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Chapter 8 - The sacrifice

To use the Kri ... Ria, she had to become someone no one remembered.

Not just disappear—but erase every memory tied to her existence. Every smile, every shared laugh, every bond would vanish as though she had never been.

Just like Hermione did in Harry Potter, when she wiped herself from her parents' lives to protect them, she too would have to make that irreversible decision. But unlike Hermione, this was no spell for temporary protection—this was final. Permanent.

It was a price no one should have to pay, but one she had to willingly accept.

She spent days wrestling with the thought.

What would it mean to become no one? No friends. No family. No name. No money. No power. No trace of who she once was. Just a shadow moving in a world that once loved her. A world that wouldn't even remember it had.

But time was running out.

The future she had seen through the Kri Ria was catastrophic: cities turned to ash, blood running in the streets, humanity torn apart by an AI force too intelligent, too cruel. Even children were not spared. The world she knew was on the brink of total collapse.

If she didn't act now, there would be nothing left to protect.

And so, she made a choice.

Before stepping into oblivion, she planned one final trip—a journey not to escape, but to say goodbye. A farewell only she would remember.

She gathered her friends and family. They laughed, they cried, they relived moments from a time that felt so innocent. Quietly, she began preparing them—passing on knowledge, responsibility, leadership, and warning. In every embrace, she left pieces of herself behind.

At their final gathering, she entrusted her company to someone she knew would protect its legacy. Someone who would lead with integrity even after forgetting the woman who gave it all.

Because once the Kri Ria was activated, every memory of her would be erased—not just from minds, but from records, history, photographs, data. Every footprint gone.

She would start again, from nothing. A new name. A new face. A new life.

But her mission would remain the same: to fight the evil rising from the future. To challenge the AI that threatened to consume humanity.

What followed would be a journey of immense courage and unimaginable sacrifice. A life without recognition, lived in the shadows. But it was the only way.

Because to save the world, she first had to let it forget her.

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