The Spirit of Time

Chapter 1:

"Who are you?" she asked.

We had a long conversation before. She knew more about me than I knew. Yet she asked such an absurd question. But I knew. I knew what she asked me about.

...

"How does she know? Who I am."

"Why does she know? What is inside me."

Most importantly

"Why does whatever she knows is true?"

"Why is it true?"

"Why?"

Regardless, I answered her question. The answer I never knew I had.

"I am......... the spirit of time"

[Three days ago, Thylaria city, kingdom of Tech]

"Be careful on your way." said my roommate.

"I'll. Don't worry." I said.

I got out of my house and was going to school. I walked down the streets.

"Oh, Euric. Going to school?" said the neighbour.

"Yeah. I also have a project to complete. I'll be late today." said I.

"K. Good luck on your project" he said.

I crossed the highway and was 5 minutes away from school. On my way I met a fortune teller. I usually don't believe in fortune telling but went to him just for fun.

"Hello" I said.

"Welcome. Would you like me to tell your fortune?" he asked.

"I don't really believe in it but tell me my fortune." I replied with a laugh.

He was pretty chill and didn't get intimidated.

"Haha don't worry, it will work. To tell you the truth it's not fortune telling. It's foresight magic(ability to see the future)." he said.

"Oh okay.......... Wait, you can do magic!? But doesn't that mean you're from the kingdom of magic!?" I asked, surprised.

"I'll leave that to your imagination. Now please touch this glass ball." he requested.

The kingdom of magic. The other part of this world. Long ago there was a war between humans. Humanity was divided into two sects. The technology sect and The magic sect. The reason for the war was what should be used to develop humanity. Among all options, Magic and Technology were strong enough to progress Humanity's development. But only one can be used to develop humanity. Some people selected Magic while others selected Technology. A war broke out. Many lives were lost. Eventually both sects came to a truce. They came to a decision that the world will be divided into two parts. Kingdom of Tech and Kingdom of Magic. Both sects will develop their part of the world respectively. Centuries have passed after the war. Technology has progressed significantly. We even manage to acquire teleportation. Anyway it's not like they are not allowed to come here but they are not allowed to open anything related to magic in here. There are a lot of restrictions. Same goes for people who go there from here. These restrictions are pretty wild. So the majority decide not to come here. Those who come are rich and powerful people or as a guest from the government. So the chance of an encounter was pretty much null.

"It's done. Wait for a second." he said.

*Something is appearing. It looks like empty space. There is something else. Appearance similar to a fairy or spirit?*

"It's the first time I'm seeing something like this. Well since it was a failure you don't have to pay." he said.

"If you say so. I'll take my leave." saying that I left.