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"How could this be?"

"Everything about me is fake? Is my life being controlled by someone else?"

"The Time Magic isn't mine, nor is this body. Am I just another personality of someone else?"

Julius collapsed powerlessly to the ground, his arms propping him up on the crimson carpet, muttering in anguish.

At this moment,

Brimir, Karna, and Hayabusa all looked at him with pity.

The 'Red Black Dragon' Miraboréas could not empathize.

Zeno, on the other hand, didn't care at all, his eyes cold.

Anyway, this was all Big Brother's doing, what does it have to do with him, the third brother?

Brimir couldn't suppress the emotions in his heart and stepped forward to pull Julius up.

[Slap!]

He gave the other a heavy slap, the crisp sound echoing through the hall.

But the pain on his face did gradually restore the light in Julius's eyes.

"Listen clearly, little one, I can understand how sad and painful you must feel right now!"

"Even starting to doubt whether your previous life was all fake!"

"But think back carefully, weren't the people and things you encountered before all treated with your sincerity?"

"The admiration of those Magic Knights for you, the love of those citizens for you, dare you say it's all fake?"

"Most importantly, all of this is in the past!"

"From now on, this body belongs entirely to you."

"What you've lost is just an evil personality and Time Magic!"

"The former goes without saying, and for the latter, you can just start from scratch."

"Hasn't your body returned to thirteen years old anyway? Just relearn the magic that truly belongs to you!"

"Remember what I said, and get a good night's sleep."

As soon as Brimir finished speaking, he used magic to make Julius fall asleep.

Then, he turned to face the high and mighty Lord Im.

"Please allow me to take Julius home to take care of him for a few days, and I hope you will allow me to be his teacher and impart knowledge of magic to him."

Brimir wants to take Julius as a student?

This was truly beyond Im's expectations, but it was definitely a good thing.

Although Julius had lost his Time Magic, his talent for magic was beyond doubt.

He just needed to calm down and return to the Black Clover world to obtain his own grimoire.

Then, under Brimir's cultivation, there would be another magic-side powerhouse loyal to the World Government.

"Granted."

"Thank you, Lord Im, for your grace!"

Brimir bowed again in thanks.

After getting up, he extracted the 'Time Devil' Astaroth from Julius's body.

Finally, he picked up the thirteen-year-old Julius in his arms and walked step by step out of the void hall on the straight red carpet.

This poor child, he would raise and teach him from now on!

[Bang——————]

The metal door closed heavily.

Brimir's figure disappeared from everyone's sight.

Im then began to examine the 'Time Devil' Astaroth under the stage with great interest.

For a time, the atmosphere in the hall became strange.

Astaroth was in extreme fear.

Clearly, as Brimir left, the chains of nothingness on his body had disappeared.

But his body was still unable to move, even if he frantically urged the power of the devil within him, there was still no reaction.

Not only that, but as a Time Devil, even his instinctive talent for predicting the future had disappeared.

Before, in the Black Clover world, he could at least see the changes in the future.

But now he was completely 'blind'!

A strong sense of unease made Astaroth want to say something to Im.

Whether it was cursing or begging for mercy, in short, to make a sound and vent the emotions in his heart.

But even such a simple right was deprived by Im.

Because he didn't want to listen to his nonsense, let alone communicate with him.

Who would chat with a fish on the chopping board?

[Buzz——————]

With a thought from Im, Astaroth was immediately enveloped in a light blue space sphere.

This filled his heart with despair and fear.

But who told Im to be kind-hearted, unable to bear to see people in such pain.

He quickly activated Stigmata Alchemy, transforming all the essence of the demon's body into magic power and pouring it into his heart.

The next second.

This huge heart, beating 'thump thump' like an engine, instantly appeared before Im's eyes.

Last time it was the 'Space Devil' Beelzebub, this time it was the 'Time Devil' Astaroth.

After admiring it, Im teleported it to Deana in 'High Heaven'.

"Complete the purification as soon as possible."

"Yes, my husband."

Although she was startled by the sudden appearance of the demon's heart.

But Deana, who had experience, skillfully wrapped it with Rapole's divine power and took it to the top of the tower in this silver city.

They called it 'Heaven's Peak'.

The faith power of the Holy Spirits and the holy light energy that permeated the air.

Will automatically converge when she purifies the heart of the highest-ranking demon.

This greatly improves the efficiency of purification.

Previously, it took Deana and Tsuru a total of eighteen months to purify 'Beelzebub's heart'.

Now with 'Heaven's Peak', it is estimated that half the time can be saved.

That is, about ten months.

This should already be the limit at the moment, after all, this is the heart of the highest-ranking demon.

Im returned to the Moon Room for closed-door training, but did not immediately devote himself to cultivation.

Instead, he summoned a strangely shaped fruit from the Demon Orchard in the Holy Land Treasury.

The correct way to say it is the Paramecia-type Time Fruit.

Its previous user was Kozuki Oden's wife, Amatsuki Toki.

Since Im had decided to absorb the heart of the 'Time Devil'.

Then the Time Fruit must of course be eaten into his stomach.

It just so happened that he could retreat and comprehend cultivation while studying the mysteries of time.

He used to be afraid to touch things like time.

Worried that he would get caught up in it, unable to extricate himself, and eventually end up being played by time.

But recently, with a deeper understanding of the laws of space, he gradually discovered that pure space is flawed.

It's like a house with only walls and a ceiling, and nothing else.

This made him realize that space must be accompanied by time.

Similarly, time also needs space to form a more resilient force.

That's why Im started to think about Astaroth's heart.

Now he finally got it.

Then he bit into the first piece of the Time Fruit with a blank expression.

Then the second bite, the third bite.

Of course, he knew that he only needed to eat one bite.

But perhaps it was psychological, he still endured the extremely disgusting taste and finished it all.

Seriously.

For Im, who was already accustomed to the delicacies made by Satchi and Nakiri Erina.

This experience was even more intense than others, but his strong willpower still allowed him to remain calm throughout the process.

Seconds later.

He suddenly raised his hands, and in the blink of an eye, both palms were enveloped in light clusters of different colors.

On the left was the familiar light blue square space structure, and on the right was the unfamiliar light golden spherical time structure.

But what Im really cared about was the new energy running through his body.

The power of space-time!

Although the power of space was still dominant at the moment, and the power of time was relatively thin.

But the fusion process of the two was unobstructed, smooth as if they were originally one.

"It seems that this path is right." Im murmured softly as he felt the change in power.