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

said these

I began to calm

"Oh?"

the sudden

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

head and slowly lifted

let the real you

gentle manner, every

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 a

with a slow head

"I'm good."

"You're good?"

mumbled while he looked at me

"Ha."

his face with his hand, he let out one single

for long, as his complexion crumbled and

actually think you have

totally enveloped the room as he snapped his head to gaze at me, and a dreadful pressure descended upon the

"Khurk!"

both knees to

slowly raised my head

Tap. Tap. Tap.

echoed throughout the room before they

moment that the pressure bearing down on the room

"Khuak!"

my body reflexively gagged and a wave

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

"…My bad."

Jezebeth's

pathetically weak you are at the moment. For a moment, I thought that you were going to

the ground, Jezebeth placed both of

want to say, and even though you might not be him, he should still be

finger, my

"How should we start?"

head and pondering for a bit,

so I'm having a hard time remembering certain

head, Jezebeth looked

seem like you have much time till he takes over. I'll say a couple of years.

one hand while extending the other toward me

that moment, I caught a whiff of

kill you before he takes over? There have been several instances when he's brought

in my thoughts like many whispers, resembling the hissing

I kill you right now, a lot of my problems would go

word he spoke, the stronger the hissing sound in my head became, sending me into this weird phase that made it hard for me to keep my focus. Everything around me felt so off

think I've got a

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

he spare

myself as I looked at Jezebeth before me. Although his looks were similar to that of a human, and the way

a complete enigma in

made

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

being able to read my thoughts, I

thin smile on his face, he

walk around me in circles. The sound of

weakening. No, the Akashic records are already

swallowed

within my body started to tremble

have the power of the Akashic laws, but with

case, unlike me and you, the records don't use that much energy to reset

Jezebeth turned his

times that the records slowly start to lose their powers like a 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

head, I could feel my heart beating

His words…

to experience a sudden feeling of dread as I began

as 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

hand, a white glow enveloped Jezebeth's

"This power…it's so addicting."

words reverberated so powerfully inside the room that it felt as if the

attention toward me, the glow on Jezebeth's

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

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

to why I kept you

head,

I tried my best to

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

I don't need to kill

blanked, and my eyes blinked several times, unable to comprehend

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

experienced to end, right? Then carry it out. Kill yourself right now. Put an end to your never-ending misery and...mmm,

Jezebeth halted himself mid-sentence.

over his

yourself just yet. Not unless you devour

for his brows to relax.

my direction, his smile became even more

this might be

time, I knew he was looking

to live don't

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

wants to die,