[A/N: I will drop two chapters today and tomorrow... Then over the weekend the drop rate will pick back up to about 3-5 chapters.]
Ash arrived back to the world of Astralis for a few reasons with one being Celeste herself.
It had been a few years since he'd last seen her—at least by the universe's clock—but with all the time dilation, it had felt like much longer. So when he arrived, he didn't bother with anything else and teleported straight into Celeste's private chambers.
The chamber was a vast, domed sanctum bathed in the soft glow of floating constellations—pinpricks of starlight suspended in mid-air, shifting slowly like living nebulae, casting gentle patterns across walls of polished astral crystal that hummed faintly with cosmic energy.
The air held the fresh scent of far-off stardust, warm and uplifting, while a soft, rhythmic hum pulsed through the floor like the heartbeat of the stars themselves.
