197 Ch. 197 'Backlashing Ability'

Early in the morning, when he was about to leave for a mission with Hokuto, Scarlet called him because Niken wanted to talk to him. He was happy as he also missed his dearest sister. Still, he never expected his sister would bombarding him about his health as if he had an accident or something worse.

Both Richard and Niken did not have a foni stone, so Niken borrowed Kazuto's stone to contact Richard via Scarlet's.

"How about you? I thought you couldn't contact us for fear the white knight would track you."

"We met a wizard. He helped us to cover the fibration of our cultivation energy flow."

Wizard? Hokuto and Scarlet looked at each other, hearing the word 'wizard.' Literally, they have never met a wizard or felt one's aura of power.

Even Hokuto, who often went out around on missions, never met a wizard. It was a common knowledge that wizards were not allowed to use magic against Elementalists.

So it's no wonder that most wizards will choose to stay low rather than appearing in front of Elementalists on missions.

Scarlet quickly grabbed Richard's hand, who was holding her foni stone without hesitation and then asked in an enthusiastic voice filled with interest.

"You met the wizard? Where? What is the person like? Is that wizard pureblood or mix-blood?"

Richard released his hand from Scarlet's grip and let the girl took the stone.

Niken described how she met Zehell via Lionel briefly. But Niken didn't tell her brother about her and Kazuto having a magic circle and underwent quite a dangerous incident in this northern country.

She didn't want her brother to worry and didn't focus on his training to hone his fire bending abilities. After all, she wanted to make a surprise for her real strength when they met again next year.

Initially, Niken wanted to chat more with her brother. She missed her brother very much, and ever since she had a terrible dream last night, she has become restless.

Niken wanted to chat with her brother a little longer, but Richard had to go with Hokuto. On the other hand, Scarlet had to return to her training to develop a source of energy for her potential strength.

Like it or not, Niken had to be content chatting for a while with her brother and ended the connection.

Niken sat by the lake, sighing softly at the clear lake water. She felt calm when Kazuto didn't accompany her. She realized Kazuto felt her reluctance when she was with her. That's why Kazuto gave her some privacy so that Niken could chat with Richard more freely.

She did not know how long she has to act wary of that man because of her dream.

It's just a dream; it's only a mere nightmare. Niken tried to convince herself not to think about it too much.

Niken was a time traveler. She could go to any period without setting her destination time. All this time, she went to the past and never once went to the future.

What if it turned out that she just went to the future? Does that mean that in the future, Kazuto and Richard will hate each other and fight to the death?

Why? What made the two of them hate each other?

"Niken, what are you thinking?"

Niken looked at Aqua, who blinked her dainty eyes while looking at her with a curious gaze.

"You seem troubled about something. What are you worried about? The lake's condition has recovered. All the evil mermaids have also returned to normal. Now we only need to wait for Flynn's state to recover and wake up from his sleep. What are you still worried about?"

Niken glanced around to make sure no one was overhearing their conversation. She even closed her mind-linking connection with Kazuto because she didn't want the man to read her mind.

"Aqua, when we got back, actually, I didn't pass out. I…"

"Are you time traveling?" guessed Aqua, followed by a nod from Niken's head. "What are you worried about right now related to your journey to a different time?" Once again, Niken nodded her head. "What did you encounter?"

"I saw... Kazuto killed my brother."

Aqua was surprised at this unexpected answer. Why did the black knight kill his inamorata's family member?

"I already talked to my brother, and he's fine. Does that mean what I see is something that will happen? Does that mean I just went to the future period?"

"You are a time traveler, so there is a chance that you did go to the future. But I don't have the answer regarding the black knight who will kill your brother. I also doubt that you were indeed going to the future."

"What do you mean?"

"Niken, you just used the ability of the vlinder to manipulate Flynn's memories. There is a chance that your own abilities might be backlashing at you. What you see are the negative feelings you just took away from the worst emotions in Flynn's heart. This feeling is what forms an illusory world to influence your mind so that you hate this world.

Among spirit familiars, vlinder was the hardest to comprehend. Its distinctive ability is to create a world of illusion at will. Your vlinder is currently in a cocoon form. So whatever emotions you will take away from manipulating someone's memory, those emotions will transform into negative thoughts. I suggest, before the vlinder comes out of its cocoon, don't use your abilities to manipulate people's minds frequently."

Niken sighed at Aqua's suggestion. Why does she have so many restrictions to use her abilities?

When she wanted to use her time spacial, Lionel forbade her not to use it because she could only use it twice. Now when she just found out that she could change someone's memory, Aqua also prohibited her from using it often.

Niken felt dispirited because the greater the potential ability she had, the greater the side effects that could backlash her.

At least, she could feel more relaxed knowing that what she saw was not an event that would happen in the future. Niken decided that what she saw was just an illusion of the results of using her abilities.

Only then, she could calm her anxiety and not too wary about her lover.