A Thousand Years of Infinity. Science Fiction Story. Alexander Chesalov

seems only a year ago that I left this house,” the wanderer continued. – Believe me, I didn’t intend or want to go anywhere, but I decided to go and traveled to that very world. I lived there for fifty years. I saw cities that float in the clouds, forests where trees sing, and oceans whose waves glow in the dark. I’ve loved, I’ve suffered, I’ve rejoiced. I lived a full life in this world and breathed fully. But one day I realized that I had to go back. It was inevitable. The loop of time anomaly has once again crossed the straight line of our time. And now I’m here to keep the balance and give you a chance.

      – Balance? – Ivan asked, confused by the traveler’s story.

      – Yes,’ the traveler nodded. – Everything in this world is connected. And what happens to us is not in vain. For some incredible reason, you and I, and all the others who will live in this house in a year, two, three, and so on up to fifty-five years from now, have been given the unique opportunity to live what I call ‘a thousand years of infinity. None of us can change or influence this anomaly. It is and will be active for quite some time. We can only keep the balance between the worlds by following one rule: it is obligatory, after making a decision and leaving this house, to come back here, to the present, in one year, after having lived in the other world for a different period of time for each of us. For you it is exactly forty-nine years. The other you, whom you will meet in this house when you return, will be only one year older than you in the present, and he will have to repeat our journey with you, having lived there for exactly forty-eight years, and then come back again. The next one of us will travel forty-six years, and so on, until one of us is fifty-five years old in this world.