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Chapter 5 - Chapter-1:Centura Kingdom Arc, Part-4:The Darkness of the depth

[Intro]

Sitting on your terrace and gazing up at the sky is one of the most peaceful experiences. Under a clear night, countless stars shimmer, planets drift silently, and the universe whispers its ancient tales. But what we see is only the surface of an endless ocean.

Beyond our sight lie planetary systems — vast collections of worlds orbiting suns — and star clusters brimming with uncountable stars. These gather into galaxies, which themselves weave together to form the cosmic web, a colossal lattice of infinite galaxies. This cosmic web, in turn, resides within our universe.

And yet… nothing ends here.

Beyond the universe stretches the multiverse, an infinite assembly of universes, each with its logic, laws, and realities. Greater still is the megaverse, containing an unknown number of multiverses. Finally, there is the omniverse — the ultimate reality: the set of all that exists and all that does not, encompassing megaverses, multiverses, universes, dimensions, dreamscapes, timelines, metaphysical planes, and even entire systems of logic. It is everything that can, cannot, will, or will never exist.

Within the omniverse, possibility and impossibility are merely choices, defined and reshaped by four forces: observers, manipulators, managers, and the creator.

Observers — beings like us: humans, animals, animate and inanimate objects, and even entire universes where energy flows in finite, natural ways. These belong to Numb Transcendence.

When an object or being can manipulate energy without limit, it achieves Post-Transcendence.

When possibilities themselves are rewritten across the omniverse, that is the domain of Partial Transcendence — the managers of reality.

And when the omniverse and all transcendences themselves are brought into being, the paradoxical origin behind it all is known as Absolute Transcendence.

[Chapter-1:Centura Kingdom Arc, Part-4:The Darkness of the depth]

Pragh reached Ameeshell's Mansion with a bucket of fruits. 

Knock! Knock!..

He knocked on the door with his knuckles. Aunt Ameeshell opened the door with her soft and smooth hands."Hey! Pragh,Nice to see you again.Why don't you come in?" Ameeshell asked Pragh with her glowing smile."Sure, I will!" His expression suggested everything was normal, but if someone looked closely, they might notice hints of nervousness and overthinking beneath the surface. He got inside, and she offered him to sit down on the sofa.

He was thinking about how he should start so that she could not get hurt. In a frantic and shaking voice, he asked her to give him some time to play with him 'Hide and Seek', as she did when he was a younger kid. He said that he is feeling that their relations are now becoming inconsistent, and he is feeling that she might be feeling lonely without him. She was quite astonished, suddenly he wanted those kid days remembered again, but still accepted his argument.

Matrue and Ashdrill approached the kids, Matrue trying to persuade them to return the cucumbers to his customer. He warned them that if they didn't, he would inform their parents about the situation. The kids, frightened by the threat of a complaint, explained that they had only placed the toy gun over Ashu's temple as part of a prank, but he only took it seriously and left the cucumbers there. Meanwhile, Ashdrill was visibly scared, hiding behind Matrue. When Matrue turned his head slightly and saw Ashdrill acting unusually, he made a look of hopelessness.

Mature ( Annoyed): Yes, Sir, here is a cucumber. I hope that you will keep coming, only and only for purchasing vegetables, not for anything else!

Ashu (Wide open mouth, visible shining teeth, he thumps up): You are a great man! Here is your tip. Just catch it!

Ashdrill threw one cucumber towards Matrue as his tip and walked away.

Matrue(Grimacely thinking): Huh! What a man, he was!

Meanwhile, Ameeshell covered her eyes with a cloth, counting to ten.

Ameeshell (Speaking each number by giving stress in her voice, while playing): Oneee!

Pragh (In a frantic voice): Just wait, I am hiding!

Ameeshell:Twooo!Threeee!

Ameeshell:Sevennn! Eighttt! Nineee! Tennn!

Ameeshell:(With a cunning smile, in a slow voice): I am just coming! Are you ready?

No reply from Pragh came, as he knows how the game works.

She approached to find him. It might seem very hard this time as she continued for 4 hours, searching him under the bed, behind sofas, in every room, bathroom, kitchen, hall, mansion's terrace, and backyard. No traces of him she has found yet.

While he was talking to Cons in a dark surrounding, like inside a closet or cabinet.

Pragh(with a dim and steady voice): I tried to make her comfortable before asking her about 'Amelore', but still, I don't dare to speak, as I don't know how I should start the conversation to avoid hurting her.

Constant(took some time, like she was thinking, and then started speaking with some motivation and tips): I think it is still hard, but not so much that you should give up. Even I got shocked after Amelore's confrontation with us. I also knew Aunt Ameeshell like you, as I was with you from the start, and I am confused after hearing that his brother is 'Plusto'.I think it is a serious thing we should know about. Although we might fail today, we will try again tomorrow.

Pragh( with some courageous smile): Yes! You are right!

During their conversation, the dark surroundings filled with light as Ameeshell opened her car's storage. " Oh! So you are here. HUH! I am so tired since it turned evening finding you," said Ameeshell, panting heavily. "Evening?" asked Pragh in an astonished tone.

In the late evening, Ashu was returning to his home from his job, when three men all of a sudden walked in front of him in the isolated street; nobody else was there. They were identical triplets, and shockingly, their hair was glowing in pink, green, and yellow, respectively. Also, their outfits were glowing in their respective colours. They were all tall and their skin and face colour were pure white like snow.

"Hey, boy, you entered the street, but for your convenience, I would like to tell you that you can't go back without our permission, " the pink-haired guy said in a cracking slow, heavy voice.

"Yes, because we are the only reasons behind the silence of the street. We are the most dangerous gang on this street," said the green-haired guy with a high-pitched voice and showing aggression with his words.

Ashu, looking scared, suddenly stood up with a confident face and said, "I don't know about you guys! But I have never passed this street, but today I have many pending works to complete at my home, so please leave me a way."

"You are talking casually, but to be honest, we are not normal beings," said the yellow-haired guy whose eyes were totally black, while the other two had eye color respectively to their hair and outfit.

Ashu smiled normally, " I think that you guys are the reason no one else walks here, but I think that you were just mocking a weak guy. Why shouldn't you just take my cucumbers and let me go?"

Those gang people felt Ashu was taking their words as a joke and this made them even more angry.

"Cucumbers! , but we eat the flesh of humans. So it will be futile for us." Said the yellow-haired guy.

"Just count up to 10, and you will be dead" said the green-haired guy in a frustrated tone.

"But before your death, you should know who we are." said the pink-haired guy.

They all three together started concentrating with closed eyes and formed a bubble of light of respective colour as their hairs. Each joined his own hands together and then opened the eyes. Pink moved his hand and everything around him started elevating slowly in a uniform motion.Green moved his hand and sliced some complicated infrastructures. And as the yellow moved his hand a huge repulsive force generated causing instant destruction of windows glasses and it cracked many buildings across the street. As the windows were broken, people inside their houses got afraid and hid below the walls and tables as they knew the terror of this gang.

But they what? that Ashu seemed chill while just rubbing his ears and like waiting for them to stop these jokers' act. 

Frustrated with the normality on Ashu's face, green moved his hand to slice him but nothing happened as he was still in the same instance harmless. This was unbelievable by them so the pink tried to elevate and throw him, but instead he found himself being elevated like he used his power in front of a mirror.At last yellow tried to punch him with his repulsive force and get close to Ashu. But Ashu grabbed yellow's hand, blocking his attack and said with an excited smile " Not now! Let's see how much time you can stop me here?".

While this was an unbelievable side of Ashu, but we can't ignore Pragh, so let's see what's going on with him.

The cold wind whistles while Pragh and Ameeshell were sitting and drinking coffee on the centre table.

Pragh(with a voice full of joy hiding nervousness):So, finally you found me again!

Ameeshell(She was doubting the argument): I took at least 4 hours to find you,this time you played well and it's obvious as your brain grows up well.

Pragh(smiling and laughing): Again, I remembered my childhood as I spent with you.

Ameeshell (laughing): Yes...!

Pragh laughed, agreeing with her statement.

They finished the coffee, so Constant told Pragh to not give any stress until she spoke up.On which Pragh replied constantly only by thinking that if she refused even this,he would not push hard to make her speak forcefully.On which Contant did agree but she want him to keep trying.As Pragh took the cups and was just moving towards kitchen, Ameeshell looked down eyes covered in shadow and like she had something very serious to spoke.

Ameeshell (while Pragh with cups moving to kitchen, she was serious): Pragh, just sit I have something to tell you!

Pragh didn't understand the notation and said that he would come after keeping cups in the sink.

But when she spoke,the cups slipped from his hands like a leaf crushes after leaving the tree.

She said in a low voice "I am not Ameeshell Grease, I am Ameeshell Plusto…..!"

[Part-4 end]

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