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 fake

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

I began

"Oh?"

at the sudden turn of

You can say that

shook his head and slowly lifted his head.

real you

spoke in a gentle manner, every word he spoke

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

replied with a

"I'm good."

"You're good?"

at me

"Ha."

let out one single burst of dry

didn't last for long, as his complexion crumbled and

you have

enveloped the room as he snapped his head

"Khurk!"

both knees

hands, I slowly raised my head to look at

Tap. Tap. Tap.

rhythmical footsteps echoed throughout the room before they paused in

at that moment that the pressure bearing down on

"Khuak!"

after the pressure disappeared, my body reflexively gagged and

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

"…My bad."

I heard Jezebeth's voice

the moment. For a moment, I

placed both of his hands on the ends

to say, and even though you might not be him, he should still be able to hear every single one of the

my head

"How should we start?"

pondering for a bit, Jezebeth tapped his

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

his head, Jezebeth looked at

you have much time till he takes over. I'll say a couple of years. Mhh, that

with one hand while extending the other toward me until his palm was directly in front of

caught a whiff of death

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

my thoughts like many

kill you right now, a lot of my problems

in my head became, sending me into this weird phase that made it hard for me

I've got

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

he spare

that of a human, and the way he

a complete enigma

made him especially scary to

the confused look on your face, you must be wondering why I

read my thoughts, I was

thin smile on his face, he slowly stood up from

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

Akashic records are weakening. No, the Akashic records

I swallowed a

my body started to tremble as a

the power of the Akashic laws, but with every regression, or time loop, the records

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 low, but what

turned his head

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 me? The

I could feel my heart beating loudly

His words…

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

regressions within my mind with each new regression that happened. The records could no longer expend any energy in trying to make me

enveloped Jezebeth's

"This power…it's so addicting."

his words reverberated so powerfully inside the room that

attention toward me, the glow on Jezebeth's

the last

vibrations inside my body grew more intense with each word

why

my head, and my

best to

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

I don't need to

thoughts blanked, and my eyes blinked several times, unable to comprehend

stared at me. No, he was staring at the other

of 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,

kill yourself just yet. Not unless you

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

in my direction, his smile became

this might be

knew he was looking at me, not the

to

straight into my eyes. Before I could even respond he

you wants to die, while