Reincarnated in a depressing erotic world but living a normal life (right?)

A Fleeting Eternity

"Father..."The firmament of the sealed dimensional domain shuddered down to its deepest foundations.

(¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡BRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR-KRAAAAAAAA-CRUSH-GHOOOOOOOOM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)

At the epicenter of the devastation, the colossal mass of the nascent moon convulsed, altering its very stony anatomy to deploy the definitive response of the Great Earth Spirit.

"The preparations are complete."

The upper crust of the forming satellite cracked open into a circular abyss miles in diameter, opening titanic jaws of basalt and scorching magma toward the zenith of the confined space...

(¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡SCHRRAAAAKKKKK-VUUUUUUUUUUUSHHHH-BOOOOOOOOOM...!!!!!!!!!!!!)

And the interior of the crater churned like the throat of an erupting volcano, casting a scarlet glow that dyed the entirety of the collapsing sky with the color of blood.

"It is time. Let us end this."

All around, the gravitational pull reached a point of extreme saturation.

(¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡ZUUUUUUUUUUUU-VROOOOOOOOOOM-BZZZZZZZZT...!!!!!!!!!!)

In parallel, thousands of mountain blocks and tectonic fragments from the destroyed forest, trapped in the colossus's magnetic field, began to orbit the giant spherical mass like a runaway asteroid belt.

"... I... I remember..."

The debris collided at supersonic speeds, generating showers of mineral sparks and bolts of natural energy that enveloped the perimeter of the moon in a continuous kinematic storm.

(¡¡¡¡KRA-TA-KRAAAAK-TRUUUUUUUUUMMMM-CHOQUE!!!!)

Simultaneously, from the convulsing surface of the satellite and the ruins of the ground still remaining in the abyss below, the earth answered the call of its core.

"... Before... I am sure..."

Rock formations composed of basalt needles, obsidian peaks, and compacted mineral crests erupted violently from the terrain, rising toward the sky like living mountain ranges that defied gravity.

(¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡SHWIIIIIII-ZUUUUUUUU-CLASH-CLASH-CLASH...!!!!!!!!!!!!)

At that moment, hundreds of colossal needles converged at a perfect angle toward the firmament, bursting through the ash clouds and evaporated mist, pointing their sharp peaks toward a single fixed point in the vastness of the heights...

(... The moon... Is white... It is also small...)

Their target was a tiny figure floating beneath the refuge of the stars.

"... But it is also..."

Up there, suspended on the frontier of the stars and above the gravitational chaos that threatened to devour the domain, a single, immovable silver gleam remained motionless, bathed in the remote light of the cosmos.

"Eternal."

It was a fleeting moment that seemed to resonate for eternity...

(…—DUM…—)

Time appeared to slow down, and the deafening roar dampened into a dull, distant echo.

"..."

And experiencing such a state... Suspended over the abyss of the world, Silver...

(¡Kliiing... ssshhhuuuaaa...!)

... let go of her sword's hilt, vanishing it into particles of light.

"What...?!"

Naturally, such an action bewildered the spirit of the earth.

(…—Tu-shúm... tu-shúm...!—)

Immediately after, that princess finally brought her hand delicately to the center of the pulsations...

(…—Du-pát... du-pát...!—)

In doing so, her fingers gently touched the small gem embedded in her chest.

(—¡¡BA-DUMP... PUM-PUM...!!—)

In response, upon contact with the tips of her gauntlets, the gem throbbed.

(…—People do not disappear entirely when they die, little one…—)

The Valkyrie's tears continued to fall in silence from high above.

(... —... As long as someone keeps them in their memory, they will remain here…—)

Crystalline drops floating in the reduced gravity, reflecting the remote light of the stars and the growing glow of the gem before dissolving into the void, began to shine.

(…—But I know that time is cruel, my child…—)

In that moment of suspended stillness, as the basalt tips cut through the clouds in their ascent toward her, the stream of forgotten memories broke the final dam of her soul with the serene sound of that all-too-familiar voice...

(…—That is why, even if one day you were to forget everything, I wanted to leave you something that would help you remember…—)

Fleeting flashes of light pierced the gloom of her mind with overwhelming clarity.

(…—I made this weapon thinking of you, of the true meaning of the name I gave you on that snowy night...—)

The image of her father's cracked hands shaping the metal under the forge's light, pouring his last strength and every drop of hope into that gift, returned to her.

(…—It is hope made of steel. I named it in your honor, remembering that first wooden dagger you brandished with such joy when you were little…—)

The glow in her chest erupted into a continuous halo.

(¡Fff-SHUUU... zzziii-iiisss...!)

The gray flames coating her body in a perfect layer absorbed the crystal's light, purifying themselves until they became as translucent and calm as the reflection of a winter night.

(¡¡Pshhh... vvv-vvv... fff...!!)

From the gem on her chest, the structure of the air surrounding the Valkyrie began to freeze in the middle of the void.

(¡¡Krr-clink... fff-SJJJJUUU...!!)

A frigid mist, dense and white as the haze of a stellar glacier, emerged from the cracks of the crystal and spread down her arm.

(¡¡¡Tzzz-crac... sss-hhuuuú...!!!)

Consequently, the temperature at the summit of the confined firmament dropped to abyssal levels in a fraction of a second.

"... It is true... Let us end this..."

The frigid mist did not merely envelop her figure; it began to crystallize the moisture of the ash clouds, forming snowflakes of silver that floated lazily around her before the matter itself condensed...

"Impossible. An element shift?!"

And in the palm of her hand, the icy mist took physical form.

(¡¡Kriii-shhh... vvv-vvvshhh...!!)

From her hand, a dagger conceived from the love and memory of her past life materialized beneath the light of the stars.

"Let us do this together..."

Held in her hand, a short, straight blade of translucent steel like eternal ice crystallized beneath the light of the stars, revealing finely sculpted scales along its spine and a runic fuller breathing an uninterrupted white mist.

"... My name... is Silver..."

Shining from above, its crossguard shaped like folded wings and the pommel embedded with a sapphire-blue gem of icy brilliance froze the worn leather of its hilt against the Valkyrie's gauntlet.

"And your name is...!"

At that moment, as if in response, the dagger—baptized with the true name of her soul in honor of that first wooden weapon—exhaled a storm of pure frost that turned the ash clouds into a fine drizzle of silver snow.

(¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡ZRAAAAAAAKISH—BOOOOOOOOOOOOOM...!!!!!!!!)

At the same time, shattering the calm of the heights, the first continental basalt needles and the magma throats of the nascent moon finally burst forth, opening their stone jaws to swallow the light of the firmament...

"¡¡...!!"

However, in response, suspended on the frontier of the heights, the knight princess simply held her breath.

"¡¡...Nivisluna...!!"

Releasing the name that once belonged to her, echoing beyond the dimensional storm, across time and space.

(¡¡KRAK-SHIIIIU... num...!!)

... As a result, reality seemed to freeze on the spot.

(¡¡KRIZZZ-KREK... ¡_!...!!)

And immediately, the rock jaws on the verge of crushing her, the meteorites in supersonic orbit, the heat of the lava, and the very light of the stars remained suspended in an inert frame of time.

(¡CLANG-ZT... clac... clac... clac...!!)

Everything came to a complete standstill... Except for one exception.

(¡¡¡¡¡VUUMMM-¡_!... fff-fiiiuuu...!!!!!)

And in a sequence of boundless speed that existed beyond the flow of time, Silver became a blur of translucent silver.

(¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡ZRAAAAAK-SHING-SHING-SHING-VOID-VOID...!!!!!!!!!!)

Moving in a lethal dance that no one could behold, the translucent steel dagger danced in her left hand in a display of infinite slashes, slicing, piercing, and disarticulating everything in its path.

(¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡SHWIIIIIII-ZUUUUUUUU-FLASH...!!!!!!!!!!!!)

Until finally, leaving no trace in the air, Silver's figure suddenly vanished from the heights, as if she had never been there at all.

"Instant rupture."

A second later, far below the celestial mass that still threatened to devour the forest, the Valkyrie's boots touched the ruined earth of the ground.

"... It was fun."

Thereupon, she slowly raised her left hand and, with a fluid, elegant, and unwavering motion, flicked the dagger in the air to cleanse the frost from its edge.

"What?"

Instantly, at the blade's movement, the chain reaction erupted in the sky.

(¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡FFFFFFFFFFFFFFSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS—CRACKLE-FROST...!!!!!!!!!!)

From the epicenter of the firmament to the very last fragment of the attracting mass, the entirety of the lunar structure froze instantly.

(¡¡¡¡CRRRUUU-CRACCC... ¡ZAP!...!!!!)

The scorching magma, the convulsing earth, the continental crests, and the orbiting asteroids were dyed in an immutable, crystalline white.

(¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡CRACK-CRACK-KRRRRR-GLASS...!!!!!!!!!!)

Only to split all at once moments later into billions of perfect, microscopic fragments, disintegrating noiselessly into a vast tide of frost.

(¡¡KLI-KI-KI-TCHHH... fff-ssss...!!)

Which transformed into a peaceful and beautiful snowfall.

(¡Tzi-tzi-tzi-cliiin... shshshuuu...!)

Thus, silver snowflakes began to fall slowly and serenely from the heights, blanketing the ruined forest in a mantle of white.

"... I said I was going to cut you... But..."

And at the exact center of that dance of snow, descending lazily toward the ground, the core of the Great Earth Spirit, Eldora-Gideon, remained completely immobilized.

"This weapon was not made for that purpose..."

Pierced and enveloped in a prison of eternal ice that entirely blocked its energy flow, the core was rendered helpless, frozen in an unbreakable trance, leaving it out of commission.

"Ughhhh!"

However...

(¡¡¡THUD-CLANK...!!!)

At the same time, the strength left the Valkyrie's legs.

"... It... hurts... My... head...!"

Silver's boots slammed against the cold earth and her knees crashed onto the ground with a metallic clatter, breaking the thin mantle of snow that was beginning to accumulate.

(¡¡¡...!!!)

As a result, the dagger in her hand lost its icy luster, returning to her chest.

"Aaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhh!!!"

Yet despite that, at that moment, Silver could only scream in a gesture of silent agony, clutching her head.

"GRRRR.... ARGHH...!!"

The barrier in her mind had collapsed completely, causing her consciousness to begin fracturing as the memories of her past returned in an uncontrollable avalanche.

"Ggh... a-ahg...!"

And once again, madness began to reign as the luster of the metal faded, withering from the joints to the breastplate, turning a dark, dull black, as deep as coal on a starless night.

(¡¡¡FFFFFFFFFFFFFFSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS~!!!)

At the same time, as the black flames began to burn...

"¡¡¡¡¡GWRAAAA-SHWIIIING-GROOOOOOOOO-GWAARRRGHHH-AAAAAAARRRGHHH!!!!!"

... An ancient calamity began to emerge.