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

said these

I began

"Oh?"

brow raised at the sudden

can say that

lifted his head. His face slowly

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

manner, every word he spoke thundered in

result. Even though it pained me to be reminded that

with a

"I'm good."

"You're good?"

mumbled while he looked at me with a strange look on

"Ha."

he let out one single burst of dry

for long, as his complexion crumbled and his voice

think you have an

eyes flashed with a scarlet color that totally enveloped the room as he snapped

"Khurk!"

on both knees to the

my throat with both hands, I slowly

Tap. Tap. Tap.

and rhythmical footsteps echoed throughout the room before they paused

the pressure bearing down on

"Khuak!"

body reflexively gagged and

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

"…My bad."

heard Jezebeth's voice echo beside my

forgot about how pathetically weak you are at the moment. For a

both of his hands on the ends of his

though you might not be him, he should still be able to hear

his finger, my head snapped

"How should we start?"

a bit, Jezebeth tapped his

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

his head, Jezebeth looked

he takes over. I'll say a couple of years. Mhh, that sounds quite

while extending the other toward me until

a whiff of death

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

my thoughts like many whispers, resembling

you right now, a lot of my problems would go

sending me into this weird phase that made it hard for me to keep my focus. Everything around me

I've got

the palm of his hand away from me that the hissing sound stopped and he appeared in my vision once more. He kept the

he

human, and the way

a complete enigma

was what made him especially scary to

the confused look on your face, you must be

thoughts, I was jolted out of them by Jezebeth's

same thin smile on his face, he slowly

me in circles. The sound of his soft footsteps echoed through my

No, the Akashic records

swallowed a mouthful of

within my body started to

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

of what type 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

his head

fighter running out of stamina, and what if they get so desperate that they

feel my heart beating loudly as he

His words…

experience a sudden feeling of dread as I began to comprehend what he was

the Akashic records weakened, and as regressions took place, I became aware of the previous regressions within my mind with each new regression that happened. The records

his hand, a white glow enveloped Jezebeth's hand

"This power…it's so addicting."

he spoke in a low whisper, his words reverberated so powerfully inside the room that it felt as

attention toward me, the glow on Jezebeth's

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

word he said,

to why I kept

head, and my view of the surroundings started

best

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

don't need to kill

thoughts blanked, and my eyes blinked several times,

red eyes stared at me. No,

stop the loops. You want the suffering you've experienced to end, right? Then carry it out. Kill yourself right

Jezebeth halted himself mid-sentence.

his hand over his mouth,

can kill yourself just yet. Not unless

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

direction, his smile became even

be even more

he was looking

to live don't

looked straight into my eyes. Before I could

part of you wants to die, while