Yuan Shikai stared at the mirror, hoping a gatekeeper as friendly as Yahweh would appear.
Yet a long time passed without anyone speaking in his mind.
Yuan Shikai understood that waiting any longer would accomplish nothing. He had to make a choice.
Should he leave and keep searching for another possibility, or stake everything on touching the mirror?
After thinking it over for a long time, Yuan Shikai decided to touch the mirror to prevent the scene from his nightmare from coming true.
But just as his hand was about to touch it, a voice rang out in his mind.
"If I were you, I wouldn't choose to touch this mirror. Only those who regard what lies within the mirror as their everything will abandon the confines of their flesh and pursue that elusive ideal with their souls."
A voice had finally spoken, and Yuan Shikai's anxious heart finally settled.
Yuan Shikai said, "Senior, you're a gatekeeper too, aren't you?"
"I'm looking for a way to stop the universal reboot. I have a feeling the door inside this mirror holds a solution. Could you tell me?"
Yuan Shikai voiced his question, hoping this gatekeeper would be as easy to talk to as Yahweh.
"I am indeed the gatekeeper here. You may call me Selen, or Preservation. I also know why you have come."
"However, I cannot be certain whether you are qualified to inherit what lies beyond the door, so you must pass our trials."
Yuan Shikai said, "Selen? Preservation? Could you be...?"
Yuan Shikai voiced his uncertainty, for those two names carried no ordinary significance in the world of Type-Moon.
Selen said, "Your guess is correct. I am one of the Wandering Sea's Five Great Doors, the cornerstone that maintains the stability of the current spacetime: Selen, Door of