The Author's POV

Why do I exist?

It was the question that Jezebeth had wondered about ever since he was a young boy.

He wasn't sure why, but for some reason, he became obsessed with understanding the reason for his existence.

Jezebeth had grown up hearing the same phrases over and over again: "mistakes," "spawns that shouldn't have existed," and so forth, as a member of a race that was constantly under attack and hunted by the other races and Protectors.

It was enough to make anyone wonder if they were really just a mistake, a product of a creator who had made a fatal error.

Perhaps...

Perhaps they really were right, and they were indeed a mistake.

But how could the creator make a mistake?

That was the question that plagued Jezebeth the most.

If there was a creator, then surely everything that existed was part of their plan, right? And yet, if that were the case, why were they constantly hunted and oppressed?

Jezebeth refused to accept that they were just mistakes to be hunted and destroyed like vermin.

He wanted to find a purpose; no, he desired to find a purpose. A reason for their existence that went beyond simply being a target for those who saw them as inferior.

His thoughts were further reinforced the moment he managed to survive the attacks of the Protectors and got his hands on the first fragment.

Ever since that moment, everything changed for him, and instead of being the hunted, he became the hunter.

He conquered planet after planet, eradicating those who had once hunted his kind and creating contracts with those who were willing to submit.

Like a tyrant, he became the most powerful being in the known universe. There was no one strong enough to oppose him.

He had become the laws itself.

And then, just as he was about to achieve his goal, everything reset. He found himself going back in time with nothing to show for all his efforts.

'That's fine; I can do it again.'

At first, he was undeterred. He would simply gather the fragments again, he told himself, and this time he would succeed. But as the years passed and he found himself caught in a never-ending cycle of regression and recollection, he began to lose hope.

Kevin. He was the anchor the Records had created in order to rewind time. Kevin's birth was the moment they discovered his power and wanted to rid him of it.

Unfortunately, they had discovered him too late and couldn't reverse time to the point where he had just started to rise to power.

could only make do with the anchor they

After all, by then, he

But...

What is it

time Jezebeth believed he had discovered his reason for being and came closer to his goal, it would all slip through his fingers

person, but even his

never-ending game of cat and mouse, with the universe

he refused to give

the answers he sought were out there, somewhere, waiting for him to uncover them. He

turning

was already too far gone into

front of a familiar world.

down, he could see the looks of fear and dread coming from the humans and those from the other

around the world, looking for

"There he is…"

of grass with his eyes closed. He

Jezebeth, who had known him for

eyelids opened up, revealing a pair of pristine blue eyes. His ashen white hair turned black, and his

around them came to a sudden standstill. In the blink of an eye, he appeared right before his very eyes, and the

about the Ren in front of him, Jezebeth decided to break the silence and ask, "Which one of

"Does it matter?"

"…I guess not."

it this Ren or the other Ren, it really didn't matter to Jezebeth. What he cared for was something else, and he planned on eliminating whatever stood

now. Although he didn't outright say it, he could tell that he was

with his

of his heart, but there was nothing he

Rumble! Rumble!

sky began to quake as it slowly started to fold together. The space around them started to crumble, and something dark started to come out

Jezebeth's crimson eyes rippled, his soft

should end this,

"Yeah…"

BOOOM—!

everything in front of them started

***

for your life,

those beneath them out of their reverie as

barriers

as her gaze continued to move toward where Ren was.

she had to

was even more important than