The skies calmed. The divine pressure faded.
But the echo of power still lingered like thunder in every heart. Ayra walked the palace halls in silence, her grandfather beside her. For once, she wasn't hidden or whispered about. She was acknowledged.
But she wasn't at peace.
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The Visit in the Night
That night, as the stars shimmered above the kingdom, Ayra stood alone at the balcony of her new chambers—spacious, gold-accented, but still cold.
A gentle breeze carried something strange—a voice. Not spoken. Not heard.
> "The Key has awakened."
Ayra turned.
There was no one.
But her instincts—the ones honed since age 2—flared violently.
From across the realm, in the shadow of a broken moon, a figure cloaked in cosmic threads knelt before a council of lightless thrones.
> "The child of the forbidden lineage has returned."
"And the project… lives within her," whispered another voice.
The Universal Organization, backed by the Multiversal Council, had taken notice.
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Meanwhile… In the Boy's Room
Elsewhere in the castle, the boy with the silver eyes Ayra had rescued earlier stood near a window, watching the stars.
He clutched a ring—seemingly ordinary, but ancient.
A man in dark robes approached him from the shadows.
He didn't bow.
He kneeled.
> "Your Highness. You survived…"
The boy's eyes widened.
> "You—know who I am?"
> "Only one ring like that exists… worn by the son of the Multiverse King, who vanished in the betrayal of the cosmic halls."
Silence fell.
> "The girl who saved you—she may be the only one who can keep you alive… and maybe, just maybe, change everything."
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Final Scene — A Light in the Dark
Ayra held the necklace her mother left behind. It pulsed again—warmer this time. A vision flickered in her mind: her mother, young and powerful, standing beside a tall, glowing figure—a being who felt like the universe itself.
Her father.
A memory? A future?
She didn't know yet.
But one thing was certain: they were coming.
Not to save her.
To stop her.
Because she held the power to reshape everything.
And the multiverse?
> It feared her.
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