"What about you then? Weren't you given nothing, either? Weren't you included in them as well until things went south?" Raphael asked, rembering what Azekiel had told them about him before.
Azekiel hadn't received a system initially either. He only received a system after his consciousness traveled back in ti following his death. So wasn't he the sa as these people in that regard? What was different about the two situations?
"Not quite the sa thing. Even when I didn't have a system, I took a step to improve my life, even if it was risky. I raised my hand when there was an opportunity to beco a Porter for a King, even though it was risky. I didn't have a system, nor did I have much strength, but I still went up instead of staying here."
"Granted, I had so situational motivation, but still, at the end of the day, it was my decision. And even that wasn't enough for to receive a system. I only received it when I got the right mindset, right before my death. It was when I realized that the world was quite cruel and that without strength, I was only at the rcy of others."
"That's where I received the system and went back in ti. If I were still as naive, I would've gone through the sa process again and again."
"The people here... It's not that they can't achieve anything. The only thing is that their path ahead will be even more treacherous, where they'll be at the rcy of others. They aren't alone in this either, and I don't think they can solely be blad for this ntality. Many people have a similar ntality. As I said before, it is not just the problem of this world but of many."
Imrsed in conversation, Azekiel walked closer to the portal to the First Floor, but he didn't stop there.
He walked past it, stopping before the wall.
"How do you know about the other worlds? From Alion's mories?" Raphael asked
Azekiel affird. "That's right. By the way, through his mories, I also saw his conversation with you. I know what he told you and how he tried to manipulate you. If you're taking him seriously, then you shouldn't. He wasn't being honest."
"He just wanted to sway you against , so you killed . Moreover, the only reason he didn't kill wasn't because he was worried about a ti paradox. It was because he found it boring. I had spoiled his plan, so he didn't want to give an easy death. It was also considered boring by him."
" He wanted to make things fun for him. He wanted to make you kill since that was fun for him. He wanted to see betrayed by you. It was true that he was from the future, but he wasn't our friend. In fact, in his mories, there was no ntion of . I don't think he even knew in the future."
"If you know that much you should also know about that bracelet?"
"The one you made for your master? Yeah, it's not given to him by you. He was telling the truth when he said that you dropped it when fighting soone. What he didn't tell you was that the one you were fighting was him. You two weren't friends but enemies in the tower. When you dropped it, that's when he picked up the bracelet."
"We were enemies in the Tower, but he didn't know you?"
"Yep. In the future he ca from, you weren't with . Or rather, I should say that it wasn't your future where he ca from. He ca from your past, which is my future," Azekiel answered, making things even more confusing.
"What are you saying?"
Not only Raphael but even Lia found it hard to understand what they were talking about.
"It's hard to explain in words, so I won't bla you for your confusion. I'll try to explain it as best as I can."
"The Tower of Sin that you see before you? It's not just a simple tower... It's a tower that bends all the rules of space and ti. The ti in this tower is really ssed up and basically impossible to decipher."
"In your past, you were a participant in this Tower, along with so others from your world. Just like my world was destroyed, the sa happened to your world, and amongst the people who took shelter in the tower, you were one of them. You were selected as the King of Gluttony and given the System of Gluttony before ."
"The missions that I'm receiving now? You received most of them before, albeit with so differences. Unfortunately, you failed to get to the top, only to be killed when you were close to the top. Or at least that's what I can guess since I didn't see your death in the mories of Alion."
"But you're in your spiritual form, so it's not hard to guess that you failed. After you failed, your soul was kept by the Tower of Sin, with your mories being wiped... At least most of your mories are related to the tower."
Azekiel tapped the head of Lia. "This story also applies to you, so listen carefully."
"You both were kings in your ti, but both of you failed. When I summoned you two as Familiars, your Souls ca to , but your souls should belong to my future. But that's where the ss of ti also cos in the tower."
"In my ti, you two haven't died yet. You two are still alive, but still, I received you two as Familiars in the past because the laws of Ti and Space don't apply in the tower. In present tis, maybe your world isn't destroyed either, but in the future, they are, and we can't stop that from happening."
"What we saw on the second floor? That second floor and the graveyards were also from the future, where the Tower had made an appearance."
"This tower... Who could make sothing like this then?" Lia asked, overwheld by all the information.
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