Volume 8, Chapter 46 – This Is Your Name

In my own eyes, what does the world actually look like?

Regarding that, I actually did not know myself.

And when that existence with enormous eyes appeared and asked me this question… I subconsciously spoke an answer that even I myself did not understand.

“This world should not have existed…”

That was the answer I gave at that time.

The world should not have existed.

Life, souls, thoughts, desires.

These things should not have existed in the first place, yet they were accidentally created.

The universe should have remained in eternal disorder, the world should have returned to chaos, and all things should have returned to annihilation.

There should be nothing eternal, no matter how powerful, how rule breaking, or even capable of dominating the universe such an existence might be. All such existences should eventually arrive at the ending of annihilation.

People age, grow sick, die, and in the end turn into a handful of yellow earth.

Races as long lived as the elf race, beings as eternal as the Creation Dragon, will all eventually face the moment of their own end.

Let alone the world itself.

The stars in the sky will one day extinguish, and the sun so close at hand will also have a moment when it no longer burns.

No matter how wonderful or beautiful the world before one’s eyes may be, it should also have the day it is destroyed.

This is the iron law of the universe, and this is the principle of chaos.

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“It should not exist?”

The existence with enormous eyes responded to my words with a disappointed voice, and slowly began to move away from me.

As that eye withdrew, a gigantic dragon whose full body could not be seen appeared in my field of vision.

Crystal like scales refracted rainbow colored light, and its massive dragon eyes radiated a gaze that was both majestic and gentle.

Seeing this existence whose body alone filled the entire world, I subconsciously understood its true name.

This was… the Creation Dragon.

The only god who created the entire world.

“Will the end of this world ultimately be destruction?”

The Creation Dragon let out a sigh, its gaze locking tightly onto me.

Its voice resounded across the entire sky, lingering endlessly like the dull thunder of a rainy day.

“In your eyes, does this world still have any room to be saved? No… what I mean is, is there any possibility for it to become eternal?”

“The universe cannot be eternal, and even chaos will eventually reach the day it is erased. The gods will face twilight, and long standing civilizations will also come to an end.”

“The world is the same… no matter how beautiful this world is, it still has the day it should end.”

At that time, my coldness was beyond words.

Toward the Creation Dragon’s almost pleading gaze and questioning request, my answer could be said to be merciless like ice.

“I understand…”

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After a long silence, the Creation Dragon responded slowly.

However, although it said that, it gave the illusion that it had already resigned itself to fate.

But in reality, it was still possible to see that this dragon had not given up.

“If you do not mind, would you be willing to live in my world for a period of time?”

This time, it was no longer appropriate to ask questions about the world. This was the first time I had ever received such an invitation.

“Live there?”

Tilting my head, I subconsciously asked at that time.

“Yes. Actually, creating this world took me a very long time… of course, from the moment I gained consciousness, I was already able to begin the process of creating a world. So for this world that I poured my heart into creating, I believe it possesses a charm that is uniquely its own…”

“Although it will still ultimately face the ending of destruction, before that ending arrives, why not let more existences see the world I created with such dedication?”

To share.

The desire to let others see the world one created.

At that moment, I truly felt it.

The Creation Dragon before my eyes seemed to have lived for an extremely long time, but the lengthy creation process had not made its thinking rigid.

Although reason occupied a large part of the dragon’s thoughts, it still possessed that part of thinking known as emotion.

This was the feeling of wanting to share a work one was satisfied with.

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Even though I clearly felt that emotion, for me at that time… neither sorrow nor joy were things I could possess.

But…

After wandering through chaos for such a long time, this was also the first time… the first invitation to settle down in someone else’s world…

“If possible…”

In the end, it seemed that this was how I answered the dragon at that time.

“If I could invite you to visit my world, it would also be an honor for me. Although I know that this world will eventually face the day of destruction… before that, I still want to properly protect this world.”

The first part of the Creation Dragon’s words seemed to be spoken to me at that time, but the latter part sounded more like it was speaking to itself.

Not only the desire to share its own “work”, but also that incomparably firm resolve to protect its own world.

“Um… do you have a name?”

After inviting me to settle down in the world, the Creation Dragon asked this final question.

“A name?”

Faced with such a question that seemed extremely simple, I unexpectedly fell into silence at that time.

“What is that?”

“…You do not have one?”

“Yeah… but names… they don’t really feel necessary.”

“Who says they are not necessary!”

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For some reason, my words seemed to make the dragon angry.

“A name represents the existence itself in a certain sense! At the moment a name is mentioned, one will instinctively think of that existence. So from a certain perspective, your name represents you yourself!”

“Oh, then you can give me one.”

“Alright then… judging by your gender, you should be a girl. Then I’ll give you a cute name. By the way, I’m a girl too~”

“Mm.”

So the Creation Dragon God turned out to be a girl.

Of course, upon learning this information at that time, I did not feel much surprise.

And after hearing that the Creation Dragon, as a girl, was going to give me a name, I nodded very casually.

“You descended into this world from beyond the heavens, so the first character will be Tian. And your voice sounds quite nice too, so how about Tianyin?”

“Sure.”

At that time, I did not really care much about names.

But…

From the moment I was given a name, something seemed to suddenly emerge from my heart, and in a very brief instant, it filled my eternally hollow inner self.

“Tianyin, this is your name.”