Tatsuya slowly opened his eyes; the first thing that came into his sight was Miyuki's smiling face, "Miyuki?"
"Goodmorning, Onii-sama." Miyuki looked down towards his face with a smile. She brushed his hair with his head on her thighs.
Tatsuya's eyes wandered around the white world, "I am sorry for causing all the trouble." He was trying to figure out what had happened here.
Miyuki's hand caressed his cheek, "will you tell me? How did that happen? what was that?"
Tatsuya let out a breath, "I don't know."
Miyuki's hand stopped; she knew he was lying, "Onii-sama..." She really wanted to get angry now.
"You really should tell her, this time without her, you would be in a much worse situation."
Both of them glanced towards their left, "it's you..." Tatsuya spoke.
The grey one was sitting beside them with his legs crossed and his hand supporting his face.
Tatsuya smiled lightly, "shouldn't you be laughing maniacally or do something like that?"
Grey one looked away, "Come on! I was a kid back then. Kids do stupid things; you don't have to tease me."
"You really are..."
"Well, Miyuki knows, she will tell you anyway! Yes! It's what you think."
Miyuki looked at the grey one with a laughing expression, "where did you learn to do that?"
The grey one looked towards Miyuki, "since I am Tatsuya, of course, I can access the system. I read the files on hollows, but I got bored with it after one act."
Miyuki let out a chuckle, "I didn't think I will see Onii-sama act like that."
Tatsuya, who had been lying down on the floor, raised his hand, "So, I am fake."
"That is not a question..."
"That is not a question..."
Both of them spoke at the same time and stopped at the same time.
Both looked at each other, grey one curled his lips, "still testing?"
Tatsuya shook his head, "I was just a bit skeptical. How did this happen?"
"We are one and the same. I was born when you were infected." He got up and shrugged his shoulders, "But, because I didn't have to shoulder those negative emotions, I was like a newborn. Although I had these memories, they were only a guide. Basically, I am now the embodiment of what you would have been if you weren't burdened by that thing."
Tatsuya sighed, "You are too carefree to be me."
Greyone laughed, "more like, I am more human to be you."
"Too human...to be me."
Miyuki looked at Tatsuya, "can't you destroy it by using decomposition?"
Greyone looked sad, "Miyuki that hurts!"
"Not you! I meant that thing,"
Tatsuya closed his eyes, "I can."
Greyone appeared behind Miyuki. He put his hand on her shoulders and bent forward to look at her, "He can, but that would mean destroying his emotions again. Trust me Miyuki, he never tells you the complete truth!"
Miyuki looked up in a daze, a blush climbed on her face as she muttered, "two Onii-sama..."
Greyone had a big smile on his face; he bent down beside Miyuki and started whispering something in her ears. Tatsuya sighed when he saw Miyuki's face becoming redder and redder. He slightly raised his palm to point his finger towards him, "Sho!"
A small amount of energy thrust greyone back a few meters. Miyuki was startled by the sudden change. She looked down towards Tatsuya then looked away, blushing even more.
Greyone patted his chest as if sweeping away the dust, "don't tell me you were jealous."
"Don't be stupid..." Tatsuya sighed, "we are one and the same...soon we would become one again."
Greyone scoffed, "not exactly; I don't understand why you do something." He knelt behind Miyuki and hugged her from behind, "Like, why won't you sleep with Miyuki. I have been waiting for it for so long. If you don't think you can hold back, then give me the control of the body."
Tatsuya raised his body and stroked Miyuki's head, "that is because you are a kid...don't give her any ideas. She already has a hard time."
Miyuki's eyes were tight shut; she didn't dare to breathe. She was too embarrassed to speak.
Greyone curled his lips into a smile and whispered in Miyuki's ears, "Come one...Miyuki...tell the old man, you are ready."
Tatsuya telekinetically pulled Miyuki into his arms, "don't do that. At the end of the Miyuki would be frustrated one."
Greyone narrowed his eyes, "just give me the control of body then."
Tatsuya shook his head, "Don't throw a tantrum now...You will get polluted too; you might be the only chance if we want to remain sane."
Miyuki took unbridled short breaths, trying to catch her breath.
Greyone rubbed his hairs, "I haven't touched anyone in years. I think I might go insane before you do... There is no one here to even accompany me."
Miyuki turned her body around and took a deep breath as she leaned on Tatsuya, "Onii-sama..." She looked towards the greyone, blushing.
"I would like to wait till both of you are one again."
Greyone looked towards Miyuki in surprise and let out a calm smile, "Thank you, Miyuki."
Miyuki smiled back before looking up at Tatsuya, "I hope Onii-sama doesn't mind it too?"
Tatsuya shook his head, "thank you for being so patient."
Miyuki smiled happily, shaking her head.
"So, if you destroy that thing, you will lose your emotions. But if you become one again, won't your emotions be back to normal," Miyuki asked the two curiously. She regretted the moment she said that.
Greyone clapped his hand, "as expected of Miyuki, you know what goes in my head. But, we can't do it before the right time comes."
"Once I kill that thing, all my emotions will be gone, even the ones for you. An emotionless me would be a too risky thing." Tatsuya explained.
Greyone shrugged, "I think I might choose to control all living beings like puppets."
"Or maybe completely destroy it, and begin a new," Tatsuya said.
Miyuki still had a troubled look on her face, "isn't there a better way?"
"No, this might be the only one."
Miyuki looked towards Tatsuya hesitantly, "Onii-sama, this might be selfish of me. But, I don't want you to lose your feeling for me. Even if I know, it is only for a moment. I don't want to you forget the feelings that we felt in the moments we spent together.
She looked down in wonder, "I am sorry if I am being too selfish."
"I understand that, but there is no other way..."
"What is that thing, anyway?" Miyuki looked towards the Greyone.
Greyone's eyes met with Tatsuya's before looking towards Miyuki, "that thing is the price."
Miyuki tilted her head in confusion, "Price to what?"
"To go against time." Tatsuya's voice sounded in her ears.
Greyone explained to cleared Miyuki's confusion, "Space-time of this world has been sealed. Creating a past that never was, that thing was born the amalgamation of the negative emotions fused with the burden of a million years old timeline. Every time he created a new timeline, that thing increased in size. I appeared to warn him about it."
"You could have just said it,"
Greyone laughed, "I believe in myself, that I could figure out with a little hint. I wanted to have some fun, that place is too cramped."
"So, they are not just emotions?" Miyuki changed the topic before they started arguing again. Now it made sense to her, what had just happened.
"If the space-time wasn't sealed, I wouldn't have to take this burden. The timeline would mix with the whole space-time."
Miyuki looked towards Tatsuya, "can't you just slash Xiao Yu and erase the timeline?"
Greyone shook his head, "that timeline has affected the present one too deeply. Erasing it now might create a paradox; that burden might be much greater than now. Who knows what will it create." This burden was already too much.
Miyuki sulked, "Is there really no other way?"
Greyone shook his head, "I don't have, but maybe you could find it for us."
Miyuki was surprised as she looked at greyone, "I..."
Tatsuya held her hand, "that's ok, you don't have to worry about it. He is just teasing you."
Greyone let out an exasperated sighed, "You should stop treating her like a child. We weren't the only ones chosen to come here. Miyuki was too. She can take care of herself and us too if the time comes."
"I am not treating her like a child; I don't want to burden her with an unsolvable problem."
"That is treating someone like a child."
"Onii-sama, tell me, does the amalgamation is creating trouble for you even now?"
Tatsuya glanced at Miyuki, a bit surprised by her question, "Yes, but usually it is much heavier. It is almost docile and growing really slowly."
Greyone also opened his eyes in surprise, "it's growing slowly?" Usually, it recovered in moments. He disappeared and appeared after a few moments.
"It really is..." His eyes turned to Miyuki, "is this your doing?" She was the only person outside the equation.
"Come, Cocytus!" Miyuki nodded while calling Cocytus. A great fog-covered the white world, a titanic tree appeared covering the world with its immenseness.
Tatsuya looked at the titanic tree in front of him with surprise. It must be tens of miles in height. Different fruits were hanging on the leafless branches. At the center of its trunk was a diamond-shaped black crystal.
"You sealed time," Tatsuya understood the moment his eyes fell on the black crystal. No wonder it was regenerating slowly.
But soon, both he and greyone frowned.
Miyuki didn't understand what happened, "did I do something wrong?"
Greyone shook his head, "I was just thinking how sealing this time would affect Xiao Yu or other timelines that were created."
"But, since the space-time of this world is sealed and everything is mostly fine. It should be fine."
Miyuki let out a breath, "Onii-sama is Onii-sama; you should worry more about yourself."
Tatsuya changed the topic, "Cocytus has grown a lot, did your cultivation increase too?"
Usually, their original powers and powers gained from cultivation grew separately. But, Cocytus fed on this world; it must have affected Miyuki's cultivation in some way.
Miyuki had a sweet smile, "I have reached Peak of Heavenly Axis Realm. But that's because most of the energy is being used to seal that thing. Every time a bit of it is separated into two, some force will be freed, growing Cocytus and my cultivation."
"Separating?"
"Separating?"
"I didn't understand before, but it seems Cocytus wants the time those fruits up there are your emotions mixed with powers."
She waved her hand, a fruit broke free from Cocytus's branch and appeared in her hand, "Try eating it."