Snap.
All it took was a snap of 'his' fingers to see the world around me shatter.
Cracks appeared in the black void, and the pieces slowly fell to the ground, revealing a white background behind them. It was like broken glass.
Gazing toward the breaking void, I turned to focus my attention on the other me that was standing not so far from where I was.
In particular, my gaze fell toward the chains that were binding his body. A complicated look flashed across my eyes.
'What do I do now?'
I found myself questioning myself.
With everything that I saw…I…really found it hard. Hard to find the drive to move forward.
Everything just felt so fake to me at the moment. As if everything that I knew before had now become something that was unfamiliar.
Be it the people that I knew, or reality itself.
'Wha..t do I do?'
…I really didn't know.
Cra..cracks.
Behind me, a muffled sound echoed. It was reminiscent of the sound of sand rubbing against a hard surface.
Without needing to look, I knew that it was the white orb cracking behind me.
Crack. Crack.
Accompanying the cracking sound, I felt an unfamiliar energy enter every fiber of my body. It was slowly seeping into my body, making my muscles tremble.
Feeling the power that was entering my body, my emotions numbed.
How could they not...
It felt as if a little part of me was fading with each crack in the core.
'...I don't think have long.'
With every crack, I could feel my existence start to disappear. No, rather, I felt it merge with something else.
It was most likely the other part of me.
I wasn't exactly sure about how long it would take, but I had a feeling that it wouldn't take more than a couple of years.
By then, would the current me still exist?
I wasn't sure.
'..I..I guess I've lived my purpose.'
I couldn't say that my life was the most fulfilling, but I was definitely happy with what I had. Added all together, I only existed for four years.
'Ha..ha..four years.'
The thought suddenly made me laugh.
It hurt.
The laugh hurt.
Grasping onto my chest, I raised my head and stared at the cracking void.
The cracks fell, and my eyes closed.
my eyes again, I found myself standing in the
me, I came to realize that all of them
complexions were rather pale, and they had a look
they slowly turned their heads to gaze
was in the room…all of
emotions flashed across their faces while they gazed at
to stare away from them before re-opening
being brief, their gazes were devoid of animosity
all
eyes then landed
to have
on his knees, staring blankly at the ground. A blank look covered his face as his mouth trembled
"I…impossible."
a
Tap.
my foot touching
body was filled with a bitter
'…I can't blame them.'
Their reaction…
was outside of my expectations. With everything that they saw, they were
that
"It's me."
'For now...'
loud enough for everyone to hear. I was letting them know that I was
my words seemed to have alleviated some of the cautions in the
I continued to move
long for me to reach him. Pausing in front of him, I lowered my
before. Pausing in front of him, his whispers
"I..it can't be…"
his words, I reached out my hand and grasped
***
Belief.
acceptance that something exists or is
was the definition
things that others didn't, and the same
of
belief and worship of a superhuman controlling power, especially a personal god or
god that they worshipped
was one
belief was in the
Jezebeth.
was his god and the person he
belief that he was an omniscient and omnipotent being. All were under his control, and he
that
at least that
to sink into Magnus's mind, and
"I..it can't be..."
whispered in a tone
can't have been
continued to echo throughout the
sense of loss in
anger, bargaining,
were the five stages of depression, and that was what Magnus was currently going through at the
for the fact that there was no fifth
'Acceptance.'
this was
for Magnus to accept what he
his own 'belief', 'god', being defeated by someone
currently feeling, was akin to
god whom he had been worshipping was actually not as invincible as he thought
also going through a similar state. The only difference, however, was the fact that Ren was able
memories, they must be
Magnus could go through at the moment was an endless cycle
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