I became a vampire princess and then a dragon girl?

§12 Magic Born for the Future

"The future can be changed."

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"!"

"!What did you say?!"

After hearing the words of the afterimage of the God of Creation, Eve, who was originally in a bad mood, slammed the table and leaned in front of the afterimage of the God of Creation, scaring her.

"Didn't the time magic you gave me say that the future cannot be changed? Then what did you mean by that?!"

"Well, well, Eve, calm down first. I'll explain to you."

"Oh…"

After being reminded by the Creator, Eve realized that she was a little too excited, so she sat back in her seat and prepared to listen to the other party's explanation.

"Normally, the future, as Eve knows it, cannot be changed. The changes you make will be erased by the world and history, but this is not always the case."

After a pause, the Creator continued.

"Erasing and changing the world and history, in other words, if we can deceive them, we can also change the future.

It's not easy to do this, because Eve needs to ensure that the original history remains unchanged and the future you want to change will occur at the time point after you return to the future. Whether Eve's attempt will be successful can only be known when you arrive at that time point, and this change can only be achieved under certain specific circumstances, such as on this isolated island of time.

And Eve, you are special. You don't belong to this world and you transcend the entire world. Only you can do this.

This last part of the explanation was that the afterimage of the God of Creation had not spoken out loud due to a previous agreement with Eve.

"So, the changes I make won't have any impact on the world until I return to the future?"

After listening to the explanation of the afterimage of the God of Creation, Eve frowned and asked.

"That's right. Otherwise, the changes Eve made would be corrected by the world to ensure future stability."

"That's it..."

After thinking about it, Eve continued to ask.

"By the way, do you know how I got back to this point in time? Can you reproduce it?"

If it doesn't work once, can she try a few more times? That's what Eve thought.

"Hmm... I think it might be due to the increased resonance. One of Eve's weapon spirits has a deep connection with me. Eve's return to this point in time must be related to her. It's likely that a resonance occurred between her and me when I revived, and it shouldn't be possible to replicate it. So, Eve can only..."

"Only one chance..."

Taking over the unfinished words of the God of Creation, Eve said with a frown.

There is absolutely no chance for trial and error, which makes things a bit difficult.

Eve had also heard of the famous theory of the butterfly effect in her previous life. Even a small change could change some things. With only one chance, she had to think carefully about what to do.

Fortunately, due to the special nature of this strange place, she had enough time to carefully think about specific countermeasures, and the afterimage of the God of Creation in front of her could also help.

If I want to save Evangeline and the others, what should I do...

The first is that history cannot be changed, at least not on the surface.

The history he knew was that after Evangeline and her companions shattered the body of the demon, they were ambushed. Except for Filier, the whereabouts of all the others were unknown, and Filier herself was trapped at the top of the blue sky for a thousand years.

Can we change the future without changing this thing?

It's really a difficult task.

And there is also an embarrassing problem that the whereabouts of the three of them will still be unknown in the future, which cannot be forgotten.

In the worst case scenario, they might even be corroded by the devil.

"consciousness."

Just as Eve was thinking hard, the afterimage of the God of Creation spoke first.

"Eve, you can start with the consciousness. The body can be rebuilt, but if there is a problem with the consciousness, it will be difficult to solve. This will also minimize the impact on future events."

"Consciousness... But from what I know of history, it seems all three of them fell into the hands of the demon. If I do something to their consciousness, wouldn't the demon be able to see it? Or maybe it won't have any effect at all?"

Eve raised her question, tapping her index finger rhythmically on the table.

"Hmm... In that case, Eve, you could consider assuming their consciousness has already been eroded. For example, you could try to preserve the last bit of their original nature during the erosion, and then find a way to remove the erosion after you find them."

"Exorcise the encroachment of the demonic power?... Come to think of it, I actually have someone here who can do it."

Well, that pervert Qianmian suddenly played a role in an unexpected place.

"That's no problem. Eve just needs to find a way to protect their most core consciousness and prevent it from being completely eroded."

"Find a way... Do you want me to do it myself?"

Hearing this, Eve suddenly realized that the afterimage of the God of Creation seemed to have only given her an idea to solve the problem, but how to do it specifically still depended on herself.

"Yes, before this, no magic considered being eroded as a prerequisite. People were trying every possible way to avoid being eroded."

"…Fine."

The argument is convincing and well-reasoned. It seems I can only find a solution myself.

To develop a magic from scratch without any precedent to refer to... Eve couldn't help but feel a headache when she thought of this. This was really a daunting task.

"Then Eve, just do your best and don't worry about not having enough time."

"..."

Although what she said was true, I don't know why I felt unhappy.

"Ugh…"

Taking out a pen and paper from the demiplane, Eve began to look for a way to save Evelyn and the others on this isolated island outside of time.

Since she was building a prototype of magic from scratch, Eve had failed countless times. If it weren't for the fact that she had the habit of developing magic on a daily basis, the problems she would have to face now might have been several times more numerous.

During this period, the afterimage of the God of Creation also gave her some help and relieved some of her pressure.

Although the magic that Eve is going to develop now is a completely new category, the Creator God who is familiar with all kinds of magic in the world can still find some similar magic for Eve to use as a reference.

Sometimes when they are really out of ideas, they will hold a small tea party to change their thoughts and clear their brains.

Developing magic is like writing code. Sometimes when you have been sitting in front of the computer and can’t think of a solution, you can get up and take a look around to change your mood. Maybe you will suddenly get an idea.

Finally, after countless failures, on this isolated island of time, the magic that will open up the future is about to be born.

§13 The two ends of the past and the future

“…Change this again, and then…”

After making some final adjustments to the prototype of the magic circle drawn on paper, Eve handed it to the afterimage of the God of Creation for a final check.

"Uh-huh…"

Looking at the magic circle on the paper, the shadow of the God of Creation nodded slightly, but Eve's heart did not relax at all.

After all, the current situation had been repeated countless times, so he nodded, and then quickly moved on to the stage where modifications were needed.

The worst time was when they accidentally discovered the problem after the prototype was almost half built. After trying to use it once, the two found that they had underestimated the damage that the power of the demon god and the destructive magic might cause to the magic over a thousand years. The remaining consumption was obviously insufficient, causing the progress that was originally close to half to almost return to zero.

There is no other way. We only have one chance, and we must make sure it is foolproof no matter what.

Thus, this version of magic was born.

One must consider both the concealment of magic and the horrific consumption of a thousand years. In order to ensure both of these, Eve has gone crazy on this isolated island of time.

After all, in a sense, these two things are contradictory. If you want the magic to last for a thousand years, you must increase the magic power and magic effect, but doing so will likely be discovered.

But with the help of the afterimage of the God of Creation, Eve successfully overcame this problem in a somewhat strange way.

In short, just like when Istina was cut off from her past as a God of Destruction, their true hearts were placed on the dividing line between existence and non-existence, in order to protect their consciousness. It could also make their consciousness stagnate, avoiding the wear and tear brought by a thousand years.

After returning to the future, Eve can begin to try to find the whereabouts of Evelyn and the other two by following the induction brought by magic.

As for what to do after finding it...

If they are still alive and have been eroded by the demon, the first thing to do is to beat them up, then capture them alive, and then throw them to Qianmian to find a way to expel the erosion of the demon's power and see if their bodies can still be used. Finally, after their bodies are protected, Eve will use magic to restore their consciousness.

As for the situation of death, it would be more convenient. You can just create a body and put the consciousness back.

"..."

After a long while, the afterimage of the God of Creation suddenly put down the paper with the magic circle drawn on it and looked up at Eve.

The time has come to announce whether Party A agrees to the acceptance.

"Congratulations, Eve, you made it."

“!!! Great—!”

He suddenly threw the paper and pen in his hand into the sky, and a cheer of joy echoed on the island of time.

"Okay, Eve, do you want to rest a little longer? Or should we bring them here now?"

Seeing Eve's happy expression, the God of Creation smiled and filled Eve's cup with tea and then asked.

"Hmm... I need to take a nap first... Yawn~"

As the development of magic came to an end, the thin thread stretching Eve's heart also broke, and a strong feeling of fatigue surged into her heart, causing her to yawn lazily.

"Well, Eve has worked hard too, take a good rest."

"OK, good night."

"Good night~"

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While Eve was working hard to save Evelyn and others in the future, a big trouble also came to Istina who was in the future.

"Destroy—destroy everything—destroy—destroy everything—"

Shortly after Eve was accidentally caught in the time turbulence, waves of endless whispers came to Istina, like maggots on the tarsal bone. She had no idea where they came from and how to get rid of them.

Countless voices continued to appear in this whisper, but they were all silently chanting the same thing - destroy everything.

This made Istina, who was already worried about Eve being caught in the time turbulence, even more annoyed.

After trying for a while without success, Istina went to Melshia, who was also a god, hoping to find a solution from her.

"sound?"

After listening to Istina's description, Melxia asked curiously.

"Yeah, that's right. There's always a voice telling me to destroy everything, even now."

Pressing her temples with a headache, Istina said helplessly.

"Hmm... Let me take a look."

As the second-in-command of the God of Elves, Melcia had never seen any god encounter this kind of problem in her memory, so she didn't know the specific reason for a moment and could only check it first.

His fingers passed through the air an inch in front of Istina's forehead, and a complex and exquisite magic circle appeared. The light emitted from it slowly swept over Istina.

Under the illumination of this light, one can clearly see that the red light surrounding Istina is mixed with a bit of purple light, as well as a few gray spots mixed in it.

Under the continuous removal of the crimson light, these gray rays were difficult to survive, but their total number seemed incalculable. They appeared out of thin air from the surrounding space and continued to flow into Istina's side.

Each gray light would emit a little bit of information before disappearing. If nothing unexpected happened, it was the source of the whispers that Istina heard.

What was even stranger was that from among these gray rays, Melshia clearly felt the unique aura of God.

There were not just one or two gods, but countless gods, as if all the gods from the mythological era had appeared here.

“…It’s a bit troublesome.”

After stretching out her hands to draw a few magic circles to intercept a few gray rays, and after feeling the essence of them, Melshia frowned and whispered.

"What are those?"