As Abigail, I caused trouble in infinite space.

Just as Abigail was about to start her persuasion, two more little girls got out of the car.

"Nanoha, is she the one you came to pick up?"

"Ah."

"Hello, my name is Suzuka, Tsukimura Suzuka."

"Hello, my name is Abigail, Abigail Williams."

"Hello, my name is Alyssa, Alyssa Barnes. Since you're Nanoha's friend, then you're our friend too. Get in the car, we're on our way to my house to play, why don't you come along?"

"Okay!"

Abigail then got into the car.

"Abigail, where did you go before?"

Sitting in the car, Nanoha chatted with her friends while asking Abigail a question telepathically.

"You might not believe it, but I actually went to their headquarters."

"Headquarters? Do you know where their headquarters is?"

Just then, Yuno's voice reached Abigail's mind, and she realized that Yuno seemed to be in the car. Abigail looked around and found Yuno lying in the corner of the seat, still in the shape of a weasel.

"Big rat, so you were here. I didn't actually know where their headquarters was; I just hitched a ride."

"Hitchhiking?"

"Yes, I slipped through while they were frantically teleporting."

Hearing Abigail say this, Yuno didn't doubt it. Such a situation wasn't impossible.

“Abigail, you’re really something. They caught us completely off guard.”

"Of course, I'm a genius. By the way, Nanoha, I discovered something unexpected with them, would you like to hear about it? It's about Fate."

"About Fate? What's going on?"

"Actually, it seems that Fate and his mother don't get along well. From what I've seen, his mother was furious because Fate didn't bring back all the Seeds of the Holy Stone. She then whipped Fate, and the screams she heard gave me goosebumps."

"What? Is this real? How could this be!"

"It seems there are still many things we don't know!"

"Yes, I didn't expect it either. If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, I wouldn't have believed that person was Fate's mother."

Nanoha then told Chrono about it. After learning about it, Chrono asked Abigail about other things concerning Precia and Fate.

Abigail answered Chrono's question with a mix of truth and deception. Thanks to Abigail's years of experience in deception, Chrono and the others didn't detect anything amiss.

"Nanoha, our priority now is to arrest Precia Testarossa. What are your plans?"

"I...I want to save Fate, and she hasn't answered me yet whether we can be friends."

"Really? Have you figured out what to do? If we're going to rescue Fate, we need a battle plan first."

"I've come up with a plan..."

Nanoha then shared her idea, and Abigail smiled upon hearing Nanoha's plan; she had finally succeeded in fooling her. Now all she had to do was wait and watch the show.

............

At this moment, in the Garden of Time, Presia was sitting on the edge of her bed in her room. On the bed lay an unconscious girl, who was none other than her daughter, Alicia.

Just as Abigail said, after Abigail performed the soul swap on Alicia, Alicia did not wake up immediately; she remained asleep.

Over the past few days, Presia has been using her magic to nourish Alicia's soul, while also providing appropriate stimulation in the hope of reviving her.

This had been going on for several days. Although Alicia hadn't woken up during this time, Presia could clearly sense that Alicia's dormant spirit seemed to have become more active.

Just then, Presia looked at the girl lying on the bed with a look of surprise.

After lying there for so many days, the Sleeping Beauty suddenly opened her eyes.

Alicia, who had been asleep for an unknown amount of time, slowly opened her eyes. She looked at the ceiling with a somewhat confused expression.

"Alicia!"

The familiar voice suddenly jolted Alicia awake, though she was not yet fully conscious.

"Mother?"

"Alicia!" Upon hearing Alicia's voice, Presia hugged her while tears streamed down her face.

"What's wrong, Mom?"

Feeling Precia's tight hug, Alicia asked with some confusion.

"It's nothing. Mom is just so happy!"

Is there something good to do?

Alicia said somewhat naively, she had no idea what she had gone through. At least in her memory, she had only taken a nap.

"It's nothing, this is something that makes Mom happy."

"Mom, tell me."

"Alicia, I can't tell you this now. I'll tell you when you're a little older. Listen to your mother, okay?"

"Yes, I will listen to my mother."

Seeing Alicia's obedient appearance, Presia couldn't be happier.

"By the way, Alicia, there's someone I'd like to introduce to you. She's your sister, Fate."

"Sister?" Alicia tilted her head curiously.

"Yes! Haven't you always wanted a little sister? Now your wish has come true."

"Really? I have a sister? That's wonderful! Please take me to meet my sister!"

"Yes, of course."

............

At that moment, Fate was adjusting the Lightning Battle Axe in her room. Just then, Presia's voice came from outside the door.

"Fate, are you in your room?"

"Mom, I'm in my room."

"Then Mom came in."

As soon as Presia finished speaking, Fate found that her door had been opened.

Immediately afterwards, Fate looked with great surprise at the girl who was following Presia and curiously looking into the house.

"Mom, she is...?"

“Fate, this is your sister Alicia.”

Fate knew, of course, that the girl before her was her older sister; she had seen her before. But what truly surprised her was that her sister, who had been asleep, had actually woken up.

"Alicia, this is your sister Fate."

"But Mom, isn't she older than me?"

Alicia looked at Fate with some curiosity, then asked Presia.

It's important to understand that at this point in time, Alicia's mind and body are still stuck in the year she died, when she was 5 years old. Meanwhile, Fate is already 9 years old. Although Fate was only 4 years old if we don't count Alicia's memories, it still doesn't prevent her from looking older than Alicia.

Precia certainly couldn't tell Alicia the truth right now.

"This is a difficult thing to explain. Arya, just remember that you are the older sister and Fate is the younger sister."

Fate readily accepted the situation. She approached Alicia and smiled as she spoke to her.

"Sister, nice to meet you, I'm Fate."

"Fate, it's a pleasure to meet you."

Children are innocent, and Alicia quickly stopped paying attention to questions about age. She was happy to have a little sister, even though her sister looked older than her.

"Fate, I'm about to take Alicia for a walk in the Garden of Time. Would you like to come?"

"Okay, Mom."

Upon hearing Fate's agreement, Presia immediately knelt down and said to Alicia:

"Alicia, let's go see where we're staying now."

"Ah."

At this moment, Fate quietly looked at Presia's smile, a smile that could only be seen in her memories.

Mom, I will definitely win.

Chapter 167 The Bet and the Final Battle

"This should be fine, come out, Fate."

In a somewhat dilapidated garden, Nanoha stood by a pond and spoke.

Nanoha then saw Fate standing behind her through the pool in front of her.

“Fate, I know you won’t give up, but I want to stop you. It all started with the Seed of the Holy Stone.”

As she spoke, Nanoha raised the Rising Sun Heart in her hand.

Heart of the Rising Sun: "Release of the Seed of the Sacred Stone".

"So, stake all the Holy Stone Seeds you have, and then it begins. Everything begins from here. We haven't started anything yet, so let's begin our first and last real duel to become our true selves."

Fate looked at the bet proposed by Nanoha, and she was already mentally prepared for it.

"Nanoha, I will definitely defeat you, no, I should say, I must defeat you."

After speaking, Fate turned her head and looked at the person beside her:

"Elph, why don't you go wait over there?"

“Fate…”

"Don't worry, I will win."