Philip abruptly opened his eyes and he found himself back inside Vanessa's Alchemical Room
He looked around and he saw Vanessa watching Tenshi as she hovered in the air. Tenshi has a different form from her usual transformations
Her entire body is blue-green in color and every corner and joints of her body are sharp and single terminated. Her body is like crystalline in structure with thick moss colored green lines stretching across inside her body from every corner of the crystals
Her eyes were glowing with mint green color as her nose and mouth are defined with the angles of the crystals. A crystalline halo above her head spins and a circular halo behind her back formed from the moss colored lines and created a web-like structure
When Tenshi returned first, she already completed her Timeline Angel form
The [Angelic Shotgun of Totality] also assumed the Timeline Catalyst and tuened into a pseudo-crystal gun full of crystal spikes and several crystal faces. A blue-green energy ball was generated at the core of the shotgun, close to the trigger
The shotgun now looked like a futuristic and alien rifle gun
"What is happening?"
Vanessa exclaimed after she's sensing a stange and powerful energy emanating from Tenshi. She also became confused after seeing a violet crest on Philip's forehead and the [Blood Horn] sticking out above his forehead
"She's just testing a transformation..."
"Really? I'm sensing a lot of controlled time swirling around her and by looking at her, it seems like she doesn't exist at all?"
"That's normal?"
"It's normal??"
"Yes, she'll be back"
"If you say so"
Tenshi's head then abruptly twitched in place as she began looking around erratically
'Hm? She doesn't seem to be herself...'
「 A third personality? 」
'It is?!'
「 Not sure yet... 」
Just then, Tenshi's crystalline arms turned black and void. The blackness quickly crawled and flowed throughout her entire body. Her entire eyes became white
Amatsuka completely came out with the Void Angel form and denied the Timeline Angel form. The white-gold ring on her ring finger also turned black-gold
"Philip, never allow Tenshi to transform into her Timeline Angel form. Our meeting is short lived since I need to rest and sleep... Till our next meeting! I love you!"
"..."
"..."
Amatsuka immediately cancelled the Void Angel form and Tenshi returned back to her normal form. The shotgun also returned back to normal
Vanessa veered her eyesight towards Philip with eyes full of judgement and curiosity
"What happened? It feels a lot has happened in a fraction of a second. Why did she say I love you? Timeline Angel form? Those rings and that shotgun looks bizarre and important"
"Uhm..."
Philip didn't get to reply to Vanessa as he slightly covered his mouth from embarrassment after another girl said I love you to him
This just shows that Philip sees Amatsuka as a different person from Tenshi. As Amatsuka begins to fall asleep within Tenshi's subconsciousness, she read Philip's thoughts and she felt incredibly happy
"It's a long story..."
Philip tried to avoid the topic
"I'm curious..."
Vanessa tried to pry further since her first kiss was basically from Philip
"Ehhh... I guess we'll announce it in the near future?"
"Announce?? Did something happen between the two of you? Granted that both of you seemed too close like you're lovers, but that doesn't need an announcement, does it?"
"..."
Philip turned his head away from Vanessa as his mouth curled from embarrassment
"Wait, no way?!"
Without too much information, Vanessa already knew what was happening due to her Perfect Mentality state for [Ars Magna]
"I see..."
Vanessa smirked and place her right knuckle on her lips with her slender fingers extending from a half closed palm
At this moment, Tenshi came to her senses and she slowly hovered down on the floor. She finally consolidated all the catalysts that she absorbed in the Alchemical Room
"Ah, we're back?"
"Yes, we are"
Tenshi smiled warmly and Philip smiled back. Tenshi tried to hide the ring on her left ring finger with her slender right fingers fr Vanessa
Of course, Vanessa didn't miss this as she already saw Philip's ring
"..."
Vanessa's mouth went agape and she looked at both of them with eyes full of envy and jealousy. She's almost 30 and she still doesn't have a love life, that's why she's feeling bitter from seeing both of them
She had an interest on Philip after that one night she invaded his room, but she refrained herself from pursuing him due to the age difference and her own personal problems
Now that her mentality is basically fixed, she's regretting not going for Philip. She's interested in pursuing him right now, if not only for Tenshi
She would also take true love and affection into consideration after figuring out that Philip looks for those aspects
"I'm sorry about that... Do we have something to do befote we head out?"
Philip asked Vanessa as he wanted to leave and move on to his next task. It's already been a long day for him, or rather, time. The [Blood Horn] has already receded and the [Disaster Crest] dissipated
"What do you mean? You act like you've been gone for a long time? Well, there's nothing more to do here after Tenshi absorbs all the catalyst around this room... Thank you for not destroying any of my materials and specimens though"
"No problem! Also, don't forget about the Magic Homunculus!"
"Y-yes!! I won't definitely forget it!"
Vanessa was about to confront Philip for dodging the topic at hand, but she immediately got distracted by his task to her
"Alright then, we gotta get going!"
"I'll be looking forward to the reward!"
Vanessa shouted as Philip grabbed Tenshi's hand and they skipped towards the secret door and out of Vanessa's bedroom into the hallway. They didn't forget to lock her door
After a while, Vanessa's expression changed from being obsessed with knowledge to a calm and confident demeanor
"Heh, I know that you won't be giving me a part of your memory as a reward... Though, I will still do your request since I'm curious and intrigued about this arts... Thank you for unlocking Ars Magna for me also..."
Vanessa walked over towards a shelf and twisted a bottle deep into the crevice. The shelf moved and smoke puffed from its edges. The shelf then opened a door and revealed yet another secret room, but this time, it leads downwards as the stairs and walls are bricked up. It looks like it's a destination towards some sort of a dungeon
"Now, to fulfill this ridiculous request... I have to make use of this place after a long time in a while..."
Vanessa reached the bottom of the stairwell and blue flames emanated from the torches in front of her. Several torches then lit up in a domino effect after the previous torches burned
But the light from the torches was enough to light up the room. It was then that the entire room lit up by itself
There was a sophisticated altar in the center of the room with a clear and shiny crystal ball on top, sitting on an ethereal cloth
Above the room is a dome full of shining stars. Surrounding the dome is the map of the Milky Way Galaxy with bright stars shining and dotted according to the constellations
The map of the Solar System is also drawn on the center of the dome and the planets and moons seems to be moving
Under the sophisticated altar is an array layered several times with candles arranged across intersections and joints of the array
The walls have pillars and intricate inscriptions, including trace hieroglyphs from Egyptian pyramids and alien languages written across the walls. There are also empty glass chambers or tanks filled with strange glowing liquid inside. There terrariums filled with strange and majestic plants, some of them were herbs and flowers that Mei'er has grown
"Now then..."
Vanessa raised her left hand and the Atomic Star of Philosopher's Stone hovered above her palm. She then extended her right hand towards the Philosopher's Stone and pulled her wrist as her fingers stayed in place while closing towards each other
The Philosopher's Stone glowed and a needle stretched out of the stone. An Atomic Needle was created and she held the back end of the needle
She shifted her hand and pointed the pointy tip on the right side of her neck
She smiled sinisterly and the corner of her lips reached her ears. Green and red coloring swirled in her eyes. Red glitters and sparks emanated from the tips of her brunette hair
"Ars Magna!"
She then stabbed her neck and it pierced through until it penetrated past the other side
"---!!"
Her vision instantly became black and her mind became clear
~~~
"So, we're going to Mei'er now, right?"
Tenshi asked as she's feeling butterflies in her stomach. She's also excited because she's been on an adventure, even though all they did was to talk to the Omega System. She's predicting that she'll go into another adventure when they go to Mei'er
"Yes... She should be at... At the greenhouse in the backyard. Mei'er's Flower Paradise. Natsu seemed to be taking care of her?"
Philip looked around the mansion with his [Definite Sight] and [Clairvoyance] abilities and found their location
"..."
"..."
Philip and Tenshi walked across the hallways toward the back of the mansion. It is closer to the exit towards the backyard after all
"Tenshi... Do you remember when the system called me None of a Kind? Don't you think that deserves to be an Ultimate Title?"
"Well, as the system stated that Ultimate Titles affects the universe, the None of a Kind title surpasses that because it transcends timelines, universes, and dimensions"
"Right, but don't you also think that I don't deserve that kind of title? Or more accurately, I shouldn't have that title at all"
"You're right..."
"Seeing and witnessing that Alternate Golden Timeline is enough proof that I'm not the only one in this ultimate reality"
"Not to mention, True Omega of the Agents of Chaos declared that she will eradicate every interation of you in every worlds, timelines, universe, dimension, and realities. This could only mean that there's an infinite number of you everywhere"
"That's right... Though, I believe every version of myself is currently dwindling. It's not an infinite number now, considering the Fate Timeline and the Golden Timelines"
"I see what you mean..."
"So, why would the system lie about that? It doesn't make any sense"
"Hmmm..."
「 ... 」
"I would understand if I was One of a Kind because of what I am now currently, but none?"
"Maybe the system means that there are no other versions of you that reached this far? Remember that Emily and the system are always surprised and alarmed whenever you make an exception and meet conditions early or something?"
"Oooh, you have a point... But the reason that the system gave me is wrong..."
"So, what are you thinking?"
"Remember that higher intervention that overtook the system itself?"
"Yeah? We never got its name"
"There's no need for that that since I think I've figured it out by using the minimum information that I got from her and the Logic variable"
「 ... 」
"..."
"So, when I was in the Field of the Multiverse, the Omega System kept requesting for higher intervention, for permission, it's like it's not its own self and needed an approval"
"I noticed through your memories... You figured that it has a connection to all Omega Systems in every timeline and realities?"
"Yes, but I think it only has one connection to a more powerful Omega System"
"What makes you think that?"
"Our Golden Timeline, which branched off from the Absolute Nexus Point, away from the Absolute Golden Timeline, is our own reality. What was supposed to happen in the Absolute Golden Timeline should still be happening and we shouldn't have existed"
"Are you saying that whatever was happening in the Absolute Golden Timeline happened to us?"
"Yes, but differently, since I apparently made a lot of exceptions"
"..."
"Because of that, I think that the more powerful Omega System and the higher intervention came from the Absolute Golden Timeline. An ultimate version of me that possesses another Omega System"
"Then the higher intervention is..."
"Based on how it spoke or at least showed its way of speaking through the displays... The higher intervention was the ultimate version of Emily that was in the ultimate Omega System that my Omega System was contacting"
「 ..... 」
"But I don't understand... How could they be the ultimate version if both timelines are flowing at the same pace?"
"That's the thing, they don't. Golden Timelines flow at different paces and it doesn't necessarily have to happen both at the same time. Take our timeline and the zombie apocalypse timeline for example... We are currently here in the present, but the time that we visited that other timeline, it has only been starting around three years ago"
"What about the Absolute Golden Timeline?"
"There's a reason that it's called that. The Absolute Golden Timeline has already happened. It is what supposed to happen. It's already complete. It's the ultimate timeline. We don't know what is happening in that timeline because we can't travel through there and I can't see how it ended because of the Fog Horizon in the Fate Timeline. The Agents of Chaos might also cannot go there... They even might have originated from there!"
"Wait, if they came from there..."
"Yes, the pieces are coming together... If the ultimate version of Emily had the time to intervene in this timeline, that means that the ultimate Omega System is still intact, which means that the ultimate version of me is still alive in the Absolute Golden Timeline. If the Agents of Chaos came from there, by their name, Chaos itself might be fighting the ultimate version of me. The mission of the Agents of Chaos is to erase every iteration of me to reduce the hazard of any capable version of myself to reach Chaos and delete the concept"
"..."
Tenshi has her eyebrows furrowed from extreme confusion. She didn't understand a single thing, even with [Soul Link]
"Heh... I'm slowly uncovering the truth, huh? Though, why would I get a confrontation with Chaos Itself? That's what the Agents of Chaos were talking about back then..."
「 ... 」
『 ... 』
"So because of that, I don't think I'm a None of a Kind at all! I recognize only three versions of myself so far... Me, the zombie timeline, and the ultimate version... I think these pieces are important for what's to come, the moment we pass the Fog Horizon"
"Okay..."
At this point, Philip and Tenshi has finally exited the back door and entered the backyard. They walked through the stone pavement as the maids and butlers were proactively hiding for some reason. They seemed very busy