Memory of Heaven:Romance Written By Fate Through Beyond Infinity Time-Chapter 423 Qayin Resonance — The Rift that Runs in Alpha

The sky above seemed to tear apart, as if the world was holding its breath in an unspoken tension, creating an atmosphere like a storm ready to erupt, reflecting the profound intensity of this tense moment.

Not borne from war, nor from deliberate will, but rather by resonance—the echoes of an unwelcome ancient curse, present due to inherited sins, vibrating through the layers of space and time, signaling the battle between the born and that which should not exist.

At the shattered Spiral altar, Joanna sat with Rui. The woman appeared to be asleep, yet her body temperature gradually changed; neither hot nor cold, but lingering on the threshold between the two—like blood caught in a dilemma, undecided whether to flow or freeze.

The echo of her mother's voice, full of hope, resonated in her mind, striking against the walls of her heart's silence with a force that stirred her awareness. "Sister, take care of yourself," she recalled, "This world can kill us with its fear." Each word felt like a thorn, piercing the softest points of her fractured soul, causing it to tremble with longing and dread.

Behind his body, strange symbols began to emerge, manifesting from the darkness that pressed down on him, signifying the presence of an invisible yet terrifying power.

Red lines formed an imperfect circle, marking the boundary between life and death.

A single vertical line stood tall, reaching for the sky, while two diagonal lines crossed it, creating a terrifying pattern.

This symbol was not an ordinary glyph of magic found in ancient books.

It was a fratricide mark, an engraving of a dark fate that was beginning to lurk.

From various places in the Alpha world, small anomalies began to emerge, signaling an unavoidable collapse and sparking fear in the hearts of its citizens, reminiscent of the chaos that precedes a storm.

In the heart of the capital Magencia, where winding streets are filled with the aroma of spices, a sorceress experienced the painful loss of her voice as she uttered her sister's name, as if each letter transformed into a forgotten whisper of the wind. In the fertile valley of Arvalin, a pair of twins who had lived in harmony for two decades suddenly found themselves caught in a whirlwind of chaos, attacking one another without reason or anger, as if dark forces had robbed them of their sanity—tests of the very fabric of their existence. Rui felt her heartbeat quickening, piercing through her consciousness like a storm wave shattering tranquility. Was this the impact of powerlessness? Was this unease a reflection of her fear of causing harm, or perhaps a hope that was too risky? In the darkness of her mind, shadows of blood and betrayal roamed like lurking ghosts, trapping her in an increasingly suffocating circle of uncertainty. In the temple of ancestry guardians, where the sacred fire usually blazed with fervor, the flame that preserved the blood records... began to dim and slowly fade away, leaving behind a heart-wrenching silence.

"The Qayin Mirror Effect."

A psycho-magical phenomenon where the will to kill, which should not exist emerges spontaneously among those bonded by blood, spreading like an unhealed scar. Joanna stood, her wings fading into mist, symbolizing the dwindling hope amidst the despair that still lay dormant; her breath exhaled dark vapor like ink rising from a lurking dark history.

"This is not just trauma..." Joanna's voice trembled, filled with uncertainty, revealing the weight of ancestral burdens that inclined her toward despair. She felt an unsettling longing, a restlessness born from blood that was severed, as if flaying her soul with pain. How bitter it was to be the heir of hatred, trapped in the coils of an unspoken curse, as if binding every step she took. "This is a resonance that spreads across the Alpha timeline," she added, touching the awareness of the emptiness surrounding them like a shroud of impending doom.

With hope, she attempted to recite a purification mantra, uttering words that were meant to penetrate the darkness:

"Verba Lucis: Puritas Sanguinae"

But the mantra broke, like a delicate thread snapped halfway.

It was not that it was weak, but rather that the Alpha world refused to touch Qayin's blood.

As if her fate was carved in dark shadows, Rui reflected on fragments of memories carried by the winds of the past, a collage of screams and tears merging together, demanding to be remembered, demanding to break the suffocating silence.

At the Silvarium Tower, the time observers noted a small line on the Alpha magical map, a mark that should not have appeared; yet now, that line stretched across the map from north to south, coming with an aura that instilled tension in the hearts of every sorcerer.

A magister murmured, her voice nearly swallowed by the silence:

"What is this? A crack... in the bond of sisterly love that should have been eternal?"

Another one trembled as she responded, her words laced with anxiety:

"No. This is a separator of blood affection. A curse that predates the law, binding fate with chains that cannot be severed, even by the mightiest founders of the Spiral."

Under the cold and rigid altar, Rui began to mumble, her mind filled with doubts as her hands gripped the damp earth, hoping to reconnect herself with the life-giving power of the ground.

"Abel... I am not jealous of you..."

Yet, in the corner of her heart, doubt crept in; was this longing truly a result of the suffocating separation? "I just want... to be seen... to be loved..."

Joanna hugged her body, feeling the weight of the atmosphere. Amidst the tension hanging in the air, Rui's back ignited with the glyph of fratricide, a consequence of magic she hadn't even summoned. The pain shocked her, as if marking something far deeper than mere physical wounds.

An ethereal voice, faint yet full of meaning, echoed around them, captured by the tension wafting from the absence of laughter and joy, an eerie reminder of the lightness that had been lost.

"Who will kill their sister next?"

"Who will love... then annihilate?"

Joanna closed her ears, trying to fend off the strange voice. However, she realized that this sound did not originate from the outside. It emerged from the very memories of the Alpha world. The darkness of the voice penetrated her consciousness, resurrecting the shadowy longings she had buried, stirring the heartbeat she experienced while reminiscing about Rui. An invisible burden weighed down her soul, gnawing at each moment cruelly, as if time itself conspired with sorrow. In her mind, the voice of Qayin whispered, flowing like a toxic wind, unsettling her beliefs about love and the blood ties that should be sacred.

Families trapped in a history of bloody betrayal began to be haunted by relentless terrifying dreams, visions that danced in their sleep like ghosts of the past refusing to be laid to rest. In the middle of the night, the cries of children echoed, calling out the names of their siblings they had never known, small voices filled with hope and yearning, intertwining innocence with tragic longing. The priests, with weary faces, held masses day and night, yet their prayers did not reach the heavens, trapped in painful silence, creating a void that deepened the heartache. Each note of prayer seemed to envelop Rui in an invisible web, bound by a curse cunningly bestowed by Qayin, tightening its grip as her spirit fluttered between despair and hope. "Is this the path I must walk? A struggle against my own blood?" she thought, feeling a turmoil surging within her chest, as if a storm was shaking her soul, demanding clarification in an uncertain world.

One of the Oracles said:

"This world is questioning the concept of blood."

"If you are born from the will of love... then Qayin is a challenge to that love itself."

In her peaceful meditation, Joanna heard Rui's voice slowly fading into the echo of another voice, as if reminding her of the burden of fate they bore together.

"If you truly love her... then let her kill you. So that you become her last sister." In her mind, the image of Rui flashed, her face filled with doubt, struggling against a will so profound. Time and space seemed to embrace her, leading her steps to the edge of a chasm where love and hatred fiercely battled, wounding each other.

"You will not win. Because love... cannot erase the blood that has been shed."

Joanna screamed, her voice echoing in the void:

"Love is not about erasure! Love is about facing that blood together, even if it means enduring painful suffering—a shared burden that binds us in our humanity!"

But Qayin's voice... only laughed. His laughter shook her soul, echoing in her heart like a storm, tearing apart the doubts that haunted her to her deepest recesses.

At the center of the altar, now silent and mysterious, light slowly gathered from points on Rui's body, creating an aura that felt nearly tangible.

A spinning symbol—two hands clasped tightly, one soaked in painful blood while the other burns in the flames of anger. Rui feels a sharp pang of guilt, as if every drop of blood soaked into the ground both loves and hates her; as if that cursed tattoo encircles her soul, undermining every effort to break free.

Joanna grasps Rui's arm, her touch providing a glimmer of hope amid the darkness.

"If the Alpha world cannot accept this curse, then I will become a place that this world has not written—where your name can heal, and we can find peace."

"Then I will become a place that this world has not written—where your name... can heal." As those words leave her lips, Rui feels as though the weight of the world presses down upon her shoulders, her heartbeat thundering. The curse of Qayin seems to seep into her soul, turning the warmth of the embrace that should protect her into a haunting shadow. In the whirlwind of her mind, she is trapped in a battle between flickering hope and looming fear, between burning love and the threats that continue to haunt her, creating a dark tunnel that leads to doubt.

Suddenly, from the gray sky, a voice emerges and echoes, vibrating her soul with a profound question:

"Joanna ... my sister... would you dare to love that which is destined to kill you?" The voice flowed softly yet deafeningly, penetrating the layers of defense she had painstakingly built. Rui felt every pulse of her being resist, as if attempting to fight the urge to protect Joanna, while being pursued by an unrelenting sense of guilt, creating a tension in her heart that felt like being trapped in an invisible web.