Chapter 801: 790 (2/2)
”I get it!” Nik exclaimed.
”You do?” Hela inquired with a furrow of her brows.
”Well, the general understanding of it, yeah. You did say it's a time paradox.”
As a master in the concept of time and wisdom, though he's prone to show the latter quite less, Nik did gain a rough understanding quite easily with given clues.
”Oh, really?” Janet inquired with a mocking grin, ”And how can we believe that?”
”Well, I Loki has already shown some time-related spells, so I know that it's possible for her to affect time but time travel comes in many forms. There is a form of time travel where the stuff from the future sent to the past affects the present and then there is a more subtle time travel where an object or entity is sent into another time but technically speaking, it would not affect the past or the present of the original timeline since the time continues to pass the same for the object or entity sent through time,” Nik touched his chin and looked towards Leah.
”If I'm not wrong, Leah is supposed to be sent into the past and will be known as Hela but... there's one thing strange about the situation. Her soul is connected to Hela. So, for either to actually be sent into a whole new timeline, which can also translate to a parallel universe in its own right, one of them needs to die so that only one such soul exists...”
”Wow, what a nerd,” Janet scoffed, not understanding most of it but Morgan had a deep frown while Loki smiled towards Hela, ”And what is my task in this prophecy now? Am I supposed to orchestrate your death just like I have to do with my dear brother Balder or simply send her back in time?”
”I came for Drama but this isn't it,” Angela scoffed, standing up, ”I'm going to meet with Sera, maybe giver her pointers as to how she may please her next mate.”
”I believe you,” Nik chuckled and Janet quickly turned into a size of a bee and flew towards Angela's head, nestling there, ”I'll help out.”
With the two leaving, Hela once again spoke up, ”Your understanding of the matter is not required any longer,” she looked towards Loki, ”The Sisters of Norn failed to deal with Nik, and as they are, they must have recognized the change so in some timeline, out of everyone else, there may no longer be a Hela as the ruler of the dead while in this timeline, there are Hela and a Leah.”
”So that's it? You created me to be sent back into the past?” Leah inquired but suddenly, Loki shook her head with pity while Nik pursed his lips. even Morgan seemed to understand something while Jennifer looked around in confusion but her academic nature wouldn't let her quit just yet.
”You clearly didn't hear Nik when he said it rightly,” Loki giggled, ”One of you has to die. Now, will the queen of the dead really sacrifice herself fr some fate?”
Leah paled.
”It is true. You are, or were, destined to be sacrificed in the future to complete me. Your loss was supposed to emotionally wreck Loki to the extent that he would then go on to create another Leah from the figments of his emotion and that Leah would be then sent into an alternative timeline by Loki, creating a Hela.”
”I'm sorry, how would the loss of your child affect me? And wait, so you're saying that you are the 'Leah' my alternative self created?”
”Yes,” Hela looked at Loki, ”But in your case, you would have been dead and a new Loki, a child, would have developed feelings for Leah..”
”For crying out loud,” Loki rolled her eyes, ”Somebody needs to teach my future self to not fall for brats. I would have preferred one of those many mature women from the recent publication of visual erotica. Even create one of them for romance.”
”That would be life worthy to be envied,” Nik nodded.
”Shut up!” Leah growled, ”I don't understand. You created me for that? To be sacrificed? Then why not give me another set of memories? Why make my past memories so miserable?”
”Ah,” Loki exclaimed, ”Because I also have a thing for tragic women.”
”I apologize,” Hela stated simply, ”But Leah, I have been in your position. I just know how you feel and it wasn't supposed to happen as such. N— Lord, has been categorized as someone who intervened with divine fate... and as hard as it is to believe, the ten realms in all their strength cannot change this fact any longer.
Knowing that whatever he says would only aggravate Leah further for her entire life has been uprooted by mere words, a feeling Nik understands himself since he's been a target of manipulated memories himself, he looked towards the struggling Jennifer, ”Want me to summarize?”
”Please do,” Poole replied instead with a groan.
”Well, this Leah and a new Loki will fall for each other. This Leah will unfortunately pass away and Hela's soul will be completed again. Devastated, the new Loki will create another Hela and for a reason, he would send her to a past using the method where the 'past' will become said Leah's future and she will live on as Hela and the cycle repeats.”
Leah's gaze turned dim.
”So that's it—”
”Stop moping around,” Nik chuckled, clearly not willing to stay out even if his words may make Leah angrier, ”You aren't dead. Hela is still incomplete and as you can see, the Loki right now has fallen too deep for me—”
”Hah! Hilarious,” Loki cackled.
”Your moans and words— fuck me like your life depends on it— supports Nik's observation,” Morgan stated calmly.
”That was my lust talking for me,” Loki shrugged with a smile, not the least bit shy, on the surface that is. But she still felt annoyed that even after declaring such words, Nik wouldn't invite whatever Angela was a part of.
”Anyway, Leah, you can get angry at Hela in your own time. In fact, both of you are my... guides. Yeah. And you're the senior one while Hela's gonna be your junior so,” winking at Leah, Nik chortled, ”Your life isn't as bad as you think.”