Location: A hidden chamber beneath Aerthalia Academy, isolated from external magic, accessible only through pure Voidstep.
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🌒 The Secret Calling
After Vernesia’s defeat and the southern Fractura’s stabilization, Angeline began sensing a strange resonance within her Voidstep—not a threat, but a soft calling from “an empty place she somehow knew.”
> “This isn’t an enemy…” she whispered.“It’s… something that’s been waiting.”
Following the feeling, she stepped into the ancient underground corridor. Its walls were etched with old protective runes—unrecognizable even to Real or the Headmaster.
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🏚️ The Shielded Room
At the end of the dark hallway… a small chamber bathed in soft bluish light.
And there stood a woman: dark blue-black hair, the same feline ears, and violet-silver eyes—just like Angeline’s.
> “You’ve grown… so much.”
Angeline froze. The world seemed to stop.
> “Mother?”“...Why are you alive?”“Why did you leave me?!”
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💔 A Tearful Reunion
Her mother stepped forward—slowly, without magical sound. Angeline raised her sword, trembling… then let it fall.
> “I’m sorry… I’ve been a shadow for too long. But I had to vanish, because the world would have killed you if they knew you were my daughter.”
> “Because I… was the first Gatekeeper of the Void.”
Her mother, Aelyn Ceu, was one of the dimensional guardians who once helped seal Fractura. She survived, but was bound by an oath: never to touch the surface world—unless a true Void Heir awakened.
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🕊️ The Truth About the Void
Aelyn revealed the deepest part of history:
The Void was never a curse—it was a dimensional balance mechanism, only accessible by chosen bloodlines.
Long ago, Lyssia and the world’s protectors sealed the Void because humanity had misused it—then formed "Concordia" to guard it.
But part of Concordia turned astray, seeking to reopen the breach for power—targeting the "Void Heir" as both key and weapon.
> “You’re not an heir of destruction, Angeline. You’re… the heir of choice. You can change the course of the Void itself.”
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🌌 Mother and Daughter’s Dialogue
> “I’m scared, Mom… What if I fail? Or die before it’s over?”
> “Then you die as someone who tried to save the world… and as my bravest daughter.”
> “But I want to live… with Real, with my friends…”
> “Then hold on, my love. Even if the world shatters, you are its rebirth.”
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🫂 The End of Their Meeting
They embraced. Tears fell—not out of sorrow, but from the miracle of a reunion that once felt impossible.
Aelyn could not leave the chamber. But she gifted Angeline a fragment of pure Void magic—powerful enough to enhance her Voidstep—only if she accepted it without hatred or the will to kill.
> “Bring light into the emptiness… and the emptiness will show you the way home.”
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