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Chapter 17 - Chapter 17 – “The Blade That Remembers When He Can’t”

Ashenfall – Battlefield in Collapse

The Law Eater descended like a god of death.

Code storms tore through the sky.

Walls turned to static.

Reality buckled beneath its voice.

> "REWRITE DETECTED. ZONE PURGE INITIATED."

And still—he stood there.

Rin.

Sword raised. Heart hollow. Memory gone.

But he faced the monster without blinking.

> "You're not touching her."

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✨ Soulburn: Form II – The Memory Echo

> [Glitchblade Upgrade Detected]

[New Form: Soulburn – Memory Echo]

[Effect: Blade adapts to emotional imprints lost to the mind.]

The blade sang—a tune of laughter, tears, warmth.

Rin's eyes flared for a moment… and his fingers trembled.

> "Why do I feel like I've held that girl while she cried?"

He stepped forward, and the blade flared with violet fire.

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⚔️ Father and Daughter vs. System's Weapon

Lilith floated behind him, her aura like black wings of sorrow and chaos.

> "Even if you don't remember me, I'll fight beside you."

> "Then I'll protect you—even if I don't understand why."

They moved in perfect sync.

Rin sliced through a chain of law.

Lilith blasted through a divine firewall.

The Law Eater reeled—for the first time, it was bleeding code.

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⚠️ The World Begins to Collapse

> [System Alert: Rewritten Zones Being Devoured]

[Error Expansion: 17% → 24% → 39%]

[UNSTABLE LOGIC CASCADE: DETECTED]

Myra and her forces evacuated civilians as reality itself began folding inward.

> "If this keeps up," she shouted, "the system will reboot everything!"

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💔 Lilith Makes Her Move

She opened her system menu.

A locked command blinked at the bottom.

> [Emergency Key: Restore Memory Fragment]

[Requires: Full Soul Bond. Risk: Soul Sync Overload.]

> "If I do this… I might die."

She looked up at Rin, sword raised, heart empty but hands shaking.

> "But if you don't remember me, Papa…"

> "Then it's like I never existed at all."

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⚡ Forbidden Command: Soul Sync Memory Override

> [Command Accepted]

[Injecting Target Soulstream → RIN_VALTAZAR.sys]

> "Papa… remember me."

Rin froze.

Visions flooded in.

Laughter. Her smile. Her hugs. Her screams.

Her cooking disasters. Her tears.

His chest seized.

> "...Lilith?"

He dropped to his knees, eyes wide, tears falling.

> "LILITH!!"

She collapsed into his arms, unconscious—barely breathing.

> [Memory Restored. Connection: Complete.]

[Warning: Catalyst Fatigue Critical.]

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Ending Scene – Soulburn Awakens

The Glitchblade pulsed.

And for the first time… spoke.

> "She gave up everything for you. Now give me everything you've got."

> [Final Form Initiated: Soulburn – Code Requiem]

[System Override Protocol: Armed]

Rin stood.

Tears in his eyes. Fury in his grip.

> "You wanted to erase her?"

> "Now I'm going to erase you."

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