"Gheo."
A voice from the silence, coming from nowhere, called Gheo's name softly. Gheo looked around for the source of the voice, but all he saw was himself in a strange, shapeless room with nothing but white space in every corner.
"Gheo..."
"Who is it?!"
Gheo grew increasingly annoyed with someone who called him repeatedly but did not show themselves. He did not know where else to go to run towards the source of the voice. It seemed mythical to him if he continued, but Gheo just stood upright after he ran towards the source of the voice, yet the voice continued to run as if avoiding Gheo.
"I know you, you don't need to run to find out who I am."
"What do you mean..."
Gheo looked up, searching for the source of the voice. He just hoped to hear it more clearly even though he couldn't see who had called him.
"Three suns will be destroyed if you do it. Know this, golden one. The world you walk on now will disappear after you leave your world, the home you consider yours, is no longer yours."
Gheo was silent, he didn't know and didn't understand what the person was saying to him. However, Gheo chose to ponder the words that the person had said to him.
"Your existence will consume thousands of events within the paradoxical cycle, and you are responsible for the magnitude of Airuna."
"Airuna… which one?"
Silence. Gheo asked someone who had just spoken to him, but there was silence after Gheo asked.
"Which Airuna? Aren't there four Airunas?"
"H-hey!"
He tried to call that person back, he stood up again looking up searching for that voice again, started running, calling that voice back hoping to get clearer information.
"Gheo."
He called Gheo's name again, but it was just his name, not information. What did all this mean? Why was only his name being called?
"Gheo."
He called his name again, Gheo started running to find the voice again but it kept circling in his ears. The voice should have been in front but now it was behind, Gheo was dizzy searching for the voice again. If the voice didn't help that person, it wouldn't work, Gheo was dizzy with the voice calling him continuously.
"Gheo."
"Please show yourself…"
"Gheo Gheo Gheo"
The voice grew louder in Gheo's ears, getting closer and louder as it spun his head around. Gheo didn't know what to do anymore. The person calling him had no form, and the voice calling him belonged to a woman.
"GHEO!!"
A man's voice? Gheo woke up immediately. Someone had called him. Gheo woke up again and looked around. It was no longer white, but Gheo was in the library tower. He looked back and saw Raphiel standing behind him with his hands on his hips.
Gheo was confused and surprised that it was Raphiel who had been calling him all this time.
"Huh...?"
"What the hell, it's already afternoon. How can you sleep all day like a buffalo? Come on, let's go downstairs. Don't die just because you slept all day."
"E-eh? Okay."
Raphiel turned around, muttering indistinctly about how bad Gheo was. He was always like that. Gheo slowly stood up and yawned widely after sleeping all day. He put the book he was still holding on the shelf to reread it later that day. Then, he suddenly thought about his strange dream, which was stuck in his head. It might have been a clue, but Gheo wasn't sure because he was just a child who had just entered the world.
"GHEO!!!"
The loud shout from below made Gheo's heart skip a beat. He was too shocked because it was Raphael shouting.
"I-I'm coming!!!"
The wind blew fiercely and the orange sky fought against his face as he stepped out of the library tower. The sun was about to set, and he didn't realize that he had fallen so deeply asleep that he woke up late. He walked slowly to Mr. Thareon's house, puzzled by the dream he had just had. He recalled it vividly, and this was the first time he had heard the voice of a girl who was firm yet broken. He didn't know how to describe his dream accurately.
"I wonder why everything is happening to me..."
From a distance, Mr. Thareon was waiting for Gheo from the terrace of his house, watching Gheo walk slowly. He waved to Gheo and then leaned his hand against the wall.
Thareon looked at Gheo with concern, something very big was going to happen to him and he would fight against the entire universe that would be evil to him and return to the place where he lived, hoping that he was just an ordinary human being, but whatever it was, all humans would be like Mr. Thareon. In fact, Gheo was the luckiest one.
"Master Thareon."
Gheo called out to him, unaware that he was already right in front of him.
"What?"
"Why are you looking at me so seriously?"
"Nothing, I'm just wondering why someone like you can sleep all day like that."
"Eh..." Gheo suddenly felt annoyed, suddenly realizing that Master Thareon was joking.
He wasn't sure whether to tell Gheo after not telling Gheo more about himself or the world, but for his own good and so that Gheo wouldn't be shocked when he was out there, Thareon tried to give him a year.
"I'm really afraid you'll be separated from us."
"That... I know that, but no matter what, I have to go outside for airuna, right?"
Thareon was surprised by him. Gheo already knew his initial goal and task, but not airuna. Instead, it was the three suns that were thickly mixed by the paradox thanks to airuna, but even so, this was Gheo's path now, and Thareon would help him in part, as would the people who would help him become Gheo's right-hand man to assist him.
"You already know, right? But we don't know where airuna is... because there are four airunas, but there could be more due to the paradox that likes to help airuna."
"You don't need to be afraid."
Suddenly, Raphiel arrived and interrupted the conversation. He stood upright in front of them, his face looking more serious than before, as if he knew a lot.
"I will go with Gheo, and I will accompany this kid until this problem is resolved."
Gheo and Thareon were shocked and surprised, because for thousands of years, as far as Thareon knew, Raphiel had never wanted or offered to go into space to save the universe. But Thareon would not remain silent about it. He wanted to follow Gheo and Raphiel, but his age prevented him, as did what the universe had done to his wife at that time.
"If only that hadn't happened... I would go with you, but it's okay. I will try to catch up with you as soon as possible, or before you confront the ruler."
Gheo and Raphiel looked at Thareon for a moment, then looked back at each other. Gheo and Raphiel thought that Thareon would experience the same thing if he really joined them. It wasn't a mandatory task for him, but Thareon was just an ordinary human being and the first person to be able to travel beyond space on his own. They initially wanted to refuse because Thareon's current condition was weaker than before. Raphiel knew his current condition.
Raphiel slowly looked at Thareon with a slightly worried expression.
"I just hope you can be more careful, Thareon."
"So you agree that I can suddenly follow you? All right, for now, and before you begin your journey, you need to meet Leona."
"Leona?"
"The old hag, you haven't met her yet, have you?"
Thareon was startled by Raphiel's taunt. He wasn't entirely wrong, but Raphiel was known for insulting people carelessly; it had been part of his nature since Thareon was born into this temporary world.
Essentially, Thareon was quite confused by Raphiel's character. He knew it wasn't Raphiel, because Raphiel had been dead for 20 years.
"I don't want to take too many risks, but please be careful with your actions, especially toward Gheo."
Raphiel sighed and smiled at Gheo. He thought of him as a child who needed to be looked after, but would he be able to return to his path after becoming an immortal flower petal? He looked at Thareon because Thareon was the only one who knew Raphiel's deepest side. Thareon simply smiled at Raphiel, as if handing over all responsibility to him. Events remain events, and this is not a path with an end.
"I will try my best."
He was sincere. He knew what he would sacrifice, and this time, for the sake of the Creator, he just wanted everything to go smoothly and well. Whatever the outcome, he would enjoy everything and be willing to sacrifice if something very difficult happened.
The dark side would appear in every blessing in the world.
The stars shine brightly throughout the galaxy, but many planets are beginning to be abandoned due to Airuna, which is becoming increasingly loose. The more planets that are abandoned, the more they will suck each other in, turning into strange shapes that are no longer even planets. However, there is one human out there who is still exploring the galaxy, alone, and he is the one who controls everything.
"What should we do with them?"
"Send them to Lianevus."
The alchemists were shocked to hear that the children who passed the test would be sent to Lianevus, far from human civilization and even galaxies that would normally be destroyed by Airuna or adopted by Airuna to become a new Airuna to be stabilized. However, that method was too cruel.
"Lianevus? Are you sure it's Lianevus? But they're just children."
"Children have no void within them, and they are excluded, surely because of Airuna. I don't want them to be sent according to my orders."
"But... why?"
"Anyone who comes from the beginning will return to the same place, please process it."
The alchemist's cold words lacked empathy, with no further explanation as to why, only wanting to throw everything related to the divine at them, even if they were just children. But they were not ordinary children in this world.