The Author's POV

Fear.

An unpleasant and inescapable emotion caused by the threat of danger, pain, or harm.

It begins with your hair standing up. Next, your palms begin to sweat, and your body experiences a wave of nausea, making it difficult for you to comprehend what lies before you.

The world feels foggy. Everything that seemed so clear the previous moment becomes blurry, and in an instant, your entire body begins to tremble, and your heart beats so loudly inside of your head that it feels suffocating.

Fear starts off as an instinctive and primitive response designed to help us avoid dangerous situations.

…But what would happen when you're in a situation where you can't avoid this so called danger?

Helplessness.

That was what they would feel.

A wave of helplessness would wash over the individual as they find themselves in a situation where they could do nothing.

"Don't tell me you're planning on leaving right as I arrived?"

Jezebeth's words echoed inside of my ears, while the hair at the back of my neck stood up.

Fear was slowly starting to permeate my body.

"Haaa…haa…"

Unknowingly, my breathing became heavier.

As I slowly lifted my head up, my eyes met Jezebeth's, and my heart stopped for a moment.

'S..shit.'

I was overcome with a wave of helplessness as his presence completely enveloped my body, stopping me from moving at all.

"Hm?"

In the midst of my struggle, Jezebeth frowned.

Coming a little closer to me, he tilted his head a little.

"You…"

He pointed his slender finger in my direction, as his glaring red eyes scrutinized my body up and down.

My body felt completely naked as his eyes scanned it. It was as if he knew every secret inside my body.

Gradually, as he continued to stare at me, his eyes dropped and his head shook.

"…You're not him, again."

There were hints of disappointment in his voice as he turned his head to look away from me.

Right as he turned, I was able to hear his soft whisper.

"He would never make such an expression…"

Taking a step away from me, he looked around the room and continued to whisper to himself.

"This is strange…I'm sure I detected his presence before coming here. I don't think I'm wrong."

For the next couple of seconds, he didn't say anything and just quietly walked around the room with a pensive look on his face.

Coming to a sudden stop, he turned around to look at me.

Once again scanning my body, his brows jumped and a thin smile formed on his face.

"I see…"

Tap.

Taking a step closer to me, it didn't take long for him to arrive before me.

Extending his hand, my vision darkened as his plan covered my face.

I tried with all my might, staring at the hand that was snatching at my face, but it was all in vain; he stopped me without any effort on his part.

"Don't move. I'm trying to check something."

His voice loudly echoed inside of my ears.

As soon as his words vanished, I experienced an electric shock throughout my body. My body began to tense up in response to what he did, and my eyes rolled to the back of my head.

I wanted to scream, but it was all futile effort on my end as my mouth was sealed shut. No matter how much I struggled, I couldn't say anything.

"Mhh! Mhhhhh!"

The only thing that came out of my mouth were low muffled shouts.

"Ah, it makes sense now."

Taking his hand away from my head, Jezebeth once again turned away from me.

He had a satisfied look on his face.

"It's just like I predicted. You were the ones that resulted in Magnus's death, and it doesn't look like an accident either. As expected of you…"

Turning his body around, our eyes met. This time, his smile faded a little.

must be

restriction in my mouth stop once he said these words, but I didn't say anything and remained

I began to calm

"Oh?"

raised at the sudden

can say that you bear striking resemblances

lifted

disappear and let the real you take over? I have

he spoke in a gentle manner, every word he spoke thundered in my

be reminded that I was a fraud, I was gradually accepting this fact. The fact that I was

a slow head

"I'm good."

"You're good?"

at me with a strange look on his

"Ha."

hand, he let out one

for long, as his

you have

scarlet color that totally enveloped the room as he snapped his head to gaze at me, and

"Khurk!"

on both knees to the

throat with both hands, I slowly raised

Tap. Tap. Tap.

slow and rhythmical footsteps echoed throughout the

that the pressure bearing down on the

"Khuak!"

the pressure disappeared, my body reflexively gagged and a wave of vertigo

heavily gasp for air while a

"…My bad."

heard Jezebeth's

how pathetically weak you are at the moment. For a moment, I thought

sitting crossed legged on the ground, Jezebeth placed both of his hands on the ends of his

have a talk? There are lots of things I want to say, and even though you might not be him, he should still be able to hear every single one of the words I

my head snapped

"How should we start?"

for a bit,

time remembering certain things. Don't mind me if I remember

head, Jezebeth

that aside, it doesn't seem like you have much time till he

covered his mouth with one hand while extending the other toward me until his palm was directly in

a whiff of death lingering

before he takes over? There have been several instances when he's brought me quite a bit

thoughts like many whispers, resembling the hissing sound

a lot of my

stronger the hissing sound in my head became, sending me into this weird

think I've got a

that the hissing sound stopped and he appeared in

he

myself as I looked at Jezebeth before me. Although his looks were similar to that of a human, and the way he acted was also similar to how a human acted, I couldn't read his

was a complete enigma in

that was what made him especially

you must be wondering why I

read my thoughts, I was jolted out of them

thin smile on his face, he slowly stood up from his

me in circles. The

No, the Akashic records are

I swallowed a mouthful

my body started to tremble as

you don't have the power of the Akashic laws,

doesn't come cheaply. Whatever the case, unlike me and you, the records don't use that much energy to reset the universe. Every reset is just a fraction of their power and thus the

turned his head to

the records slowly start to lose their powers like a fighter running out of stamina, and what if they get so desperate that they start to use even more of their powers to help the one they chose to kill

feel my heart beating loudly as he

His words…

to experience a sudden feeling of dread as I began to comprehend

my mind with each new regression that happened.

his hand, a white glow enveloped Jezebeth's hand and

"This power…it's so addicting."

he spoke in a low whisper, his words reverberated so powerfully

me, the glow on Jezebeth's

your looks, you've already guessed it. This is the last loop. Once

grew more intense with each word he said, and my face began to twist

why I kept

whispering voice hissed loudly inside of my head, and my view of the

my best to keep myself from passing

say. I wanted to know why he wasn't killing me. I wanted to

because I don't need to

blinked several

as his two glaring red eyes stared at me.

You want the suffering you've experienced to end, right? Then carry it out. Kill yourself right now. Put an end to your never-ending misery

Jezebeth halted himself mid-sentence.

hand over his

you can kill yourself just

was pondering, it didn't take long for his brows to relax. The smile also returned

direction, his smile became even

be even more

was looking at

to live don't

looked straight into my

wants to die, while another