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

once he said

began to calm

"Oh?"

the sudden

from him. You can say that you bear striking resemblances to this

his head and slowly lifted his head. His face

your purpose. How about you disappear and let the real

a gentle manner, every word he spoke thundered in my

a sense of helplessness as a result. Even though it pained me to be reminded that I was

replied with a slow head

"I'm good."

"You're good?"

he looked at me with a strange look on his

"Ha."

face with his hand, he let out one single burst of

as his complexion crumbled and

actually think you

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

"Khurk!"

instantly dropped on both

slowly raised my

Tap. Tap. Tap.

throughout the room

the pressure

"Khuak!"

after the pressure disappeared, my body reflexively

on the ground, I began to heavily gasp for air while a single string of

"…My bad."

I heard Jezebeth's voice echo beside my

at the moment. For a moment, I thought that

legged on the ground, Jezebeth placed both

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

finger, my

"How should we start?"

pondering for a

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

head, Jezebeth looked

it doesn't seem like you have much time till he takes over. I'll say a couple of years. Mhh, that sounds quite

other toward me until his palm was directly in front of

I caught a whiff of death lingering

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

many whispers, resembling the hissing

right now, a lot of my problems

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

I think I've

stopped and he

did he

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

a complete enigma in my

made him especially

your face, you must

able to read my thoughts, I was

face,

me in circles. The sound of his soft

Akashic records are weakening. No, the Akashic

his words, I swallowed

within my body started to tremble as a

this since you don't have the power of the Akashic

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

his

lose their powers like a fighter running out of stamina, and what if they get so desperate that

I could feel my heart beating loudly

His words…

dread as I

the 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 in trying to make

glow enveloped Jezebeth's hand

"This power…it's so addicting."

words reverberated so powerfully inside the room that

his attention toward me, the glow on

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

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

to why I kept

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

tried my best to keep myself

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

don't need to

my eyes blinked several times, unable to comprehend

Jezebeth's face as his two glaring red eyes stared at me. No, he was

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 an end

Jezebeth halted himself mid-sentence.

hand over

can kill yourself just

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

in my direction, his

this might be even

time, I knew he was looking at me,

to

looked straight into my eyes. Before I could

to die,