Suddenly, Zaos saw himself standing in a throne room. However, that one didn't look like the ones he had seen in Sairus and Ashiris kingdom. He could see any walls or ceiling, but he could see stars around and above him… After a few monts, he recalled what had happened… he had died. Seventy years after he and Drannor defeated the demon god, Elisius.
Over the course of those seventy years, he lived a very fulfilling life. While the world was at peace, he opened four schools for magic swordsn in several parts of the world. He also managed to put all the rcenary groups under his command. However, those were unimportant things if compared to the fact that he had five kids with Aleni. He also grew old enough to see his kids having their own children… Zaos even attended Milliendra's marriage. In the end, that little brat, Heiti, won over her heart.
Nevertheless, Zaos lived a good life, and now he is dead. He had no attachnts to that world anymore, so he didn't feel troubled. Until he realized that he looked the sa as he was when he was in his twenties. The sa body, the sa black armor, and the fully powered Guardian's Heart were also on his right hand. However, he could feel and use his left hand freely.
"You finally ca, Zaos," A female voice echoed through the area and a green-eyed woman that had long black hair appeared.
"You… what is that appearance?" Zaos asked while frowning.
Over the years, Zaos looked for traces of the being who talked with Millinedra on the day he defeated Elisius. Still, he never found any traces of her. Still, he imagined that he would find her once he died, and so that happened. However, he didn't imagine that the goddess of that world would appear looking exactly like his mother while wearing a long blue dress.
"I am sorry, Zaos… I caused you a lot of trouble," the goddess said. "You have all the rights to hate since I used you to deal with a problem that I caused… My na is Myre, and this is my real appearance. I lived for a while in the mortal realm, and I was truly your mother."
Zaos finally recalled that on the day he visited Aria's grave for the first ti, he had a weird thought… he had thought that the person who talked with Milliendra was Aria… or even his mother. Still, for so reason, he forgot it. Even if he didn't forget about it, he could imagine himself thinking of nurous explanations. Like the goddess was just mimicking the voice of the people that he knew… it would make sense since Milliendra said that the owner of the voice seed gentle.
"... Why would you go to such lengths to raise only to ignore my calls later?" Zaos asked. "Was that only a ga to you?"
"No… it wasn't," Myre said. "I had to assu a human form because your existence is sothing that shouldn't be possible in that world."
"Why? You summoned Elisius, didn't you?" Zaos asked.
"It was a mistake on my part. He was reincarnated with his mories, and he had the potential to influence the whole world because he was born among the magic race," Myre replied. "But due to his powers, all of them born in that era were under his influence, so I thought it would be better if you were to be born in the Sielders family, to inherit Guardian's Heart and to be closer to Drannor and Aria."
"... You knew that Aria would die because of him, and you didn't do anything?" Zaos opened his eyes widely.
"I could intervene, but that would cause bigger problems… when soone like interferes in the mortal realm, all sorts of bad things can happen," Myre replied. "Like, even if I leave small traces of mana behind, if they are absorbed by soone or sothing, it might give birth to a monster, or other things like portals connecting worlds..."
"That doesn't change the fact that your actions caused Aria's death and Milliendra's suffering," Zaos frowned.
"You are right…" Myre lowered her head and nodded. "I thought that by summoning a hero and giving him the title of hero, I could solve the problem of the monsters without creating another, but I was wrong… and because of it, the descendants of the magic race and the other inhabitants of that world suffered for 2500 years… nothing that I say will change that."
Zaos wondered if that was an act or sothing if she was the goddess of that world, and Elisius wanted to take her place. She was supposed to be more selfish and egocentric. That humble attitude and accepting everything that happened as her fault seed too weird… Besides, it wasn't like anything would change by just saying that.
"... Why didn't you tell your motives and goals from the very beginning?" Zaos asked after a few monts of awkward silence.
"While I admit that I made you clean my ss, my goal was to let you decide your own path," Myre replied. "Nothing is set in stone in the physical realm, so there was a chance that my plans could fail. So, I tried my best to show you the feelings of a mother toward their children… without your mories, I didn't know if you would help Aria, even more so with her final request of ending her life, but I suppose that wasn't necessary… given how hard you worked, it seed that you are soone that can't abandon children when they are in a dangerous situation. Although that sounds convenient to to say that, I truly loved those days that we spent together."
"That really sounds convenient… and what do you an by that?" Zaos asked. "Was I soone who helped kids in my past life?"
"Not exactly. You were a firefighter that died after breathing too much smoke in a fire," Myre explained. "I can only show you this much. I am sorry, in the end, I can't return all of your mories."
Zaos didn't even recall his old na, but he vividly recalled the last monts of his past life. So sort of orphanage began to burn for so reason or the other. Most of the kids escaped, but so couldn't. Zaos saw a man with weird clothes crossing through the fire and finding so kids who were barely conscious there. He gave them his mask to breathe, and once their condition stabilized, he moved them outside. Call it a coincidence, but those three kids were a bit familiar to himself, Drannor, and Aria when they were young… After leaving the building, the kids were treated in an ambulance, and Zaos collapsed on the ground, never to wake up again.
"... Why did you show that? It will only make want to rember more…" Zaos said.
"Reincarnated individuals aren't supposed to rember their past lives… Elisius could because I summoned him soon after his death," Myre said. "I wanted to help him as much as possible because he would be helping by protecting the people of that world, but you know how that ended."
"Then… those mories that I had while dreaming…" Zaos frowned.
"When people that are bound to be reincarnated die, they stay for a while in the place that they felt comfortable in the past lives," Myre explained. "It is just an illusion, but it is the place that you stayed for the most part of your past life… souls stay there until they are completely purified and until they forget everything about their past life."
It made sense… No wonder Zaos felt like he spent a long ti sowhere before he was born in that world. Still, that process called purification was a weird na… it wasn't like he had lived an impure life. Still, from the perspective of beings like Myre, perhaps any mory of a world could be considered impure.
"Let explain a few things about your life that you always felt weird about," Myre said. "Like I told you before, you weren't supposed to be born in that world, and neither was I. Still, I forcefully made myself being born into a family that didn't have any heirs. Those who beca my parents in that world wished for a healthy boy for him to beco a high-ranked commander in the army, but they only got a sickly girl. Hence, they used to raise their rank by marrying into a family of higher status."
"You didn't plan that?" Zaos frowned. "That is hard to believe."
"I didn't plan it, but I knew how it would happen. I have the power of Foresight, so I can see that kind of thing ahead of ti," Myre explained. "However, I can only see certain events in the future. If there is sothing about to happen that will change the whole world, I can't see the complete outco."
"Is that so…" Zaos frowned since everything seed too convenient for Myre.
"Due to my actions, I ended up getting in the way of sothing else that was also bound to happen… the marriage between Laiex and Nyana's mother," Myre said. "That was one of the reasons you never got along with him… because you aren't supposed to be born in that world, and you weren't the son of the woman he truly loved. He felt troubled by your existence. He did his best to fight those dark feelings, but his loyalty toward the kingdom ended up making you both be on bad terms for a long ti."
Zaos rubbed his chin thoughtfully while he pondered about that… it made a lot of sense… Usually, a father would choose his own kid over the family of soone else. However, Zaos' existence was unnatural, so…
"At least now I know that I didn't steal the life of soone else…" Zaos said and then sighed. "But what about Aria and all the others who died because of Elisius?"
"I know that it isn't enough, but I will give them the chance to be reborn. So of them, even Aria, had already been reincarnated in other worlds," Myre explained. "It is the only thing I can do for them… I am sorry for the problems I caused to all of you, but it was the only option I had to avoid the end of the world."
"Speaking of the end of the world… is it true what Elisius said about that place being the world we ca from?" Zaos asked.
"Yes, while you two ca from the sa world, you two also ca from different temporal lines," Myre replied. "What happened to his world might happen to yours, but it will take so ti for that to happen… After all, he was born three thousand years before you."
All that whole story was starting to get really complicated… while so things made sense, like temporal lines, so others didn't. Zaos felt like he couldn't let that happen to his first world, but without his mories, his sense of urgency to help it wasn't so strong. Besides, what could he do now that he was dead?
"You really helped , so I have an offer for you, Zaos," Myre said. "I can't give you back the mories of your first world, but I can remove you from the cycle of reincarnation while you maintain your current body. You will beco transcendent. You already have reached the requirents for that, after all. I can also give you the chance to check those who have been reincarnated, including Aria. While she will feel so connection between you two, she won't be able to recall who you are."
"... That seems too good to be true," Zaos frowned. "Why would you go that far?"
"Because I don't want to repeat the sa mistakes, so I would need your help to protect other worlds from certain crises," Myre replied and then showed a slightly uneasy smile. "And while we didn't have much of a normal relationship, I still would like to think of myself as your mother."
Zaos felt a bit confused… he never forgot Lyra, but after eting Myre, he thought those feelings were lies… Myre could be fooling him to make him deal with inconvenient problems for her. Still, sothing in his heart was telling Zaos that it wasn't true.
"... Can I?" Zaos asked with his arms open after he approached Myre.
"Sure?" Myre smiled and opened her arms as well.
Zaos hugged her, and then he felt that sa comfortable and nostalgic sll. Myre was his mother… it wasn't an act, Zaos could tell. His instincts weren't warning him of anything. The warmth that he was feeling was the real deal.
"Why do you want to do this?" Zaos asked. "Isn't that the sa interference that you always avoided?"
"It may be, but just like soone else watched over before I reached this point, I also want to watch over others and give them the chance to reach their true potential," Myre replied. "I didn't do much, but I watched over you for a while, and I am more sure now than ever that I am not wrong in doing that."
"... Okay, I will help you, mother," Zaos said and hugged Myre more tightly. "Thank you… for everything."
"Welco to my Guardian's Throne, Zaos," Myre said.
The end.
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