Roy waved his hand,
Taiyi brushed past Wutong, who stood in a daze, and as he walked by, gave him a pat on the shoulder. Then, under the attentive gaze of the butler, he walked out of the door... wandering leisurely along the ancient castle's mottled corridors, savoring the joy of "life."
"Tap... tap..." The footsteps were neither fast nor slow...
He encountered the butler, smiled at him, met Mikai, and ruffled Mikai's dog head. He then ran into Illumi, who had just returned from a mission, and pulled him into a hug, patting his back softly, "You've worked hard."
The suitcase filled with money in Illumi's hand dropped with a "plop," scattering tens of thousands of bills, which blew in the wind like a "money rain"... In the dim light, the foolish Mamen Beans looked bewildered... One last glance, Taiyi walked away, a warm smile still on his lips, soon...
He arrived outside the small dimly lit room.
"Grandpa."
The newly born boy, wearing Roy's appearance, respectfully bowed towards the room.
An old man, who had just had dinner, was slumped in a rocking chair listening to cartoons, dozing off. When he heard the words, he grunted, turned over, and showed Taiyi a thin and dry back.
Taiyi smiled, straightened his back, and continued to stroll... Suddenly, he heard a voice in his ear..."Child, have you named?"
"I have, Taiyi, the 'Tai' of the sun, and the 'Yi' of the one and only."
"Hehehe... good... great name... now go, and remember not to disgrace your master's name when you're out and about."
"Rest assured, Grandpa," Taiyi paused, turned back calmly, "If the master is humiliated, I die, "
"Nonsense! You can't die!"
"Understood."
Taiyi took a deep breath, lifted his foot again, bid farewell to Maha, and exited the ancient castle's main gate. He followed the mountain path downhill and, passing by the garden, noticed... Silva supporting Killua for a post-dinner stroll in the garden. Taiyi paused and bowed to the two of them, calling out, "Dad... Mom..."
Silva, supporting Killua, was stunned, while the latter, with a bulging belly, his electronic eyes suddenly flashed a "?!". He stared at Taiyi in disbelief, "What did you call me?"
"Mom."
"Silva, something's wrong, the kid smiled at me... he must be sick!"
"He's not Roy..." Silva gently rubbed Killua's back, his gaze sharp like a blade, scrutinizing Taiyi from above. After a moment, his eyes passed over the youth and looked deep into the castle, "Roy, won't you come out and explain this?"
"Father, why ask when you already know the answer?" Taiyi's gentle eyes blinked for a moment, and he seemed to transform into someone else... someone like Silva, whose stare was filled with a sort of "stubbornness," calmly looking at Silva, "He is me and isn't me, just like father isn't the father in the dream, right?"
Silva:"..."
The tall figure suddenly stiffened,
Taiyi's eyes blinked again, resuming the gentle and faint smile, waved goodnight to the duo, lifted his foot, and headed down the mountain.
A gust of wind blew, bringing a hint of chill...
Killua clung to Silva, tucked herself into his embrace, "What's wrong, Silva?"
The man stood like a stone sculpture, stunned for a long, long time... finally giving a deep look in the direction Taiyi left and said, "Nothing."
"It's cold, let's go back inside, don't let the child catch cold."
"Alright..."
The couple left the garden and returned to their bedroom... Passing a corner, Silva suddenly glanced at a shadowy corner, where Illumi flashed by, watching Taiyi descend the mountain, exiting Silva's sight, heading toward Roy's bedroom.
"Dong~" The wooden grandfather clock in the corner struck eight....
Roy had just finished dinner and was hunched over his desk, with a cup of hot tea, pondering the "teachings," occasionally scribbling a few strokes on the blank paper spread in front of him. His ears perked up at the sound of a series of footsteps, raising his eyes to look outside the window.....
Illumi's entire body was pressed against the glass window, staring at him intently, "You're insincere."
Roy:"...."
Illumi:"Ignoring me, yet you want to hug me."
"That wasn't me."
"It was you."
"Not me!"
"It's you... it's you... it was you! It was your double!" Illumi lifted his chin, "Father said so!"
Roy:"...."
Illumi:"That was a doppelgänger manifested by your Nen ability, representing your true inner thoughts, so...."
The boy's mouth broke into an unprecedented smile, earnestly looking at Roy, "You have me in your heart."
Roy:"Come here."
The window opened, Illumi's heart skipped a beat, poking his head inside,
"Closer."
Illumi closed his eyes.
Then...
There was a "bang,"
The boy's head hurt, and his body soared, flying towards the night sky!
Roy's face darkened, shaking his fist, "Now, it's not me anymore!"
Unexpectedly, "Taiyi" had just hatched and was causing some trouble.
As Illumi said, the "doppelgänger" carried Roy's will, representing his innermost thoughts.
Therefore, through Roy's envisioned [Sun] expectations for "Taiyi," the hope was that he could be as warm and gentle towards those close to him as the "Sun," yet as harsh and ruthless towards enemies as the "darkness."
Because "Illumi" was his brother, "Taiyi," upon birth, naturally assumed the role of "warm and gentle,"
It's time to set some boundaries for him....
The night was hazy, the stars few and far between....
That night, after letting "Taiyi" have his fun outside, Roy called him back with a thought, teaching him "appropriate boundaries."
Later, he flipped open his palm, noticing the "curse" was replicated and appeared on his body too, counting down his life... Roy unsurprisingly sent him to sleep, waiting for the next day to head to Meteor Street to preach with Haseki Dorou.
Alone under the lamp, Roy twirled his pen in deep thought....
The gaze from [God] was evidently not something that could be resolved by splitting off one or two doubles, just like how [Nanika] didn't target the Zoldyck's [bloodline]... Taiyi using his own blood as a guide and Nen as a foundation was naturally marked by [God].
However, it's no big deal, Taiyi isn't him, and he's not Taiyi, to truly use Taiyi as a vessel to transfer his consciousness would be akin to killing Taiyi is to kill himself.
With thoughts racing,
In this alternately warm and chilly night.
Roy cleared his mind and decided to stop thinking.
He turned off the light and threw himself onto the soft big bed, relaxing his mind. Within moments, he was lost in dreamland.
"Hiss~" A faint snoring echoed... Taiyi, set by Roy to sleep in an empty room prepared by Wutong... Through "Deep Sleep," he traveled through the colorful dream tunnel, arriving at the familiar sea of cognition.
This time, unlike usual, he didn't push open the Demon's door to enter the Demon Slayer World first; instead...
His thoughts shifted, and he stepped into his "Unconscious Domain," altering his world through "dreams....
He began experimenting, recently obtained from Nightmare, with the second Blood Demon Art, after integrating it into his Nen ability, transforming and upgrading it—
[Door of Generalized Dreamland]
[Note: "Door of Generalized Dreamland" can randomly open a door through "dreams," pulling people into dreams. The target of the door has a certain randomness, not controlled by the host...]
So, it means...who the person is and where they come from, all depends on "generalized" randomness....
Roy's eyes flashed as he gently said, "Open the door."
"Crash~" Waves crashed against the rocks, shattering into water spray....
The ethereal mist merged into the "collective" unconscious sea, divided into two strands floating in different directions...