"Uncle Jenkins at my time threatened those things. But as the price for letting me go, I need to use actions to heal the time ripples caused by that accident. The first step is to connect to the past, so that this does not exist The note appeared in the empty picture frame, which is why Uncle Jenkins got the prompt... Then this time, the [Second Chance], which is not sure whether it exists, will be delivered to you.
These two actions will have no impact on history like I lead Uncle Jenkins into the future. After all, whether these things happen or not, Uncle Jenkins' actions will not change. But the time ripples generated by these two things can offset the ripples I caused in the past to the greatest extent, so here I am. "
Chrissy Williams lowered her eyes and said, then bit her lip and stopped talking.
Alexia thought for a while before putting away the box that represented [Second Chance]. She endorsed this statement.
"I see, so you came here on the Akatsuki because you want to heal your mistakes."
Her tone became inexplicably gentle, and she didn't blame the young man in front of her for the mistakes she made.
"Yes, although even if I do nothing, this small ripple will not affect history. But Uncle Jenkins said that it is punishment... It is up to you to decide whether to use that box. Its effect is only 'Appearing' at this point in time, after that, you just do it and it must be the correct history because Uncle Jenkins is there for you. That's it... I'm sorry."
The girl lowered her head, and then felt herself being gently hugged by the elder in front of her:
"I think the future me has already punished you, so the present me doesn't need your apology. Chris, there is no difference between Jenkins' past, present and future. The Jenkins I know has never Nothing has changed. I know you want to contradict me, but that's the truth, he's a stubborn guy, like me, and that's why I like him so much."
This is something Alexia never told Jenkins.
"If you're really curious about Jenkins, get to know him around you, not in the past. You're not mature enough to know what 'now' means to us. Remember, Chrissy, we're all mortal for now , the past and the future are meaningless to us, what is meaningful is the present, so we must cherish the present and everyone around us... "
Alexia's eyes gradually became firmer, which was not just to comfort Chris, but also to warn herself.
When Jenkins found the scurrying cat, took great pains to calm her down, and returned to the front of the train, Alexia was still standing there talking to the conductor.
It's just that the train conductor was still wiping the sweat off his forehead for some reason, and Alexia looked at Chocolate with weird eyes after seeing Jenkins appear with the cat in his arms.
After some reassurance just now, besides [Time Stability Theory (White Foundation)], what Alexia gained was that Chris also said some "facts" that would not cause the out-of-control paradox.
"I'll blame it, chocolate has been a little too much lately."
Jenkins mistook Alexia's eyes for complaining about the cat running around, so he quickly explained.
The short lady shook her head slowly, and when she looked at the cat, there was a little more scrutiny in her eyes.
Now that the cat is found, Jenkins and Alexia are ready to leave. Jenkins originally thought that he could find a way to solve the current predicament from the passengers of the Dawn, but this time he was unable to open any doors, so this hope was also dashed.
Just before leaving, Chocolate struggled out of Jenkins' hands again, and seemed to swallow something as it jumped around in the front of the car. Seeing that the train conductor didn't notice the cat's movements, Jenkins hurried away with Alexia.
The dark green train circled twice in the air, and disappeared into the sky together with the rails. Alexia held Jenkins' hand and was still flying in the sky as before. The two looked down helplessly, and the spar that sealed the parchment scroll had completely floated up from the ground.
Jenkins squeezed Alexia's hand worriedly. He was not worried about his own safety, but the short lady and the underground princess are not immortal.
"No matter what happens in a while, as long as the barrier collapses, you leave directly and leave the rest to me."
He enjoined softly.
Alexia pursed her lips and shook her head, "I will be with you."
The final moment finally came, as the spar burst into a dazzling icy-blue radiance in the snowstorm, cracks appeared on its surface.
The [Frost Victory Contract] in the spar unfolded little by little, and amidst crackling sounds, the spar cracked and the parchment scroll was completely revealed.
The spirit, which was almost solidified, burst out from the House Square like a shock wave. Amidst the chaotic prayers and murmurs of the ice sculptures, a big hole was opened in the dark clouds in the sky, but behind the big hole was not a clear blue sky, but an abyss-like blackness.
"coming… "
Jenkins held Alexia tightly by hand, and slowly fell to the ground in this doomsday scene. The cold that freezes all time, space, information, and matter spreads from the black hole in the sky. Compared with this, the extreme cold on the ground is nothing at all.
Thinking seems to have stagnated at this moment, nothingness has occupied the mind, and the world in front of me has disappeared, leaving only a blank space.
Jenkins didn't know how long this feeling lasted, nor what to expect from the black hole in the sky.
When he came back to his senses again, he found himself lying in the middle of the clean and tidy House Square. Standing ice sculptures surround the square, but there is no sound. The original mountain of corpses and the sea of blood and the standing ice seem to have become illusions, and there is nothing on the ground of the square.
But beyond the square, buildings across the city were covered in ice. The snow has stopped, the wind has also stopped, and the bright sunlight shines down from the sky, making all the buildings that can be seen shone with freezing light.
"Meow~"
The cat poked its head out of its arms, stepped on Jenkins' clothes pocket, lowered its head and licked Jenkins' cheek fiercely. The cat had never made such an intimate gesture, and Jenkins was stunned, thinking it was a dream.
Alexia lay quietly on the side, and the two of them were still holding hands. Petting his cat, Jenkins sat up and woke Alexia. The latter didn't know what happened, and her last memory was that the two fell from a high altitude. As for the scene where the entire city was frozen, Alexia didn't know how it was formed.
The three barriers had already collapsed, and the noise and crying could be vaguely heard in the distance, which meant that only buildings were frozen. Returning to the ground again, after confirming that Dolores and her party were only in a coma and not seriously injured, the two left before the people from the church arrived.
PS: This intermission... is already halfway through.
The main purpose of the plots in these two chapters is not only to lay the foreshadowing of "Second Chance", but also to illustrate that the stability of time and space is extremely important in the world Jenkins lives in. It further leads to questions about the beginning of this book: What is the significance of the time when the righteous gods correspond to the month and the false gods expand for a year
So these two chapters are not water.