DeVian POV
DeVian: "Damn!"
I erupt in rage as he hid himself in the void, a space between the dimension gates that creates the connections through each dimension.
DeVian: "Why is he here!? I thought for sure that treacherous bastard was blown away by the deity of sin."
...That guy just loves to get into other people's business! Urgh! Why does he even bother!? He knows that once the gears of chaos starts moving, then there will be no other outcome but disaster...
DeVian: "Is he trying to defy this law and order?"
...No... He can't be that stupid... The Gear of Chaos oversees everything... and he is clearly going against its will... If you defy it, then fate will ensure your demise... is that what he wants!?
DeVian: "wait... Of course that's what he wants!"
...Just like what he did to our home world... the nosy prick just couldn't keep his nose out of the way...
DeVian: "I knew we shouldn't have spared his life!"
...EnCodex just had to show pity and instead of killing him, she just simply re-coded his memories...
DeVian: "And Now look where we are! I knew it was a mistake to trust that bastard!"
We could have taken over our home world, we could have been able to live on as leaders of our nations... but no... that bastard just had to screw things up and freed the Deity of Sin...
DeVian: "Haah... Whatever... at least now I have another goal to reach... Destroy every dimension I find and KILL THAT BASTARD ONCE AND FOR ALL!!"
Meanwhile in Lastation...
Noire: "Uni, are you sure you're okay?"
Uni: "Yeah, I'm fine physically, but there's this weird gap in my memories... I don't even know why it's there..."
Schwarz: "The only explanation I can up with, is that you must have encountered an aberrant..."
Noire: "An Aberrant."
Schwarz: "Yes."
Uni: "I think I've heard that somewhere before..."
Schwarz: "Well..."
...Schwarz explains what an aberrant is...
Noire: "So they can alter our memories? That's kinda creepy."
Schwarz: "Indeed, but Aberrants are really rare these days, its a miracle that you even met one."
Uni: "But... Why just my memories? and why were the ones removed so specific?"
Schwarz: "I believe the aberrant you faced was young, still unable to fight, but at the very least it was able to alter your memories, making you forget its identity."
Uni: "Is that so..."
Uni's POV
We reached Lastation, it took awhile for us to get back because we had to get all the equipment back as well, we also secured the Soul Orb and brought it to the Expanded Laboratory under Lastation's basilicom...
Uni: "Hey, what is that shining orb?"
In the middle of the lab was a spire and on top of it was an orb that emitted a rainbow colored light... Looking closer, I found it familiar...
Uni: "Wait... Isn't that a Soul Orb?"
Schwarz: "Indeed... This soul orb acted like a battery for the power core... but now... its losing efficiency and is not able power the shield anymore... The expedition we did yesterday was so that we could feed the minerals we gathered to an INVI so that we can acquire another soul orb."
Noire: "I see."
Schwarz: "With this new soul orb we can power the entire nation for more than 2 years."
Uni: "If you powered the Shield up, then shifters won't be able to get past it so easily then."
Schwarz: "Correct, the shield can still react to the presence of a shifter, but since its getting weaker, its detection has also waned... We can't afford that from happening..."
Uni: "What about the aberrants?"
Noire: "The what...?"
Schwarz: "Who told you about that?"
Uni: ",Well it was...huh? Wait... what? Who did tell me that... I don't even... No... I knew... but..."
Schwarz: "When were you told about this...?"
Uni: "Just this morning... I remember someone talking to me about it... I even remember the war of humans and shifters that transpired-"
Schwarz: "Silence!"
Uni & Noire: "H-HUH!?"
My sister and I were taken by surprise... Schwarz raised his voice all of a sudden...
Schwarz: "...I-I'm sorry... I just hearing anything about that..."
...The worker in the laboratory looked at us in surprise as well...
Noire: "Hmm... I see that it's something very personal to you..."
Uni: "Sis?"
Schwarz: "H-how did you know that?"
Noire: "Listen Schwarz... The Shifters... They were your-"
Schwarz: "That is enough!"
Noire: "Schwarz!"
Schwarz: "I refuse to treat such treacherous worms as my people!"
Noire: "Schwarz..."
Schwarz: "This discussion is over..."
...Schwarz replaced the Soul Orb with a new one... he then pulled a lever and locked the new soul orb... It shined bright... brighter than any light source found in the laboratory...
Schwarz: "Hah...."
We returned to the basilicom...
Bleep! Bleep!
...A sound echoed from Schwarz's wrist... he clicks a button on it and then a hologram comes up...
hologram: "Schwarz! We need assistance in Lowee!"
Schwarz: "What happened Grun!?"
...Wait... That was Grun!?
Grun: "Amon was unsealed, and he's wrecking havoc in Lowee, Neptunio is on his way while Weiz and Luna are trying their best to stop the Beast!"
Schwarz: "Alright, I just changed my Soul Orb so I'll be able to go there."
Grun: "I'm on my way too... I'll see ya there."
The hologram disappears...
Noire: "We'll help you."
Schwarz: "No... I don't think you can help me this time... We will be fighting-"
Noire: "Amon - The beast of Greed that is currently invading Lowee, Grun is on the way so is Neptunio while Weiz and Luna are holding him off..."
Schwarz: "How are you doing that?"
Noire: "Doing what?"
Schwarz: <Reading my mind...>
Noire: "I'm not reading your-- Oops..."
Schwarz: "See! You are reading my mind! How are you doing that! We haven't done soul import! Or...did we?"
Noire: "Uhh..."
Uni: (You screwed up sis!)*...and you could read this Schwarz's mind?*
Noire: "I-It's not like I can read your mind! You were just way too obvious and... Hey we could hear you talking with your brother just now."
Schwarz: "How did you know he was my brother?"
Noire: "Eh? Was that supposed to be a secret?"
Schwarz: "Well... not really, but still how do you know all of this?"
Noire: "H-hey! we need to hurry right!? We gotta go help Weiz!"
Schwarz: "hey! I'm not done with you!"
...Schwarz went after sis when she exits the room.
Uni: "So sis could read this Schwarz's mind? but wait... That doesn't make any sense!"
...We're already in Schwarz's mind! How can she read his mind when technically she already is?
Uni: "Ugh... This is giving me a headache... Literally...."
...For now, I'll go with my Sister's flow... I'm sure she'll explain it to me later...
Noire's POV
We Rode a small air ship on the way to Lowee... I could feel Schwarz's stare on my back...
Noire: "Uuu~"
...Jeez, just give me a break! stop looking at me!
Schwarz: <Who is this girl, why does she know things about me?>
Noire: (he's still on to that!? well... I can't really blame him... I've been doing too much reading on his mind...)
Schwarz: <Could she be a shifter...? no... if she was then she could have been incinerated by shield when I changed the Soul Orb... Then... is she an Aberrant...? Nah... her hair is black and her eyes are Red...The only other outcome I can find would be that... we did Soul Import... But... I don't remember doing that with her...>
Noire: (Oh boy...)
Schwarz: <Then... There's her sister... she met an aberrant that's for sure... but from what I can deduce... she met that Aberrant in the Basilicom... I believe this aberrant saw her true form and had to erase her memories...but why only erase it when they arrived at the Vulcan Pass...? Regardless, this is bad news... I gotta get that new scanner up and running so I can properly detect Shifters and Aberrants as well...but wait... should I really go through with that...? I mean... no stop worrying about that... you can find a loop hole for that later...>
Noire: (Has he always been this smart...? also why is he hesitating for some reason...)
Schwarz: <But I gotta say...>
Noire: (Hmm?)
Schawrz: <This Noire girl sure is wearing a really REAAAAALLLLYYY short skirt...>
Noire: (What...?)
Schwarz: <I mean... just look at the length on that thing... just a little bit more and I'll be able to see her butt...>
Noire: (Excuse me!)
Schwarz: <And that bare back even... her skin looks so soft I bet it feels good to the touch... and her hair is so silky... And this hint of something sweet wafting in the air, might be her smell...>
SCHING!
Schwarz: "WHOAH!"
Uni: "Sis what are you doing!?"
Noire: "Don't look... Don't feel... Don't Breathe..."
...I brandished my sword and aimed it at him...
Schwarz: "Y-you just read my mind, didn't you?"
Noire: "Whatever you perv!"
Uni: "A-ahahaha..."
I don't believe this guy, even in this time he looks at me funny...
Ruffle Ruffle...
Noire: "What are you doing this time?"
Schwarz: "Here, for both of you."
He tossed us jackets, thick ones... and they felt really warm to the touch.
Uni: "What's this for?"
Schwarz: "We're going to Lowee, a land where its winter every... Single... Freakin... DAY!"
Uni and Noire: "Oh..."
Schwarz: "Seriously though, I hate the cold..."
Uni: "Huh? You didn't complain the last time you were there."
Schwarz: "Last time...? When was that?"
Uni: "Oh! Uhh... nothing...Never mind..."
Schwarz: <Okay, these two are seriously creeping me out... It's like they've seen things... far beyond my time...>
Noire: (You screwed up there Uni...)
Uni: (I know... I'm sorry...)
Noire: (Oh... He's thinking again...)
Schwarz: <A beast was unsealed, damn.... has the cycle began again...? First Amon... then Eithan... then Medaea... And then the 4 beasts of the apocalypse... Elphegor, Atas, Eelze, and Cyfer... Haahhh...I have to find a better place to fight Eithan...I don't want to endanger anyone in Lastation...>
Noire: (He cares so much for his people... And yet he's only looking after a half of them...That must be connected to his regrets... his sins... his... fears...)
SHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIINNNNNNNGGGGGGGGGGGGGG!!!!!!!!!!!!!! BANNNNNGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG!!!!!!!!!!
Schwarz: "!!??"
Uni: "What was that!?"
Noire: "It came from there!"
A loud explosion echoed in the distance, after a bright light dropped down from the sky.
Schwarz: "We're going fast, hang on!"
Uni and Noire: "Right!"
...Schwarz goes full throttle and we reached Lowee's borders... As we got closer though...
Noire: "W-what is that!?"
Uni: "I-It's... A giant crystalline structure..."
Schwarz: "Amon... He's been defeated!? So easily!?"
We saw Neptunio floating in the air with Grun, soon he came to us... he explained to us what happened...
Grun: "Luna gave up herself... She encased Amon in an Ice coffin with her and begged Neptunio to finish off the beast with her..."
Noire and Uni: "..."
This actually happened... And now we were seeing the process of placing the essence of a beast in a heretic... The swirling mass of shadow began drifting into a small Red Gem...
Grun: "And who might you be?"
Noire: "Oh, I'm Noire..."
Uni: "And I'm Uni."
Grun: "You're friends Schwarz? I didn't know you had some."
Schwarz: "Shut up Grun..."
...Schwarz didn't have friends? Also... Grun's Mask is covering his entire face now...
Grun: "Oh! I guess the sealing is done... We lost Luna though..."
Schwarz: "Weiz must be devastated..."
Grun: "Yes... I'm sure he is..."
Schwarz: "Neptunio... he sealed the beast?"
Grun: "Yeah... Weiz hesitated to to deliver the final blow... so Neptunio had to do it for him..."
Neptunio descended to the ground and walked towards a lamenting Weiz... We got closer to them as well and observed silently...
Bzzt! BZZZZTTT-!
Uni: "Ungh!"
Noire: "What is that noise..!"
A static sound echoed in the area... It was coming from Neptunio... The air around him was electrified... like volts of electricity surrounded him like an impenetrable shield...
Neptunio: "I'm sorry Weiz... I had too..."
Weiz: "....Luna...."
...It was a heartbreaking scene... as Weiz received the the red gem Heretic his hair began to take on a red hue and his eyes shined a vivid cyan color... his face contorted in anger as tears rolled down his cheeks... his battle axe appeared out of thin air and he grabs it with his left hand as he screamed...
Weiz: "YOU BASTARD!!!!!!!!"
Neptunio: "!!!"
...He slammed his axe downward, it hits the ground and summoned red deadly crystals that almost impaled Neptunio...
Grun: "Weiz!"
Schwarz: "Stop!"
Weiz: "gaAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!"
...He was lost in rage... he gripped his axe like there was no tomorrow and charged after Neptunio...
Neptunio: "I'm sorry!"
Weiz: "Shut up! Shut up! Shut up!"
He slammed his axe multiple times in the ground creating multiple spires of red crystals.
Noire: "Uni! Look out!"
Uni: "Ahh!"
I grabbed Uni and rolled to the side dodging the shards of the crystals that came flying towards us...
Weiz: "Raghhh!!"
SLAMM!
Neptunio: "Oof!"
Neptunio raised his great sword to block Weiz's axe but he still got launched towards us...
Weiz: "FIGHT! FIGHT ME!"
He was nuts! He's going crazy with these attacks, he slams his axe into the ground raising crystals and then he shatters those said crystals sending them flying into our direction!
Neptunio: "Gah...Hah! Sei! Yah!" Swing! Slash!
Noire: "Hah! Hmph! Sei!" Slash! Block! Thrust!
Uni: "Not so fast!" Bang! Bang! Bang!
Brandishing our weapons we managed to deflect the incoming projectiles...
Schwarz: "Hngh! I said stop!"
...Schwarz rushed up to Weiz grabbing him by the throat with his Monsterous arm...
Weiz: "Get...Out of my way!"
Schwarz: "Huh!?"
...Weiz stared at him with a face consumed by rage... Weiz's axe shined a deep blue and then...
Weiz: "HAH!"
Schwarz: "GUHAAAAA!!!!!!!"
Weiz used his axe to attack Schwarz's arm... The sharp edge crushed through the hard armor that surrounded Schwarz's arm...
Schwarz: "Ahhh! AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!"
Black blood gushed out from his arm!
Weiz: "AHHHHH!!!"
Weiz was goint to cut his arm off!
Noire: "Schwarz! no!"
...I rushed towards them and just as Weiz was going to deliver his blow, I managed to pierce his shoulder with my rapier...
Weiz: "Guh!"
He staggered! I grabbed Schwarz and pulled him away from Weiz...
Weiz: "Gahh! AGHHHHH!!!"
He's still swinging his axe!
Grun: "Enough!"
Weiz: "Agh!"
...Grun dashed and parried the incoming attack making Weiz lose his weapon...
Weiz: "BASTARDS!"
Neptunio: "Weiz!"
Weiz formed a fist which was wrapped in a hard red Crystal... He attempted to punch Grun with it but... Neptunio intervened... Neptunio used the flat side of his great sword to repel the attack...
Weiz: "Tch!"
Neptunio: "Stay down Brother!"
BASH!
Weiz: "Guha!...ahh...ahhh...."
Using the handle of his sword he thrusts it forward hitting Weiz in the face... and knocking him down...
Grun: "Schwarz! Schwarz! Answer me!"
Schwarz: "Urghhh! My arm...! It hurts!"
Noire: "Calm down... it's going to be okay!"
Uni: "Sis what are we gonna do!"
Schwarz: "Gh... ahh...ahhhhh...."
Noire: "He's lost consciousness...!"
Neptunio: "That doesn't look good you have to get it treated fast! Or the seal will break prematurely... You two!"
Noire: "Yes!?"
Uni: "What is it!?"
Neptunio: "Bring him back to Lastation immediately and have Memoire look after him!"
Uni: "Memoire...?"
Noire: "Memoire, how can she help?"
Neptunio: "Just do what I say, I'll bring the materials there for the treatment, tell her to get them in the "usual" spot."
Nore: "O-ok..."
...I don't know why he's telling me all of this, but I have to follow his instructions for now... but what unsettles me more... Is the fact that he didn't even question who we were, like... I might just be jumping to conclusions here... but I think he knew who we were...
...We arrived at Lastation...
Guard: "Everyone! Code Red! Lord Schwarz is injured I repeat Code red!"
Citizen: "Lord Schwarz!"
Citizen: "Make way everyone! Let them through!"
Guard: "Prepare the medical center, get the doctors in there stat!"
...Everyone was in a state of worry and panic... The Citizens looked on with concern, some were praying some were crying... The guards were on high alert and the medical team responded immediately...
Doctor: "We need the mages in here, get them prepped immediately!"
Mage: "Reporting for duty!"
Doctor: "The seal is currently experiencing a lot of stress, it could break any second, prepare the proto-heretic for an immediate double seal operation."
Noire: "...What...?"
Mage: "Roger that! Prepare the M.Stick for transfer right now!"
Uni: "...What...?"
Doctor: "Alright here we go! Extracting the Heretic!"
Mage: "Proto-heretic prepared, commencing double seal operation!"
Noire & Uni: "WHAT!?"
...We have no Idea what is going on... To summarize what happened... They extracted the damaged heretic (A rare metal found in Schwarz's watch.) and then they fused it with another rare metal inside a... mini furnace...?
Okay you know what... this doesn't make any sense at all but whatever...
Uni: "Were supposed to be worried... But the sheer absurdity is too much..."
Noire: "Yeah... so they melted the previous heretic and then installed its molten remnants inside a glass like object called a proto-heretic..."
Uni: "Molten Metal and Glass...I don't think that's a great ide-"
Pssshhhhhh!!!! The metal cooled down but... Dark bubbles started to emerge from the proto-heretic...
Mage: "Operation Failed!"
...The mage prepared a special case in which he placed the slowly accumulating dark bubbles.
Uni: "well now..."
Noire: "We don't have time for this horseplay! We gotta get Schwarz to Memoire!"
Uni: "Right! Here, I'll deploy a flash bang!"
BANG!
...When it went off the people surrounding Schwarz were stunned for a moment, they ducked and covered their ears, Uni then used a smoke bomb to cover the scene, we then used a ... We then secretly grabbed Schwarz and brought him to the basilicom...
In the Basilicom...
Noire: "Memoire! Memoire!"
...I've seen this girl in Schwarz's memory... But I can't seem to find her anywhere here in the Basilicom!
Uni: "Memoire...uuu~"
Noire: "Damn it! Where are you Memoire! Schwarz needs your help!"
Sching! Zip! plop!
...A girl falls down from above and used a zip line to slowly land in front of me.
Noire: "Whoah!"
Memoire: "Sorry for the delay... I was in the bath when you called so... Huh! Lord Schwarz!"
Noire: "Memoire, here, Neptunio said you could help him, he also said to get some materials in the usual place..."
Uni: "Ah..."
Memoire: "I-I see, Lord Neptunio said so, yes? Very well, I shall prepare then, please leave Schwarz and the heretic inside his room, leave the premise immediately and await my return..."
Noire: "Alright..."
...Memoire left in a hurry, I noticed that Uni was looking at her so intently...
Noire: "What's wrong Uni?"
Uni: "N-nothing! I'm probably imagining things..."
Noire: "I see, well we have to focus on the matter at hand, can ya give me a hand?"
Uni: "Of course!"
...Just as Memoire instructed, we layed Schwarz on his bed and left his room... a few minutes later Memoire arrived...
Memoire: "I'm back!"
Noire: "Good! Did you get what Neptunio prepared?"
Memoire: "Yes, here it is."
...It was a small white Gem... but its shape... is eerily familiar... Wait... it can't be!
Noire: "If you don't mind me asking... Could this be-"
Memoire: "Sorry, we'll talk later... I have to go now!"
Noire: "Oh! right sorry..."
...Memoire entered the room and we were left outside to wait... That Item... was that a... Sharicite? But I thought Sharicites only existed in our Generation... I'm still not quite sure about what's going on... but I am certain, that this is no jump to the past... I can say for sure that we are in another dimension... One that has just been created and is currently mirroring the past events that occurred in our own dimension... Cloin did state that we will SEE past events... but she never said anything about literally jumping back into the past...
Uni: "That girl just now..."
Noire: "Hmm?"
Uni: "I know that girl..."
Noire: "Well you saw her when we first arrived here through that void right?"
Uni: "No... It's more like...I've actually talked and interacted with her before... but I can't remember exactly...."
Noire: "Is that so?"
Uni: "Yes... There's this feeling of unease and a sense of loss that I feel when I look at her..."
Noire: "Hmm... You're probably just tired... Let's rest for today...okay?"
Uni: "Yeah, sure..."
...We went to our separate rooms for now as we await the outcome of Schwarz treatment.
Schwarz's POV
My mind clears up... an aching sensation coursed through my left arm... I remember that it was damaged quite a bit when Weiz used his axe on it...
Schwarz: "Grgh! huh...? Where am I?"
I scanned the area and noticed that I was back inside my room here in Lastation... I inspected my arm... It was healed!?
I could still see a large cut on it... but to my surprise, the scar was slowly healing... it was such a surprise that I couldn't believe my eyes...
I then noticed something in the palm of my hand... it was a small crystal... but it shined brighter than any diamond, I had no Idea what it was, but it must be the one healing me right now... I also noticed someone faintly breathing at the side of my bed...
Schwarz: "Memoire..."
Memoire: "huu~....zzzZZzz...."
Schwarz: "Were you the one who treated me?"
...No answer... just the silent breathing of the girl beside me... she's slumped on the side of the bed... This can't be good for her...
I picked her up and had her lay on the bed... just as I did, something fell from her hands... her contact lenses...?
Schwarz: "Whoops... careful now, I might step on it."
...She's really clumsy... she could have just placed it somewhere else rather than just holding on to it...
Fortunately I have great eyes and found the lenses with no problem... I then placed them on the table...
Schwarz: "Haah... Silly girl..."
...How long has it been...?
...Since...
...
..
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I created that false history...
.
..
...
I still remember that time... when I was the happiest man in the world... but then... all of it was taken from me... in just an instant... I formed a fist with my hand and looked at the sleeping girl on my bed...
Schwarz: "Should I really tell her...? Will she accept the fact that she's been lied to, this entire time...?"
...I don't know... I can't be sure anymore...
Schwarz: "For now... just sleep..."
What happened today proved just how powerless I am... but...
...I climbed the bed and lied down beside Memoire... I touched her soft hair and the sensation reminded me of someone I loved so dearly... and I swore...
I will never let anything bad ever happen to you...
...My Child...
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Authors's Notes:
Ok... so... I'm running out of time and really have to go to work now so I'll make this quick
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