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

once he said these words,

began to calm

"Oh?"

the sudden

not that different from him. You can say that you bear striking resemblances to this demeanor at

head and slowly lifted his head.

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

in a gentle manner, every word he spoke thundered in

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

with a slow

"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 dry

his complexion crumbled and his voice

actually think you have an

that totally enveloped the room as he snapped

"Khurk!"

on both knees to

I slowly raised

Tap. Tap. Tap.

slow and rhythmical footsteps echoed throughout the room before they paused in front of

was right at that moment that the pressure bearing down on the

"Khuak!"

after the pressure disappeared, my body reflexively gagged and a

gasp for air while a single string of

"…My bad."

then, I heard Jezebeth's

at the moment. For

placed both of his

are lots of things I want to say, and even though you might not be him, he should still be able to hear

his finger, my

"How should we start?"

and pondering for a

memories still aren't intact you see, so I'm having a hard time

head, Jezebeth looked

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

the other toward me until

a whiff

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

thoughts like many whispers, resembling the

a

became, sending me into this weird phase that made

think I've got a

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

he

that of a human, and the way he acted was also similar to how a human acted, I couldn't

a complete

made him especially scary

face, you must be wondering why I did

to read my thoughts, I was jolted out of them by Jezebeth's

smile on his face, he slowly stood up

he started to walk around me in circles. The sound of his soft footsteps echoed through my

weakening. No,

I swallowed a mouthful

within my body started to

the power of the Akashic laws, but with every regression, or

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 the burden they face

his head

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 they get

head, I could feel my heart beating loudly

His words…

feeling of dread as I began to comprehend what he

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

enveloped

"This power…it's so addicting."

reverberated so powerfully inside the room that it felt as if

the glow on Jezebeth's hand

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

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

back to why I

my head, and my view of the surroundings started

I tried my best to keep myself from

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

because I don't need

eyes blinked several

filled Jezebeth's face as his two glaring red eyes stared at

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

Jezebeth halted himself mid-sentence.

over his mouth,

look like you can kill yourself just yet. Not unless you devour

was pondering, it didn't take long for his

his smile became even

this might be even more

time, I knew he was looking

to live don't

my eyes. Before I could even respond

to die, while