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

my mouth stop once he said

I began to

"Oh?"

the sudden turn

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

shook his head and slowly lifted

about you disappear and let the real you take over? I have no interest in playing around with a

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

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

replied with a slow head

"I'm good."

"You're good?"

mumbled while he looked at me with

"Ha."

his hand, he let out one single burst of dry

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

you have

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

"Khurk!"

both

slowly raised my head to

Tap. Tap. Tap.

echoed throughout the room before

right at that moment that the pressure bearing down

"Khuak!"

reflexively gagged and a

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

"…My bad."

then, I heard Jezebeth's voice

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

crossed legged on the ground, Jezebeth placed both of his

I want to say, and even though you might not be him, he should still be

finger, my head snapped

"How should we start?"

for a

aren't intact you see, so I'm having a hard time remembering certain

raising his head, Jezebeth looked

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

hand while extending the other toward me until his palm was

that moment, I caught a whiff

There have been several instances when

echoed in my thoughts like many whispers, resembling the hissing sound

a lot of my problems would go

me into this weird phase that made it hard for me to keep

I've got

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

did he spare

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

a complete

what made him

your face, you must be wondering why

thoughts, I

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

in circles. The sound of his soft footsteps

No, the Akashic

swallowed a mouthful of

started

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

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

turned his

stamina, and what if

could feel my

His words…

began to experience a sudden feeling of dread as I

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

enveloped Jezebeth's hand and

"This power…it's so addicting."

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

his attention toward me, the glow on Jezebeth's hand

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

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

to why I kept you

whispering voice hissed loudly inside of my head, and

tried my best

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

I don't need to kill

thoughts blanked, and my eyes blinked several

face as his two glaring red eyes stared at me. No, he was staring at the

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

Jezebeth halted himself mid-sentence.

hand over his mouth, he

kill yourself just yet. Not unless you

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

direction, his smile

this might be even

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

to

straight into my eyes. Before I could even

of you wants to die, while another wants