A Few Seconds Later

  Still in That Same Long Corridor

  As that person finally reaches the end of the corridor and extends a single hand forward, it seems to create a vibration that runs through the entirety of the door before them— a door conceived to protect those who stand behind it.

  The door begins to tremble and, simultaneously, starts to crack. From its fractures, a white and black smoke begins to spill outward, dissipating little by little.

  Through the fissures, one can glimpse arms entirely black and others completely white—arms that seem to possess a viscous texture, yet also the solid strength of bone.

  These arms attempt to thrust forward rapidly, cutting through the air like roots desperate for water, reaching toward the person who keeps their hand extended in an attempt to open the door.

  However, each arm instantly dissolves out of existence the moment it is enveloped by white and black flames burning together.

  [Person – Serene & Neutral Voice] Silence, fragments of existence... [Takes a Deep Breath] —

  Before the door can react, it transforms instantly into an ordinary door before that person. With a single movement of their fingers, they do not open the door— they make it explode into pieces, sending every part of what was once a majestic and imposing door flying across the space.

  They then continue walking forward. The person notices the fragments of the door now floating like translucent shards of glass. As they walk, one of their hands gently moves these fragments aside, keeping them suspended in the air.

  A beautiful and long table reveals itself ahead. At the far end of it, a boy with short white hair sits on a majestic chair, looking in their direction with a serious yet respectful expression.

  His face shows no sign of subservience toward their presence. Behind the boy stands his younger sister, hugging him affectionately from behind, smiling with cheerful playfulness in the presence of the being before them.

  The young girl's hair is long and white, swaying softly in the air as if responding to an invisible force gradually emanating from her body.

  After a single blink from the girl, her once beautiful eyes turn entirely— one pure white, the other pitch black— devoid of any shine or reflection on their surface.

  The joyful expression on her face reveals that, in truth, all those emotions and feelings she appears to show are completely hollow, just like the smile on her lips when she says:

  [Playful & Respectful Voice] ...Welcome— or maybe "well met"? I always forget you don't have a specific gender. [Ironic & Cheerful Sigh] —

  [Playful & Respectful Voice] But it seems we finally meet again after so many "cycles." How's the "void"? Still an endlessly boring infinity? [Soft, Subtly Ironic Laugh] —

  After her comment, you realize you are standing before the table— with no chairs around except the one where the boy is seated.

  With a single snap of his fingers, he reconstructs the door you passed through, as if reversing time itself, restoring every fragment of its existence that had previously been shattered.

  [Person – Serene & Neutral Voice] ...You should teach your "guards" a bit more respect, especially when someone of higher importance than your "superiors" stands before them. [Deep Breath] —

  The girl, who had before worn a distinctly na?ve and innocent expression, quickly replaced it with a look of absolute boredom. Her eyes, now empty of any emotion, made her disillusionment plain.

  [Girl — Playful & Respectful Voice] Finally, after countless, countless cycles, we meet face to face. [Sigh — ironic and sadistic] —

  [Girl — Playful & Respectful Voice] Unfortunately, I didn't have enough time with my little brother to do anything befitting your status and etiquette. [Sigh — ironic and mocking] —

  [Girl — Playful & Respectful Voice] In truth, even if I tried, nothing could compare to your "empty" and, at the same time, insignificant existence, right? [A small sarcastic laugh] —

  The person before her clearly perceived the true persona hiding behind the "shell" that was the young girl.

  Now they saw the nauseating arrogance the young girl embodied, arousing in them a profound contempt for her mere existence and purpose.

  [Person — Serene & Neutral Voice] I am not here to interfere with your "pathetic plans." I am here only to give you one final warning. [Deep sigh] —

  [Girl — Cheerfully Empty Voice] Do not belittle our plans like that. Show a little respect for those who also possess and control what you call "emptiness." [Ironic sigh]

  [Person — Serene & Neutral Voice] ...Continuing, if the two of you persist in your attempts to obstruct the realization of the "Unitatem" again, you will deeply regret it, just as many before you tried and had their existences shattered. —

  The girl, upon hearing this, displayed a joyful, genuinely amused smile, which was strange because it conveyed neither anger nor hatred.

  The young girl replied to the person in a lively, playful tone, projecting a superiority that, to the person before her, felt extremely nauseating:

  — [Playful & Cheerful Laughter] Did we make you feel anything? Or is that just my imagination? Weren't you the mighty "Infinite Abyss," the "messenger" of the great Unitatem? —

  Before the young girl could continue speaking, her brother interrupted her with a more serious, cold tone in his words and reaction, keeping a faint smile on his face and eyes that conveyed only emptiness.

  [Boy — Serene & Calm Voice] ...Little sister, you'd better stop provoking our guest. We don't want him or her to get "irritated." With something like the two of us, which in your eyes is so "inferior" to your existence—so unique and, at the same time, irritating... [Tedious & Deep sigh] —

  The figure remained silent, observing the surroundings. Gradually, on its face—which at first had no form—more "human" features began to form. Its dense, smoky shape slowly transformed, cell by cell, layer by layer, as skin took shape over its body.

  However, even after this metamorphosis, something still felt strange in its new organic body, similar to that of the Begeneri siblings. The person's eyes were completely different from the eyes of the two siblings standing before them.

  While the siblings' eyes were formed by a dense smoke that resembled an ocean of two colors—white and black—that never mixed, the person's eyes were different.

  [Person – Serene & Neutral Voice] Once arrogant, apparently you two shall remain that way for all eternity. You are doomed to perish before the arrival of Unitatem. [Deep Sigh] -

  [Person – Serene & Neutral Voice] The time has not yet come, but when it does, I will personally be present so that every atom that forms your existence may be consumed by the infinite void in its full extent. [Deep Sigh] -

  With a contagious joy, the boy carved a wide smile across his lips, revealing the excitement that simmered within his expression—eager for the moment drawing near. With an ironic and clever touch, he responded to the person.

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  [Boy – Serene & Calm Voice] ...I could say the same thing to you, our guest! Don't you agree with me, little sister? [Soft Mocking Laugh] -

  He glanced at his little sister before embracing her, stepping gently back while maintaining a sadistic, delighted expression on his face—a smile that carried a hollow innocence.

  [Girl – Cheerfully Empty Voice] ...Yes, big brother. Everything has an end, even the two of us, but it seems that your oh-so-"relevant" existence is no exception, is it? Infinite Abyss... [Sarcastic Sigh] -

  The person, now in their organic form, fixed their eyes on the young girl's eyes, creating a connection that seemed to affect the entire surrounding environment—making it ripple like water in its reflection throughout the room.

  [Person – Serene & Neutral Voice] ...I promise you I will return here—not to attempt debate again, but to erase this place and your entire race. [Deep Sigh] -

  [Person – Serene & Neutral Voice] Just like every existing Oculi, due to your arrogance and childish nature, you seek to control a destiny that does not belong to you. Do you understand? [Deep Sigh] -

  The young girl seemed even more excited upon hearing this and began to float gently above her brother, landing on the table.

  Her beautiful white dress with black edges fluttered around her, revealing an invisible force emanating from her—like an intense flame burning within.

  [Girl – Cheerful & Playful Voice] Is that a threat, Infinite Abyss? It seems we've irritated someone who claims to be the very "Infinite Abyss," incapable of feeling emotions or sentiments. [Soft Joyful Laugh] -

  [Girl – Cheerful & Playful Voice] What an interesting paradox to witness before our eyes, isn't it, little brother? [Soft Joyful Laugh] -

  He watches from behind her, still seated and smiling at the vision unfolding before him. While his younger sister remains above the table, his hands—once clenched—now open.

  The environment around her visibly distorts in its contours, gaining a slight negative tone to its colors.

  [Person – Serene & Neutral Voice] There is no point in trying to converse with the two of you. I don't even know why I still try... An essence with such a childish and disgusting purpose should have its existence subdued by Unitatem when the moment comes—and I know it will come. -

  The boy, confronted with that sentence, feels a faint sensation that makes him visualize, within his own mind, glimpses of different realities.

  In one of them, his sister is standing joyfully in front of him, smiling and calling out to him.

  And in the next blink of an eye, she is brutally disintegrated, layer by layer of her very existence, until nothing remains but her empty physical body—organic matter that collapses onto the table, engulfed by white flames.

  [(Boy — Trembling And Incredulous Mental Whisper) No... I won't allow that...]

  He then returns to reality, feeling a slight shiver after witnessing those terrifying visions of his only fear across his entire existence.

  His gaze shifts instantly as he begins to feel something he had not sensed again for countless cycles—nothing less than a partial existential resonance. In mere milliseconds, the boy recognized what was happening.

  His sister was beside him, observing, when before their eyes, the reality of the room they were in began to change. It seemed as though everything around them was rapidly darkening.

  Location: Infinite Void

  Somewhere Between All Places

  Before them, the two Begeneri siblings floated in the void. The space ahead presented itself in an almost abstract manner, filled with several unusual structures.

  Now it was occupied by what looked like a colossal rift opening in front of the two Begeneri. The siblings could observe everything before them.

  Their garments trembled gently in the winds that blew from the void, pulling them away from their previous perspective. In the present moment they perceived the size of the rift that had just formed.

  It was impressive, and to perceive it in its fullness the Begeneri siblings seemed to have reduced themselves to mere "particles" trying to encompass an entire universe. It was the same rift Keain had seen before, but now it stood open before them.

  Not only mentally, but in all its grandeur. The boy and his sister, still smiling, felt their existences burning from the inside out, in a bearable way, as they watched the rift slowly open.

  A pulse emanated from them, evaporating the existence of the entire abstract place around them as they floated and witnessed that moment.

  After the pulse, the place became completely empty—an infinite emptiness in its totality. Now, only the rift and the Begeneri siblings floated there.

  [Young Girl — Angry & Confident Voice] ...We are the Begeneri; whatever you dominate, we can also dominate. Therefore, this display of power is pathetic... —

  From the colossal rift before them, a single eye opened—entirely white—revealing within it another eye, entirely black.

  Faced with this sight, the Begeneri siblings felt their bodies tremble and their invisible forces strain to keep their existences intact, despite the gradual burning that threatened them.

  [Young Girl — Cheerful & Serene Voice] Do you really think we will feel fear after your so-empty threat, infinite abyss? [A Single Sarcastic & Painful Laugh] —

  [Young Girl — Cheerful & Serene Voice] After so many cycles spent beside the Oculi, studying the Unitatem and its ways of obtaining definitive balance and definitive imbalance, we will soon have what is necessary to prevent the Unitatem from occurring for the first time. [A Single Playful Laugh] —

  A confident smile briefly hovered on the trembling lips of both siblings as their bodies seemed to fragment slightly into particles and forcefully move backward through time by their own will, using the invisible force that emanated from their bodies to accomplish this.

  They demonstrated an overwhelming will, keeping their gazes fixed on the being before them, who watched them with concentration. With a single opening and closing of the colossal rift before the Begeneri siblings, something unimaginable revealed itself.

  In place of the single eye, inside the colossal rift, there was now a single mouth without teeth, but behind its lips something surreal existed. To the Begeneri siblings, it was as if they were looking into an entire universe that gleamed faintly.

  It seemed to extinguish and rebuild itself continuously in a few instants, changing color with each passing second. And then, from the lips of that open colossal rift, a voice echoed. Immediately, the boy perceived that his mind was being gradually overloaded, causing a subtle, internal collapse of his existence.

  [Feminine & Masculine Voice] — [Calm & Neutral Tone] ...You, young Begeneri girl, are a rather arrogant and childish existence, and your older brother is a very unpleasant young man, hiding his emotions and feelings beneath that false neutral expression. —

  At the same time, he watched his little sister smile, with multiple fissures opening across her being—almost nothing left of her organic body after parts of it had been consumed by white flames that burned layer by layer through her skin.

  [Young Girl — Cheerfully Empty Voice] ...You are nothing but a tool of a "god" who longs for the definitive balance and imbalance in all existences that exist, and even those that have not yet been created!!! [A Sadistic & Amused Laugh] —

  After uttering that confident sentence, the girl began to float ahead of her brother. She perceived, along with him, that the environment around them and the rift were transforming. They were now in a completely mirrored environment, showing multiple realities in the process of Unitatem.

  [Feminine & Masculine Voice] — [Calm & Neutral Tone] I do not understand this word and nomenclature called "God." —

  [Feminine & Masculine Voice] — [Calm & Neutral Tone] The Unitatem is something greater than all existences that have departed toward the "void" or that will still be created in all infinite realities. —

  Some of those realities are destroyed in a supernova and erased from existence, while others remain intact until the end of their existence after the Unitatem process concludes.

  As they observed several realities reflected in that mirrored environment—still untouched by the influence of the Unitatem—those realities remained intact in their definitive search for harmony or disharmony.

  [Feminine & Masculine Voice] — [Calm & Neutral Tone] The Unitatem has no will, desires, feelings, or emotions. Its sole purpose is the search for definitive harmony or disharmony of existence and its essences. —

  The girl, feeling her existence on the brink of collapse, kept her gaze raised, showing that despite the pain and the sensation of her wavering being, she remained confident.

  Her brother, just behind, tried to do the same, but perceived that his body was about to give out faster than his sister's before him.

  [Young Girl — Cheerfully Empty Voice] ...Say what you want; my brother and I will not give up trying to stop the Unitatem. —

  [Boy — Cheerfully Empty Voice] All existences, with or without purpose—even if insignificant—are relevant. —

  [Young Girl & Boy — Confident & Motivated Voice] We promise you, Infinite Abyss!!!! —

  A Few Millionths of a Second Later

  Inside That Same Room as Before

  The entire place around the Begeneri siblings suddenly darkened. When the light returned, both collapsed to their knees, bracing themselves against the floor to avoid falling completely.

  As they struggled to recover, they began coughing violently, expelling a black liquid from their mouths that also streamed from their eyes like tears.

  [Person – Serene & Neutral Voice] ...Your very purpose of existence is to try, again and again, to prevent the impossible. Even though I find your essences so despicable, I... must admit that you, Begeneri twins, are a complete mystery to me. [Deep Sigh] -

  The person revealed themself a few meters ahead of the two, their organic matter burning at a molecular level—layer after layer of skin—until nothing remained but a figure made of dense, black smoke.

  [Person – Serene & Neutral Voice] At the same time, you are not unique. We will meet again in the near future, somewhere between places. [Deep Sigh] -

  After their words echoed through the room, the person's body began to fragment, their very existence disintegrating.

  During the process, the boy lifted his gaze, tears of black still sliding down his face, a smile forming—one devoured by the desire to prove that his existence and his fate can only be shaped and controlled by himself.

  [Boy & Young Girl – Angry & Confident Voice] I swear I'll make the impossible become possible right before your eyes, you bastard! Infinite Abyss!! [Soft Laughter Consumed by Rage] -