My Ability Is OOOO (3)
Metatron, who had been descending along the light, finally reached the point where the radiance ended.
Surrounded by pitch-black darkness on all sides, she looked around nervously, her guard up. After pacing for a while, she noticed the darkness at the edge of her vision slowly receding, pushed back by a brilliant light that seemed to be drifting toward her.
She instinctively realized that the light guiding her was coming from quite a distance. Too lazy to travel there herself, she focused her consciousness and projected her will toward the source of the light.
A moment later, after shifting her consciousness to the origin, she couldn't help but be flustered. Before her eyes, a massive sun was burning, erupting with passionate golden light.
Seeing a universe within a human consciousness, she couldn't help but offer high praise.
She praised it, then fell into thought while staring at the sun.
Grrrrrrrrrr-
As if the human's consciousness were listening to her thoughts in real-time, the sun suddenly began to spin clockwise with a loud, rumbling sound. It gained rotational speed, compressing rapidly until it shrank enough to be visibly different.
How much time had passed? The sun had shrunk to the size of a soccer ball, hovering above her palm and spinning steadily.
She couldn't help but think it was madness. She marveled at a human, not a god, showing her such an imagination, and reached out to grab the sun. Upon holding it and looking closer, she was taken aback. A transparent window, like a scrolling advertisement, was flashing text continuously.
[ ??????????????????? ]
[ !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ]
She became immersed in the changing text within the transparent window.
[ I am... the soul of the unconscious. ]
[ Yes. So... who are you? ]
Whether conscious or unconscious, they were the same soul, and seeing two souls that couldn't recognize her made her blood boil. She was on the verge of losing her temper and lashed out. However, her anger, which felt like it was about to explode, subsided instantly at the soul's reply.
[...I said just a moment ago, I am the soul of the unconscious. I have no memories from after the 'soul of the conscious' met its end.]
[When we existed in one body, we were one soul. Though the conscious soul didn't perceive me, of course. If the conscious soul had recognized me... it would have gone insane immediately. If consciousness and the unconscious collide, an ordinary human can never endure it. They simply go mad. The moment the body perished, I melted into the conscious soul. We had a very strong desire to survive. So, I have no memories of what happened after the body was destroyed.]
[No, it's fine. It's just that guy outside who's at fault.]
Conversing with the soul of the unconscious, she realized her anger had already faded. Soon, she remembered that her purpose here wasn't to chat, but to evaluate the memories.
(Nod)
[...]
The soul of the unconscious, having listened to her endless chatter, remained silent for a moment.
[...Does it... have to be recent?]
[Haa... Ughhhhhhhhhh!]
Feeling the rage within the transparent window, she waited for the anger to dissipate.
[Ha... if you had any expectations, your illusions are all about to be shattered.]
[It'll be faster to see for yourself. Everything the conscious soul did will come back as karmic retribution.]
[He did that too?]
[I see... It'll be faster to see for yourself. Can you let me go? I need to extract the memories...]
Having finished the conversation, she realized the soul of the unconscious had been speaking informally the entire time. She kindly pointed it out and released the sun from her hand. However, as if mocking her, the soul of the unconscious ignored her, expressing laughter through text, and threatened her.
[^0^! Don't want to look? Should I not show you?]
[You could choose to force extinction, or I could just run away, couldn't I?]
Born as a noble being, she was flustered at being treated this way for the first time. She didn't want to give up the initiative like this. Yes... this was a battle of pride.
[Suit yourself.]
Crack-
The moment her anger reached its threshold and overflowed, sparks flashed from her shimmering form.
[???? Are you showing me that you're angry right now?]
[Hoho. Then I'm the first one, aren't I?]
[Of course! Where I lived, rank was always important. They even talked about rank when we were resting.]
[What? I'm the manager of a world created by the First God... don't you know? Isn't living in the world pretty much the same everywhere?]
[Wow—a system where the manager is a pushover? Kek-ru-ppong?]
[Don't do it~]
The soul of the unconscious never backed down, matching her word for word and refusing to be pushed around in their argument. At first, she was furious, but she felt a strange sensation watching this unique(?) soul that wasn't afraid of her at all. Since everyone around her usually feared her and avoided getting close, these two souls that had suddenly approached her made her feel an unfamiliar emotion.
'What is this... why do I want to keep doing this even though I'm angry? No! This is too dangerous...'
To kill the emotion she was feeling, she urged the soul to change the subject.
[Shall I?]
(Hup!)
Drrrrrrrrr-
The space around the sun began to shake violently, as if an earthquake were occurring. In an instant, a black spherical object appeared in the space.
The black sphere slowly began to orbit the sun and rotate. Once the sphere had circled the sun once, its surface began to rise and fall, taking on an uneven shape. As the deformation finished, a blue liquid suddenly began to fill the hollows. By the time the sphere had circled the sun twice, it had taken on the form of a blue-swirled Earth.
[You know Earth?]
[Gaia?]
[Yes. She was recorded in ancient Greek and Roman mythology and even appeared in books, right?]
[Yes.]
[You probably aren't well known.]
Crack-
[How would I know~ Isn't it because you have low popularity? Maybe you're not known because you don't do any activities?]
She was irritated by the soul of the unconscious teasing her again, but she soon calmed down and waited for it to show her the past.
[Alright, it's all done.]
Exhausted, she quickly said her goodbyes and focused her consciousness on the Earth model. That was when it happened. The sun drifted close to her line of sight.
[It was fun, even if it was short. I hope you come again.]
Before her words could fully reach it, they echoed out in all directions.
[...]