Death... and me

2747  I Wanna Help!

"You know the Universe Sentience?" Everyone asked Romario at the same time.

Romario nodded. "I've met it... once! It was even before I started my plan to sabotage the Spaceship. As I mentioned back when Rean and I met in the Floating Islands of Time, I already didn't like what the Lingan Universe and other similar powerful Universes were doing. But, if you were to ask me the real trigger of my plan, it has to be the Universe Sentience."

Roan narrowed his eyes as he looked at Sister Orb. "Didn't you say that your memories were sealed? How do you remember him? And since you do, why haven't you mentioned it before?"

"The Universe Sentience sealed its memories?" Romario was receiving one shock after another.

Sister Orb's gaze shifted to Roan, her voice tinged with a hint of mystery. [I don't recall him from my sealed memories. Yet, as we observed him more closely, a familiar energy stirred within me. It's not a memory, but more of a gut feeling. In the Floating Islands of Time, I wasn't able to perceive it because I was more worried about keeping you and Rean alive.]

Sister Orb then looked back at Romario. [But since I met you before, I thought I should show myself and check it. Sure enough, I didn't need to tell who I was, nor did I need to talk about the system or anything else. If he met me in the past, he definitely would recognize me.]

Romario looked at the Soul Gem Orb and then back at Rean and Roan's group. "Just... what is happening here?"

[First, can you tell me what happened between you and me? You see, my memories are sealed, so I have absolutely no idea about what I told you.] Sister Orb asked instead.

Romario looked at everyone as they paid attention to him. In the end, he nodded and began to explain. "This dates back to the time our Spaceship had just arrived in this Universe, that thing you called the Ruins of the Stars."

"You already know that I sabotaged it and got pretty much everyone to flee this Universe, with the exception of a few deaths here and there. Well, it would be an almost impossible task for me to sabotage something of that size on my own," Romario recollected the past. "That's when the Universe Sentience got me, bringing my body away from the Spaceship to meet it."

Those words reminded the twins' group about Kafan. He was also dragged by Sister Orb into a different space to which no one had access. "Doesn't it feel like Sister Orb was working on several fronts at the same time?" Kentucky asked on the side. "She gave Soul Gem the Control Orb, which is the Soul Gem Orb now. She gave Kafan the mission to get rid of the Chaos Origin Spear, and now we heard Sister Orb helped Romario with his sabotage of the Spaceship."

Rean nodded. "For someone who didn't seem to care much about her own future, she did seem a lot active back then, no?"

[Well, I can't speak for my past self, but I don't see the problem with it. Thanks to that, isn't everyone alive here today?]

"That's true," they had to admit she was right on that at least.

Romario continued. "I'm quite curious about what you just said, but I'll ask more later. The main barrier for me to succeed in my sabotage was, after all, a lack of options. It was the Universe Sentience... or Sister Orb? Anyway, it was her who helped me with that. One thing led to another; her support was absolutely pivotal, and I succeeded in stopping the Lingan Universe from stealing the Chaos Energy Source for good."

"So that's how it happened..." Rean spoke. "Then I guess it should be just right to talk about our side as well. Roan, are you okay with that?" The Soul Gem System was theirs, so both had to agree with it.

Roan closed his eyes for a moment. "The idiot orb already made its appearance, didn't it? What's the point in hiding the rest now?"

"True..." Rean smiled in response. After that, he turned to Romario. "Dad, I'm bringing you into our Dimensional Realm."

"Out of question!" Romario immediately refused. "Are you crazy? I'm a Peak Stage Divinity Realm Angel. If I enter your Pocket Dimensional Realm with my cultivation, I will break it apart. The difference in cultivation between us is still too big. You haven't even reached the spac-"

It was then that his words stopped. His Divine Sense checked the twins' cultivation, causing him to almost jump back. "What?! Peak Stage Space-Time Realm?! Impossible! How?!"

"That's why I told you I wanted to bring you to our Dimensional Realm... which is not a Pocket Dimensional Realm at all," Rean explained.

"But... won't it break? We are still a whole realm apart..." Romario had his doubts.

[Stop your bullshit and just don't fight the Spatial Pull. That is a Dimensional Realm built with the help of my past self. Cultivation holds no meaning there,] Sister Orb scolded Romario.

"A-Alright..." Romario could only accept in the end. Well, his wife's cold gaze, which definitely meant he should do everything Rean asked, left no room for refusal.

Rean and everyone else appeared far away from the Planet where they lived. Instead, they were closer to the Integration Pillar that the Soul Gem System created after the last Soul Gem Dimensional Realm upgrade.

"This..." Romario was speechless. How could he not recognize what he was seeing? The model he was creating himself was pretty much the same. "No, it is not only the same... your model... your model seems so much more complete than mine... How did you get this done?"

Even using Divine Sense, it still took over an hour to explain everything from the very start to Romario. The Soul Gem System, the Fragments, the Upgrades, Destiny Energy, and everything else. "Now, this is the state we find ourselves in."

Romario was silent for a moment. However...

"Hehe... Hahahaha!" He began to laugh out loud. "It is possible! It is definitely possible! So, I wasn't wrong with my approach! The Foundation Pillar can truly be fixed in this way." Right after, he patted Rean and Roan's shoulder. "I wanna help!"

And as always, any Golden Tickets and Stones are welcome. ;)