Becoming a Shadow in the New World

In a world where time stands still, after asking Beta a question, Sid quietly watches Beta, waiting for Beta's answer.

One minute, three minutes, five minutes, ten minutes.

As time silently ticked by, Beta remained motionless, still wielding his hand in a chop-like motion towards Alexia, only his face turned slightly pale... pale!!!

Suddenly, Sid thought of something and snapped his fingers.

"Snapped!"

The moment the sound rang out, Beta's body, which had been unable to move no matter how hard he tried, finally began to move.

The air, which had seemed to have solidified, began to flow again. The body, already feeling unwell from the lack of oxygen, instinctively began to breathe deeply upon sensing this.

"bump!"

Unfortunately, just as he took a breath, his body, suddenly freed and losing its balance, fell forward as if it had hit an invisible wall, making a clattering sound.

Fortunately, Beta had pretty good control; he only had to hit the invisible wall once before he realized what was happening and regained his balance.

After gaining a firm footing, I cautiously looked around, but after only extending my arm forward a few dozen centimeters, I felt something touch me.

"Don't touch it, that's still air, not something invisible."

Seeing Beta's series of actions, Sid thought for a moment and began to explain.

Yes, the stop of time also stopped the flow of gas. Unlike the time-stopping abilities in some otherworld anime, Sid thinks his time-stopping ability is quite scientific.

In other words, if there were an ordinary person in this world where time had stopped, who was not affected by "the world," he would simply die very quickly.

Flowing air truly permeates every corner of this world, but once the air stops flowing, it's like an ordinary person being suddenly thrown into a dry concrete floor, unable to move at all.

Furthermore, since the air has changed from a gaseous state to a solid state, ordinary people can no longer breathe air into their lungs to absorb oxygen; at most, they can only rely on the oxygen in their bodies to last for a few minutes.

Just like Beta's situation just now, he deliberately added Beta to the whitelist, the consequence of which is that the air that can be heard everywhere and consumed by humans has become a shackle that binds them and a deadly weapon that kills invisibly.

He then added the area within a few centimeters of Beta to the whitelist, and the air within that range resumed its flowing nature, allowing Beta to consume it.

Even so, Beta can only last for a dozen minutes at most, because within this range, there is only one Beta, one consumer, and no plants as producers. Once the oxygen runs out, it will still die.

Therefore, it's impossible to use time stop to do anything like in some otherworld anime, because his "the world" is a true time stop.

To be precise, the time stop in some anime series set in the dark world is nothing compared to what you'd expect. It can't even stop the flow of blood or the nerves that react; it's just a large-scale immobilization spell.

How can someone who can't even stop the movement of air, particles, and light deserve to call it time stopping?

As for why he can move around in a world where time has stopped...

He glanced at the invisible wall that he had smashed through as he moved.

How could a mere stop in time compare to his body, forged through countless trials!

Under normal circumstances, most people who are not affected by time stop would be buried underground in a world where time is completely stopped.

Being in a world where time is stopped is like swimming in the ocean; it has some effect, but not much.

There's no need to worry about air quality; his body has long since overcome the need for water and oxygen. He hasn't tried it, but he estimates he could try eating soil or minerals for nutrition.

"This is the first time I've used 'the world' with others, I didn't control it well, sorry Beta."

While explaining to Beta, Sid thought for a moment and apologized to her. He had taken it for granted that he had treated Beta as himself and applied his standards to her. If it weren't for Beta's extraordinary physique saving her life, she would have really killed Beta because of her negligence.

Although this oversight was also due to Beta's strong physique, which allowed her to endure for ten minutes before her face started to turn blue and he noticed Beta's problem, he was wrong, and he wouldn't stubbornly refuse to admit it.

However, if even Beta's weak elven physique can withstand ten minutes of oxygen deprivation, I'm curious how long other strong individuals and special races can endure it.

Forget it, I'm too lazy to do this experiment. How strong can a creature be that can die from lack of oxygen?

"This is the first time! This is the first time Lord Shadow has brought someone else along. Does the other seven Shadows know about this, Lord Shadow?"

"?"

Something is wrong with you.

Seeing Beta's expectant eyes, Sid fell silent.

He always knew Beta had a somewhat distorted cult of personality towards him, but he didn't realize it was this serious. You almost died just now! Died!!!

Is your concern whether you can use this news to brag to other people?

After glancing at Beta, Sid felt it was necessary for her to help Beta establish the right values.

Chapter 97 The Misogyny Sayaka Kirasaka

“Sayaka, look, look, this is my favorite spot on the whole Itogami Island.”

Seeing Himeragi Yukina's excited expression as she held her hand and introduced her to various places on Itogami Island, Kirasaka Sayaka smiled happily.

Wherever she goes, she wears a smile and expresses kindness to others. This is the little angel, Yukina Himeragi, who constantly brings her happiness.

"Ah, it seems like I've been the only one talking since we reunited."

Sayaka, you don't mean you don't like what I just said, or you find me too annoying and don't want to talk to me, which is why you haven't said a word.

I'm sorry, my mistake. I was a bit too forward.

"No, how could that be? I'm very happy to be with you, Setsuna. It's just that you're so kind that I didn't say anything."

Seeing Himeragi Yukina's embarrassed expression, Kirasaka Sayaka quickly gave a negative answer.

How could she possibly get bored being with her little angel and listening to Yukina Himeragi's voice?

To be precise, she was already happy just to be with her little angel, not to mention that her little angel kept talking to her, and she had to unconditionally support whatever Himeragi Yukina was saying.

Even if they were to insult their master, she would join Himeragi Yukina in calling her an old woman. After all, if the old woman found out later, they would just be punished; it wasn't the first time.

"Really? That's great!"

Now let me tell you about the coffee shop where Sid took me to eat sandwiches after our first meeting. It's my favorite restaurant.

It's a pity that things there are a bit expensive; I haven't been there many times since I arrived on Itogami Island.

Excluding the "Shido-senpai" who had been mentioned by Himeragi Yukina ever since she reunited with Himeragi Yukina.

She hates boys the most, let alone this boy who seems to have stolen her little angel's heart.

She met Setsuna when she was 10 years old, almost 9 years ago, and they are closer than family.

If she were to die for someone, she would harbor resentment towards that person, but if that person were Yukina Himeragi, she would only complain that the enemy wasn't dying fast enough.

Because when she first met Himeragi Yukina, her heart was already melted by Himeragi Yukina, who seemed like an angel, and she resolved from then on to become a figure like Himeragi Yukina's older sister.

In order to give Himeragi Yukina the feeling that she was the older sister, she worked harder than anyone else, started training later than anyone else, and was sent out on missions by the Lion King Organization at an earlier time.

But now, she has just successfully gotten Yukina Himeragi out of the Lion King Organization's mission to monitor the Fourth Progenitor, and she finds out that someone is suspected of taking her little angel's heart. What kind of situation is this!

Saya Kirasaka's current feelings are like those of a father who sees his beloved daughter being taken by a pig, or a man who usually only dares to approach his goddess with the attitude of a good brother, only to suddenly see his goddess being taken by a stranger.

Unfortunately, she couldn't do anything to keep the person who suspected of taking the snow cabbage heart away from her little angel.

Because Yukina Himeragi had already told her that the person called "Sid" had saved her once, her morality, conscience, and reason wouldn't allow her to do the same.

However, with the dual debuffs of misogyny and the fact that he stole Setsuna's heart, it's difficult for her to develop feelings for that person.

To put it more concretely and pragmatically, if that person needs her help, she will at most help them with a few small favors, considering that the person saved her little angel.

Thinking of this, Sayaka Kirasaka's expression, which had been all smiles, suddenly turned quite grim, though Yukina Himeragi herself didn't notice.

"Yukina, can you stop bringing up your senior all the time?"

You know I hate boys, I hate boys the most!

As she said this, Sayaka Kirasaka subconsciously checked her clothes to make sure she was fully covered up before letting out a sigh of relief, because of the gazes of the boys around her.

"Uh... don't be so extreme, Sayaka. Not all boys are malicious. For example, my senior is very nice to me."

I think you'll understand this principle once you meet someone from your senior's family.

Himeragi Yukina stopped in her tracks, turned around and looked at Kirasaka Sayaka with a helpless and embarrassed expression, but instead of blindly agreeing with Kirasaka Sayaka, she said that Kirasaka Sayaka's idea was wrong.

"Yukina, I'm begging you, please don't talk about your senior anymore, considering how hard it was for us to reunite."

"Okay, okay."

Seeing that Sayaka Kirasaka was playing the emotional card, Yukina Himeragi had no choice but to agree.

She knew that her best friend, because of her childhood experience of being abused and sold by her father, joined the Lion King organization and was trained as a dancer. She was surrounded by women, which led to her biased impression of men.

But she had to take advantage of the moment when Sayaka Kirasaka was happy about the reunion to say more good things about Sid, in order to reduce Sayaka Kirasaka's misogyny towards Sid. Otherwise, what if they started arguing when she introduced Sayaka Kirasaka to Sid?

When her favorite senior and her best friend have a conflict, she, caught in the middle, is the one who gets hurt the most, which means she has to make a choice between the two.

Because her time is limited, if she spends time with one of them, the other will inevitably feel dissatisfied, leading to estrangement.

We can't just split her in two, one to accompany Senior Sid and the other to accompany Sayaka Kirasaka.

When she was in the Forest of Takagami, she didn't have to think about so much, because she was basically surrounded by girls. Although they didn't talk to Kirasaka Sayaka, they didn't hate each other, and there was no reason for them to have a conflict over this.

So... when Sayaka and Sid meet, she doesn't expect to become good friends immediately, she just hopes they don't have any conflicts and that they dislike each other.

It's a great regret in life when the bride's best friend refuses to attend the wedding as her bridesmaid because she dislikes the groom.

"By the way! Sayaka, how many days off did you take? How long do you plan to stay with me? I'll try to make some arrangements for you in the next few days."

Seeing that her plan to gain favor with her senior, Sayaka Kirasaka, had failed, Yukina Himeragi had no choice but to ask about another matter that she was concerned about.

When asked the question, Sayaka Kirasaka was momentarily speechless, unsure how to answer it.