How far into the future was it? That was the one question Fei wanted an answer to.

The future self she saw was like a completely different person. She wore extravagant equipment and used magic she has never heard of. This is not something that's going to happen soon. It will take years... maybe decades. There's no doubt about that. But... the future self didn't seem to age at all. Her figure looked exactly the same as it is now. How is that possible?

Despite this strange fact, Fei still figured it must have been the far future. In other words, there's a chance she can change it.

With the original prophecy magic, only minor details could be changed. But perhaps that was because she could only see the near future. Perhaps... if it's further away, it will be possible to avert? Surely... it has to be....

The question was, what steps does she need to take for the future to change?

She didn't know what that monster is or where it will come from. No idea if there's a way to avoid that encounter. So, the only way to change the future was to get stronger. Strong enough to not be killed by it. Strong enough to defeat it. Whining and crying won't help anyone.

And so, Fei buried herself in books. Although reluctant, she tossed away her pranking carrier and studied magic seriously this time. Her goal was the absurd magic she saw herself use in the vision. Seriously... Causing lightning bolt to fall from a sky? Outrageous. Only gods could do that.

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But alas, she didn't have much to go off of. Even if she knew what the final product would look like, the process was unknown. And thus, she was forced to focus other magics for the time being. Air magic, light magic and despite hesitating at first, prophecy magic. She didn't like the idea of experiencing it again, but she needed to know more details about the future.

As time went by, the adults forgot about the prankster of the past. But even then, they wouldn't take her seriously when she told them about the future she saw. She was just a kid after all. Kids always have strange ideas.

Twenty years went by. Twenty years of nothing but studying magic. All just to avoid the frightening future. In that time, Fei used the prophecy magic again several times. In fact, she has gotten into the habit of using it once per year to see if she managed to change anything yet.

But... for some reason, the magic always showed the same scenario. The one where she battled the monster. It was almost as if... there was no further future to look at.

Needless to say, every use of the prophecy magic had the same end result. That is, Fei abruptly waking up and shaking in her boots as her sweaty face went pale.

But hope still remained. Since the first dream, the future self managed to repel the monster's breath with some sort of barrier and continue fighting while using other unknown magics. Fei could feel it. She can avert the dreadful future. If she just keeps this up, she will survive!