That time I failed as an Author and got reincarnated in Tensura

Chapter 70: The Fifth True Dragon

Mirai Pov

A long corridor...that was all I could see for the past hours, I think ? Time seems so disturbed here, I feel and know that I'm inside my mind.

But I can't get out...it's as if it's nor letting me as long as I haven't achieved something...so here i am, walking down this long corridor that seems endless.

Mirai : I need to get out quickly...before it's too late.

I clenched my fist, so hard that I felt something being crushed within my hand...the light tingling sensation I just had was real.
Despite being in my mindscape, I can still feel pain and all physical sensation...this is nothing but a reality within my mind.

Mirai : Huh ?

And as if answering my call...a bright light opened right in front of me, as if the end of the corridor came to me, the space was moving backward while I stood still.

I froze up, raising my arm in front of my face to cover myself from the illuminating light when I realized I wasn't in the corridor anymore.

Instead, I was in a dark room with three large doors...they were plainly decorated with different symbols.

???: You are finally here.

Mirai : You...

The same woman that appeared earlier and woke me up...

???: I didn't intend to introduce myself now but an unexpected variable appeared, it would be for the best for you to awaken now.

Mirai : Who are you ?

Fate : Call me Fate...you and I are more connected than you think.

Fate ? Do I have to take her name subjectively ? Or is she really really related to fate itself ?

The moment she has been using my late mother as her appearance already triggered everything within me to be cautious...what is she really ?

Mirai : I see...what am I doing here ?

Fate : As i said an unexpected variable appeared...your father is currently fighting against the world destroyer dragon Ivarage.

Mirai : Huh ?

My face went pale as I registered her words, w-why would he fight Ivarage now ? How did he even get out of the seal...

An unexpected variable ? Was it the Author ? What is currently happening outside...

Mirai : Then let me out now ! I need to go help him !

Fate : No, at the moment you would be nothing but a burden.

Mirai : What ?! Then what should I do ?! Stay here hidden when everything rolls up ?!

Fate : Perhaps it would be for the best but that isn't what you want...

Her voice was calm and uninterested which made my blood boil...who do she think she is, taking the form of someone important to me and imprisoning me in my own mind !

Fate : That's why cross those three doors...each one has a trial you must pass, if you cannot even go through these...your presence outside would be meaningless.

Mirai : Wha-

Fate : Recover what's yours Mirai Averion, then perhaps you'll see the right path you have to follow.

As her words faded, her figure started dissipating...I gritted my teeth and tried to get her but my hand just crossed through her misty form.

Mirai : Come back !