n a corner of one of the rooms, wrapped in absolute silence and pitch darkness, sat a boy with jet-black hair and calm black eyes, immersed in the reflection of the light emanating from his computer screen—the only window in his darkness.
The silence in that room was not merely the absence of sound; it was a heavy substance, like molten lead filling every corner. The room was drowned in suffocating darkness, save for the faint bluish glow spilling from the computer screen,
which traced the boy's features as if he were a phantom emerging from the pages of the novel he was reading. His eyes did not move with the careless speed of a casual reader; instead, he devoured the words cautiously, absorbing every letter as though deciphering the code of his own existence.
The final lines of his favorite novel danced before his eyes—a story about a "hero, a demon king, and all that nonsense." He felt the cold keys of the keyboard beneath his stiff fingertips.
The air in the room was stagnant, carrying the scent of old books mixed with the smell of overheated circuits that had been running for hours without rest
The hum of the computer's internal fan suddenly ceased when he pressed the power button with his finger.
talashaa aldaw' al'azraq fwraan, wabtalae alsawad alghurfat bialkamil. fi tilk allahzati, lam yasheur bialkhawfi, bal shaear binawe min al'ulifat algharibat mae alzalami,
ka'ana aleatamat hi thawbuh alhaqiqi. 'arjae zahrah 'iilaa alkursii aljildii aladhi 'asdar sryraan twylaan whadaan ka'anah 'anin liruh taebatun. 'ughmid eaynayhi, wastahdar fi dhihnih kula tafsil qara'ahu, kula thaghrat fi riwayatin, wakuli harakat lil'abtal
anfarajat shafatah ean abtisamat khafiatin, aibtisamatan la tahmil wdaan, bal tahmil airtiah almuharib aladhi wajid akhyraan alzinad aladhi sayutliq alrasasat al'uwwla.
hamas bisawt khafati, kad 'alaa yasmaeah hu nafsuh wast sukun alghurfati
"alan... lam yaeud ladaya 'ayu eudhra. daena nabda aljununa."
qam min makanih biharakat batiyat wamawzunatin, waka'ana jasadah alat mubarmajatan bidiqat mutanahiatin. aitajah nahw altaawilat alkhashabiat alwahidat fi zawiat alghurfati, hayth kanat hunak waraqat bayda' wahidat tatawasat alsathu,
tabdu fi alzalam ka'anaha qiteat min alqumari. lam takun waraqatan eadiatan, bal kanat "kharitat tariqin" li'arwah sayatimu aleabath bimasayirha. 'asma'an kutibat bikhati yad daqiq wabardi, muratabatan bieinayat fayiqat la tasmah bialkhata'a.
'akhraj alqalam min jaybihi, wanazar 'iilaa al'asma' lilmarat al'akhirat taht daw' khafit jdaan yatasalal min shuquq alnaafidhati: **(mur.. ayar.. eisabat almadinati..)**.
kanat hadhih al'asma' tumathal bialnisbat lah qate shatranj ealaa lawhat hu man yamlik haqa tahrikiha. lam yakun yarahum kabashar, bal ka'adawat fi masrahiat kubraa hu katibuha wamukhrijiha. tawaa alwaraqat bieinayatin, mhwlaan 'iiaaha 'iilaa murabae saghir jdaan, wadeah fi jib mietafih aldaakhili,
kharaj min alghurfati. kan hawa' allayl fi alkharij bardaan wqasyaan, yahmil maeah rayihat almatar alwashik waghubar almadinat alati la tunamu, lakinaha allaylat satanam twylaan. mashaa fi alshawarie aljanibiati, mtjnbaan al'adwa' alkashifat wakamirat almuraqabati,
ysir bikhutuat wathiqat liman yaerif kulu hajar fi hadhih almadinati. kan yatajih nahw mahatat altahwil alrayiysiat alati tughadhiy kula misbahi, kula mustashfaa, wakulu zawiat fi hadhih almintaqat alshaasieati.
almakan kan eibaratan ean munsha'at qadimatin, tuhit biha 'aslak shayikat wa'aemidat dakhmat yakhruj minha taniyn mustamirun, tuniyn altaaqat alkahrabayiyat alati tajri fi euruq almadinati. eind almadkhali,
wfi ghurfat alhirasat alsaghirat almutahalikati, kan yajlis haris eajuz yudea **(milir)**, wajjhah mahfur bitajaeid altaeab walsanawat alati qadaha fi muraqabat eadaadat la tatawaqaf ean aldawaran.
dakhal alfataa bikhifatin, walam yuhawil altakhafiy hadhih almarata. 'alqaa altahiat bisawt hadi warazinin:
"lilat baridat ya sayid milir, 'alays kadhalika?"
rafae alharis rasah bibut', badat ealayh ealamat almufaja'at thuma alaistirkha' hin ra'aa malamih alfataa alhadiat walbariyat zahryaan. "'uwh, naeam ya bini.. madha tafeal huna fi hadha alwaqt almuta'akhiri?"
wadae alfataa kysaan wrqyaan sghyraan ealaa altaawilati, tafuh minh rayihat taeam dafi wmshjin. "kunt maraan bialjawari, watadhakarat 'anak tashar huna whydaan fi hadha albardi. 'ahdart lak shyyaan litakulaha, hadiatan basitatan lijuhudika."
lam yataradad milar kthyraan; faleuzlat waljue fi hadha alwaqt almuta'akhir yajealan 'aya eard yabdu kamuejizat saqatat min alsama'i. bada alrajul bial'ukl bishahiatin, baynama waqaf alfataa yuraqibuh bieaynayn baridtin, khaliat min 'ayi nadam 'aw taradudin. kanat aldaqayiq tamuru bibut' qatilin,
sawt midgh altaeam kan yabdu ealyaan jdaan fi samt alghurfati. bada milar yasheur bithiql mufaji fi jafniihi, hawal 'an yatahadatha, 'an yashkur alfataa maratan 'ukhraa, lakina alkalimat talashat ealaa lisanih ka'anaha dukhani. tarnah rasah ymynaan wysaraan, thuma saqat jasadah bibut' fawq altaawilati, gharqaan fi subat eamiq 'aeadah alfataa bidiqa
aibtasam alfataa mjddaan. taharuk nahw lawhat altahakum aleimlaqati. kanat al'adwa' alsaghirat alkhadra' walhamra' tarmish 'amamah kaeuyun wahsh murawid yantazir al'amr bialhujumi. mada yadih nahw alqatie alrayiysii, alqatie aladhi yumsik bizimam alnuwr walzalami. qubid ealayh biquatin, wa'akhadh nfsaan emyqaan, mshbeaan birayihat al'uwzun walkahraba' alsaakinati.
badaghtat wahidat qawiat wahasimatun, 'anzil alqatieu.
fi tilk allahzati, hadath ma yushbih alsaktat alqalbiat lilmadinati. akhtafaa altanin almustamiru lilmuharikati. antafa'at al'adwa' fi ghurfat alhirasati, thuma, wabishakl tasalsiliin mudhhala, bada'at 'adwa' almadinat fi al'ufuq tatalashaa hyaan tilw alakhar
, ka'ana emlaqaan yatfi alshumue binafkhat wahidat ghadibatin. ghariq alealam fi samt mutbaqi, samt la yaksiruh 'iilaa sawt alriyah alati bada'at tashtadu wataesif bial'aslak alshaayikati.
nazar alfataa 'iilaa alsaaeat fi miesamihi, kanat aleaqarib tushir 'iilaa lahzat alsifri. nazir 'iilaa alzalam aldaamis aladhi lafa kulu shay', watahsus alwaraqat alati tahmil 'asma' **(mur.. ayar.. eisabat almadinati)**, thuma qal binabrat hadiat wawathiqatin:
"ldayna laylat tawilat jdaan alyawma.."
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