- The Secret of Asuxion
Hop Before the Leap
The Secret of Asuxion
Meter’s Great Adventure
Part I: The Leap from Violet
Episode 15
The Asuxion District was serene.
Every piece of metal lay in orderly repose, as if thought itself had been suspended.
The assemblies of machines waited for the future in complete silence.
At the central facility, Hannis Izal stood facing a single man.
His name was Shei Attunar.
Yet it was not a personal name—it was a function, a role, continuity itself.
Attunar began to speak in a calm, measured voice.
“All metal resources, machinery, and integrated circuits that exist here in the Asuxion District will be placed at your disposal.
We have also received word from Dora Wave. We are more than willing to cooperate.
Two codices—and one further existence—must converge to restore the galaxy from darkness.
That alone is the wish entrusted to us.”
Hannis Izal did not answer immediately.
His thoughts were fixed on the continuity concealed beneath the words.
“Mr. Shei Attunar,”
he asked quietly,
“just how many generations removed are you from the First Tuner?”
A moment of silence followed—
not shock, but a pause meant to recalibrate understanding.
“So you know even that much,”
Attunar said with a faint smile.
“Today, we are known as an agricultural export world. After the collapse of the Federation, however, we formed a complementary relationship with Planet Santorini, trading agricultural products for metal resources.”
Then he continued.
“In that case, you must also be aware of the origin of the Asuxion District.”
“No,”
Hannis Izal replied frankly.
“I do not. Yet… I sense that this place resonates deeply with the origins of the Galactic Federation.”
Attunar’s gaze drifted toward a distant past.
“Eleven thousand years ago.
There was a millennium at the dawn of the Galactic Calendar from which almost nothing has been passed down.
In that darkness, an ‘immortal servant’ calling himself El Uter secretly guided Lambda Griss to this very Asuxion.”
He continued, with unmistakable conviction.
“Here, the Chrono-Broom of Lambda Griss moved toward completion.
Not abruptly—
but inexorably.”
Attunar slowed his words, as though reflecting upon himself.
“I cannot roam the galaxy as the First Tuner did a hundred years ago.
Yet now, the age of exploration must begin anew.
The time has come to entrust that mission to the next First Tuner.”
There was no longer any room to remain fixated on localized conflicts—
such as the discord with the Archive (Planet Neo-Ether).
“Galactic restoration has passed beyond the stages of observation and manipulation.
We are entering a phase of direct intervention.
And recently, the origin myth has begun to unravel at an alarming speed.
It is surely no coincidence that a group calling itself Anti-Emou has begun to interfere with us.”
Hannis Izal quietly asked in return,
“…What exactly is the Asuxion District?”
Attunar took a deep breath.
“I will be honest.
This is a request from Dora Wave herself, and I have judged that you possess the right to know.”
He spoke on.
“Before Planet Lilynas became the center of the galaxy, there existed a Siriusian Collective composed of thirty stars.
Its central world was Planet Regacia.
And now, that sacred land itself has been relocated here—to the Asuxion District.”
Then came the decisive revelation.
“Many within the Consuüm carry their bloodline.”
A cold shiver ran through Hannis Izal’s chest.
“Three hundred years after the death of Lambda Griss,
Emou suddenly appeared and swept across the galaxy.
People believed he had halted the Chrono-Broom Process.”
But—Attunar continued—
“That very destruction, paradoxically, revealed the true nature of the process.”
The request from Dora Wave—
it was not an ending, but an entrance.
“An entrance to the final phase.
Hannis Izal—
we sincerely hope that you, together with Meter, Orin Barr, and… one more individual,
will open the era of galactic restoration as a new group.”
Hannis Izal involuntarily raised his voice.
“…You know even about Meter?”
Attunar simply nodded.
For the first time, a genuine smile appeared on
Hannis Izal’s face.
“In that case,”
he said,
“I finally have something I can bring back with pride—to Orin Barr as well, who is building the starship Nadir and a new-generation exploration system.”
The silence of Asuxion trembled—ever so slightly.
From a blue world
toward a future of yellow and violet—
It was the sign that the galaxy had begun to move once more.
(To be continued)
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