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 fake

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

I began to calm

"Oh?"

raised at the sudden turn

different from him. You can say that you

lifted his head. His face slowly

already served your purpose. How about you disappear and let the real you take over? I have no interest in playing

a gentle manner, every word he spoke thundered in

it pained me to be reminded that I was a fraud, I was

with a slow head

"I'm good."

"You're good?"

looked at me with a strange

"Ha."

face with his hand, he let

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

think you have an

flashed with a scarlet color that totally enveloped the room as he snapped his head to gaze at me, and a

"Khurk!"

dropped on both

hands, I slowly raised my head to look at

Tap. Tap. Tap.

and rhythmical footsteps echoed throughout the room before they paused

that the pressure bearing down on

"Khuak!"

reflexively gagged and a

for air while a single string of saliva dripped to the

"…My bad."

heard Jezebeth's voice

weak you are at the moment. For a moment,

both

we have 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

finger, my head snapped

"How should we start?"

and pondering for a bit,

intact you see, so I'm having a hard time remembering certain things. Don't

head,

till he

other toward me

a whiff of death

There have been several instances when he's brought me quite a bit

thoughts like many whispers, resembling the hissing sound that

kill you right now, a lot of my problems would go

stronger the hissing sound in my head became, sending me into this weird phase that made it hard for me to

I think I've got a

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

he spare

looks were similar to that of a human, and the way he acted was also similar to how

complete

made

your face, you must be wondering why I did

able to read my thoughts, I was jolted out

thin smile on his face,

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

weakening. No, the Akashic records are already

swallowed a

my body started to tremble

this since you don't have the power of the Akashic laws, but with every regression, or time loop, the

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 and thus

his head to look at

it happens so many times that the records slowly start to lose their powers like a fighter running out of stamina, and what if they get so desperate that they start to use

my head, I could feel my heart beating

His words…

body began to experience a sudden feeling of dread as I

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

hand, a white glow enveloped Jezebeth's hand and his face

"This power…it's so addicting."

so powerfully inside the room that it felt as if the room

me, the glow on

the last loop. Once 'he'

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

why

voice hissed loudly inside of my head, and my view of the

tried my best to keep myself

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

I don't need

blanked, and my eyes blinked several times,

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

of your desires. You want to stop the loops. You want the suffering you've experienced to end, right? Then carry it

Jezebeth halted himself mid-sentence.

placing his hand over his

kill yourself just

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

in my direction, his smile became

might be even more

time, I knew he was looking

to live don't

into my eyes. Before

to die, while another