Chapter 178
However, that simple hypothesis began to crack over time and through their interactions.
Aldraya, Quil-Hasa's closest creation who had now changed, often stayed near Theo.
From those interactions, the seed of an Administrator within Aldraya was finally awakened—an event that could not simply be dismissed as coincidence.
More intriguingly, Quil-Hasa himself experienced a similar phenomenon right after Aldraya and Theo faced the nine other Administrators.
A seed of that same power, the mark of administration, also awakened within the Creator.
The network that connected every Administrator—a complex system of communication and collective awareness—began transmitting perplexing data.
Through this connection, both Aldraya and Quil-Hasa desperately attempted to map the true essence of Theo Vkytor.
They dived into the layers of his identity, trying to read the code of his existence, which seemed vague and obscured by overlapping veils of illusion.
What they found was not an answer, but a severe collapse of data.
Their Administrator systems, designed to comprehend and categorize every phenomenon within reality, fell into complete confusion when directed toward Theo.
The attempt to probe him was like trying to measure a black hole with a ruler.
The tool not only failed but also risked being pulled in and destroyed.
A genuine danger lurked behind every attempt to forcefully uncover the truth about Theo.
The raw data processed by Quil-Hasa's system even generated repeated warnings, phrased explicitly and terrifyingly.
Destruction, eradication, annihilation without limit.
These warnings were not threats from an external force, but emergency sirens from the most fundamental defense system of reality itself—screaming in fear when approaching the core of Theo's existence.
The atmosphere in that green dimension shifted, becoming static and tense like a string pulled too tightly.
Quil-Hasa—whose presence blended with the air and the light—realized that this second attempt at ambush had reached a dead end.
After the sudden calculations he made together with Aldraya through the Administrator network, after considering every potential benefit and risk that might arise from this confrontational act, the Creator finally decided to conduct a silent investigation instead.
He attempted to infiltrate the deepest layer of Theo's consciousness, hoping to map the true blueprint of his existence.
However, what he found there was not an empty field or readable code, but a fortress that lived and breathed.
The four fundamental pillars residing within Theo—Resolve, Will, Intent, and Ambition as a writer—rose with a collective awareness of their own.
They were not passive traits, but guardian entities that firmly rejected every attempt at analysis from Quil-Hasa's Administrator system.
That rejection was not a simple, static barrier. It was an active and offensive response, as if the four forces understood the intruder's intention and were ready to turn the table, investigating the investigator in return.
Their reaction was so quick and definitive that it left no gap for Quil-Hasa's system to proceed with further infiltration.
The signal received by the Creator's awareness was a harsh warning—a "no entry" sign radiated with an authority equal to, or perhaps surpassing, his own.
In that moment, Quil-Hasa understood that any further attempt would not only be futile but could also trigger an open conflict within the realm of consciousness—a battle whose consequences he could not predict.
With cold, calculated reasoning, he withdrew.
Every invisible sensor and probing strand was pulled back, leaving Theo alone in the green space—though now with an unspoken acknowledgment lingering between them.
The conclusion tasted bitter on the tongue of Quil-Hasa's awareness, a truth he himself hesitated to accept openly.
All this time, he had clung to a sliver of hope that Theo was merely a complex anomaly, a byproduct of a system pushed beyond its limits.
However, the response from RWIA—the four pillars accompanying the presence of a writer's soul within Theo—was undeniable final proof.
Only the source of inspiration itself, the conceptual architect behind every reality built within this game, could possess such an existential defense.
Theo Vkytor truly was the primary inspirator—the writer whose horror novel, Last Prayer, became the seed of the idea from which the world of Flo Viva Mythology, its Administrators, and even Quil-Hasa himself as the Creator within this game emerged and took form.
Thus, within the silence of that locked dimension, a silent acknowledgment was engraved.
The sovereign ruler realized that he, within a deep cosmic irony, was the creation of someone who now stood as a "creation" within his own creation.
The traditional hierarchy between creator and creation collapsed, replaced by a bewildering loop of reality filled with paradox.
And at the center of it all, Theo Vkytor continued to stand—perhaps not yet fully aware of the depth of the confession he had just forced out of the divine observer, yet already sensing the vast tide of change that would soon sweep across the academy.
"I am not trying to justify myself. Destroying the heart of My creation or damaging the order I built for them was never My goal.
Unfortunately, My inability to maintain relationships—especially with her—led Me into actions that should have been avoided."
Sshhh!
"Aldraya did not deserve such treatment from Me. I realize that.
And if you demand honesty, I admit it."
Fi—flush!
"My actions earlier were not the fruit of wisdom, but the panic of the One who failed to control His own feelings.
Therefore, allow Me to apologize.
To Aldraya, to all creations, and especially to You, O Author—who paradoxically became the very reason I can exist."
The silent green dimension seemed to hold its breath.
The quietness previously filled with sensory tension and unseen battles of consciousness slowly began to melt under a new vibration.
That tremor came from nowhere and everywhere at once, emerging simultaneously in every particle of space, forming a voice grand and authoritative.
It was the voice of Quil-Hasa—the Creator who had observed from behind the layers of reality.
His voice filled the void without breaking the silence, like light shining without a source, delivering an unexpected confession.
The voice declared, with a tone clear yet laden with emotional complexity, that his intention had never been to shatter the heart of his own creation.
Behind the cruelty, the absolute rejection, and the psychological torment Theo had witnessed, there was a paradoxical purpose—one that could only be understood by an entity who had lived through thousands of world cycles.
His aim had been purification—a painful surgery of the soul to cut away the tumor of obsession and dependency that had bound Aldraya to him.
Yet the grand voice did not stop there.
He continued with another confession—one far more personal and far deeper in impact.
Quil-Hasa, a figure many creations regarded as Perfection untouched by weakness, admitted to a fundamental failure.
He admitted his own incompetence in managing relationships—specifically the emotional bond between creator and creation, particularly with Aldraya.
This confession revealed a fragility behind his might, an unexpected humanity hidden within the divine.
He realized that his methods, though meant to save, appeared as unforgivable cruelty in the eyes of anyone who witnessed them.
And now, before Theo Vkytor, he conveyed an apology.
Not merely an apology for the cruelty shown, but a deeper plea for forgiveness—directed especially toward the Author, whose existence served as the fundamental reason Quil-Hasa himself could be defined and exist within this reality.
It was the highest confession, and at the same time, a subtle surrender of hierarchy.
To be continued…