prologue

What does the time say about our universe? if you have made a wrong decision, would you decide to go back and change it? if time travel were possible, you still wouldn't be able to change the past. if only I knew that from the start. i regret what I have done. I regret that I just stayed and watched. I felt stupid that I did not stop my father back then...

I was 10 years old then in a small apartment in the country of Mysteria, a rather small country. it was by the Atlantic ocean. Though the country is in shambles after losses in a long magic rebellion, it was a rather peaceful life. unlike the chaos that happens and arguments about magic being banned around the city. As a kid, I was ignorant of what was happening and enjoyed reading books that my father gave me. News of the changes that's happening throughout the city- new education system, Certain types of magic still allowed and etc. while all I care about were all the magic books my father gave me, I find it interesting. it felt like a world out of a fantasy. A language I have never seen before, diagrams that look as complex as the standard model of physics, and how such a complex book intrigues an 10-year-old me. Though magic is banned, not all sort of magic is banned, only offensive magic is banned. Magic used doing household chores is fine. My father is almost never around and I was stuck at home reading books he gave me. I wish that my father could spend more time with me...

Whenever i asked him what his job was, he did not answer me. when I ask him why he rarely comes back home, he dodges my questions. i always cry when my father leaves me at home alone. i be on the floor like a spoiled child begging him to not go. i was scared that once he left that door, he would never come back again. " Katou, I'm sorry i cannot spend time with you, I'm a bad father, aren't i" he said before he left...

My father was a kind person and tried to buy me gifts every time he came back home. A new stuffed animal, a brand new sweater and I were happy, even as a 10-year-old kid, I understood that i should not be too selfish. I understand that but I hope that my father would spend time with me instead of just buying presents. He was loved by a lot of people around our neighbourhood. the Neighbour, Nagisa and her husband, Mike and her 5 year old daughter, Shina. Even the mailman becomes friends with my father

it was a year later when the incident happens, a bright flash of light can be seen through the windows. Though it became an mystery in the neighbourhood, i never believe it. My father.... he... disappeared into thin air. He left while i was still asleep. i woke up in the middle of the night in the midst of it and i saw my father in a giant magic circle in his bedroom. lights of blue rays shone upon the entire room. i was screaming at him but he just smiled at me before he just left. devasted, I cried and cried. As a kid, I do not really understand anything. I cried until the fatigue caught up and i fell asleep in the mist surronding the room, and when i woke up, i look around the house frantically, i saw no signs of him anywhere. i was desperately trying to find, screaming "father", "father"., thinking its just a dream. The day before the incident he told me that he was sorry about what is going to happen and give me a hug. i was confused but i hug him back. i only came to accept the truth as time goes on. days becomes week and weeks become months. The police did not investigate what happened as its said that my father has passed away. But i saw the truth with my own very eyes that he used some kinds of magic but i cannot say it loud as it could led to us being arrested. i was forced to stay in the neighbours house after my father went missing. "Where did he go" i have asking this question in my head until today.... i already got into so much trouble in the past trying to find the answers to that question. Why must my suffering continue until now. Time just feel is endless and felt meaningless. my naive own self would not think that I have to go through hell first before I go to heaven

However, ten years after my father disappeared, as i walked into the city, i met a great group of people who helped me greatly in this journey.....