'This is magnificent!' Z could not help but exclaim in fascination in his mind after feeling the brilliance of the Constellations and Mythologies from the sky. The Aurora Borealis gave him the ability to clearly sense everything and even feel a connection with them.
'Now, I understand why people desperately fought for this. If a single faction ever took hold of something this magnificent, they will most certainly overpower the entire known world in no time,' he thought.
He slowly walked in his ephemeral dream-like state, getting close to each and every Constellation and Mythology to feel his connection with them. In a distant corner left to him, one of the 88 Constellations was glowing ever so brightly than everything else and was radiating an extraordinary connection with Z which made him smile.
...
While all of this was happening, an unnatural phenomenon was happening somewhere on the mountain. There, where Z murdered Kasth, nothing remained. No traces of Arcane or flesh can be seen around; however, the Laws of the world were suddenly flooding in.
Slowly, they formed a Constellation depicting two people holding their hands together. The process was slow, but it was steady and uninterrupted. When the Constellation was fully revealed, one of the people was dim, dark, and dead, while only one was remaining.
Soon, a body of true flesh was made from the Arcane gathered by the Laws. At first, it seemed like an empty vessel with features akin to Kasth, but soon, life was breathed back into it. Its dim eyes turned vibrant as his long ears vibrated as a sign of life, and after some time, Kasth stood with eyes full of fury.
"THAT OWL!!!" these were the only words he could scream after virtually resurrecting from the dead. A sense of despair then filled his eyes as he murmured, "Two lives...Gemini. One is already gone and I am not even barely 25. AAAA! Shameful! Disgrace! How will face House Eminence! Agh!! THAT OWL! Whose owl is that!?"
A myriad of different emotions filled his heart as he did not know whether to get angry, embarrassed, or bewildered first.
"I could not even feel his Arcane. It was as if he...she...Agh! Whatever he is, radiated the same energy as the shadows of the night. Golden Flying Daggers and a damned owl with silver feathers that fade in the night. You will not catch me unprepared twice. Watch me. I will hunt you down!" he swore as he climbed the mountain with rage radiating through his heart.
...
Meanwhile, Z was still at the peak of the mountain, completely oblivious to all of this development. He was sitting there, surrounded by the Aurora Borealis, still dazed by its powers.
From a distinct corner of the peak, a beautiful lady stood, watching Z. Thea had just climbed up the mountain when she saw the latter sitting under the radiance of the Celestials which made her smile and murmur, "Not bad for a person to whom a Primordian made a vow with."
After this, she finally sat down and called for the Aurora Borealis. There was no uncertainty in what she did as if having practiced it dozens of times. Soon, several other individuals from The Stellar 12 arrived at the top of the mountain and meditated under the sky.
When Gabon arrived together with Aheli, he could not help but look around and wonder. He was delighted to see that Z had already begun his meditation, but was quite surprised to notice that somebody was missing.
'Associate Qama is already here. Even Lady Thea whom Em Kasth should be accompanying is here as well. Where is Em Kasth?' he thought in genuine curiosity. Of course, this curiosity of him merely passed by his mind as soon, he sat down and meditated as well.
Back in Z's dream-like state, he had finally found himself in front of a Celestial that had a great affinity to him. It was made of seven stars that were positioned to represent a crown.
He carefully lifted his palm and tried to place it in front of the Constellation, hoping that it would respond. When it did not, he activated his Arcane and tried to merge it with the Constellation.
'It is working!' he thought when he felt the Constellation's power grab his. However, what happened next terrified him.
Inside his state, the Aurora Borealis disappeared together with the rest of the Celestials. Z could clearly feel that only the energy of the Constellation in front of him remained which made him fear the next thing to happen.
'I do not like where this is going,' he thought while desperately trying to remove the grasp of the Constellation to his Arcane. Great pain radiated through his mind and the Constellation tried to rip him out of reality.
"Agh!" he screamed in pain, but no matter how much he tried to resist, he was nothing against the power of it.
In his physical form's residence, great turbulence also took place. The Aurora Borealis that was wrapped around him glowed brighter as the sky above shook. Of course, the other students who were engrossed in the power of the Aurora could not feel the changes, but Z felt it across the realm of reality.
He felt his body being forcefully dragged away by the Aurora to the dream-like state he was in. Once more, he tried his best to resist, but he ultimately failed.
"AAAGHH!" he screamed as loud as he can as he felt a forceful merging of his dream-like ephemeral body and real-life self. It would normally be painless, and even satisfying at times, but the power of Constellation made it unbearable for him.
When the pain stopped, he could finally regain his thoughts back. He immediately felt that he was back to his physical form, but the vicinity around him was akin to the ephemeral world he was previously in.
He was standing in the center of a vast darkness in which only the light of the Constellation reigned. The crown glowed and manifested its true beauty, revealing the splendor of a majestic crown made from the very fabric that made the cosmos. It was something that Z could not hope to understand, but in his heart, he knew that he was in the presence of something magnificent.
Just then, only a single piece of information entered his mind.
(Northern Crown's Trial)