Tianqi stopped the time reversal, and the surrounding world returned to normal.
There was no need to see the rest; Ryn and Tianqi already understood what had happened.
After that, those two worlds disappeared. Dark Seele's remaining soul, due to the special nature of quantum bodies, returned to the safe Seele in this world.
But because the Stigmata Consciousness in the Stigmata Space was nearly destroyed, Seele's body's protective mechanisms went into overdrive, attempting to repair her Stigmata.
Seele also fell into an endless coma as most of her bodily functions were taken over by the operation of the Stigmata Space, until the Stigmata repaired itself or was perfected...
But... while the world allows a consciousness to match a new vessel, it does not allow a vessel to collect a shattered consciousness.
Those parts of Dark Seele's soul that were lost could not be re-condensed, no matter how miraculous the Stigmata was.
Ryn so wished that Seele's Stigmata was like his own, a power of the soul type...
Even in death, the soul would be confined within the Stigmata. The soul would not perish, and thus would never truly die.
Ryn's expression was a bit gloomy. He had just had a happy trip to the world of the Fire Moths, only to come back to such a big surprise.
Kiana and Sirin's whereabouts were unknown, their status uncertain. Seele was in a coma, and Dark Seele's soul was shattered...
Ryn pinched the bridge of his nose. He was really angry right now, and really wanted to go and kill that unknown entity...
But right now, he couldn't even observe 'Its' existence. Going there would be suicide.
And the more important thing wasn't revenge, but to save everything that could still be saved.
Ryn turned to look at Tianqi, his voice low as he asked:
"Tianqi, you're a soul body, so you definitely know more about souls than I do. You know the reason for Seele and the others' injuries now, is there any way to fix this?"
Tianqi nodded, thinking about the move that bastard made on Kiana and Seele, while explaining the solution she had come up with.
"Mm... I've thought of two simple and direct methods."
"What are they?"
"First. Since the soul is shattered and incomplete, then finding the missing soul fragments to complete Seele's composition will naturally fix it. However, given that that world has been destroyed and its location cannot be confirmed, and it's been too long, those shattered soul fragments may have already returned to the cycle of reincarnation... so the success rate of this method is very, very small."
"The other one... is relatively simple. But..."
"But what? The cost is not an issue, as long as it can save them."
Tianqi turned her head and smiled at Ryn. "But this one is too simple! Didn't I just say it? If the soul is missing a piece, just patch it up, right?"
"You mean... ah, this..." Ryn hesitated, blinking at Tianqi.
But Tianqi just shrugged helplessly, then patted Ryn with a bit of schadenfreude.
"Although it's to save someone, Ryn, you can't escape the title of a lolicon~"
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If a soul is missing a part, you just have to supplement the missing part.
But what to use as a supplement... naturally, it could only be another soul.
Ryn didn't know exactly when or why his soul had directly crossed countless levels to achieve immortality.
Even Tianqi couldn't explain it, nor could she help him guide this power.
But even if he didn't know how to develop this power, he already knew some of its uses.
Creation from nothing, endless life, eternal cycle... and it was constantly growing and sublimating.
Because he didn't know how to guide and use this power, the source of Ryn's soul basically became food for Tianqi. As a spiritual body, Tianqi absolutely loved Ryn's soul. Not only could she eat it freely, but she could also constantly convert it into her own soul source.
Every time she ate him clean, it would bounce back, and the speed of regeneration would increase. From being easily emptied by Tianqi at the beginning, to the point where Tianqi could eat continuously but never finish it.
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After Tianqi left, Ryn held Seele and fell into troubled thought.
The wind blew gently, lifting Ryn's long hair in the sunset, making it dance in the air.
Seele was so adorable, so cute that everyone couldn't help but be good to her, to dote on her.
Ryn was one of them, but more than Seele's cute and beautiful face, he preferred her and her other self's personalities.
White Seele's gentleness yet strength. Even if she couldn't do something, she would never give up easily, doing everything she could to not disappoint others' expectations.
Dark Seele's tsundere nature and devotion. Even if her emotions were obvious, she would deny everything with a sharp tongue, only to stomp her foot in anger and frustration when people took her at her word.
She loved decisively, loved directly. Even if no one approved, even if no one thought it was worth it, she continued to give her all without asking for anything in return.
Two independent and interesting souls together formed the existence known as "Seele," and they loved and cherished each other.
So nothing should happen to them, and nothing could be allowed to happen to them.
Ryn was silent under the sunset for a long time. Finally, he captured the entire Bubble Universe with a black hole and brought Seele back to the small house he kept in his black hole world.
The tattered clothes slid off Seele's body, revealing her snow-white shoulders and her skin, which was as elastic as jelly and a tender, rosy white.
Ryn carried her to the bed and gently laid her down.
Her lips were a bit dry from being in a coma for so long... but they were very soft, like an unripe apple, crisp, sweet, and delicious.
Ryn's and Seele's bodies pressed together. Through physical contact, he began to fill Seele's body with the source of his soul, to complete the missing parts of Dark Seele.
Seele and Dark Seele, who were utterly drained, like drought-stricken souls meeting a long-awaited spring rain, began to frantically absorb Ryn's soul, starting to complete their own existences.
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(Writing more probably wouldn't get past the censors, use your imagination)
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"Mmm..."
The sky was just beginning to lighten when Seele, who was sleeping sweetly in Ryn's arms, suddenly coughed a few times.
Then Seele, her throat dry from a whole night of whimpering, was woken by the pain.
But after her consciousness cleared, it wasn't just her throat that hurt; her whole body ached so much she could barely open her eyes.
"You're awake... Seele..."
"Eh? E-eh, eh, eh! Brother Ryn?!"
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