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 fake

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

began to calm

"Oh?"

at the sudden turn

way, you're not that different from him. You can say

head and slowly lifted his head. His face

real you take over? I have no

spoke in a gentle manner, every word he spoke

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

with a

"I'm good."

"You're good?"

while he looked at me with a strange look on his

"Ha."

his hand, he let out one single burst

last for long, as his complexion crumbled and

actually think you have an

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

"Khurk!"

dropped on both knees

my throat with both hands, I slowly raised my head to

Tap. Tap. Tap.

rhythmical footsteps echoed throughout the room before

that the

"Khuak!"

the pressure disappeared, my body reflexively gagged and a wave

to heavily gasp for air while a single string

"…My bad."

Jezebeth's voice echo

weak you are at the moment. For a

legged on the ground, Jezebeth placed both of his hands on

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

my

"How should we start?"

pondering for a bit, Jezebeth tapped his head and

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

raising his head, Jezebeth looked

that aside, it doesn't seem like you have much time till he takes

while extending the other toward me until his palm was directly in front of

I caught a whiff of death lingering in the

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

like many

kill you right now, a lot

this weird phase that made it

think I've

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

did he

I looked 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

was a complete

was what made him especially

must be wondering

thoughts, I was jolted out of

face, he slowly stood up from his

he started to walk around me in circles. The

Akashic records are weakening. No,

words, I swallowed a mouthful

body started to tremble

not know this since you don't have the power of the Akashic laws, but

without saying that meddling 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 that much energy to reset

turned his head to

fighter running out of stamina, and what if they get so desperate that they start to use even more of their powers to help the one they chose to kill me? The one

my head, I could feel my heart

His words…

sudden feeling of dread as I began

took place, I became aware of the previous regressions within my mind with each new regression that happened. The records

his hand, a white glow enveloped

"This power…it's so addicting."

so powerfully inside the room that

his attention toward me, the glow on Jezebeth's

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

each word he said, and my

why I kept you

inside of my head, and my view of the surroundings

then, I tried my best to keep myself from passing

he wasn't killing me. I wanted to

don't need to

and my eyes blinked several times,

stared at me. No, he was staring

want the suffering you've experienced to end, right? Then carry it out. Kill yourself right now. Put an end to your never-ending misery

Jezebeth halted himself mid-sentence.

his hand over his

yourself

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

his smile became even more

might be

was looking

to

while he looked straight into my eyes. Before I could even respond he

of you wants to die, while another