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.

be his

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

I began

"Oh?"

at the sudden turn

a way, you're not that different from him. You can say

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

real you take over? I have no interest in playing around

in a gentle manner, every

Even though it pained me to be reminded that I was a

replied with a

"I'm good."

"You're good?"

he looked at me with a strange look

"Ha."

hand, he let out one single burst

for long, as his complexion crumbled and

actually think you have

totally enveloped the room as he snapped his head to

"Khurk!"

both knees to

my throat with both hands, I slowly raised my head

Tap. Tap. Tap.

rhythmical footsteps echoed throughout the room before

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

"Khuak!"

after the pressure disappeared, my body reflexively gagged and

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

"…My bad."

heard Jezebeth's voice echo

you are at the moment. For a moment,

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

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

his finger, my

"How should we start?"

his head and pondering for a bit, Jezebeth

I'm having a hard time remembering certain things. Don't

raising his head, Jezebeth looked

have much time till he takes over. I'll say a couple

hand while extending the other toward me until his palm was

I caught a whiff of death lingering

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

thoughts like many whispers,

kill you right now, a lot of my problems would

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 so

think I've got

his hand away from me that the hissing sound stopped and he appeared in my vision once more. He kept the same smile as before on his

did he spare

human, and the way he acted was also similar

was a complete enigma in

that was what made him especially

look on your face, you must be wondering why I did

my thoughts, I was jolted out of them by

same thin smile on his face, he slowly stood up

started to walk around me in circles. The sound of his soft footsteps echoed

Akashic records are weakening. No, the Akashic

swallowed

my body started to tremble as a

of the Akashic laws, but with

goes without saying that meddling with time isn't cheap regardless 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 that much energy to reset the universe. Every reset is just a fraction of their power

Jezebeth turned his head to look

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

my heart beating loudly as

His words…

body began to experience a sudden feeling of dread as I

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 could no longer expend any energy

a white glow enveloped Jezebeth's hand and

"This power…it's so addicting."

his words reverberated so powerfully inside the room

me, the glow on Jezebeth's

guessed it. This is the last loop. Once 'he' dies, the loop

word he said, and my

to why I

head, and my view of the surroundings started

tried my best to keep myself from passing

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

don't need to

and my eyes blinked several times, unable to

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

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

Jezebeth halted himself mid-sentence.

hand over his mouth,

yourself just yet. Not unless you

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

my direction, his smile became even

be

looking

want to

while he looked straight into my eyes. Before I could even

to die,