Chapter 130: The Choir of Flames

The Genesis Field had known silence.

But in the wake of Valgrith's purification, that silence was broken—not by screams, but by song.

It began with Eirenne.

At the heart of the newly rebuilt Spirit Nexus, she sang—a low, ancient hymn that resonated through every spirit vein across the Flame Academy. Mireille followed, her voice mechanical yet soulful, harmonizing in a lost tongue only the Sovereigns could understand. Then Noira. Her tone was fire, warm and commanding, shaking the air with conviction.

Rei stood in the center, eyes closed, Anima Ignis embedded in the earth.

[System Notification: Flame Choir Initialization – Emotion-Realm Channeling Active]

Across the world, spirits stopped midflight.

Humans paused in prayer, sleep, or conversation.

Something was awakening—a universal empathy.

Resonance Cascade

In the Heaven Faction, Seraph Gabriel wept as she heard it. Michael, puzzled but not alarmed, whispered, "It's… not light. It's longing."

In the depths of the Underworld, Sirzechs Lucifer tilted his head. "So, Kazenari Rei has begun the Choral Protocol. Hmph. About time."

Even Ophis stirred from her slumber, lips parting as the melody reached the Dimensional Gap. "A new harmony. Not born of dragons. Born of flame."

Back in Kyoto, Azazel arrived at the Flame Academy balcony, arms crossed. "You're trying to rewrite the metaphysical constants of empathy into a binding system."

Rei nodded without turning. "I'm tired of languages that divide."

"So you're making a universal one."

"Yes."

Spiritual Backlash – The Echoes Resist

But not all spirits welcomed the change.

In fragmented pockets of the spirit realm, corrupted specters—remnants of previous sovereigns—howled as the harmony reached them. One by one, they rose.

These were the Discordant Choir, led by a forgotten spirit named Kaelis, once the Spirit of Silence. Now she screamed through rifts in spacetime, her voice shattering lesser minds.

[Warning: Emotion-Realm Conflict Detected – High-Level Fragmentation Inbound]

Kaelis descended upon the Nexus, shattering its outer barrier.

The Flame Choir faltered.

Rei's sword flared. "Then we'll teach through flame."

He charged.

Battle of Choirs

Kaelis and her Discordant tore through the courtyard, corrupting spirit nodes and turning peaceful echoes into shrieking banshees. Mireille held the eastern corridor with turret-glyph arrays. Eirenne summoned resonant shields around the children. Noira battled Kaelis directly, her halberd singing counter-melodies of ancient hope.

And Rei?

He dove into the storm.

Within Kaelis's soundscape, reality twisted—memories inverted, love turned to grief, joy to rage. It was a realm where truth died and lies multiplied.

But Rei sang.

Not words. Not commands.

Emotion.

[System Note: Custom Flame Choir Reconstructed – Emotion Calibration Synced]

His voice—raw, untrained, but real—cut through the storm.

One by one, spirits began to hum in answer.

Kaelis screamed.

And fell.

Aftermath – The Eternal Note

She did not shatter.

She wept.

"I forgot… how to hope."

Rei knelt before her. "Then remember. With us."

[System Message: Spirit of Silence Harmonized – Kaelis Integrated into Genesis Choir]

The Flame Choir resumed.

Now joined by once-lost voices.

And far beyond the sky, in places Rei had not yet reached, the song spread.

Not an anthem.

But a conversation.