The Author's POV

Bang—!

A figure crashed against a series of buildings, sending them crumbling to the ground.

With another muffled blast, the figure crashed against the ground, and a crater formed around the area around him.

Following the dispersal of the debris and subsequent clearing of the area, Kevin's haggard figure appeared to be seen standing in the midst of the debris.

His clothing was ripped, and he appeared to have a gaping wound in his chest.

His red eyes gleamed under the red, apocalyptic sun that hung in the sky, matching its intensity.

"How pitifully weak..."

A figure with white hair descended from the sky above him in a slow and collected manner. His presence loomed over the world, and his towering figure oppressed anything within its sights.

He looked no different than a god that had descended upon the mortal world, as his every movement caused the world to shake.

"I'm rather disappointed."

Jezebeth spoke while maintaining eye contact with Kevin, who was standing below him.

His icy stare was filled with what could only be described as disappointment, and he raised his hand.

Palm facing Kevin, he mumbled.

"…If you're really all the records have planned in order to stop me, then I really am disappointed."

Booom—!

The world tore apart, and Kevin's vision grew black.

***

"Come, eat your soup, Kevin."

Kevin's ears rang with the sound of a familiar voice as he looked down and took a quick glance at the meal that was in front of him.

It was a straightforward yellow clear soup mixed with a few different vegetables ranging from carrots, broccoli, and the like.

'It's bland, and the nutritional value is low…'

Kevin thought as he brought the soup to his mouth.

The taste of the soup was extremely bland, and it never seemed to fill him, even though he was once again five years old.

The only reason he never grumbled was because he understood that this was the best his caretakers had to offer.

A simple vegetable soup.

Kevin, in all candor, did not comprehend why the records would assign him to such inept caretakers; however, he was not programmed to question the system's decision-making.

The only thing he needed to do was follow orders.

But…

"Why do you take care of me?"

There was still a lingering sense of curiosity in his heart, and he just couldn't help but bring himself to ask his caretaker the one question that had been in his mind ever since his first life.

Why would such a creature risk so much in taking care of him when they couldn't even take care of themselves?

Wouldn't it be more appropriate for them if they just abandoned him and lived for themselves?

be experiencing nearly as much suffering as they were right

the contrary, their quality of life for them

really think anything of it if they got rid

in all, it was

I take

friendly grin on

she kneeled down slightly

why wouldn't I take care of

not a

his face

surprise as she listened to his words, and then she smiled broadly and pulled him closer to

would you ever be a burden. My life has never been more fulfilled now that you're with

and warm embrace of his

more confused

voice was what broke him out of his reverie

rare occasion that I

of excitement once again made

such a

Humans…

far more confusing than he

***

Ding—!

System configured

100%

themselves. The demons came,

of his mother while he prodded her flesh with his

"Why?"

that had taken place in

"Kevin, move!"

could still clearly remember his mother pushing him to the side in an effort to protect

his mother, followed by his father dragging him away and

said that you didn't have to take care

asked, poking at the dead carcass of his

too far away from where he stood, was completely mangled, and he was no

at his mother and father for an undetermined amount of time while they lay dead on

felt

like this, but for some strange reason, he

'Why is that?'

arrived, he was whisked away from the area and placed in an orphanage before he even had a chance

that point, life returned to how it had been before, and Kevin's progress in

*

Twenty five years later.

himself standing in

expressionless face was the same as it had been in the

previous life, Kevin was much more

just by a little bit; it was by quite a

he was able to become even more powerful than he had been in his previous life

also received instruction from the most skilled instructors,

could swat his former self in just a couple

look eerily

voice rang throughout the world, his eyes glossing over his body. With a raised eyebrow,

"…You couldn't possibl—"

white hue began to emerge from it. It covered the entire

that, and a powerful wave of energy

"Akashic laws…"

of shock on Jezebeth's face didn't last for very long. Instead, he appeared to have realized something, as

the missing piece that I