As Abigail, I caused trouble in infinite space.

"blast......"

Chapter 179 A Scene of Peace

At this moment, in a locked room at the headquarters of the Time and Space Administration.

"Let me introduce myself. My name is Chrono, and I am the executive officer of the Time and Space Administration, as well as the person in charge of this Dark Book incident. Because the information we have gathered is different from the information you have given us, I hope you can tell me everything you know."

"Where's Gale? What did you do to Gale?"

Faced with Krono's question, Vita asked him somewhat anxiously.

Upon hearing Vita's question, Chrono casually waved his hand, and a screen appeared in front of everyone, displaying a picture of Gale. Gale was lying on a hospital bed and looked to be in relatively good condition.

“Don’t worry, Hayate Yagami has been placed in the medical room. However, I must tell you that Hayate Yagami’s condition is very bad. Due to the corruption of the Book of Darkness, her internal organs have begun to fail. You’d better tell us everything you know. The only way to solve Hayate Yagami’s current problem is to seal the Book of Darkness.”

"Alright then, as long as you promise to help us cure the ailment, we can tell you anything you want to know."

Signam stepped forward and said.

"Don't worry, we will definitely do our best to treat Hayate Yagami. We now know that Hayate Yagami was unaware of what you did, so as long as the Book of Darkness is resolved, Hayate Yagami can be absolved of responsibility."

"I hope what you're saying is true. What do you want to ask? Just ask."

"Alright, now I want to know what your purpose is, and why you want to collect magic power?"

"We only wanted to heal Gale. Once we've collected all the magic, the Book of Darkness will stop corrupting Gale, and we won't have to do this anymore. We just want to live peacefully with Gale."

"You're lying. Don't think we don't know anything. The moment the Book of Darkness finishes collecting its magic, it will go berserk. It will consume all its magic and its owner's life, indiscriminately destroying the surroundings. In the end, without exception, all the owners of the Book of Darkness die a very tragic death."

"How is that possible!"

"Signam said in surprise," she said, and not only her, but the other knights in the room also looked surprised.

Looking at everyone's expressions, Chrono could tell that they were indeed very surprised by this.

"As guardian knights of the Book of Darkness, don't you even know this?"

Signam shook her head, realizing that there might be something wrong with her memory.

"So what do you still remember now?"

Signam thought for a moment, then told everything he knew.

Simply put, the Cloud Knights only know that their duty is to collect magic power for the Book of Darkness and then protect their master. As for what happens after they collect the magic power, they have no memory of it.

Of course, the Night Whales knew this too, but in their minds it was just the Book of Darkness's automatic defense system.

"It seems you don't know how to seal the Book of Darkness either."

Chrono sighed. If these guardian knights hadn't been hiding anything, then they were merely victims. Although they had indeed done some wrong things, their motivation was simply to save their master, and they hadn't actually harmed anyone.

"Um, what exactly did you mean by the Book of Darkness going berserk?"

"According to the information we found, the Book of Darkness was originally called the Book of Night Sky. It was a magic book used to collect the research results of mages throughout the ages. However, starting from some generation, the Book of Darkness became what it is now. At least, all the owners of the Book of Darkness that we know of have been killed without exception."

As he spoke, Chrono showed everyone the information that Yuno had previously gathered.

After reading the information, everyone seemed to have been greatly shocked.

"How could this be?"

"So everything we did before was wrong?"

"So how exactly can we save Jifeng?"

"I don't want Gale to die like this! She's so kind and gentle!"

“You don’t need to be so pessimistic. We’ve only collected half of the magic power in the Book of Darkness, and it’s obviously still a long way from activation. Moreover, we can now use the magic power to stabilize Hayate Yagami’s condition. I believe we will definitely find a way to seal the Book of Darkness and save Hayate Yagami.”

"This isn't arrogance," Krono said confidently, "it's just that Midcherda truly has that ability."

"Alright, you can stay here for a while without worry. Don't worry about Hayate Yagami, we'll take good care of her. Also, if you think of any useful information, please let us know. As long as you cooperate with us, we will take that into consideration when sentencing you."

"Please wait a moment, Mr. Chrono, may we go and see Gale?"

"I'm afraid that won't work. You are guilty of crimes, and I can't just let you go like this."

"Please, we really just want to see Gale. I promise we won't do anything unnecessary!"

Seeing the pleading looks on their faces, Krono wasn't a heartless person.

"I can let you see Gale, but you must accept the magic confinement. You should have no objection to that."

“No problem, as long as I can see Gale.” Vita said excitedly after hearing Chrono’s agreement.

"Okay, you wait a moment, I'll go make the arrangements."

After saying that, Krono turned and left the confinement room.

At this moment, in the infirmary, Nanoha, Fate, Abigail, and others were with Hayate.

After all, they were just 9-year-old children, so Nanoha and Fate quickly started chatting with Hayate.

"I never imagined that there was such a vast world beyond Earth."

"Yes, I only found out about this half a year ago. And I met Fate at that time. Looking back now, I was really lucky."

"Hey, could you tell me your story from back then?"

"I'm curious," Jifeng asked.

"Yes, of course."

Just as Nanoha was about to tell her story with Fate, the door to the medical room next door opened.

"blast!"

Signam and the others rushed into the medical room from outside.

"Everyone, what brings you all here?"

Before this, Hayate had inquired about Signum and the others' situation and knew that they had been locked up in the solitary confinement room because of what they had done before. So Hayate was still a little surprised that Signum and the others suddenly came to the medical room.

"We're worried about you, Gale."

"I'm fine, everyone is doing well, so you don't need to worry. But really, you guys did something wrong by keeping it from me. No matter what, you really did something wrong this time."

Seeing that Jifeng was standing with his hands on his hips, looking somewhat angry, all four of them lowered their heads.

"I'm sorry, Gale."

But just then, Gale suddenly laughed.

"But it's good that you're all alright. It's fortunate you didn't get hurt while secretly doing something so dangerous, otherwise..."

"blast!"

Suddenly, Vita threw herself into Gale's arms.

"what happened?"

"I don't want you to die, Gale!"

"Don't worry, I'll be fine."

Afterwards, the four of them chatted with Hayate for a while, during which Nanoha and Fate tactfully left the room.

"Yuno, have you found a way to deal with the Book of Darkness?"

Meanwhile, in the cabin monitoring the Book of Darkness, Chrono was communicating with Yuno while looking at the Book of Darkness.

"No, I've searched through all the information about the Book of Darkness these past few days, but I haven't found any method to seal it. However, I have made some progress."

"What did you gain?"

"Didn't I mention before? The Book of Darkness might be in this state because one of its owners tampered with the program and set up the Dark Night Whale automatic defense system. As long as we can find a way to get the other owner to erase this tampered program, we can fix it."

“What you say is true, but every time a master officially becomes the master, all of his magic and life force are forcibly consumed by the Dark Night Whale to cause destruction, and in the end, he always meets a miserable death. This is simply an unsolvable problem.”

"Yes, but this is the only method I can think of. Only this method can completely solve the problem of the Book of Darkness. The progress of the Book of Darkness in collecting magic power has been interrupted, so we don't need to worry about the Dark Whale for the time being. What we need to pay attention to now is the corruption of the Book of Darkness on Hayate Yagami. However, with you all ensuring Hayate's safety for the time being, we still have some time. During this time, I will start from this perspective and find a feasible solution."

"Well, then I'll leave it to you. But even with Midcherda's medical system, Hayate Yagami won't last long. Can you find a feasible solution within a month?"

"Let's try. The Endless Library is so vast, there must be books that mention this topic."

"Yes, I look forward to your good news."

Krono then ended his communication with Yuno.

"Oh dear, this is a really troublesome problem. We need to find a way to treat Gale and also find a way to solve the problem of the Book of Darkness. Moreover, we can't just leave the Book of Darkness unattended. I suddenly have some admiration for the master who tampered with the program back then. It's amazing that he could come up with such a wicked trick."

Abigail had somehow entered the room.

“Abigail, there’s something I want to ask you.”

"What is it? Do you want to ask me about the solution to the problem with the Book of Darkness? I have no idea."

"No, I want you to tell me your true identity."

Abigail was not surprised at all by Krono's question.

"I knew you'd find time to ask me, but even if I did, you probably wouldn't believe me."

"Why do you say that?"

"Then let me tell you. Remember that crystal from before? It actually fell from me. I don't know my own identity. Maybe I'm some kind of ancient relic. Back then, for some unknown reason, I woke up and was teleported to Haiming City. Following the trajectory of magic, I saw Nanoha. At that time, Nanoha had just become a mage. You should know what happened after that."

After listening to Abigail's account, Chrono fell into deep thought. Just as Abigail had said, such words were hard for a normal person to believe. However, as an executive officer of the Time and Space Administration, Chrono had experienced many different kinds of ancient relics.

Perhaps some civilization in another world has truly developed some incredible technology, and Abigail might just be their experimental subject.

However, Krono was unaware that Abigail, though outwardly serious, was inwardly overjoyed.

“Alright, Abigail, I’ll believe you for now. However, there’s still something I don’t understand. Since you already knew that Hayate Yagami was the owner of the Book of Darkness, why didn’t you tell us before?”

"If I had to say why, it's probably because I don't want to."

What do you mean by that?

"Krono said, frowning."

"Actually, I didn't know before that the Book of Darkness would be so dangerous. After I learned about Gale's situation, I thought that things would calm down after they finished collecting the magic. I never expected it to turn out like this."

After hearing Abigail's explanation, Chrono nodded. The reason wasn't entirely wrong.

"I see. I understand your thoughts, but if you encounter something like this again, it would be best to tell us."