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 his

once he said these words, but I didn't

I began to calm

"Oh?"

the

not that different from him. You can say that you bear

his head and slowly lifted his head. His face slowly turned

How about you disappear and let the real you take over? I have no

he spoke in a gentle manner, every word he

a result. Even though it pained me to be reminded that I

replied with a

"I'm good."

"You're good?"

looked at me with a

"Ha."

his hand, he let out one

as his complexion

you have an

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

"Khurk!"

on both knees to

hands, I slowly raised my head to

Tap. Tap. Tap.

the room before

was right at that moment that the pressure bearing down on the

"Khuak!"

disappeared, my body reflexively gagged and a

the ground, I began to heavily gasp for air while a single string of saliva dripped

"…My bad."

I heard Jezebeth's voice echo

are at the moment. For a moment, I thought that you

the ground, Jezebeth placed both of his hands on the ends of

lots of things I want to say, and even though you might not be him, he should still be able to hear every single

my

"How should we start?"

pondering for a

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

his head, Jezebeth

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

with one hand while extending the other toward

a whiff of death

Should I just kill you before he takes over? There have been several instances when he's brought

in my thoughts like many whispers, resembling the hissing

now, a lot of my problems would

word he spoke, the stronger the hissing sound in my head became, sending me into this weird phase that made it hard for me to keep my focus. Everything around me felt

I think I've got a better

hissing sound stopped and he appeared in my vision once more. He kept the same smile as

did he spare

thought to 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 expression nor understand what he was

was a complete enigma in my

made him especially

the confused look on your face, you must be wondering why I did not

I was jolted out of them

the same thin smile on his face, he

in circles. The sound of his soft footsteps echoed

No, the Akashic records

his words, I swallowed a mouthful of

my body started to tremble as

since you don't have the power of the Akashic laws, but with every

of entity you are. Be it me, you...or the records, meddling with time 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 burden they face is rather

Jezebeth turned his

that the records slowly start to lose their powers like a fighter running out of stamina, and what if they get

I could feel my

His words…

feeling of dread as I began

records weakened, and as regressions took place, I became aware of the previous regressions within my mind with each new

enveloped Jezebeth's hand

"This power…it's so addicting."

so powerfully

his attention toward me, the

This is the last loop. Once 'he' dies, the loop will no

vibrations inside my body grew more intense with each word he said, and my

back to why I

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

I tried my best to keep

to say. I wanted to know why he wasn't killing me. I wanted to know what was going inside of

don't need to kill

my eyes blinked several

filled Jezebeth's face as his two glaring red eyes stared

the suffering you've experienced to end, right?

Jezebeth halted himself mid-sentence.

hand over his mouth,

doesn't look like you can kill yourself just yet. Not unless you

pondering, it didn't take long for his

direction, his smile became even

be even more

time, I knew he was looking at me, not the other

want to

straight into my eyes. Before I could even respond

part of you wants to