Gate Guardian - Tale of the Blazing Heart

Phase 94: Reset

Phase 94: Reset

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"W-Where am I?" I asked myself.

I was now here, from the place of nothingness to another...nothingness. The only thing that changed is the background. Everything here is white. There are no landscapes or anything here. I know that if I started walking around, nothing will happen. Am I in heaven?

"No. This is just the end product of the <Chrono Reset>."

When I turned my back, it was Erylle. She was still in the same Cursed form with red demonic eyes. It means that I failed to revert her while she's stuck in the Time Gate.

"This is the realm before time. Before the creation and destruction. Before time and space. Before dreams and reality. Before life and death."

Erylle raised her Reginleif, and it glowed with violet light. Then, the environment- the white place slowly disintegrated. Everything became dark, except that there are tiny glowing dots in the background. It looks like micro-Quintessences. Those tiny dots are being sealed inside a set of rotating metallic rings, or as what I recall... a Time Seal.

Both of us ended up floating in this realm. It really looks like we're floating in deep space, but...

"See those dots inside the Time Seals?...Those are Protoverses. As you see, this is the realm of the very beginning. Each and everything of those are made by the formless God we know. One Protoverse will result into a Big Bang. Look at those Protoverses...there are infinite of them. That is why there are multiple timelines and universes."

"But why are they covered in Time Seals?" I asked Erylle with serenity. I know that this is just a ceasefire of our century-old battle, but I always feel comfortable with her, even though she is cursed right now.

"I sealed them...to prevent the creation...of everything that ever existed." She bowed down, hiding her facial expression. "Creation, destruction, time, space, dimension, gravity, illusion, life, and death. None of them actually existed. There is only nothingness; an endless Void. This is the ultimate goal of us sins, to prevent everything from existing."

"You're not a sin!" I shouted to Erylle. "You are an imperfect being that saved everyone from a dark future! You are the woman everyone loved! You are...Erylle Fontaine!"

I immediately went closer to her and held both of her hand tight. At first she resisted; she even thought of attacking me again but then she sensed that I mean nothing harm to her. Purifying her heart is out of my mind right now. All I know is that...I love her.

"Y-Yohan...!!!"

I know that she can't kill me. If she wanted to, she can stop time and she could've stabbed me many times and reverted me to ashes already. But she didn't. She just fought just to afford some time alone with me, even though it is in a form of a long battle.

"I know...I know that there is still love inside your heart!"

Tears started flowing down to Erylle's pale white cheeks. She never realized that she was. She's just staring at my eyes, and reading my feelings from my blazing heart. I'm pretty sure that we're sharing the same feelings right now, even if she's cursed!

"...I-It's really hilarious." Erylle smiled, now realizing that she was indeed crying. "I already killed everyone on every universe, but...I can't seem to hurt you at all."

She wiped her tears with her hand and immediately sticks her lips to mine. Her lips. It's still the same lavish tender soft lips I first kissed. It's still as soft as a jelly.