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Chapter 15 - The Girl Who Waited

After the Observer's departure, Raiyen walks alone through the rain-soaked streets of the city. Neon lights blur across wet asphalt as an unfamiliar yet painful name suddenly surfaces in his mind—Aira. He does not question where it comes from. He simply stops, as if the memory itself has taken hold.

Elsewhere in the city, inside an old bookstore, a young woman quietly arranges shelves. Her life is simple, her eyes tired. Her name is Aira. On the counter beside her lies a small diary, its pages filled over many years. The first entry reads: "Day 1: Raiyan didn't come back."

A memory resurfaces.

Years ago, on a school rooftop, a younger Raiyan sat staring at the sky. Aira stood behind him, holding two cups of coffee, asking why he always looked upward. Raiyan replied that it felt like something was missing above. Aira told him that whatever it was, it was here, now. She handed him the coffee, hiding the slight tremor in her hand—something he never noticed.

Then, one night, Raiyan vanished.

No message. No goodbye. Only an empty room and an open window. Aira searched everywhere—police stations, hospitals, streets—but months turned into years, and Raiyan was never found.

Back in the present, Raiyen stands at a street corner when a young woman passes by. Their eyes meet, and time seems to freeze. His lips move before he can stop himself.

"Aira…?"

She halts. Slowly turns back. Tears rise instantly.

"Raiyan?"

Silence hangs between them, thick and unbearable. Aira asks the question she has carried for years—if he is alive, then where has he been all this time. Raiyen tries to answer, but the Second Point pulses in warning. The truth could endanger Earth itself. He stops, then gives the only answer he can.

"I was… lost."

Aira smiles bitterly. She tells him she always knew. She searched for him everywhere. Then she asks him if he ever realized what he meant to her.

She looks down and finally speaks the truth she never said before. Raiyan was her first friend. Her safe place. And quietly, painfully—her first love.

Raiyen is stunned. This is a truth he never saw. Veyra whispers from behind that he truly did not know.

For the first time, Raiyen's hands tremble—not from battle, not from divine pressure, but from guilt. He has destroyed gods and worlds without hesitation, yet this weighs heavier than all of it. He apologizes. Truly.

Aira wipes her tears and asks only one thing—if he will disappear again.

Raiyen looks up at the sky, knowing he may not be able to keep the promise he is about to make. Still, he gives it.

"As long as I'm breathing… I won't."

Far away, in Heaven's monitoring hall, a signal flares.

Human Emotional Anchor detected.

The God of Light observes silently and speaks with cold clarity: Raiyen has a weakness. The God of Chains smiles and calls it leverage.

The episode ends with Aira holding onto Raiyen's sleeve—unaware that Heaven has noticed her.

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