Avoid The Lead! [[COMPLETED]]

49. Time

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"Read!" Vitav commanded, and Celia found herself doing exactly what she had done in the past.

But...

'No!'

If Vitav rewrote time again, he would use his knowledge around the last one to bypass whatever curse she might cast, and he might even rewrite his memories into his life...

And that might mean a worse fate for Taze!

She couldn't let him!

"To shatter a Mental Puppet Spell, you must summon a thought or memory far more superior than the caster's will!" Master Sylva's voice rang through her memories, taking her back to one of their training sessions in Elfsworth.

That day, she had asked him about the Mental Puppet Spell, precisely because she had been afraid that Vitav might use it on her again.

"What type of memory?" She had asked, but Dr. Sylvadeen had shrugged.

"I can't help with that... It varies, depending. But it has to be something you can kill for...!"

At present, Celia felt her lips stop reading, as she called forth an imagination... The simple imagination of Taze being bedridden with illness for most of his life, through twenty five lifetimes.

She would kill herself, kill Vitav, and maybe even let the world burn, before letting Taze pass through something like that again!

And at that thought, a bright light washed over her, breaking Vitav's spell.

"No!" Vitav stared at her in disbelief. "Not possible!" Vitav backed away as she glared at him.

"Our love is stronger than you think." She said, throwing down the book and rising up. Ice spread from her feet outward, nearly enveloping Vitav, who hastily leapt away.

He could already feel the effects of his Saint Mage spell waning, so Celia would be difficult to handle!

"I'm going to destroy you!" Celia raged in near blinding anger. "I'm going to demand payment for making him mourn me!!!"

"Wait!" Vitav quickly held up a hand. "This is a magical alternate space. If you destroy it, we'll both be stuck for an eternity!"

Celia halted, and he smirked.

"This space's purpose is to finish the time spell..." He continued. "If we destroy the space, or try to leave before that, we'll be stuck in a void for an eternity, and your Little Tazzie will die out there!"

He held up a hand, and a pictorial orb appeared, showing Taze's fight with the Vitav doppelganger.

Celia softened at the sight of Taze, and she glared at Vitav, who just laughed.

"He can't see you, or feel you, so he will rage in his misery, and endlessly fight a fake being that feels no pain.

"And besides, he doesn't have much time. In his anger, he willingly leapt into his own trap... Can't you see how powerful he has become? He absorbed both light and dark magic from the relics here, so he'll soon be torn apart by his own strength!"

Celia fisted her hands in anger, as Vitav appeared in her front.

"The fastest way is to finish the spell." He said, picking up the book. "You can't leave here without my spell, and I can't freeze and go back in time without your powers. So let's sit and finish the spell!

"I'll even compromise... The same starting point. I'll choose three things to rewrite, and you'll choose three things to rewrite! Fair deal?"

Celia gritted her teeth. "Very well. I'll do as you say."