Start of the Day – Cracks No One Sees
The artificial sky of the Temporal Academy glowed with its usual false light.
Children ran through the halls.
Classes were about to begin.
But Kael couldn't focus.
As he walked toward his classroom, he saw something strange:
A temporal crack , the size of a coin, forming on the wall.
It lasted only a second.
But inside it…
"He saw bodies.
He saw blood.
He saw a version of himself… without a face."
He stopped.
His heart pounded like he had seen something forbidden.
— What was that? he whispered.
Mira , walking beside him, looked at him with concern.
— Again… right?
He nodded slowly.
— No one else saw it, Mira said.
— Because no one else wants to see it, Kael replied.
💬 Intimate Dialogues – The Weight of Remembering
During recess, Kael, Mira, Lira, and Jenno gathered in a quiet corner of the courtyard.
No one else followed.
Not even Arkan came close.
— This isn't normal, Jenno said, adjusting his glasses.
— The cracks are back.
— Back? Kael asked.
— Have you seen them before?
— Only once, Jenno admitted.
— But it made me feel like I was losing my mind.
Lira, unusually silent, played with a black bracelet that had appeared on her wrist that morning.
She didn't remember ever wearing it.
And she couldn't take it off.
— What if this isn't real? she murmured.
— What if we're living something that already ended?
Mira looked at her in surprise.
— What do you mean?
— I feel like all of this already happened.
— That this world… is fake.
Kael clenched his fists.
— Then why won't it disappear?
— Because you don't want it to, Mira said coldly.
— You're holding onto this life like it's the only one you have left.
— Shouldn't I? Kael asked seriously.
— Not if you know it's going to collapse, Mira replied.
🌫️ Cracks in the School – What No One Wants to See
During Temporal Training , a crack appeared in front of Professor Sable's desk.
Small.
Hardly visible.
But every D-Class child felt something.
Cold.
Darkness.
A shiver in their soul.
Ryn was the first to react.
— Something's wrong, he murmured, clutching his head.
— I saw it… before it happened.
— I'm repeating it.
— I'm stuck.
Arkan watched from across the room.
— You see it too? Mira asked Kael.
Kael nodded.
— Every day.
— Every hour.
— Every minute.
— And no one does anything.
— Because no one remembers after they see it, Lyra said, her gray eyes distant.
— The system erases what it doesn't want us to know.
💥 Intense Dialogue – Kael vs Mira
— You should stop looking for answers, Mira told him in private after class.
— How can you say that? Kael asked, surprised.
— You see them too.
— You remember things you shouldn't.
— That's exactly the problem, Mira replied, lowering her gaze.
— I'm starting to remember too much.
— And that's bad?
— It's dangerous, she said.
— Because every memory that returns… breaks something more in me.
Kael swallowed hard.
— Then why don't you stop remembering?
— Because I can't, Mira admitted.
— And because I know you don't really want to forget either.
There was a long silence.
Finally, Mira looked him straight in the eye.
— Do you know what the real risk is of moving forward?
— What?
— That there may be no way back.
— That if you keep searching, you'll find something worse than the truth.
— Worse than this?
— Worse than you.
Internal Moment – The Crack in the Team
Kael couldn't stop thinking about Mira's words.
So that night, he stayed awake, trying to understand what he was seeing.
He opened his school backpack.
Pulled out an old notebook he didn't remember putting there.
On the first page, it read:
"If you're reading this, I failed."
"If you understand it, I'm no longer human."
"Find Aria."
"She knows who I really am."
Kael slammed the notebook shut.
He couldn't breathe properly.
Something inside him trembled.
"System: Partial connection restored."
"Memory blocked: 'Final conversation with Aria'"
— Why can't I remember?
🔍 Discoveries – The System Is Returning
Kael was called in for a special evaluation.
Alone.
Just him.
Just Professor Sable.
There, they showed him an old video of children training.
One of them… was him.
— When was this? Kael asked, confused.
— Three days ago, Sable answered.
— But you weren't there.
— What do you mean I wasn't there?
— Because it wasn't you.
— It was a copy.
— A temporal reflection.
Kael stepped back.
— A reflection… of me?
— Time Markers don't just fight the Void, Sable said seriously.
— We also fight ourselves.
Emotional Conflicts – Identity Crisis
During the week, the cracks increased.
One appeared during lunch.
Another in the library.
A third in the bathroom, where Lyra nearly fell into it.
But the adults ignored them.
As if the system had erased their memories.
Only the D-Class children could see them.
And only Mira seemed to understand them.
One night, she told Kael:
— This isn't a school.
— It's a prison.
— They keep us here so we don't remember who we were.
Kael stared at her.
— And who do you think we were?
— I don't know, Mira whispered.
— But I'm afraid to find out.
⏳ Temporal Vision – Mira and the Broken World
Mira had another vision.
This time, it wasn't a future.
It was a past.
A place where they'd all been together.
But not as children.
They were adults.
Injured.
Desperate.
And Kael… wasn't the same.
He saw threads.
He carried a dagger.
And a scar on his arm—
The very one he now had.
She woke up screaming.
Tears in her eyes.
One word burned in her mind.
"Silence."
She ran to Kael, grabbed his arm, and stared into his eyes.
— You're not this child.
— You're someone who shouldn't be here anymore.
— What are you talking about?
— About you.
— About us.
— About how we died.
— Don't say that!
— I saw you kill us! Mira shouted.
— I saw you use the dagger… and take us all with you!
Moment of Confusion – Who Am I Really?
Kael tried to talk to Aria about what Mira had said.
But when he got home, she was gone.
All he found was a note:
"Stop asking questions.
Stop searching.
Stop remembering."
Kael stood alone.
He looked into the mirror.
And saw something behind him.
A figure.
Blonde.
In a white lab coat.
Calling his name.
"Kael… Trust me!"
But when he turned around…
There was no one there.
🔎 Discoveries – The Void Begins to Emerge
During a temporal simulation, Kael's team was transported to a virtual battlefield.
It was part of training.
But something went wrong.
The simulation broke.
A crack formed in the middle of the exercise.
And something came out.
A boy.
Identical to Ryn.
But with empty eyes.
With translucent skin.
With a hollow voice.
— You can't run anymore, it whispered.
— He opened the door again.
Kael stared in horror.
— Who are you?
— What you will become, the creature answered.
— If you keep remembering.
And then it vanished.
As if it had never existed.
But the crack… remained.
Secondary Character Relationships – Collective Crisis
🔹 With Jenno:
Jenno approached Kael with a torn page from an old book.
It read:
"D-Class children aren't chosen.
They're marked.
They fall first."
— What does this mean?
— It means we're not new.
— We're recycled.
🔹 With Lyra:
Lyra began using her power to freeze time.
But one time, she used it… and got trapped in a mental loop.
— I saw you, she told Kael.
— In another world.
— With a dagger.
— With white eyes.
— With a broken promise.
— What promise?
— Yours… with Aria.
Final Fragment – The Crack That Opens Beyond Childhood
At the end of the chapter, Kael meets Arkan on the rooftop of the school.
From there, they look out over the artificial horizon.
And a small crack moves between the clouds.
— You see it too? Arkan asks.
Kael nods.
— It shouldn't be there.
— And you? Arkan replies.
— Should you be here?
Silence.
— What am I?
— A walking mistake, Arkan says.
— Like me.
— But more dangerous.
— Why?
— Because you don't just see the end.
— You started it.
Kael swallows hard.
He has no answer.
Because he can't remember.
The Silence Calls
That night, Kael dreams.
He sees Mira.
Not as a girl.
As an adult.
Injured.
Bleeding.
Protecting him.
"Kael…"
"You can't keep doing this."
"You can't keep remembering."
"Because time is killing you for it."
The vision breaks.
Kael wakes up sweating.
Mira stands beside him.
She doesn't speak.
She only shows him one thing:
"Existential Fragmentation: 34%"
"Memory deleted: 'Final Promise with Kael'"
She cries silently.
Because she no longer knows whether she's protecting a hero…
Or the reason the world is breaking again