The command chamber descended into complete chaos.
Voices erupted from every direction simultaneously while military directors, researchers, and officers all started speaking over one another. Some looked shocked. Others looked furious. A few simply stared at Kaien like he had completely lost his mind.
And at the center of all of it—
Kaien stood silently beside Vijaya.
Unmoving.
Because honestly—
he already expected this reaction.
"What kind of absurd statement is that?!"
"One psychological episode after another—"
"He's talking about reincarnation and marriage across lives?!"
"Enough of this nonsense!"
The uproar only intensified afterward.
Several military elders looked outright offended now while researchers hurriedly whispered among themselves trying to rationalize what they had just heard.
Then finally—
BANG.
One of the senior Dominion elders slammed his hand against the tactical table hard enough to silence part of the room instantly.
An older man with sharp gray eyes and ceremonial command robes slowly rose from his seat afterward while glaring directly at Kaien.
Elder Magnus Reign.
One of the oldest remaining members of Dominion High Council.
And apparently the least patient person in the room.
"Young man…"
His voice echoed sharply throughout the chamber.
"Do you understand what you are implying?"
Kaien calmly answered,
"Yes."
Magnus's expression darkened immediately.
"You are standing inside military command claiming the nieces of Vice Commander Lucien Vale belonged to you in another life."
Murmurs spread across the chamber again afterward.
The elder continued angrily,
"Do you realize how insane that sounds?"
Kaien remained quiet.
Because honestly—
he couldn't argue against that part.
It did sound insane.
Reincarnation.
Ancient wars.
Lives repeating across worlds.
None of this should logically exist.
And yet—
it did.
Magnus pointed toward Vijaya afterward sharply.
"That weapon alone already created enough problems!"
"Now you're telling us you're some ancient warrior reborn into modern civilization?!"
Another official joined immediately afterward.
"And involving those girls in your delusions is unacceptable."
Lucien Vale finally moved slightly afterward too.
Not angry yet.
But extremely tense.
Because no matter how composed he stayed—
Kaien had just publicly claimed his nieces were connected to him through past lives.
That situation alone bordered on political disaster.
Nyra and Lyss sat quietly nearby while the chamber spiraled further into arguments.
Then another elder spoke coldly afterward.
"How convenient."
Everyone looked toward him immediately.
The man folded his arms sharply afterward while staring toward Kaien with open suspicion.
"You retrieve the Vice Commander's nieces…"
"You wield an unidentified superweapon…"
"And now suddenly you claim mystical connections to them?"
The implication hit the room instantly.
Manipulation.
Political climbing.
An attempt to tie himself to one of the Dominion's most powerful bloodlines.
Several people immediately began agreeing afterward.
"It could absolutely be fabricated."
"Psychological instability combined with weapon resonance."
"Possibly induced hallucinations."
"A dangerous delusion at best."
Kaien listened silently to all of it afterward.
Strangely enough—
none of the accusations angered him.
Because from their perspective, this probably sounded impossible to believe.
Even he himself struggled to fully understand it sometimes.
Then Magnus spoke again sharply.
"And even if your story held some truth…"
His eyes narrowed.
"…what proof do you have?"
Silence followed immediately afterward.
Kaien slowly looked toward the floor briefly.
Proof.
How exactly could he prove reincarnation?
How could he explain fragments of souls and endless cycles to people who barely understood their own world anymore?
He quietly clenched one hand afterward.
Then unexpectedly—
Nyra stood up.
The room paused slightly.
The silver-haired girl looked directly toward the elders afterward without hesitation.
"We think he might be right."
Silence.
Complete silence.
Even Kaien froze slightly.
Magnus stared at her in disbelief afterward.
"…what?"
Nyra crossed her arms afterward while glaring back fearlessly.
"I said we think he's telling the truth."
The room erupted again immediately.
But this time Lyss stood too.
And unlike Nyra's fiery confidence—
her voice came softer.
More emotional.
"But… we don't fully understand it either."
Everyone quieted slightly afterward while she continued.
"We've been dreaming about him for years."
The researchers immediately focused intensely now.
Nyra nodded afterward.
"Same dreams."
"The same person."
"The same feelings."
Lyss slowly looked toward Kaien afterward.
"And after hearing the name Karna…"
She placed one hand against her chest lightly.
"…something hurt."
The room became quieter now.
Not convinced.
But listening.
Nyra exhaled slowly afterward before continuing more seriously now.
"I don't know anything about reincarnation."
"I don't know how any of this works."
"But when he said that name…"
For the first time since entering the chamber—
her confident expression cracked slightly.
"…it felt like I lost someone."
Kaien's chest tightened painfully afterward.
Fragments stirred again inside him.
Liora smiling.
Vrushali crying.
Promises broken by death and war.
The same endless pain repeated across lives.
Lyss suddenly looked toward Kaien directly afterward.
"…when you looked at us earlier…"
Her golden eyes trembled slightly.
"…why did it feel like you were trying not to cry?"
The question hit the chamber heavily.
Kaien himself froze briefly afterward.
Because he hadn't even realized it.
But she was right.
The moment he saw them inside that prison cell—
something inside him genuinely broke.
Not because they resembled Liora physically.
Because his soul recognized them before his mind could process it.
Kaien slowly exhaled afterward before finally speaking quietly.
"I don't fully understand it either."
The room listened silently now.
"I only remember fragments."
"Some memories are clear."
"Others feel distant."
He looked toward Vijaya afterward briefly.
"But every time this weapon returns to me…"
His gaze slowly shifted toward the twins again.
"…more memories come back."
Nyra quietly sat back down afterward while staring at him intensely.
Like she was trying to remember something just beyond reach.
Magnus, however, remained unconvinced.
"This proves nothing."
The elder's voice hardened again afterward.
"Dreams are not evidence."
"Emotional reactions are not evidence."
"People under psychological stress imagine connections constantly."
A few researchers nodded reluctantly afterward.
Technically speaking—
he wasn't wrong.
Lucien finally spoke for the first time since the chaos began afterward.
And immediately the room quieted.
Because unlike the others—
his opinion actually mattered here.
The Vice Commander slowly looked toward Nyra and Lyss first.
Then toward Kaien.
Finally he asked one question.
"…did either of you tell him about your dreams before today?"
Both girls immediately shook their heads.
"No."
Lucien's eyes narrowed slightly afterward.
Then he looked toward Kaien.
"You had never met them before the mission?"
"No."
Silence followed again afterward.
Because that complicated things considerably.
Shared recurring dreams between strangers.
Simultaneous reactions to forgotten names.
An impossible weapon responding only to one person.
Individually, each event could maybe be dismissed.
Together—
they became much harder to ignore.
Dr. Seraphine, the researcher from earlier, finally spoke carefully afterward.
"There may be neurological explanations involving resonance phenomena."
Magnus scoffed immediately.
"You cannot seriously entertain this nonsense."
"I'm entertaining observable facts," Seraphine replied sharply.
"That weapon alone violates nearly every known scientific model."
The elder fell silent afterward.
Because unfortunately—
that part remained undeniable.
Vijaya itself already destroyed logic.
So suddenly dismissing reincarnation entirely became harder now.
Kaien quietly stood there while the room slowly shifted from outrage toward uneasy uncertainty.
Then Nyra suddenly spoke again.
"…what were our names?"
The question froze the chamber instantly.
Kaien slowly looked toward her afterward.
She continued softly now.
"If what you're saying is true…"
"…then who were we?"
Lyss quietly looked toward him too afterward.
Kaien hesitated.
Because saying those names aloud again after so long hurt more than expected.
Finally—
very quietly—
"…Vrushali."
His eyes shifted toward Nyra.
Then toward Lyss.
"…and Supriya."
The instant the names left his mouth—
both girls froze completely.
Fragments exploded through their minds instantly.
A golden battlefield beneath the setting sun.
Jewelry shining softly beneath royal palace lights.
Warm hands.
Laughter.
And grief.
Endless grief.
Lyss suddenly grabbed the edge of the table afterward breathing unevenly.
Nyra's confident composure cracked completely now too.
"…why…"
Her voice shook slightly.
"…why do those names feel like they belonged to us?"
Nobody inside the chamber had answers anymore.
Not the elders.
Not the researchers.
Not even Kaien himself.
Because somehow—
the truth was becoming harder to deny with every passing second.
And deep inside their souls—
three people separated by lifetimes were slowly beginning to remember each other again.