An hour later, the clouds and fog cleared.
While holding the blushing Kozuki Toki, Caelan walked to Kozuki Oden's side.
Toki naturally resisted, but under Caelan's control, she was forced to comply even against her will, helplessly surrendering to the arms of her enemy.
Oden's face turned blue and red with fury. He had endured an hour of unbearable humiliation.
He was breathing heavily through his nose, glaring at Caelan with rage, but under the influence of the previous Command Spell, he couldn't even utter a curse.
"You know what? She's very moist."
Caelan took a sip of Toki's cheek, his tone intoxicated.
Toki turned her head away, filled with shame and anger, not daring to meet her husband's eyes.
"Mmmm!"
Oden's eyes widened, trembling with rage and excitement that he could barely contain.
If he were still in his human body, he would have fainted from anger by now. "Very moist?"
Caelan looked at their expressions with satisfaction.
However, once the "scene" was over, Oden no longer had any use.
Caelan waved his hand, and Oden's spirit dissipated like the wind. Before fading, his eyes even showed a trace of relief.
"What did you do to him?"
Toki asked in horror, watching Oden vanish.
Just moments ago, she still had someone familiar beside her. Now, only she and Caelan remained. Did that mean…
"I just let him sleep. When I need him to fight, I'll summon him again." Caelan smiled as he spoke.
It was impossible for Oden to ever be free again.
Moments ago, Caelan had absorbed Oden's spirit, leaving only his mark within the Reality Marble, as if he had truly died.
After all, keeping him around all the time was too bothersome.
"You play with souls like toys, you devil!"
Toki's voice trembled as she stared at Caelan in fear.
He could resurrect and control souls at will. In his hands, a person's very spirit was nothing more than a toy to twist and flatten as he pleased.
Which hell had failed to keep this demon sealed away?
"Devil? I like that name." Caelan accepted it with a faint smile, showing no shame. "Now, tell me how Momonosuke and the others traveled through time. Why did they arrive two years earlier?"
"They even told you that?" Toki was slightly surprised, then sneered. "I'm the user of the Time-Time Fruit. I sent them here to save Wano Country and this world!"
"Momonosuke is the key to saving the world. Without him, the world will be doomed!"
After saying that, she looked at Caelan, expecting to see shock or regret on his face.
"Tsk." Caelan scoffed at her words.
Momonosuke being the key to saving the world was simply because he could command Zunesha, and because Wano's Ancient Weapon, Pluton, might be linked to him.
But Caelan didn't care about either.
He could command Zunesha himself with Riding (A), or if not, he could simply give up the Azure Dragon mount. He wasn't afraid of any of the three Ancient Weapons. None could stand against his God Slayer.
"Just wait and see. You'll die when the end of the world comes!" Toki shouted firmly.
"Really? Maybe." Caelan replied disdainfully. "Until then, you and Hiyori will serve me."
"You!" Toki glared at Caelan furiously.
He actually wanted both her and Hiyori to serve him. The thought filled her with unbearable shame.
"Now, tell me why they appeared two years earlier." Caelan's voice turned deep. "In the name of the Command Seal, tell the truth."
Under the compulsion of the Command Seal, Toki was forced to comply. "They didn't appear two years early, but three years early," she said.
"I can't go past August of the Sea Calendar Year 1519. I can't send anyone to a time later than that."
"At first, I thought my power had weakened, but I can easily send people to any time before August 1519 of the Sea Calendar."
"I don't know what happened then. It's as if everything beyond that time was completely cut off."
According to the prophecy, 1522 was the true Great Era, when Momonosuke would lead Wano Country to greatness once again.
But even she didn't know why her Time-Time Fruit had failed.
"August 1519 of the Sea Calendar?"
Caelan touched his chin, frowning slightly.
He was familiar with that date. It was the month when he had first traveled through time.
It seemed that Momonosuke and the others arriving two years early was caused by his own arrival.
He gradually understood that it might be due to him and the system creating a "sacred timeline" in this world.
He wasn't flattering himself, but he believed the system held that kind of authority.
The time after his and the system's arrival had become a timeline that could not be crossed or altered. From that point on, the world's time could only flow forward naturally.
(To be continued.)