A deal with the Wish Granter.
I have made all the arrangents before eting with him.
My wish is for him to die and in return, my mories of this world.
The problem with this, of course, is that I lose my mories.
So I've made so arrangents.
"Okay, Da-in."
One is the diary I entrusted to Seo Eun.
It's the diary I've been keeping since I was possessed by this world and decided to see the ending.
It contains all my mories of this world.
And when I get ho and read it, I will imdiately rember again.
Thanks to the residual thoughts, the destruction of the creature that took my mories, and the Vine Witch I'm writing this because it's not really necessary, and a similar thod was used in the original story, which ans that my mories will return completely.
So far so good.
I offer all my mories of this world in exchange."
Normally, this would be no problem, since everyone has mories from this world but I was different, as I ca from another world.
And since I read the original book in that world, I also have all the knowledge of the future.
Of course, I might panic if I suddenly lost all my mories but I've even prepared for the amnesiac .
"My wish is your complete and utter death, right now."
And with that, I made my wish.
"ha."
"You Haha. I see."
The black child smiled and raised his hand to his head.
Then, with a creepy chuckle, he said.
"I see. I will grant you your wish, child of the stars."
"But you will realize one day how reckless it is to defy the gods"
With those words, the creature's body began to glow white and crack into pieces.
The white tentacles that dangled around it turned black and expanded madly, as if they were about to burst.
At the sa ti.
""
Feeling my mind slowly fading, I reached into my pocket and pressed the button on the recorder I'd prepared in advance.
Okay, it's all over now.
I'm sure he's going to do sothing before he dies, but after this, I'm going to have to take care of myself since I've lost my mory.
Honestly, that's my biggest problem. Would I be able to make it ho safely, open the diary, and regain my mories?
I wasn't sure.
To be honest, I was a little scared. I wondered if everything I'd done here, all my mories, would be for nothing.
But it was for the best.
Even if I lost my mory forever, I had to take down that dangerous bastard here.
I don't know. It'll work out sohow.
Everything will be fine. I have faith in my post-mory self.
.E..gostic.!
Ending those thoughts, in a crumbling prison I closed my eyes, blurring the sound of Stardus shouting at .
And just like that I lost all the mories I had built up in this world.
***
"Damn!"
~Deep within Carqueas, in the dungeon~
Stardus, who had been blocked by an invisible wall, gritted her teeth as she slamd into the wall once more.
I will give you all my mories of this world in exchange.
Egostic spoke calmly.
Hearing those words, she doubted her ears for a mont.
But when she saw the conviction in his eyes, she rushed forward, only to be stopped by an invisible wall. With the unearthly shout of a monster, that the deal was sacred.
"Egostic! Egostic!!!"
She called out to him, pitifully, pounding on the wall.
He turned his back on her, as if he couldn't hear, and went about his business with a serious face.
Yes, perhaps she should have known. That it was always this way with Egostic. That he'd always been this way, always rushing to accomplish his goals without thinking of himself.
Why hadn't she known?
She was too complacent.
She thought Egostic would have a solution. He was the one who had laughed and told her to trust him until this morning.
So when he'd told her he had a way to take him down, she'd assud without thinking that he must have sothing on his mind. That if he did, he'd think of sothing special.
The truth is, he's just an ordinary man on the inside, just like her.
Why didn't she realize that he was trying to make sothing happen, even at the expense of himself?
That's what he ant when he said he was offering his mories in exchange.
That he fears more than anything that he will not rember himself.
Stardus realized, only now, in this mont.
And so she tried desperately to break the wall, but their bargain was faster than that.
"But you will realize one day. How reckless it is to defy the gods"
With those words, the Wish Granter body began to crumble. Perhaps, given the circumstances, Egostic's wish was to get rid of him.
At the sa ti, Egostic's body staggered.
He stood still and confused, holding his head.
"Egostic!!!"
Stardus pounded on the wall in frustration.
She finally succeeded in breaking through the wall as the prison shook and the white tentacles flailed about.
"Egostic, are you okay? Egostic!"
She dodged the falling walls of the crumbling prison and made her way to where he was, wondering what Wish Granter had done just before he died.
"!"
And then it happened.
A wall fell from above her.
Stardus, in a panic, flew down and pulled him out.
"Ha, ha, ha"
As she flew through the sky, she looked down to see the blackened, thick tentacles multiplying and smashing the prison.
And then Stardus looked down to Egostic in her arms, checking to see if he was okay.
".First, let's get out of here."
"Huh? Uh, yeah!"
Seeing him say that with a determined expression, Stardus quickly prepared to leave the prison.
Wait.
Surely, Egostic has lost his mory?
Is he okay?
With those questions in mind, she flew quickly to get out, relieved that Egostic was safe for now.
As such, she didn't notice.
""
Egostic's eyes were fluttering open as she held him.
***
Ugh, my hair
I stood up, grasping my sticky hair.
Ha, shit. I rember lying in bed last night, but where the hell am I?
With that, I opened my eyes.
And in front of .
"?"
Blackness stretched out before .
No. I was in the middle of a crumbling building, to be precise.
""
What the hell is going onShit.'
Why the hell am I in this place when all I did last night was go out drinking with my friends and sleep at ho? Was I kidnapped?
As I stood there, confused, looking around, trying to figure things out suddenly, I heard a voice in my ear.
[Ah, ah. Can you hear ?]
"?"
What the hell.
I fumbled for a mont and brought my hand to my ear, where I felt the earbuds plugged in.
While I was still confused as to what the hell was going on, the voice in my ear continued.
[I am the future you. And you are the present day , who woke up and realized that this is the way things are now. Now, if you hesitate, you will die. Don't question it, but quickly grasp the situation and follow my instructions.]
The voice speaks quickly, as if not giving a chance to be confused.
It's urgent now, so don't think about what's going on, just follow what your future self says.
I decided to comply.
"Shit. What the hell'
Because I've always been the kind of person who doesn't dwell on a crisis, but rather deals with the situation at hand.
[Okay. You're , you'll figure it out. Look around you. What's falling apart, what's just been fucked up? Then find the girl with the blonde hair. Her na is Stardus. Yeah, she's who you think she is. Let's get the hell out of here..
"Egostic!"
Just as I was hearing the voice in my earpiece, I heard a woman's voice from behind .
Suddenly, there's the sound of sothing crashing down from above.
-Boom.
Before I knew it, I was in her arms.
"?"
And just like that, I was flying through the air, sounding like I was being carried.
Shit. I've never flown before in my life.
Once I was airborne, I looked up and saw the face of the person holding .
Wow.
The most beautiful person I've ever seen in my life.
She had waist-length blonde hair, and clear blue eyes that seed to be filled with concern for .
As I stared at her for a mont, I realized sothing.
Her face looked exactly like how Stardus was depicted in the comics I'd seen.
And when I realized that I reflexively blurted out the words I had heard earlier.
".First, let's get out of here."
"Huh? Uh, yeah!"
She nodded at my words, and then looked up at the sky while carrying .
I gave up trying to think anymore.
I don't know, shit.
[Oh, and by the way, your na is Egostic here.]
Nice na.
That was the only thing I could think of.
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