my star

Break through the darkness and light that surrounds you,

I see the face of a man I hadn’t seen before.

The face of a smiling man.

‘Also… … .’

The man was me.

I was just an outsider. A foreigner so powerful that he was even called a king among foreigners.

It’s a huge truth that’s hard to believe.

But I knew that everything the ‘star’ showed me was real.

I couldn’t believe it because there were things I’ve been through all this time.

‘It seemed like this… … .’

When I met the past warriors and an outsider, the way the outsider treated me was clearly different from how they treated others.

Even though I was a mere mortal, so even though I should receive less attention than transcendental people, outsiders were only interested in me.

Before that, when I met Apollo on Earth, I said something I couldn’t understand.

– How did that happen?

– Did you forget me!

-is it. Did you go back for the first time?

Now that I think about it, all of those were hints.

The fact that I was tied to an outsider I had never seen or knew in the first place, and that the door opened according to my actions meant that I was related to an outsider from birth.

‘What is this feeling?’

obviously amazing

But on the other hand, it’s not that surprising.

Is it because I can’t feel it?

If these things I’m looking at right now were my intact memories, would it be a little different?

“master.”

Yes.

This was not my memory, but the memory of the ‘star’ that was always watching me in the mysterious space of emptiness.

Is that why it doesn’t feel like this?

Like watching others talk?

Even at this moment when my head was getting complicated, the memory continued to progress.

‘I’ in memory said.

“I will create my own universe at the center of this universe.”

“Any true man who knows how to handle true power to some extent can create at least a small universe. But I’m not sure how that will help Master.”

“The universe I will create is a bit different.”

“How are they different?”

“There will be a reality that could never exist here.”

When ‘I’ spread my hand, an external force began to gather on the palm.

“The place where the strongest power is concentrated since the beginning of time.”

When ‘I’ shook the hand that was being held out, the center of the universe began to rotate.

The external force pushed by the rotation formed another barrier on the outer wall of the seal the Atlo tribe had placed.

“No one, even them, can enter without permission… My own free space.”

‘I’ swept the universe with my hand.

‘I’, who had been kneading the external force placed on the palm of his hand, threw the external force into the air.

Pod!

A planet was born.

Swoop-

The planet changes at the gesture of ‘my’.

incredibly fast.

It turned green, then red, then it gradually lost its color, and then it turned black as if it were dead.

It created the process from the birth of a star to its death in just a few seconds.

“A place where you can manage your time to your heart’s content without being interfered with by other sages.”

‘I’ smiled brightly enough to give goosebumps.

“It can be done because it is the very center of this universe.”

‘Star’, who was still, said.

“I understood that the center of this universe is a place where you can do things the Master couldn’t before. What can I do to help?”

“As I said, I will create a universe here first. Something similar to our universe.”

“Then it’s not a new universe, is it?”

“Only the base is laid out like that, but the contents are different.”

“How are they different?”

“It’s up to you. I want to inject infinite possibilities into the universe I will create.”

“Are you asking me to build the foundation?”

“okay.”

‘I’ smiled and pointed at the ‘star’.

“I will give you all my strength.”

“… What is the final goal the Master wants to achieve by doing so?”

“I will get back what I lost. And after coming back and destroying Atlo, I will become the only king in the universe.”

‘I’ looked around the universe with an extremely willing face.

oh oh oh-

As if to remember the declaration, the universe let out a strange cry.

“Haha, bless me, universe.”

As the light and darkness around ‘my’ body mixed, the center of the universe began to boil.

“It will be a tough time. still… … .”

‘I’ said last.

“Please take good care of me, my star.”

shaaa-

Brilliant light, hard to keep your eyes open for, began to spread out and fill the center of the universe.

* * *

When I opened my eyes again, what I saw was my past from a long time ago.

The young me and my younger siblings huddled together in a cave, hugging each other and enduring the cold.

This is a scene that I experienced every night when I was at the villain training center.

I was still young in the past, taking care of the trembling children, and opened my mouth.

“I will name you.”

Little Arlene asked with her eyes wide open.

“name? Why all of a sudden?”

“Because we simply don’t have to live up to the numbers they set.”

Ellis shouted at the time when young Aline was looking at me with eyes that were complex for her age.

“I don’t know what it is, but I think it will be fun!”

“Shh! The instructors are coming. quiet.”

“Yes.”

Even though the voice was quiet, the expression did not settle at all.

The children, who still couldn’t calm down their excitement, were looking at me as a child with their eyes shining brightly.

As a child, I stroked the heads of each one of them and named them.

“From now on, your name is Aline. For some reason, I want to call it that.”

“You’re reliable, so let’s call it Tom.”

“Alice is pretty. Our Alice is pretty, so let’s call her Alice.”

“Pierre is a naughty boy.”

“Our cute Lamba. I hope you grow up soon.”

The children really liked the first name they came up with.

Even Arlin, who was usually very calm.

‘It was good.’

It is one of the few good memories I got from my hellish training camp life.

‘Thank you guys.’

I gave the children names so that they would not remain as puppets at the training camp, and as I had hoped, they did not lose themselves until the day they escaped.

I asked the ‘star’ that appeared next to me before I knew it.

“I, who have no memory, gave the children their original names… Is it because you interfered?”

[no.]

“Then I accidentally named the children just right?”

[I really didn’t know that there would be names that the master lost and wanted to get back. It’s probably not a coincidence.]

“then?”

[I lost my memory, but I’m guessing that it was possible because they were imprinted in the master’s soul.]

I nodded.

These are the children who wanted to get it back by creating a new universe, and they can do that.

[I also didn’t know much about the true universe. Even though I’ve spent hundreds of millions of years with my Master, I was just a creature of the Master. My knowledge did not exceed that of the Master. So, the true universe and the universe created based on my knowledge will not be exactly the same.]

“I guess so.”

The foreigner who saw Apollo said this.

-Hmm, did you make a degraded version? That’s funny.

What the outsider said at that time penetrated the core.

The truth that the universe I live in is nothing more than a model of the real universe.

Apollo must have existed in that universe.

[It was an incomplete environment, so I had to focus more on the master.]

“But why can’t I remember all of that?”

[Because the Master wanted it.]

“I?”

[That’s right. What the Master wanted was a world of infinite possibilities. To embody things that cannot exist in the true universe within it. It was good that there was no memory even for the sake of causality. The new drawing must be drawn on clean paper. All I could do for the master’s goal was to continue to provide clean paper and induce the drawing to be properly drawn.]

clean paper.

I seemed to know what that meant.

“Is it a regression?”

[Actually, that’s what Master does… Strictly speaking, it is not a regression.]

“Then what?”

[This is the reset of the universe. Not only the Master returns to the past, but the entire universe returns to that point.]

“Is it so… … .”

understood.

But still, questions remain.

“Then what are the ‘me’s in the other universe?”

[This is the trace of the reset.]

“Tell me in detail.”

[The most core and important element that composes another universe of masters created at the center of this universe is the master.]

I guess so.

[Resetting the universe is actually not that difficult. It’s just a matter of overlaying the model of the universe I created on the failed universe using the near-infinite energy that spreads at the center of this universe.]

“… … .”

[However, resetting the master’s soul at the center was a very difficult task. A huge amount of energy was consumed, and even then it was not perfect. Maybe it’s because the subject of the reset is me, the Master’s creature.]

“… … .”

[After 10,000 resets, I noticed for the first time that the density of the force pervading the center of the universe had decreased. The energy at the center of this universe is also close to infinite, but it is not infinite. At this rate, I felt a sense of crisis that Atlo, who noticed the anomaly at the center of the universe, could break through even before Master got what he wanted. Therefore, I had to think about efficiency, and in order to do so, I abandoned perfection at some point.]

“That’s why the traces are left behind.”

So, other Martins were born.

Because I couldn’t completely erase it.

Is this a good thing?

“Then why are you telling me these things now?”

[The Master’s younger siblings met in the new universe, even though they weren’t commanders, the Master developed a deep bond with them. It is similar to the feelings I felt for the corps commanders before. Accordingly, I judged that Master had recovered the lost things. In addition… … .]

“In addition?”

[Because it has reached the point where I can’t stand it anymore.]

“What can’t you stand?”

[The seal around the center of the universe has already been largely broken. It’s clear that Master met Jinin. Sooner or later, the seal will be lifted, and even the wall the Master has built will completely collapse.]

“The other Martins seemed fine despite having more contact with foreigners than I did? can not understand.”

Didn’t ‘the strongest Martin’ even go around fighting with all kinds of foreigners?

[A trace is only a trace. The important person is only the master.]

“… … .”

Well, that’s pretty bittersweet.

[By the way… … .]

“why? Do you have any questions?”

[Do you still call it an external force?]

Now that I know the truth, it would be right for me to call myself and the outsiders not outsiders, but true men. We should call the force we use internal force, not external force.

So, it was not at all strange for the ‘star’ to question me, who still calls them outsiders and their powers as outside forces.

“Well… I think the universe I live in is also real.”

[…] Is that so?]

You might think that I don’t believe in what the ‘stars’ have shown me.

But I didn’t turn away from the truth.

Because that would be to deny the enormous years of the ‘star’ that has worked hard for me so far.

“It’s not that I don’t trust you.”

[But why… … .]

“just… I want to. Can’t you understand me?”

After being silent for a while, the ‘star’ answered.

[If Master wants it, I just follow it.]

Even though I’m so grateful for those words… It breaks my heart.

“I don’t know how long you have been carrying out my orders. It must not have been a very long time.”

One thing is for sure: ‘Star’ will be on my side from the beginning to the end.

I opened my mouth sincerely.

“It was a lot of hard work during that time. And thanks… , my star.”

That moment.

[Ahhh… … .]

A new string was connected between me and the ‘star’.