noveltune Chapter 17: I Saw Everything!
Chapter 17: I Saw Everything!
Chapter 17 - I Saw Everything!Play 'Delulu' By Shania Yan
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Nyxara didn't know how much time had passed.
She was drifting.
Weightless.
Endless.
The abyss around her stretched infinitely, yet it was not empty. Something pressed against her mind—not an entity, not a presence, but something fundamentally wrong.
It wasn't alive.
It wasn't dead.
It simply... was.
A corruption that had no form, no intelligence, yet slithered into her thoughts like a serpent.
At first, it was distant—a quiet hum.
But then—
It became her own voice.
"This power... this strength... it could be yours."
"They do not understand. They limit you. Why do you hold yourself back?"
"You are meant for more."
The whispers wove themselves into her consciousness.
They did not demand.
They did not control.
They simply... suggested.
A voice at the back of her mind, always there. Always waiting.
And then—
Nyxara woke up.
When she regained consciousness, she was exactly where she had been before—standing in the heart of the incomplete realm.
But something was different.
The distorted pathway—that strange tear in space—was gone. Completely sealed by the multiverse's will.
And yet—
The realm had stabilized.
It was no longer flickering between existence and nothingness.
Nyxara staggered slightly, pressing a hand to her forehead.
"What... happened?"
She scanned her surroundings,
Only to see Zar.
Standing there.
Watching them.
With an amused expression.
For a second, time seemed to stop.
Then—
Like a dam breaking, both of them turned completely red in embarrassment.
Nyxara's mischievous smirk vanished instantly, replaced by a funny but shy look.
Eterna, already red from earlier, somehow managed to become even redder.
And then—
Zar laughed.
"You two..." he chuckled, shaking his head, "...really are something else."
Nyxara opened her mouth, then closed it. Then opened it again. Then shut it tight, realizing that nothing she could say would save them from this moment.
Eterna, on the other hand, looked like she wanted to dig a hole in the ground and disappear forever.
And as Zar casually walked away, still chuckling—
Nyxara turned to Eterna with a sly grin.
"Sooooo," she drawled, "you think he heard everything?"
Eterna, without hesitation, grabbed a pillow from nearby and smacked Nyxara with it. "DON'T. SAY. A WORD!"
Nyxara, still laughing, dodged the second pillow. "Oh, don't worry, dear sister, your secret is mostly safe with me."
Eterna glared. "Mostly?!"
Nyxara winked. "Well, I do need some leverage for later~."
Eterna groaned into her hands. "I hate you."
Nyxara patted her on the shoulder. "Love you too, Sis~!"