3 – starting point (2)

“I am the culprit… … .”

Absorbing the memories contained in the last essence, I looked down at the completely empty glass case.

only five days

In those five days, my body changed amazingly.

Once I gained weight. And the muscles were attached. With just these two things, the body that looked like a tall man took on a rather menacing shape.

After that, breathing became easier. Now I don’t cough or vomit because my stomach is stuffy.

Unfortunately, the drowsiness still hasn’t gone away.

A handsome face with a smooth jawline that can be seen through the glass case.

Yes, I’m wearing those stupid glasses. However, the feeling itself was different from five days ago. At that time, I thought I just wanted to take it off, but now it suits me so much that even this is considered part of fashion.

‘There is no absurdity like this.’

I realized that this body, which had been grasping and accepting memories for five days, had reached the end of absurdity and favoritism.

“Whoa.”

Closing the glass case, I walked over to the desk and sat down in a chair.

I leaned back in the chair as I looked around at the furniture, which showed traces of time but was free from a speck of dust.

Then, he searched for the memory contained in the last essence.

【I don’t understand.】

【Are you trying to break a taboo to buy time that is only a moment for us? brother.]

【good. If that’s your choice… … I still can’t understand you, but I respect you as a brother, so I will respect your choice.]

【However, I will affirm here.】

【Instantaneous time. No matter what changes this disgusting world has undergone, my will will not change.]

【The day I open my eyes again.】

【Everything will return to nothing.】

A conversation with a man called Brother.

And the man called the brother is the existence that puts an end to all endings.

It was the final boss called ‘Violation’.

I’m the brother of that final boss.

A hidden piece called ‘greed’ that has never appeared in a game. that was me

‘There are some erased memories.’

I clearly answered the futile question. However, the memory contained in the essence did not contain the contents of what I answered. It was intentionally removed by the original owner.

“It doesn’t matter.”

Maybe we can get something from the past. However, I vaguely understood why ‘I’ erased some of the integers from memory.

‘It must have been embarrassing.’

The day I swallowed my first essence, I knew exactly what it felt like and what it meant to have a clouded personality.

Every time the memory of the original owner permeates, the original owner’s personality is overlaid on the original me.

People who sometimes confuse games and reality and cause problems appear on the news, but I wonder if it’s similar to what they confuse.

As he acquired the memory of the original owner and his personality was overlaid, he naturally learned the principles of action, such as what action to take in a certain situation.

For that reason, I decided that the reason why the contents of the original owner’s conversations were erased from the essence of my memory was nothing special, but simply embarrassing to be known to others.

“The real thing is different.”

It honestly doesn’t bother me in the slightest that conversations have been erased. It is my honest mind that I am not at all curious about what the original owner answered in the first place.

The really important thing is the memory acquired from the original owner. It is the information and knowledge obtained from that memory. A blank space in this area. That’s really getting on my nerves now.

vanity and greed.

Who created them?

And for what purpose did you create them?

The part about it was cleanly emptied as if it had been cut out with a knife.

And that’s not all.

Through what route was it possible to distribute the game ‘Academy Happiness Growth Journal’ in the district where I lived? And what kind of information and knowledge were the countless rounds and endings created through?

Things about him were also neatly erased from my mind.

“It’s annoying… … .”

There’s no way to find out right now, so hanging on here is just a waste of time.

Satisfied with the experience of being able to handle this body freely without investing time and effort, I summarized the situation briefly based on the memories I acquired.

one. Nihilism and greed are brothers.

two. Greed swallowed futility.

three. Due to the restrictions placed on the soul, the greedy soul began to disintegrate and slowly die.

four. When greed dies, the futility that was dormant in the body of greed reawakens.

While looking at the 999 endings, I thought and pondered over which path the futility appeared through, but I couldn’t figure it out in the end. In the first place, the game itself had a lot of options, but it was not a game with freedom, so it must have been a natural result in a way.

And I came to know the path through which futility appears.

my death.

A void sleeps in my body. with his might.

I looked at the flesh and muscle of my hand.

As I said before, when the soul disintegrates, the body naturally dies as well. However, my body has become healthy enough to be unrecognisable in five days and is getting better again.

The reason is simple.

Because the decay of the soul has stopped.

Instead of the original owner’s soul, which was originally greedy, my soul dwelled in this body. I don’t know what happened to the original owner’s soul. Because that wasn’t contained in the essence.

Anyway, unless I was killed by someone, I felt a great sense of relief just from the fact that there would be no immediate reopening of nothingness.

In the game, it never slips off, and Nihm awakens at the same time on the same date and the same year.

In other words, the time limit is gone.

‘That doesn’t mean you can relax… … .’

It takes a very long time for the body to return to its prime. Of course, there won’t be any hindrance to being active as it is now. Mana handling is also enough for now. That is against ordinary Awoken people.

The reason why a girl called a wolf always had to face ruin while watching 999 endings.

It is because the girl awakens the power of ‘God Kill’.

A tooth that could kill a god.

That’s why girls are called wolves.

Because of awakening that power, the girl is destined to be threatened with her life by beings called gods even if nothingness appears.

To protect the girl from the gods, I too must use my authority.

I have two powers.

Greed takes everything away.

The futility that returns everything to nothingness.

Even the gods cannot evade the two powers. The problem is that my soul is not qualified to use the two powers.

If you ask me if I can’t use the Authority, that’s not the case either.

The emptiness sleeps in my body.

In other words, if you borrowed the status of dormant emptiness, it was possible to manifest the power right now.

Once or twice will be fine. However, as the number of times increases, even if I do not die, the emptiness within me opens its eyes.

‘I have a plan.’

The best thing would be to keep the gods from noticing the girl’s existence, but that seems impossible.

I opened the drawer

It contains a ring and a modern smartphone. Their existence was learned through the memory contained in the first essence.

I tapped the screen of my smartphone lightly.

The dark screen becomes brighter and the date and time appear. The year comes to mind there.

February 3, 2022.

It is 2030 when the girl enters Arena Academy.

Now the girl will be 12 years old.

While watching 999 endings, the girl’s setting did not change even once. So 12 years old would be right.

The girl’s past is not described in detail. They are just born and abandoned and grow up in a state-run nursery school.

As usual, if you get away from the eyes of surveillance, you will be corrupted.

Dozens of children disappear every year from child care centers operated in various places. The reason is nothing.

Managers select children who can become awakened for money and submit them to the underground auction house.

The children exhibited in this way were small and medium guilds and alchemists. Or, awakeners who have awakened their magical abilities purchase them.

If you purchase from a small or medium guild, the manager of the nursery school will prepare the documents on the spot so that there are no legal problems.

Conversely, if you are sold to an alchemist or wizard, you will know what purpose it will be used for because it is not registered in the family register.

The girl also enters the small and medium guild through the same route as above, and awakens the ability to kill God there.

‘And then the affiliation is transferred to the Shrine of Mercy, and it is managed and monitored under the name of the reserve paladin leader… … .’

Unfortunately, there is no information about small and medium guilds. However, I know that it was exactly one year before I entered the academy when I was transferred to the Temple of Benevolence.

It is unknown whether it will be in an orphanage or if it has already been sold to a small or medium guild. What is certain is that either way is far from freedom and happiness.

I took my smartphone and picked up the ring left in the drawer.

It is not a ring with a special gem.

It was a ring with something that glittered like stars densely engraved on a black background.

A ring that seemed to contain the universe was worn on the index finger of the left hand. The ring wrapped around the finger without discomfort, as if it were custom-made.

【A middle-aged man with a good impression approaches with a warm smile. However, none of the students paid attention to the middle-aged man’s smile. Their eyes were not on the smile of a middle-aged man, but on the ring on his thick finger. A ring that creates the illusion of burning like the sun. The ring of the sun that symbolizes the president of Arena Academy.】

I looked at the ring wrapped around my index finger once more.

A ring with something shining like stars on a black background densely embedded.

“You don’t have to worry about money.”

I got up and closed the drawer.

I opened the door leading to the hallway, not the bedroom, and came out of the study.

‘My death became the cornerstone of your ruin.’

He wrapped himself in a black coat hanging in front of the front door.

“It will be different this time.”

to live a little better life.

I went out the door to meet a being with the ability to find a girl somewhere.