"My love, my life... MY DREAM AND MY WIFE!! DIDN’T APPEAR OUT OF NOWHERE!!!"
"...."
As the old Isaac finished shouting, I observed the scene silently, seeing the young Isaac trying to comfort Maya, or maybe himself.
The old Isaac returned to his calm self and spoke.
"What you are looking at is the birth of demons. Out of nowhere, many people — let them be Exalted, cultivators or ordinary — began to fall into slumber."
"Then slowly, their bodies began to get affected by a strange energy. It’s what we call now the anti-mana."
The scene suddenly changed, showing Maya waking up in a new form and hugging Isaac and his daughter.
She now had 2 long horns and her brown skin turned grey. But the most surprising part was her strength.
She ford and awakened a core.
With tears streaming over his cheeks, Isaac spoke in a shaking voice.
"It’s been... a month. I was scared. I was truly scared..."
’This may be a lie.’
I didn’t underestimate myself and my value. I was a genius, and I knew this — even the principal herself took as her student.
Therefore, the Dark Order definitely knew about and my nature, so Isaac was probably here to recruit .
Maybe he was trying to show it like he approached by mistake before showing the demon’s "truth" and brainwashing .
I wasn’t going to fall for this.
"It isn’t a lie though, haha. But I understand that you can’t trust now. It would have been strange if you actually did."
Letting out a sigh, he muttered:
"My job would have been easier if you were really a chosen one. Fine, let’s take another approach."
"...."
Confused, I observed silently as he took another sip of his wine and clapped.
"I want you now to go to the library and see the history books of 200 years ago. If you are smart enough, you will see the plot holes in their fake stories."
’Now?’
"Yes, now."
The world around began to blend into ethereal colors.
Isaac stood up and waved to .
"We will et again tomorrow — I have 2 real chosen ones to talk with. Oh, and before telling anyone about our small encounter, maybe think about how they will look at you."
"Wait—!"
All of a sudden, my vision changed as I found myself back into my room extending my hand up.
[What the hell!]
"Huh? What’s wrong? Ray...?"
Glutton suddenly shouted in my head, and Selene woke up, rubbing her sleepy eyes and looking at with confusion.
Ignoring them, I instantly expanded my spatial awareness and focused on all my senses to scan the room.
Finding nothing, I stood up and began to search for anything manually.
’How did he do that?’
How did he enter my dream without anyone noticing? Was there another device to hide him from the principal? Or was he just that powerful? What if the principal herself was working with them?
"Ray, did sothing happen?"
[Hey! Stop ignoring !]
Finding nothing in the bedroom, I began to check every other room, wearing BlackHail to accelerate my thoughts and teleporting to check them faster.
But eventually, I didn’t find anything.
Did I miss sothing? Or was I wrong all along?
That definitely wasn’t a normal dream. With my thoughts and emotions calr now than back then, I was sure that dream was affecting my mind.
"Ray!"
"WHAT?!"
I yelled at Selene who suddenly grabbed my arm.
I didn’t have ti for that. I was in real trouble and didn’t even know if I was being watched.
Selene paused for a mont, then strangely, her eyes softened as she asked:
"Did you perhaps... have a nightmare?"
"Huh?"
Confused, I looked at her without knowing how to answer.
"I... guess?"
Technically, I didn’t lie. That was really a nightmare.
But I wasn’t going to tell her what had happened in that nightmare.
[No way... did you have a nightmare?! You? YOU?! I’m sure you were haunting soone in their nightmare.]
’Shut up, Glutton!’
I silenced him and returned my focus to Selene.
’Seriously?’
She was holding her laugh!
Selene inhaled and exhaled slowly before coughing awkwardly.
"Cough... let’s return to the bed. Everything is alright now, isn’t it?"
I sighed and followed her to the bed, thinking about my next move.
And I had to admit, I didn’t know what to do.
What was I going to say? That soone from the Dark Order that probably was one from the strongest there entered my dream personally under the entire academy’s nose to show the truth and probably recruit ?
And then who was I going to tell? Other than Kyle and Lunara, I wasn’t close to anyone else, and even they were too suspicious.
And what if he was right? What if everything was a big lie from the kingdoms and the governnt?
Even in my past life without magic and superpowers, corruption existed everywhere. My job itself was about killing them, so why wouldn’t it exist here too?
I... what was I supposed to do?
[Wait, what?]
After a mont, I was returned to the bed beside Selene.
As I was lost in my thoughts, Selene suddenly grabbed my head, taking into her cold embrace while moving her other hand through my hair.
"Umm... what is this supposed to an?"
I asked with confusion, though I didn’t resist.
Selene smiled.
"I don’t know. My father would always hug in bed whenever I had a nightmare to help sleep. It worked with , so I’m trying it with you."
"...."
"I-I can stop if it’s annoying you."
"No, it’s alright... thank you."
I let out a sigh and dismissed BlackHail.
"Let’s... stay awake today. I don’t want to sleep."
"Hehe, sure! When you feel okay, you can cook sothing for us."
I rolled my eyes.
"As you wish, princess."
Selene laughed softly then hugged even tighter before we both fell into silence.
[...]
[Cough cough cough.....]
Letting out a sigh, I began to think carefully for my next move.
I couldn’t tell anyone but Glutton about what happened.
Ignoring everything else, If all what Isaac said was true, then they were keeping their eyes not only on but even Aria.
And it was probably only recently, judging by the fact he didn’t talk about killing Taigo and going after them.
Then there was his talk about children of Fate and chosen ones.
What was the difference? And why was being clueless about his title enough to show that I wasn’t the latter?
’What if...!’
Just then, my eyes widened, but I held myself together before Selene could notice.
What was special about ?
I was chosen as a VIP viewer in the land of challenges and I was a genius that could be compared to the main characters.
That had 2 possibilities according to the origin of entertainnt.
It was either I had a great "fate" in my world, or wasn’t affected by fate at all!
The key word was "in my world".
I didn’t belong to this world!
By that logic, why would I be affected by this world’s fate if my otherworldly soul didn’t belong to it?
But how did I know about this world?
It was from a novel! A novel that had future knowledge. A novel that I reincarnated into after... after reading the ending?
Just then, everything hit together. Every coincidence. Every information. Every interaction.
’Why does it all make sense?!’
I died right after reading the ending, not after reading the novel’s free Chapters.
I was supposed to have knowledge about the novel’s future, but I didn’t because I went directly to the ending.
Isaac entered my dream, thinking that I was "chosen" by Fate — who seed to be female and maybe have her own consciousness — but after seeing clueless about his "future" title, he assud that I was just an unknown child of Fate.
Then he said he had to talk with 2 real chosen ones. Were they also reincarnators?!
And when I inford the academy about Glutton, the man that visited said sothing about soone else getting a spirit the sa day as .
Was that really luck, or did a reader — soone other than with real knowledge — use their knowledge to find the spirit?
’Fuck! Why did I never think about that?!’
And the fucking banquet that passed peacefully! There was no way that only my efforts were enough to save the day. Soone else definitely helped.
But who were those 2 reincarnators? Extras? Villains? Main characters? Demons? Elves? Humans? Maybe even a monster or a random stick!
Was Fate the one responsible for our reincarnation? Was she the author of the novel or the one that Isaac called Seer?
I had too many fucking questions but no answers!
’Glutton.’
I called Glutton ntally, and soon after he answered:
[You are finally rembering . What the fuck is happening to you!]
I took a deep breath secretly — so I won’t look like a creep or pervert in Selene’s embrace — and asked Glutton the only questions that ford in my mind.
’The demons who may be forr Eldorians. The academy that trains us to kill demons. The governnt that may be hiding the truth. The kingdoms that originally ford the governnt.
The 4 main races that held all the power. All the other races that stayed silent. The guilds that didn’t interact with us yet. The Dark Order that caused the death of my family and has interacted with now...
Who is the enemy?
Who are the real villains?
Who is the one responsible for my reincarnation?
Why was I chosen?
Who are we supposed to kill?!’
[...]
[What the fuck is wrong in your head?!!]
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