All Chapters of Re-building My Kingdom: Chapter 11 - Chapter 16

Her food sizzled unnoticed on the small stove while Milena stared absently and thoughtfully at the ceiling. She felt how something incredibly big and important was spreading in her mind and seemed to take her completely. It was total chaos, as if she could look into the deep tissues of the universe and be devoured by it. But she didn't feel lost in it, because there was something that was so much more important than anything else around her. It was a tiny point, a shade, a needle in a haystack. It was almost nothing, but only almost. It was just a tiny bit more than nothing, but it wasn't nothing . Her mind was so focused on this point that she could almost grab it. She got closer and closer to this tiny point until she finally touched it. At that moment everything changed, as if she had knocked over a domino and started a never-ending chain reaction.When she averted her gaze from the ceiling, her food was completely burned, the stove had switched off after the smoke alarm w

The next morning, Val wakes up very rested. He can't remember ever slept this well. Milena had been on her feet for a while, washing the dishes from last night. Val went outside and looked into the forest. Everything was so peaceful and calm. The sounds of the forest and the fragrant air created a feeling of deep bliss in him. The sun shone through the trees at a steep angle and bathed the clearing in a lush green. The dew glittered gracefully on the leaves and the mist ran down the valley below them, slowly giving way to the warmth. Val felt a satisfied prudence flow through him and yet felt a rough seething deep in his mind.Scraps of memories he couldn't place, the strange dreams and what was going on with this guy from yesterday. But what gnawed at him the most was that incident in the lab and the reaction of this uncomfortable woman. He sat down by the well and poked around in the floor with a small piece of wood. Milena opened the door somewhat shyly to check on Val.

In the few milliseconds that Val had to reflect on his life, he thought calmly about the short but nice time he spent with Milena. He would like to know more about his strange dreams, that uncomfortable woman and invisible spaceships that disintegrate when they crash. But that was all over now. Nothing could stop the blade, which weighed several tons, as it moved in free fall towards him.And this time he wouldn't be able to wake up in a dirty alley and go home, because he believed the priest that the weapon could kill gods. Even if not, he would wake up in a coffin deep underground and be trapped there forever. Val completely resigned and just hoped that the pain wouldn't last too long. But it just didn't seem to go on. He had heard a lot about the fact that time goes by much more slowly in the face of death, but that had been ridiculously long, he thought, and at the same time felt his fear subside and a wave of energy roll over his body. He's been killed so many times, he'