chapter 6: The blind descendant

Around him was million of stars that sparkled brightly and most beautifully. Some seemed close and some were a little further away. But there was one that was closer than all others.

It was the very star that brought light for him to see. It was a star that seemed very simillar to the one on earth.

It was a sun.

Below this sun, was a planet. weirdly enough, the earth did not circle the sun, but it was the sun orbiting the planet instead. Zenn was not sure if it's size, but even the sun looked small compare to thos planet. it could be that the sun was just small or the planet was big. A liitle bit closer to the planet than the sun two beautiful moons orbit this planet. The two moons vastly differed in size, yet they both still orbit the planet harmoniously and beautifully.

But although Zenn found these to be very interesting, he was not fixated at any of these. He was instead looking at the man in front of him.

The man had had black skin and a silvery white hair. He looked like he was at least 20 years or older. Weirdly enough, he was not wearing any clothes. But his naked figure did not seem evoke repulsion in Zenn's eyes, it was instead pleasing to the eyes. Maybe it was due to the little stars that could be visible on his body.

"Hello"

Zenn looked at the floating figure before him and he couldnt help but ask the two main questions.

"Who are you, where am I?"

"I am Zeno. And this is my... home"

"Why am i here?"

"Oh... aren't you going to give me your own name first?"

"Sorry, I am Zenn, Zenn Orivale."

When Zeno heard his answer, he couldn't help but sigh. But he shrugged it off and smiled at Zenn.

"Well Zenn, you have been chosen."

"Chosen for what?"

"To be a guardian."

"Of what?"

Zeno turned silent, and witha melancholic tone he said, "Something i should have never made."

"And what is that?"

"A world."

"..."

Zenn stood speechless for a second.

"Who are you?"

"I am Zeno." The man paused for a second with a smile.

"And you created a world?"

"Yes." The man watched Zenn's expression, but was disappointed to see that he did not look much surprised.

"Are you god?"

"No, i am your ancestor."

Zenn was confused. Anybody who was eligible to be called his ancestor was currently sleeping peacefully in his or her grave.

"How are you alive then?"

"I'm not. This is only an after image i have left over long ago. I'm guessing the real me died millions of years ago by now."

"Millions of yeas ago?"

"Yes, it is hard to guess since i have been here for a very long time."

"Why did you choose me?"

"I didn't. The world did."

"Its alive?"

"Yes... "

The man then floated towards Zenn, he looked at him with a contemplating look.

"How many of you are there now?"

"Of what?"

"Of my children. Although the world was not perfect i do believe your kind would have thrived without a problem."

"Do you mean humans?"

"Is that what you call yourself now? Then yes i mean humans, my children."

Zenn was slightly stunned by that. This man was clearly emplying that he was the ancestor of all humans after all.

"About three billion."

"Wow you guys grow fast... so among three billion of my descendants, this world chose you. Why?"

"I don't know. Didn't you create It?"

"But i do not control it."

Zeno looked at Zenn closely. He floated around Zenn and checked him from all sides. It was then that zenn noticed that he was currently naked. Startled, zenn did his best to cover up his body.

"What are you doing?"

"I'm just curious, among the three billion you spoke off, what makes you special?"

"Like i said, i don't know. And stop looking at me so much, its creeping me out."

"Why are you so calm?"

"What do you mean?"

"Everything that happened ever since you entered this world was mind changing. Many would have had a hard time taking in what was happening, yet you are so calm. It's almost as if you were expecting all of this to happen. Why?"

Zenn paused for a second as if contemplating.

"It's not that i am not suprised. It's just that i prefer to not show it. All my emotions, anger, happiness, sadness or even surprise, i always try keep them hidden from sight. It's something i call, 'ice mask'."

"Why though, isnt life more beautiful the more you explore it emotionally? When you lock these emotions away, isn't it the same as closing your eyes and not wishing to see the world?"

"If all you can see of the world is aonly ugliness, would you wish to continue seeing?"

"Child beauty is in the eue of the beholder. It is not that it is not there, its just that you fail to see it."

"Its not that i don't see it, its just, i prefer to be blind that slowly watch that beauty wither away before my eyes. The world is cruel, the more yous truggle against the tide, the more it hurts when you fall."

At that point, Zeno had nothing to say. He understood the boy's thoughs and even relates to a certain point.

"Cruel huh?" Zeno sighed. "I guess every civilisation will turn out like that at some point. But you are interesting though. Maybe that was why the world chose you."

"Yeah, about that, can i reject?"

"What? Why?"

"Well, i still have a family back on on earth, and I would rather not leave them."

"Is that what you are worried about? There is no need to worry. As long as you, do things right, you will be able to get back any time you want. And no, you can't reject it."

"How can i get back then."

"There are privileges of being the guardina of this world you know. As you are, i doubt there is much you can do for this world. But don't worry, the world will give you control of three aspects of this world."

"What is that?"

"Time, space and reality."

When the man said so, Zenn's 'ice mask' almost melted.

Zenn as an avid reader of novels, how could he not know these there terms? In novels, he has seen people rewind, reverse and foward time as if time was a toy in their hands. When it comes to space, he has seen people teleport from one place to another with just a wave of a hands. When it come to reality, he has seen people who can change what was real and what was not. All these were fantasies in his mind and millions of others back on earth.

Now this man told him he will have control over these powers. How could Zenn keep himself calm in this case?

Zenn exhaled slowly. He calmed his already exited heart and looked at the man calmly.

"Explain..."

"This world is very special, it is something that i created with my very hands. What makes it special though, is its ability to let it's guardian wield the three rules of existence. Time travel, teleportation, reality bending, all the things you can imagine, you can do them all and so much more."

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