Aurora asked Celestia to issue a decree allowing her to leave Canterlot to study elsewhere.
However, Celestia did not agree to her immediately.
Because even if Celestia firmly believed that Aurora possessed the ability to be independent, she had not yet reached the legal age, and there were certain procedures that could not be bypassed when sending her out.
Celestia had no choice but to console her, saying she had to wait for at least a while longer, and during this time, she could finish her studies at the School for Gifted Unicorns.
Having been hinted to this extent, Aurora understood that Celestia supported her idea.
After a moment of consideration, she decided to follow Celestia's advice.
The time flow between the two worlds was different; for now, Aurora could only confirm that time flowed much slower in the Human World than in Equestria.
Aurora remembered that in the original work, Sunset Shimmer had run away before Twilight Sparkle enrolled, though she didn't know exactly when.
And now, because of her intervention, Sunset Shimmer had stayed in Equestria for another cycle.
From Twilight Sparkle enrolling in the School for Gifted Unicorns, to being assigned to Ponyville, and then going through three full seasons of plot, it wouldn't be an exaggeration to say one season equals one year, right?
And this conversion meant that only a little over three years had passed in the Human World.
This meant that Aurora, remaining in Equestria, had plenty of time to develop and prepare.
After all, there was still a timeline-manipulating menace, that is, Starlight, looming over Aurora; before going to the Human World to blitz Sunset Shimmer, she had to survive first, right?
Because this person was an expert who could play with the power of 'I think it should work' to perfection, Aurora had to take her seriously.
It could be said that any villain who had a chance to rule the world before the fifth season of the show owed Starlight a debt of gratitude.
Although she had previously said that this matter should be left for the future Aurora to worry about, what if she was already the 'future Aurora' now?
However, it was not yet time to go find Starlight.
The current Starlight was probably just a tot younger than Twilight Sparkle, still playing house with Sunburst in Sire's Hollow.
Aurora no longer wanted to do things like punishing villains just because she knew who they were in advance.
Moreover, she had only just started thinking about learning how to be a proper pony friend; she certainly couldn't take it upon herself to interfere with their friendship issues.
Afterward, Aurora did not forget to give Twilight Sparkle an explanation, telling her that the Senior Sister had gone abroad to study, and because it was a secret mission from The Grand Princess, the Senior Sister hadn't notified them in advance.
And since the mission portal only opened once every 30 months, she had to leave in a hurry.
In short, she shifted the blame onto Princess Celestia; that was the karmic reward for being a riddle-monger.
And that unpleasantness that day was just because she had some misunderstandings about the Senior Sister, so they had a big argument; it wasn't because anything major had happened.
Twilight Sparkle accepted Aurora's explanation and, very considerately, did not press for the details of their argument at that time, but she did ask one more question.
"Then, can the three of us go back to how things were?"
"..."
Twilight Sparkle's question stunned Aurora for 30 seconds.
She wanted to say that the conflict between her and the Senior Sister shouldn't affect their respective relationships with Twilight Sparkle, but what Twilight Sparkle was clearly asking was not that, but whether the three of them could still live their lives well together.
"I'm sorry, I don't know, but I will try."
Aurora ultimately did not choose to use a white lie to brush off Twilight Sparkle, but she also didn't give a definitive answer, leaving only a beautiful expectation, even though she herself held a rather pessimistic attitude about it.
"Twilight, I just hope you won't feel guilty for me and the Senior Sister. You didn't do anything wrong; this is all the result of the psychological issues of the Senior Sister and myself. I am very fortunate that I at least have a Junior Sister who will help me when I need it most."
'I have a Junior Sister, and The Grand Princess has a major safety net; no wonder The Grand Princess agreed so readily.'
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