The silence… did not break.
Even after the fight ended.
The students scattered quickly, as if staying near him was a danger in itself.
The whispers didn't stop… but they changed.
No longer mockery.
But…
fear.
—
"That… wasn't magic."
"I didn't feel any circle… or any spell!"
"Is… is he a monster?"
—
Nir… heard everything.
But he didn't respond.
He walked alone, his steps calm…
But inside him?
A storm.
—
> "Devour more…"
—
The voice didn't fade.
It became clearer.
Closer.
—
"Shut up…"
he muttered, pressing his head.
"I'm… not… that thing…"
—
> "You are."
—
He stopped.
His breathing quickened.
But before he could sink deeper—
—
"Come with me."
—
A cold… sharp voice.
He lifted his head.
The teacher.
Standing in front of him.
His eyes… watching him closely.
—
It wasn't a request.
It was… an order.
—
—
Inside the academy building…
In corridors students never use.
The walls were older…
The air heavier…
As if the place itself… was hiding something.
—
Nir felt it.
That void inside him…
began to move.
—
> "Source… of energy…"
—
"Do you feel it?"
The teacher spoke suddenly, without looking at him.
—
Nir didn't answer.
—
"Of course."
He stopped in front of a massive door, covered in ancient engravings.
"Because what's inside you… is not foreign to this place."
—
He opened the door.
—
Darkness… welcomed them.
—
But it wasn't normal darkness.
It was…
heavy.
—
In the center of the room…
there was something.
A seal.
A massive magic circle carved into the ground, glowing faintly… as if dying.
And at its core…
a black crystal.
—
The moment Nir looked at it…
he froze.
—
> "The same… thing…"
—
His heart pounded violently.
One step… unconsciously.
Then another.
—
"Stop."
The teacher's voice was sharp this time.
—
But…
Nir didn't stop.
—
Something… was calling him.
—
> "Come closer…"
—
He reached the circle.
He extended his hand—
—
"I said stop!"
The teacher moved quickly, but—
—
too late.
—
The moment Nir touched the magical barrier—
—
it cracked.
—
The sound was terrifying.
Like a massive glass shattering.
—
The black eyes within the crystal…
opened.
—
The teacher froze.
"…Impossible."
—
> "Finally…"
—
This time…
the voice wasn't only in Nir's head.
It echoed… through the entire room.
—
The crystal trembled.
The magic circles began collapsing one after another.
—
"Step back immediately!!"
—
But Nir…
stood still.
Watching.
—
As if…
he was looking at himself.
—
The crystal began to dissolve.
Turning into black threads…
rushing…
toward him.
—
They entered his body.
—
A scream—
But it never came out.
—
His body lifted off the ground.
His eyes…
turned completely black.
—
> "The fragment… has returned."
—
The teacher stepped back.
For the first time…
fear appeared on his face.
—
"…You weren't just an experiment."
—
> "You were… the vessel."
—
An explosion.
But not outward…
inward.
—
Everything… was pulled in.
Light… sound… air…
—
Then…
silence.
—
Nir fell to the ground.
Motionless.
—
The silence returned.
—
After a few moments…
he opened his eyes.
—
Normal.
—
But…
he was no longer the same.
—
The teacher approached slowly.
Looked at him for a long time.
Then said:
"…Now I'm certain."
—
Nir, in a low voice:
"Of what…?"
—
Silence.
Then—
—
"That you are not a mistake."
—
He paused.
Looked directly into his eyes.
—
"…but a disaster that was delayed."
—
And somewhere far away…
very far…
someone smiled in the darkness.
—
"So… the seal is broken."