In the meantime, somewhere in the southern continent of planet Atlas…
The surroundings look dark, and in the dark sky, birds fly, and it doesn't look like birds; it feels like a soul flying away.
Henry looked around and then closed his right hand, and his left hand's fingers touched his forehead.
"Ohh yeah, I'm in soul form, so I can only see the world in soul form. I need a body for clear vision to see the world."
He moved forward in his soul form, and from other souls, his body seemed different; he saw many other beings' souls in transparent white color wandering around him.
It seems like I'm in a busy area. Maybe one of the cities of the southern countries…
He then stops in the middle of two souls, who seem to be holding each other's hands and talking to each other. But being in soul form, Henry was unable to hear them.
Seems to me a couple… But let's keep mov— wait, where am I going, though?
He gripped his left hand in a tight fist and put it on his forehead and started thinking.
Why are these souls different from me…? And how was I able to see Adrien's soul clearly like a real body… and back then the world was clear white too…
His thoughts keep coming to him with a different perspective as he keeps those thoughts in process.
The last time he entered the soul form world was when he replaced his soul with Adrien. And back then, the soul world seemed to be completely in white, with many souls in their human form wandering around.
But now Henry is again in the soul-form world; this time, the structure of the soul-form world has changed.
Now I can't even find the source of that presence. I need a clear overworld vision. And I still need to learn about my soul manipulation.
His thoughts seem meaningless to him in his current state. Suddenly, once again, he feels the same immense presence, and this time it feels like that presence is trying to scare Henry away.
His eyes widen open while his soul-form body collapses on the ground. His body seems to be under a massive gravitational force.
He feels his soul crashing toward the ground… But after a short time, the presence stopped again, and after that, Henry remained on the ground.
Because his soul-form seems to be powerless to stand against it. For a short period of time, Henry stood still again, but this time he was completely confused about what was happening.
I'm returning. I don't think I'm ready to fully investigate this in my soul form. Éloïse will help me in this, or maybe Maidens can handle it.
He turned around while moving his hand in the air, opening a portal out of nowhere, and after that, he entered it without a second thought. As he enters the portal completely, the portal disappears.
In the Garden of Hyacinth…
Éloïse is sitting in the chair in front of Hyacinth, holding the glass of wine in her fingertips. While Hyacinth sits calmly staring with her transparent pupil in Éloïse's eyes.
Death seemed completely interested in their conversation and calmly listened to both of them.
Éloïse grips tight on the glass with her fingers while giving a calm expression, as if she is totally calm and in her senses.
"You all destroyed the planet Arcadia… because they broke the laws of the universe."
Hyacinth laughed gently while nodding. She didn't say anything, just laughed a little and kept her stare in her eyes.
Death gently spoke during this conversation, getting the attention of both Hyacinth and Éloïse.
"Those who defy the rules of the universe shall face their fate. They transgress against the 'Roof of Eternity,' so we show them what the price of going beyond mortality is."
With a calm, gentle sound, she stopped talking while staring at Éloïse. She stood up from her place and went near Éloïse while putting her right hand on her shoulder.
"If it wasn't for Anastasia [Maiden of Fate/bonds], you wouldn't be sitting here today."
Éloïse feels too much darkness coming from Death, which sends a chill down her spine. Her voice seems to be stuck in her throat.
As Death stared at the endless garden of flowers of hyacinth, suddenly a portal opened in front of her.
Henry steps outside the portal, and the portal vanishes in the air. He put both his hands in his clothes in his soul form while leaning in close to Death.
"Would you kindly stop scaring my doll, Aunt Death?"
He leaned close, his hand toward Éloïse's shoulder, and tried to grab Death's hand, but Death backed off her hand the moment Henry was about to touch her.
"A mortal raised by my sister… You have some guts to speak to Death like that."
Henry laughed a little loudly and let out a whisper only Death could hear.
"Isn't it fun… And I'm the only one in the whole universe whom all five maidens can't see or read through. I'm the glitch in the universe that you can't fix."
Death's mask had gotten darker as she heard these words from Henry. She closed her eyes gently and then pulled her palm in front of Henry and closed it.
And then after a blink of an eye, dark light starts collecting in her palm, and as she opens it, a glowing greyish thing appears in Death's hand.
Death opened her eyes and looked at Henry while whispering gently through her dark mask.
"This is your human soul, which Hyacinthia [Hyacinth] came to take 19 years ago when you died in your mother's womb. But…"
She looked down to the soul and continued with gentleness in her sound.
"Then she returned; the second moment, she took the soul and left. And return the soul to me, saying that you already have a soul."
"From that day, I have kept your soul away from all other souls. Just to find out what you are. How are you still alive without a soul?"
All that Death says leaves both Henry and Éloïse in shock. Henry seems a little calm, while Éloïse seems completely confused.
She raised her eyebrows with curiosity and asked in a little loud voice. "As Death, are you able to see his death time?"
Henry's eyes widen the moment he hears this from Éloïse, and then he starts staring at Death.
"No, I'm unable to see his timeline. Nor can I take his life. Moreover, not even Anastasia can read a single fate of his from the infinite threads of fate."
Death closed her palm, absorbing the soul in her again, and then continued.
"She says that this boy, Henry, is outside of the existence of the universe. Just like we don't know how the universe formed, in the same way, we don't know how he has life without a soul."
Death looks toward Hyacinth and then leans in close to her chair. She speaks while sitting in the chair.
"You know, would you care to tell us why you came to take this child's soul and why you, by yourself, raise him, Hyacinthia?"
Hyacinth sighed and then put her elbow on the table while her face rested on her right hand's palm.
"First of all. Stop calling me by my original name. And secondly… I don't know by myself. I just follow what my core script says to me."
Hyacinth seems completely calm, but she keeps leaving Henry and Éloïse confused. Henry feels himself to be a bigger mystery than the presence he faces.