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

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

began to calm

"Oh?"

raised at the

that different from him. You can say that you bear striking resemblances to this demeanor at times.

slowly lifted his

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

in a gentle manner, every word

of helplessness as a result. Even though it pained me to be reminded that I was a fraud, I was gradually accepting this fact.

with a slow head

"I'm good."

"You're good?"

me

"Ha."

hand, he let out

as his complexion crumbled

actually think you have

color that totally enveloped the room as he snapped

"Khurk!"

instantly dropped on both knees to the

slowly raised

Tap. Tap. Tap.

slow and rhythmical footsteps echoed throughout the room before they paused

was right at that moment that the pressure

"Khuak!"

after the pressure disappeared, my body reflexively gagged and a wave

heavily gasp for air while a single string of saliva

"…My bad."

heard Jezebeth's

pathetically weak you are at the moment.

Jezebeth placed both of his hands

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

"How should we start?"

his head and pondering for a bit, Jezebeth tapped his head

intact you see, so I'm having a hard time remembering

his head, Jezebeth looked

till he takes over. I'll say a couple of years.

toward me until his palm was directly in front of

moment, I caught a whiff of death lingering in

Should I just kill you before he takes over? There have been

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

now, a lot of

the stronger the hissing sound in my head became, sending me into this weird phase

I think I've

was only after he removed the palm of his hand away from me that the hissing sound stopped and he appeared

he spare

looks were similar to that of a human, and the way

a complete enigma in

made him especially

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

able to read my thoughts, I was jolted out

thin smile on his face, he slowly stood up from

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

weakening. No, the Akashic records

his words, I swallowed a

body started to

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

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,

turned his head to look

and over again? What if it happens so many times that the records slowly start to lose their powers like a fighter running out of stamina, and what if

I could feel my heart beating loudly as he

His words…

body began to experience a sudden feeling of dread as I

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 in trying to make me

white glow enveloped Jezebeth's hand

"This power…it's so addicting."

low whisper, his words reverberated so powerfully inside the room that it felt as if

his attention toward me, the

you've already guessed it. This is the

each word he said, and

back to why

head, and my view of the surroundings

I tried my best to keep myself

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

I don't need

my eyes blinked several times,

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

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

Jezebeth halted himself mid-sentence.

over his mouth, he

you can kill yourself just yet. Not

it didn't take long for his brows

direction, his smile became even more

this might be even more

was looking at me, not

to live don't

my eyes. Before I

wants to die, while