April 22, 3240
Emperor was conscious again, this time around being more careful about the amount of sleep he's getting every night. However the recent battles worry me to the core. The Death Cult forces at Fulcrum just surrendered to the Steam Empire. I heard only the AI lab near Fulcrum was able to defend itself from the Steam Empire's attacks. The war is reaching its final stages, with the Death Cult on the losing side of the war. I knew it was going to happen, I just didn't think that it would arrive so early. Entrenched in deep thought, the sound of a knock on the door was deemed invisible by me. The door opened and entered Emperor.
"So... what's the plan? Aquarius is doomed to fall, what are you going to do about it?"
"Alisa... I don't know. Everyday I live with the constant worry that a Fleet of ships will appear in Fein's Sky, and that Fein Fortress will one day fall and that I will fall with it."
"You're my only friend though..."
"I'm happy that you still think of me as a friend, especially when the rest of the universe calls me a villain, a tyrant, a dictator, and a killer."
"You can still change back you know... nothing's too late."
"You don't understand Alisa... In the real world, when something is too late, it's too late and there is no going back from it. I may have caused the diminishing of more than 20 million souls, but there was a reason behind it."
I wasn't sure how to reply to the diminishing of 20 million souls, I could only look at him with silence. We just looked at each other for a solid 3 minutes before the sound of gunshots blared throughout the speakers inside the Realm.
"There must be here... I'll see what I can do to stop them, I'll be right back."
"Don't die... I'm serious, stay alive."
Emperor de-materialized and a couple minutes later he reappeared back into the Realm.
"What happened?"
"I got hit with a sleeping dart. Look, I don't have much time. I know what procedure they are planning to do, so just listen to me."
"Okay..."
"The reason why I trapped you inside of my soul and took control of your body was because you had a genetic mutation that would have started a universal pandemic. I spent the last few years developing that genetic solution by testing them in your cells directly. Just yesterday, I found a cure. You'll have your physical body back and be able to live a normal life."
"This... is all true?"
"Yes. Also, I'm probably going to get banished or something similar to that, so please... I just want one thing from you."
"What is it?"
Emperor started to dematerialize.
"Your forgiveness."
Before I could forgive him, he disappeared. The Realm then became an empty void again. No ground, no sky, nothing at all. However, this time around, the void was white instead of dark. I started to cry uncontrollably, and a few seconds later, a new world materialized in front of me. It seemed that I was wearing a hood, as if I was in control of myself again. I looked up from the ground to find a Steam Empire soldier with the name tag Vox on it. I assume that he was the so-called hero ... This reminds me of that one saying that the one who stands in the light is not always the hero, I now finally understood it. Even though I'm sad, at the same time I'm happy to finally be myself again.