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Chapter 6 - Chapter 5: Time’s Mirror, Heart’s Edge

🕰 The Echo Archive – 36 Hours Left

The room buzzed with unstable magic.

Chris and Hermione stood over the scroll:

"To kill a time-hunter, one must borrow a death."

Hermione paced, biting her lip.

— "Borrowing a death. What does that even mean?"

Chris was silent. The System remained oddly quiet—almost like it was... listening.

Then the shelves shifted. A memory orb floated toward them—swirling with silver light and screams that didn't belong to this world.

🎥 Vision: Future Variant Detected🌍 "Timeline 9-Gamma: Hermione Granger – Timebound Witch"

The orb shimmered—and then Hermione saw herself.

Older. Battle-worn. Her voice cold, wand movements razor-sharp.

— "Don't ever let him touch your core. Time-hunters feed on your past to rewrite your future."

The vision ended in a blaze of fire.

Hermione turned to Chris, shaken.

— "That was… me. In another world. I was fighting him."

Chris whispered:

— "And I think we lost in that one."

🧠 System Prompt: Special Event Triggered

Editar✨ Echo Resonance Achieved → Unique Spell Unlocked: "Mortem Pactum" – Death Contract Effect: Borrow the essence of someone's final moment from another timeline. Channel it as a one-use spell against temporal predators. Cost: One Bonded Memory User Must Accept Emotional Link Consequences

Chris blinked as the spell glowed, waiting to be accepted.

Hermione touched his arm. "Don't take it alone."

— "Hermione—this could kill me. Or you."

She met his eyes, voice fierce:

— "You're not facing a timeline killer without me."

He selected [Share the Pact].

The spell split in two.

Bond Level with Hermione: 💖 Level 3 – Bound by Memory

⚔️ The Confrontation – Hogwarts Clock Tower

Solan Myrr appeared at midnight.

The ancient pendulum froze as he entered, his cloak flickering like shadows in candlelight.

He didn't raise a wand. He didn't need to.

— "You are an error, Christopher Kim. You are not of this world. And now, the balance requires a correction."

Chris stepped forward, defiant.

— "You erased timelines. I saved someone."

— "Saving breaks more than it heals."

Hermione raised her wand beside Chris.

— "He's not alone."

Solan tilted his head. "Ah. The girl with too many possible futures."

He reached forward—into her past. Hermione screamed.

Chris activated Mortem Pactum.

💥 The Spell: "Borrowed Death"

From the Echo Archive, a memory flared to life:

A world where Harry Potter died, and Hermione led the resistance alone. Her death was final—but glorious.

Chris grabbed it. Wove it into a spell.

He shouted:— "You want to see the death that haunts her? Then take it!"

A storm of white fire exploded from his wand, made of grief, love, and sacrifice.

Solan reeled, shadows torn apart by light not meant to exist.

🧠 System Results:

Editar✅ Temporal Hunter Repelled HP Remaining: 12% Status: Temporarily Banished Beyond the Veil 🎯 +3 Destiny Points 💬 Bond with Hermione: "Unbreakable Trust" Achieved New Trait Gained: Twin Core Resonance Warning: System Instability Increasing – Solan Will Return Stronger 💔 Aftermath – The Astronomy Tower

Chris and Hermione stood in silence, watching the stars.

She finally said:

— "If you're from another world… does that mean you'll leave this one?"

Chris looked at her.

— "I didn't come here by choice. But if I ever do have to leave… I'll find a way to take what matters with me."

She turned to him, eyes glowing with something unspoken.

— "Then you'd better make sure I still matter by then."

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