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

stop once he said

I began

"Oh?"

the sudden turn

him. You can say that you bear

head and slowly lifted his head. His face

How about you disappear and let the real you take over? I have no interest in playing around with

a gentle manner, every

though it pained me to be reminded that I was a fraud, I was gradually accepting this fact. The fact

with a slow

"I'm good."

"You're good?"

mumbled while he looked at me with a strange look on his

"Ha."

let out one

long, as his complexion crumbled and

think you have an

as he snapped his head to gaze at me, and a

"Khurk!"

dropped on both

slowly raised

Tap. Tap. Tap.

rhythmical footsteps echoed throughout the

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

"Khuak!"

disappeared, my body reflexively gagged and a wave of vertigo hit

to heavily gasp for

"…My bad."

Jezebeth's voice

are at the moment. For a moment, I

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

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

my head snapped

"How should we start?"

for a

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

his head,

aside, it doesn't seem like you have much time till he takes over. I'll say a couple of

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

whiff of death

There

many whispers, resembling

you right now, a lot of

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

think I've

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

did he

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

complete enigma

what made him especially scary to

the confused look on your face, you must be wondering why

read my thoughts, I was jolted

thin smile on his face,

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

records are weakening. No, the Akashic records are already

I swallowed a mouthful

started to

don't have the power of the Akashic

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

Jezebeth turned his head

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

my head, I could feel my heart beating loudly as he

His words…

sudden feeling of dread as I began

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

white glow enveloped Jezebeth's

"This power…it's so addicting."

his words reverberated so powerfully inside the

toward me, the glow on Jezebeth's

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

vibrations inside my body grew more intense with each word he said, and my face began to

back to why I kept

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

my best

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

I don't need

my eyes blinked several

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

suffering you've experienced to end, right? Then carry it

Jezebeth halted himself mid-sentence.

hand over his

doesn't look like you can kill yourself just yet. Not unless you

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

direction, his smile

this might be even more

time, I knew he was looking

want to live don't

he looked straight into my eyes.

you wants to die, while another wants to