Sacrifice: Time of Mine

In welcoming the beautiful princess from the Karan Kingdom, there was a strange man who interrupted the celebration which caused a hot scene. Many looked with curious eyes to see what will happen.

Avion looked at the guards and who surrounded him and noticed the spears in front. He observed and thought about it for a moment before he realized;

"I-is this a weapon?!" he shouted.

The guards who heard this all squinted their eyes as one said, "Umm, yes?"

Avion then widened his eyes and took a step back. He then put up his fist in front, "So you're looking for a fight!? I don't care if you have a weapon but I have the power of time!" he shouted while assuming a fighting stance.

When everyone heard this, they were exceptionally dumbfounded...

"....." they just stared at him. Their gazes stick to him with their eyes wide open.

"So he's not stupid..." the one who shouted at Avion earlier commented with a baffled expression, "This kid's a retard! Hayss, what a waste of a handsome face!"

First of all, what is he doing and saying? Second of all, why is he pointing his fist towards the guards of the princess?! That's just saying that he will fight!

A commoner wanting to fight a royalty, especially the treasured princess of the Karan Kingdom? What kind of punishment will happen? Many wanted to go there and give the kid a beating but nobody had the courage to do so.

"I'm not a kid!" Avion shouted again and turned to look at the royal guards without any fear in his eyes. If there is any emotion, then it would be excitement.

'Other humans just like me!' he thought, 'But how dare they call me a kid?' he was taking it personally.

"Who are you?!" the captain of the royal knights, a domineering lady with short hair was who still riding on one of the horses shouted.

When he heard this, someone wanting his introduction, Avion Teller smiled. This was the moment he was waiting for his whole life.

With confidence and excitement, he pointed at himself using his thumb and proclaimed;

"My name is Avion Teller, nice to meet you!" his white teeth glimmered with his wide smile.

"...." the guards looked at each other and then one said, "And?"

Avion stood there with his smiled and continued, "The new ruler of time!"

"....."

"....."

Others began to laugh as the royal knight captain palmed his face and said, "Just push him to the side. He seemed harmless." she said as if she was talking about someone insignificant.

The knights nodded and were about to push man when they were stopped by a shout:

"Wait!"

Avion was just about to open his mouth so he was not the source of that shout.

They all turned their heads and saw the princess who had her hand signaling them to stop.

When she got their attention, she redeemed her composure. It was a miracle that it seemed no one noticed her shameful shriek earlier that made her red in shame.

A princess should be always elegant and graceful, keeping her composure and calm no matter the situation that arises. At least, that was what had been taught to her.

"Capture him," she said with a calm expression.

The captain looked at the princess with a confused expression but what the princess says is what they do so she didn't question and ordered, "Capture him!"

The knights then took a step forward while Avion took a step back, "Woah, Woah, Woah! Why would you want to capture me?!" he looked at the doll-face princess which his gaze would lower from time to time.

The crowds on the sideline were thinking about that too. It was unreasonable to capture the kid just because he interrupted your arrival but thinking back to how he challenged the royalty, he deserved worse.

"..." Princess Alisera squinted her eyes and said, "For questioning," she said right after she just made that up.

The knights then walked to Avion after retracting their weapons to capture him.

Avion looked down at them as he placed his both knuckles on his hips and said, "You think you can capture me?!" he then confidently reached out to his chest but when he held it, he felt something was gone, "Wait...!" his expression tremendously changed in an instant.

One of the knights was about to jump at him but at the same time, the princess shouted, "Ah! Don't hurt his face!"

The female captain of the royal guards then looked at the princess with dead eyes.

When Avion saw the approaching guards, he thought, 'What to do? I don't know how to use time without the hourglass.' his heart palpitated in anxiety as beads of sweat trickled down his cheek.

He then tried to dodge the knight that jumped at him but alas, he was no matched to the speed of the knights as he subconsciously closed his eyes to prepare himself for the incoming impact.

But there was nothing...

Avion Teller didn't receive the incoming knight. He waited for a while before slowly opening them to see that in front of him, there was just black and white as everything stopped.

Literally.

He blinked a few times before scrubbing his eyes and opening them again to see the same scene: no movement at all.

He looked around more and saw the people's expression stiff as if they were stone statues. His eyes then wandered to the princes again but something was dragging his sight below every time he looked at the princess.

Avion feared it as he does not understand.

Seconds passed by, minutes and maybe even an hour, he laid on the ground again. After thinking for nearly an hour, his eyes suddenly widened. He jerked off from the ground and looked at his hands with amazement.

"I can control my body's time now?!" he shouted.

Just earlier, when he was still in his original world, he can control the time of whatever object or animal he wanted.

Speeding up or slowing down the speed of the earth. Changing the timeline where things went as he wants. That was just the tip of his power, however, he could never manipulate his own time.

No matter how powerful his power might be, he couldn't brazenly speed up his own body or slow it down to extremities unlike changing the speed of the rotation of a whole planet. He didn't know why but that's just it.

He could speed up or slow his body twice but never more than that.

There was something that restricted him. Restricting him to go whatever period he wants. If he could from the start, he wouldn't stay in his original world for as long as a decade. But now, that restriction vanished.

Some heat and tingling feeling was arising in his heart before Avion finally let it out, "WOOOHHHH!!!" but nobody could hear it.

With a huge grin, he chuckled, "No, no, I shouldn't be too excited. I don't know if it is true or if I can fully control it yet..." he tried to calm himself.

After a series of mumbling, he calmed down and gave another confident smile. He positioned himself back to its original before time stopped and took a wide step sideward.

"....." but Avion became silent and began to sweat as he thought, 'So how do I turn back the flux of time?'

Before, he would just hold his hourglass and think about it. So now, without the hourglass, he didn't know the process on how to do it. He decided to just experiment.

"Uhmm... go back...?" he said, unsure, as he flicked his fingers as a signal and in the next moment, the black and white were instantaneously filled with color and the knight who charged at him fell flat on the ground.

"....."

The people, including the knights and the princess, took a while before they could process what they saw.

Are they just seeing things? Because they thought for sure that the kid was in front of the knight but now, he was on the side.

The knight that charged was more confused. He then stood up with a reddened face, but not that it could be seen through his helmet.

To regain his pride, he charged at the kid again with more strength. For sure, he would catch him by then since the kid was right in front of him!

But, Thud* he fell on the ground again with more force than before.

When he tried to stand up, a sudden pressure from his back made him drop as Avion stepped on him with his nose pointed at the sky.

Everyone stared with wide jaws, a royal knight getting a stepped on their back? Not even the king does such a thing!

Feeling so angry and embarrassed, the royal knight pushed himself up and easily made Avion stumble with a "Woah!"

The strength to become a knight, especially a royal knight should never be taken as a joke!

The royal knight stood up with fury in his eyes. He was about to go serious!

"Stop"

But, once again, the princess interrupted.