilities directly.”
While speaking, the giant ice crystal bird summoned by Delphi lowered its head and came to Delphi's side, as if it also wanted to prove all this.
"Yes," Delphi touched Ice Bird's forehead, feeling the coldness, and said softly, "I learned this by myself. It took a lot of effort and many failures to learn it...even though I may not remember it. , that must be the case.”
"It'll be great if you can figure it out," Maka nodded, then waved her hand and said, "Then let's go! It's been a long time since we... uh, father and daughter teamed up to get rid of all the guys that Haierbo created! Not a single one of them. Leave it to him!”
"Yes, father and daughter join forces, leaving no one behind!"
Delphi hugged Maka's arm, dragged him and jumped onto the ice bird's back, and then called on the giant bird to flap its wings again and swoop towards the city below.
yes! What else is there to fear? It was her father who gave her a reason to completely escape the fate of "achieving nothing but still dying".
What kind of "determination to die", no matter how determined you are, you can't really accept death. If she could stay by her father's side like this, how could she be willing to die
"Dad, tell me...who should I let be my mother?"
"Cough cough cough..."
In mid-air, Maka couldn't hold it back and almost coughed out her lungs.
…
"Mr. Potter, watch your back!"
When Maca and Delphi were leaving the tall building and rushing towards the criss-crossed streets below, the battle between Harry and Thomas was becoming more and more depressing and embarrassing.
If there are only two or three black-eyed wizards, they can actually barely handle it. If you are willing to give it a try, you can still take the risk and kill one of them at the right time.
Like the previous one, Thomas relied on his absolute advantage in strength and risked being stabbed to the core by a black thorn to give Harry the chance to find it.
But after that, two more guys with a pair of black eyes appeared at the same time. A total of four enemies suddenly forced the two to retreat temporarily.
However, it is not that easy to escape from the pursuit of those black-eyed wizards.
Harry could use his broomstick to take Thomas flying, but the other party could not only fly, but he didn't even use props, but his speed was still no slower than the two of them.
At this moment, Thomas, who was holding Harry's waist and looking back, reminded him loudly, and Harry immediately pressed the broom handle and sank down.
The next moment, a sharp black thorn made a "whoosh" sound and flew away above their heads.
It is conceivable that if he had been shot just now, he would have been able to skewer the two of them into a human-shaped meat skewer!
"Harry, be careful, there's more!"