"Luna, are you at home?"
The moment the door opened and the people outside had not yet entered the room, a familiar light golden color caught Maka's eyes.
"I hope you didn't bring the velvet with you this time." He added casually with a smile.
It was really inconvenient to be unable to maintain magic perception, so much so that he had to rely on the sound of footsteps and the other person's hair to identify who was coming.
However, the next moment, the figure coming in from the door made Maka freeze for a moment.
"Puffs are not very active this season... Are you looking for Luna? She is having breakfast! She will come up to play with you in a while. So before that, you'd better finish eating quickly - Come on! It’s your share.”
The other party strode to Maka's bedside, and immediately, a tray with breakfast fell steadily from her side to the bedside table.
"Eh? Haven't you had your tea this morning? Don't you like to have a cup of Gordig root tea every morning? What happened today?"
Seeing that the cup of tea on the cabinet was unusually untouched, the other party was not only confused, but even seemed a little worried.
But Maka no longer has the heart to care about this.
Because he discovered that the woman in front of him, who also had long, silky golden hair, was not Luna.
The other person looks very similar to Luna, not only in the color of her hair, but also in body shape and face!
There is no doubt that this lady is…
It's Luna's supposedly deceased mother, Pandora Lovegood!
"Excuse me… "
Maka suddenly took a deep breath, because he suddenly thought of a possibility. Although the possibility is extremely small, but... what if
"What year is it now?"
"Oh, kid, you were sleeping in the lake... No, wait! Could it be that you...remembered something?"
"'Remember something'..." When Maka heard this, she couldn't help being startled again, and then she frowned slightly, "Amnesia? Have I lost my memory?"
Seeing Maka reacting so quickly, Pandora was a little surprised.
"Yes," she paused for a moment, then nodded and said, "It has been more than a year, have you finally remembered something? This is great, your physical condition has always been... No, It’s better not to talk about this, I—”
"No, please wait a moment." Maka suddenly shook her head, then looked at the other person and said, "I still want to know first, what year is it now? What month is it?"
"In 1991," Pandora finally answered, "Today is the 15th day of March... Are there any questions?"
"1991... 1991... March... March..." Maka did not answer the other party, but just lowered his head and muttered this time to himself. Then he suddenly raised his head and said, "That's it, that's it!"
Maka finally smiled, not the usual gentle smile that seemed to appease others, but a smile that was sincere and just for himself.
"Thank you for saving me, Mrs. Lovegood!"
Of course, I should also thank myself.
…
If time is compared to a towering tree with lush branches, then every branch represents a possibility.
Some may have a high impact, so the branches will appear thicker, while those with less impact are usually relatively slender and thin.
But in general, trees generally grow thicker first and then thinner. This is the law of nature and the so-called law.
So if you want to remove all the leaves growing on a thick branch in a certain part of the tree crown, what is the most effective way
Of course, just cut off the thick branch!
Yes, that’s what Maca does.
However, it turns out that it is very, very difficult to do such a thing. The long river of time is not a big tree, and the key events that are the roots of branches are not thick branches.
During the days when he pretended to compromise with the witch Kern, in order to find that critical event point, Maka went through almost all the major branches of the events he had experienced so far.
In order to ensure that the time paradox would not be triggered, he secretly knocked himself out when he first returned to the disaster area in England and sealed it in an ice coffin.
In order to be able to have three selves existing on the same timeline at the same time, so that the final scene of deceiving the witch Kern could go smoothly, he even did not hesitate to use Haierbo's Horcrux manufacturing method to divide his soul while also transferring his memories. Separated together.
In this way, even if two of them appear in the same place at the last moment, there won't be any problems.
Speaking of which, "this" Maka probably doesn't know about these things now, because he is the one who woke up from the ice coffin and knows the least about the entire plan.
However, this obviously doesn't matter.
Because as long as he understands the relevant knowledge of the time rules that all this corresponds to, and as long as he has the logical thinking required to interpret and analyze all of this, he believes that he will understand what he should do.
Because he, Maka McLain, will always be the bastard liar who even dares to deceive himself!
"In the end, it's just a big branch that was sawed off!"
Maka chewed the dry bread vigorously while drinking Gordig root tea, and thought casually in her heart:
"I just don't know, which one is I who finally found this big tree branch?"
"My child, are you really okay? If you feel uncomfortable, just tell me. Although my therapist qualification certificate has expired long ago, my skills are still intact!" Pandora said, and put the jam in it again. The jar was placed closer to him.
"It's really okay." Maka said with food in her mouth, looking at Pandora in front of her with some confusion.
Well, Luna's mother is still alive.
Because she was rescued and stayed at the Lovegood family to recuperate. During this period, Mrs. Lovegood did not conduct any more dangerous and complicated spell experiments, and thus survived safely... How good!
In this way, the "promise that is not a promise" that he mentioned to Luna under the starry sky that night when he first met Luna seems to have finally become a reality!
But, of course! The life and death of Pandora Lovegood is obviously not the key event that Maka is looking for - the "factual change" that can truly trigger the complete closure of the world line will not happen until June after this.
Maka was thinking about it casually, when suddenly the door opened again, and a figure ran in from the outside jumping around.
"Look! How about these Airship Lee earrings? Dad said that Airship Lee can improve the ability to accept abnormal things and protect people's minds! I also made a pair for you, you can try it on..."
That was Luna's voice that was full of energy that even Maka had never heard before.