đ Chapter 90
"Before you become a hero or a villain, you become something far more dangerous⌠aware."
âď¸ Scene 1: Chains of Silence
Aeren opened his eyes slowly, blinking away the blur.
He was no longer on the battlefield.Instead, he found himself inside a sealed chamber beneath Sinjai Academy.
A containment field of glowing blue runes floated around his body.His wrists were boundânot by force, but by Soul Chains, designed to suppress powers gently without causing harm.
His powers were sealed.His heart was quiet.But his mind was loud.
In front of him stood Seris, her expression unreadable.Beside her, Anshi stood silently, her eyes red from crying.
"You're awake," Seris said calmly."We sealed you temporarily⌠to save you from yourself."
Aeren remained silent.
"Do you remember what happened?" Anshi asked softly.
He nodded slowly.
"I⌠remember almost everything now."
đ§ Scene 2: The Voice Returns
As they spoke, Aeren's eyes drifted to the shadows of the chamber.
There, in the silence of his thoughts, a voice whisperedânot loud, but familiar.
"You remember me now, don't you�"
Aeren closed his eyes.
Standing before him in his mind's eye was Veleorâhis past self, cloaked in flowing time-threads and a crown of broken hours.
"I'm not your enemy, Aeren. I'm your memory. Your truth.And if you ignore me⌠this world dies again."
Aeren's lips barely moved.
"You destroyed the world.""No," Veleor said. "I tried to save it⌠and I failed.But youâyou can do what I couldn't."
đ Scene 3: Seris's Revelation
Back in the physical world, Seris held up a scroll.
"This was retrieved from the Crimson Library fragmentsâŚIt's a prophecy. One we long thought lost."
She unrolled it.
It read:
"When the Heart of Time bleeds and the False God risesâŚOne bearer shall choose between a shattered world and a rewritten fate."
"The 'False God'⌠it's not Elarian," she said quietly."It's something older. Something buried beneath this world.And the Heartâyouâare the only one who can reach it."
Aeren looked at her.
"Then why seal me?"
Seris looked down.
"Because⌠if you awaken too fast, the Crimson Heart will consume your soul."
đłď¸ Scene 4: Aeren's Decision
After a long pause, Aeren stoodâeven within the soul-binding field, he was regaining control.
"I don't need full power to prepare.Just time."
He turned to Anshi, offering a faint smile.
"You stopped me again. Thank you."
She didn't smile backâjust stepped forward and hugged him.
"Next time, I may not be strong enoughâŚ"
He whispered:
"Then I'll be strong enough for both of us."
𧿠Scene 5: Elsewhere â The False God Awakens
Far beneath the forgotten continent of Vael'dran, inside a temple carved from bone and crystal, a dark eye opened.
A voice echoed into the void:
"The Heart is awake.So must be the Judge."
A towering figureâchained to a celestial altarâopened its mouth.
"Let the world rememberâŚwhy the gods feared me."
đ End of Chapter 90
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