" Dad wake up it's morning " Tezos shook Veatos waiting for him to get up " Hmm morning Tezos . " he pushed Tezos aside and got off the bed .
" What did you got a nightmare ? " Tezos showed Veatos a drawing of a beautiful flower " No , I got dreams instead . " Veatos checks on the flower and smiles " Aren't you getting better at traversing through the dream realm . "
" Yep and I encountered some nightmares but they were just darkness and all nothing new . " Veatos smiled happily " So is there anything else you encountered in the dream realm ? "
The dream realm is a place where everyone's dreams occur . Dreams are made by the subconscious , they can be bad or good depending on the subconscious mind . This mind is like a feeling of something the person has encountered . Sometimes showing a future because of the fear of it happening .
The dream realm is extremely amazing and unpredictable and only those with proper abilities can travel into the realm . Veatos turned on the lights of his small restaurant early in the morning .
" Tezos what do you want for breakfast . " Veatos opened a cover of a big bowl " I want sweets " " Shortcake it is . "
Veatos opened the counter and took a strawberry cake out " Be sure to eat it with milk . " Veatos left the cake at the table and proceeded to the kitchen .
He cut the mixture of flour into pieces and shaped them into buns shining them with oil and left them on a tray sliding it above another repeating this process until there was none left .
He sits in front of Tezos who was enjoying the cake " Dad is there anything fun going on at the underworld ? " Veatos simply smiled at him " I don't think so I only see torture around there , nothing new . "
" Then did you create a new monster ? " Tezos slightly transformed his body to look just like the nightmares he saw " No but I did find horror novels with great ideas of monsters . "
Veatos and Tezos finished their food " So are you not going to stay here for the morning Tezos ? " " I want to explore the world a little " " Okay don't let the modern society find out about your identity . " " I know " Tezos disappeared from the door .
Veatos opened his restaurant . Three customers came in and looked like foreigners taking a seat close to the counter .
" What would you like to order ? " Veatos held a notebook " Ham and cheese sandwich " Veatos left the trio and entered the kitchen eavesdropping on their conversation .
At first, it was just a normal foreigner conversation but Veatos guessed that they are talking about other things ' They must be after an old power that is located around here . ' Veatos served the dish and left the table .
He translated their conversation ' A scabbed a seal ' Veatos sent a clone and made it order " The usual please " " I'm sorry sir but what is your usual ? " Veatos made a confused look and the trio raised their guard .
" Ah sorry , I meant bacon and eggs . " Veatos tilted his head " Oh sorry sir I think you are referring to another restaurant we don't serve bacon yet . " the trio sighed in embarrassment but didn't show it . His clone left and Veatos cleaned up the table ' So that scabbard they were referring to is around this area . '
Veatos left a clone and disappeared into the dream realm . Although the dream realm is where dreams occur it is possible to find a danger because the subconscious mind will feel threatened and send nightmares to the person .
' A seal that is so important or why else would some big shots investigate a place to the point of learning every regular. ' he finds the object they were talking about under the garden behind his cafe . He walks out of the dream realm and looks at the garden .
He went out to the garden and looked at the flowers he cultivated and sensed the object . Veatos who can mess with the laws is something it was afraid of so its seal was shut right that it dared not to reveal its form .
' It's shivering so it's afraid of me this must be why it took so long for me to realize . ' Veatos dug out a wooden box opening it to find a scabbard wrapped in paper with written symbols .
He tried to peel the papers off but he felt resistance coming from the entity inside . Veatos held the scabbard tightly and used the powers of the dream realm extracting its soul and killing it in the process .
Ting a clean sound of the bell sounded at the door ' Customers ' Veatos closed the box with the scabbard and welcomed the customers . Accepted their orders through a tablet and turned on the conveyor belt to assist him . The business wasn't hard in a few minutes he had time to relax as all the customers were reading the stories from the shelves .
' The soul is dead wonder what is next for this . ' Veatos held the worn-out scabbard and summoned the existence that was sealed inside ' A short dagger ? ' he pulled the dagger out to find some aura seeping out of it .
He shut it tight thinking of the potential danger it could have ' Interesting it has an incredible ability to mess with the dream realm ... I might get some inspiration using this . ' Veatos kept the dagger and scabbard together leaving it beside the plants hiding it .
' A power in the disguise of a dagger with the ability to mess with the dream realm . ' Veatos collected the dishes and served food to the regulars . He doesn't interact much but his food , books , plants and animals eating and sleeping nearby gave the restaurant a calming mood .
' Where did Tezos go this time he said he already visited many schools of old arts . ' Veatos served the food to a customer who sat closes to the counter ' Another man who is like that trio . ' " Mister chef your food is quite good . " some high school girls stared at the someone attempting to interact with Veatos who always held a quiet but calming presence .
" Thanks for the compliment . " Veatos smiled at the man guessing his intentions " Your ingredients must be organic . " " Bought them from some elderly who sells vegetables and fruits that don't look presentable but they are organic and clean . "
He felt a little pushed back and made another compliment " Then the tea leaves must be grown from your garden . " Veatos smiled and replied to his compliment attracting the customers who were curious at their conversation " Those are also from some elderly who love tea so much and gave some for me for teaching them how to brew them properly . "
The customers loved the smooth conversation Veatos was having with the man " Then what about the meat you cooked it must be some animals you raised ? " everyone else was confused looking at the man " The lot behind ain't that big " " Then what about these eggs they seem organic do you raise your chickens ? "
Everyone was even more confused ' Why is this man talking about how organic the ingredients are? ' ' He wants to enter the garden and see if the scabbard is there . ' " No , there aren't any chickens . If there was it would be very hard to keep this restaurant's tranquil mood . "
The man felt like he was very close to defeat thinking of any solution to get into the garden . A regular came into Veatos " Mister manager can we pick some flowers from your garden ? We need it for our project . " two high schoolers were asking Veatos with smiles on their faces .
" Sure you can be careful not to hurt yourself with any thorns of the roses . " " Thank you manager " they went through the kitchen into the garden . The man went and ask Veatos " I also need flowers for a school project . " Veatos looked at him from head to toes " You don't look like a student . "
The customers laughed at the man guessing what he wants " Hey young man don't be so timid just ask if you can buy flowers for your crush . " Veatos nodded and escorted him in letting him see the garden ' What is going on ? Where am I ? ' " Sir don't worry about it go and propose to your loved one . "
' Regardless I'm in I can check the ' he sensed the ground and didn't find it " Where is it ? " the people inside were a little shocked " Where is what ? " Veatos asked the man " Oh mister if you want to find any yellow flowers the manager doesn't grow them . " " Yeah I haven't found the right ones but you can get other flowers "
Veatos smiled at the man who didn't find the scabbard he was looking for " Ah thank you I'll pick a few red roses . " ' Darn not only do I not have a girlfriend I can't even find the seal . ' the students and the man left the garden with flowers as the customers cheered on the man .
But he was internally crying ' That takes care of the special visitors . ' he received some more orders from the tablet leaving a clone to cook the food and took the dagger to his bedroom .
' To have the ability to mess with people's dreams must be very attractive to some hostile forces ' Veatos observed the ability and reads every detail of it .
Veatos wrote down the details he learned from the dagger and wrote it as "How to change dreams" he put the books on a shelf in the room and the titles changed to "What your dreams mean" and so did the contents .
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Tezos walked past an ancient dojo without notice reaching the library ' I wonder if I can copy some books to take home . ' he walked around hoping to avoid the students of art ' Hmm this is a fun one . ' he wiped his hands on the spine of the book and pulled an illusory copy of it .
' Hehe , copycat art ' Tezos placed the illusory book inside another book that had the title "nightmare monsters and their creation" the book blended in the book he had and collected the information of "Sealed being of nightmares" the title changed to "Cartoon characters' profile" .
Tezos was about to leave when he bumped into the solid door " What happened child are you lost ? " a warrior wearing old-fashioned clothes stood at the other side of the library " Hi, mister um can I go out ? I want to see the sun . " Tezos tried to pull the gates but felt that it was too heavy for his body .
" Then I'll open it for you . " the warrior went to the door and pushed it letting light flash through Tezos's eyes . He opens it and finds himself in a mirror dimension " A child would be weird if they appeared at our dojo tell me what are you here for . "
' Oh no ' " I don't know I just got lost here where are we ? " Tezos made a frightened voice looking at the dimension that defied many laws ' We were previously in the library but the door leading out was also a library . '
" Where am I where's my dad ? " ' This kid is telling the truth but I also feel like he isn't ' ' Good thing I wore a disguise or else I will get in trouble . ' Tezos jumped out off the floor as it opened a hole by twisting space " I knew it " Tezos stood on the ceiling staring right at the warrior .
' I need to get out good thing dad taught me how to mess with dimensions . ' Tezos looked up at the doorway of the library and jumped to it . The gravity changed to the side so he had to unbound himself from the laws of gravity and floated through the doorway getting out .
The man saw this and quickly brought back the floor and landed on it leaving the mirrored dimension . He ran out destroying the door only to not find Tezos anymore " Ugh he left "
Meanwhile , Tezos was in the dream realm after tricking the man " Yoohoo " he jumped in front of the face of the man and even played with him by drawing dream lines on his face " Ahaha you look very dumb " Tezos swung his hand but passed through the floor " Oh right this is the dream realm "
Tezos flew back to the restaurant and saw Veatos leaving the bedroom " Dad what happened ? " Tezos popped out of the dream realm " Don't worry little kid I found a nightmare monster in the form of a dagger ... But the surprising thing is it only looks like that because of the seal used on it . "
Tezos looked at the dagger on display " So it only looks like that ? " " Yes and the form it used to have I wouldn't know . " Tezos walked into the bedroom and saw the new addition to the shelves . " Dad what's this ? " Veatos took the sheathed dagger and gave it to him " It's a study of my view of this dagger, by the way , it's now just a dagger that can mess with the dreams of others . "
Tezos took both of them and sat on his bed " Dad did you mean that this thing was sentient ? " " Yep " Veatos left through a mirrored dimension and followed the trio who were together with the man .
" Why wasn't it there? " " I have no idea you guys said that it was in there , so I went in there but I couldn't find it at all " " Well it must still be in there the master sensed that its presence was weakened so we investigated the area till we can enter without notice . "
' So they came from a school . ' Veatos followed and they all entered a mirrored dimension to reach their destination . They reached the peak of a mountain and knelt inside an ancient designed building " Master we couldn't find the sealed nightmare . " the four knelt in front of a figure who was holding a crystal ball she frowned and was disappointed at the four students .
" Then we have to spread our search , the seal of the Destroyer is going to break if we don't use the nightmare bringer we can only wait . " Veatos heard this and felt guilty ' I don't think this is as easy as giving away the dagger I already destroyed the soul and only those who are powerful can use it . '
He pressed his head feeling like he has a headache ' I should have not been too hasty . ' He went to the library and used Tezos's copycat to make a copy of the library ' I'm gonna have to browse all these books am I ? ' Veatos returned to the cafe and was met with Tezos " Hi dad "
" Tezos I made a mistake about the dagger so I'll be out of the restaurant and study how to find the destroyer . " " Umm what ? " " Okay the dagger was supposed to be taken by those visitors this morning but because I killed the soul it will only be useful if someone knows how to use it . "
Tezos frowned with worry " Then how are you going to sleep ? " " You know neither of us needs to sleep . " Tezos fell into deep thought and came back " Oh right then can I help you ? " " No " " Fair enough " Veatos started reading the books from the library he copied .
The destroyer is a powerful existence not known in the ranks of deities . It would destroy worlds with just a few thoughts " Dad can't you bring back the soul ? " " I could but you know how souls get resurrected from nothing I resurrected my soul from nothing and it was extremely painful . "
Tezos thought for a few seconds " Is that why it hurt so much when I was created ? " " Well for you it hurt a lot . " Veatos patted Tezos calming him down as he remembered the pain he had to endure when he was created . " Don't worry kid you already went through that wall . Nothing to worry about . "
Tezos shook his hand off his head " Didn't I keep going through that wall too many times already ? " Veatos smiles and placed back his hand on his head " Yes but you still looked like you had a trauma when that happened . " " Then gimme ice cream for dessert at lunch . "
" Sure but you have to eat the celery " " Ugh fine " Veatos continued his study on the destroyer . The destroyer came from an unknown origin its physical body is immortal ' But the mind should be weak . '
It came from nothing and destroyed worlds without leaving a trace . There are records of how it was sealed by using an old artifact that is broken and spread wide to prevent its resurrection .
The origin of its power is unknown the end of it is also unknown the world in the past can only resist it with their lack of knowledge ' Well, first I need to find its location ' Veatos flipped through the pages to find the words seal . It was split into fragments that will soon attract each other once one seal is released .
The first seal was thrown into the sky orbiting the planet because they would not expect technology to go that far ' Seems like aliens were the ones who sealed the destroyer . '
' But even if I found the locations as long as I don't gather them all there might be more destruction on the pathway between each seal , especially the centerpiece which is the one on this planet . ' Veatos closed the books after confirming the locations .
" Dad can I watch this at night " Tezos showed Veatos " Sure have fun though " ' He could make nightmares come to reality so this wouldn't scare him . '
Veatos left the restaurant in the care of his clone and entered the mirrored dimension ' I'll go to the clouds for now . ' the world shifted to his command as he find himself above the clouds ' There it is ' he lands on the place where he would find the seal to see a dim light .
' At day it will be too dim to be seen and at night it will be revealed after the clouds though it will look like a star no matter what . ' Veatos was about to grab it when he found himself cuffed .
" Veatos the breaker of rules welcome to your trial " he looked up to see a bunch of humans seating at a circular table surrounding him and Tezos " Dad where are we and why do they know you ? " " sigh let's see they are some annoyance I can never get rid of . " " They must be strong "
" Veatos you have committed a crime of taking a destroyer's fragments . " " Pretty sure that's not a crime but more like me getting myself some firearms in the terms of common society . " ' They said "a" so that means there's more than one . ' Veatos released the cuffs sending chills to the judges .
" Also Tezos I can kill them but there's no reason to . " " Even though they took us and eliminated the clone you set up . " " Actually that is some procedure they follow to prevent me from escaping but they really should know that bringing you is enough . Also, what do they look like to you ? "
" Nightmares and dreams " " You've been to the dream realm for too long but that's fine . Tell you what they take forms of the forms you find acceptable so try to think about something else . "
" Okay ... They look like stuffed toys now ... now they look like celebrities ... oh no now they oh wait it's gone " " Enough chit chat Veatos we are " " Charging me with the crimes I did yeah you say that all the time but you can never imprison me till I allow it . "
" Dad , you're a criminal ? " " Weeelll , I did do a lot that could've ended the world like changing the law of attraction on a black hole , destroying the entire existence of someone from present to past , creating a butterfly effect on the past without creating another version of the world while the effect still applies and your existence wouldn't be a crime because the universe is always expanding . "
" That's a long list " " Veatos you are charged with " " Anyways ignore them they are called the court of the multiverse they enforce the rules of the universe laid down by the origins of universes . " " Why are they still talking " " a simple spell to trick them anyways they are created for the purpose of being the law enforcers of the laws of this universe and I who practically messed with said laws . "
" Are we in trouble ? " " No because they can't kill me so imprisoning is all they can do and guess what they never caught me because I still have my clones living in their prison you wanna know about it ? "
" Oh, later I wanna see what happens after this . " " And so those were your charges . " " Anything else you would like to say ? " " Drop the imprisonment . " they took them to prison " Dad does this prison take form of the most painful one I can think of ? " " No it depends on the warden . "
They were thrown into a cell together ' Can't we leave ? " ' Sure we can just go through the dream realm and leave . But don't you want to take records of the prisoners as a memory you might even learn from this place to create your own sealed space ? "
Tezos sense the space and found that he can't get any further than the prison itself . He shivers thinking ' I know it reminds you of that space but this space is even weaker than that . " ' Yeah this is even easier to understand than that . "
" Hey isn't that the inmate that always multiplies did they catch another one again ? " ' Ah right they would still keep the clones to see if I can make more too bad those clones aren't even real . ' ' Dad can you tell me what crimes you did ? " Tezos looked at his father with sparkling eyes .
Veatos laughed and patted him on the head sitting beside him and making an illusion to trick others " Well then first you watched lots of movies about time travel right ? " " Yeah " " What I did was completely different . I well erased their existence which changed the world while preventing any butterflies to flap their wings around but it would affect the future . "
" So if you erased my existence what I did will still take effect " Veatos flicked Tezos's forehead " Why would you use yourself as an example no I would not do that and yes but let's say people won't remember about you . So even if I killed the murderer people will forget about them but the people they killed are still 6ft under . "
" So It's just a perfect power to get rid of someone ? " " Yes but you know how unpredictable everything is if you predict the future then is that future guaranteed or is that a future that you didn't try to look into ? "
" But that is like 50/50 " " That is true " " Then is there anything else that you did ? "
" You know how about we tell stories at home this place ain't the greatest mood to tell a story . " " But won't they chase you ? " " They're not that capable so let's go back home . "
They entered astral form and left the prison while storytelling on the way " Then I'll continue the multiverse is a bunch of universes together also you know what a metaverse is right ? "
" Oh yeah , it's supported by a system " " Yep and the omniverse is where all these kinds of the universe , multiverse , etc are there . " " Is the mirrored dimension a part of it ? "
" The mirrored dimension is only called that because it reflects the world but it's a little different than you think . " " Why I saw nearly everyone use it " " But doesn't it change back ? "
" Yeah, that's because it regenerates after no one is in there. " " Truth be told that it's just like the dream realm " Tezos looked at Veatos surprised " Really ? " " Yeah , the dream realm is only accessible when you take in a form sensitive enough to the subconscious feelings . So your senses are enough to see dreams and nightmares if you're good enough you can mess with the dreams . "
" I think I get that but how can you take control in the mirror dimension ? " " Well you can change your form to go to the mirror dimension but you can also use an intangible shape to assist you . That is what guys at ancient dojos use to get there. "
" Then how do you change space do you just know how ? " " No , the form you enter is physical and astral. The half physical form is what helps me travel and get hurt while the astral form lets me control the mirrored dimension by changing my view causing it to change and the reason why no one on the outside is affected by the mirrored dimension is basically because of our forms . "
They arrived at the restaurant and Veatos let a clone watch it " That dimension can also be filled with treasures because something may be left behind and still be in there hidden so I would call it a treasure hunt area too . "
" Anything else you did to be charged though ? " " I did destroy time in a universe but don't worry I fixed it but the court of the multiverse was like " he changed his accent making what he said even funnier " in the terms of the law of a normal world it is similar to causing psychological damage to the victim . "
" Puff dad you're hilarious you don't sound like some god who can mess with the laws of the universe " " Haha , of course , being all-powerful isn't going to help me properly raise you no wonder the others love you so much . "
" Wait did you say destroyed time ? " " Oh right back to the story well yes I did it was only for a moment and I restored it . " " How can you destroy time ? " " Of course, you wouldn't understand you gotta have "
Veatos clapped his hand and opened it showing a rainbow and the words "imagination" in a childish text " Imagination " " heh this is still funny " " I know , then back to the story alright , so I did destroy time ."
Veatos took a pen and threw it into the air " And this pen's time is destroyed so it's stuck there . And the secret is that time is something that lets anything progress so right now I destroyed the pen's ability to progress . There are some beings are having their own time or doesn't need time . "
" So destroying time is freezing it forever but only those that need it will stop moving ? "
" Yes that is what time is and if time is destroyed in that world and time can move depending on your capabilities . " " But dad what if I destroyed my time ? " Veatos stopped and pointed a finger at Tezos while keeping his expression " Then that is where things get real . "
" There are two possibilities either you stopped while time continues to exist or the omniverse's time is up to you but that is if you can control time like me that restricts you after destroying time . "
Tezos thought of the possible things he could do and thought of leaving " But I won't be able to return home . " " Well that's false because you can go back to the original world . " then Veatos opened his hands beside his body as if he was carrying two vases and smiled .
" But you know you will create another timeline which will exist and your mark on history can mess things up . " Tezos put his hand on his chin thinking " Then can you teach me how to return to the original timeline ? "
Veatos laughed and shrug the possibility of Tezos leaving him and never returning " Well any actions you did to the past will cause another timeline and any information you took from the future will send us to a different path of time . "
Veatos smiles and drew an animation and showed it to Tezos " Well firstly you go through this door that brings you to the past . Then once anything leaves this door you create another timeline . Now after leaving that door and closing it off you just pick that same door and you back home . "
" That is simple enough ... but what if I want to change the past without creating a different timeline ? "
" Well , I know someone who derived that kind of power from my ability to erase someone's existence from present to past . " Tezos smiles looking at a beautiful painting " I feel like I am forgetting something . "
" Lunch " Tezos imagined the sweet ice cream he might get for dessert and Veatos looked at the time laughing a little " Kid we haven't done that much to call for lunch . "
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