275 – The Past of the Beginning
There was no doubt about it.
Even if I became an old person, there was no way I wouldn’t recognize my own face.
No, if he hadn’t brought it up first, he might not have noticed. He never even imagined that he would see me face to face in my old age.
Honestly, I couldn’t believe the reality even when I saw it with my own eyes.
“How…”
“I told you. The passage of time is meaningless here. “It’s not impossible for my past self and my future self to exist at the same time.”
There is no way you can understand with that explanation.
If Franken’s true identity was my future self, doesn’t that mean that I am ultimately the culprit who designed all the events I’ve experienced so far?
“It must be confusing. “At that time, I didn’t know anything.”
“What do you mean, you don’t know anything? “Explain it so I can understand!”
The old man in front of me is definitely me.
But… It felt very unfamiliar, like I was a different person.
Especially those eyes. The more I faced those deeply sunken eyes that I had no idea what they were thinking about, the more a strange pressure pressed down on my whole body, enough to make me short of breath.
“There is no need to urge. “After all, time here is forever.”
“···Why are you here? “How long have you been here?”
He shook his head in response to my question.
“I still don’t understand it properly. The concept of ‘how much’ does not exist here. A space where the past, present, and future overlap simultaneously. “I have been here since the universe was born, and I will be here until the universe falls apart.”
Such nonsense. Of course, it’s normal not to understand.
“You are the future me.”
“Yes.”
“Doesn’t that mean I’ll end up here someday? “For some reason, my future self went back to the past under the name Franken and planned everything!”
Franken neither confirmed nor denied.
He just ignored my question with a nonchalant expression and only said what he wanted to say.
“This place is cut off from the outside world, so it can’t have any influence. “The only thing you can do here is enjoy the view outside and drink coffee.”
“Answer my question…!!”
“That’s my answer. I asked you why you are here? “The only reason I spent eternity here is to meet you.”
To meet me…
What on earth happened to me in the future?
What kind of event did you experience that made you look at the world with those eyes?
“I’ll show you everything.”
“Show me what?”
“Everything you’re curious about.”
Saying that, Franken pointed out the window.
“Here, you can observe all of the world’s history, from the past, present, and future. “That’s why I enjoyed looking out the window.”
“···Is that possible?”
It doesn’t make sense.
So, if there is information you want to know, you can just come in here, see everything, and then leave?
Doesn’t this mean that we can freely check all information in the world without conditions, whether it is the past, present or future?
“That’s impossible.”
Franken immediately denies it, as if he read my thoughts.
“Any being is bound by the rule of time. Apart from the fact that this is a gap where the flow of time does not reach, no one can see the scenery outside the window. “Because a three-dimensional being cannot perceive the fourth dimension.”
Only then did I vaguely understand the true meaning of this space.
“Okay. Only we can do this. “Only we ignore the laws of the world.”
When I first heard the same thing from the director, I thought it was simply a hope to avoid the prophecy.
But it wasn’t until I came here that I truly realized how amazing the potential the trait called ‘possibility’ had. If you take advantage of the gap in time, possibilities develop into ‘possibility.’ It was literally a power that bordered the realm of God.
No, perhaps a being greater than God…
“Don’t be mistaken.”
At that time, Franken’s surprisingly cold voice broke my thoughts.
“This is not a blessing. “It is a curse and a shackle that binds us.”
As I stared blankly, he turned his head and looked out his window.
“···It would be faster to see it in person rather than explain it in words. It’s your first time, so observation will be quite difficult. “I’ll take the lead, so you just have to go with the flow.”
Now I don’t even know what it is.
Will we be able to know everything after observing Franken?
Hoping for that to happen, I stood next to him and looked out the window.
***
“···What is it?”
After I came to my senses, I had moved to another space.
He looked around in a panic at the sudden change and saw Franken standing next to him.
“Did you teleport?”
“No. We keep looking out the window from inside the clock tower. It’s just that you are so immersed in observation that you think you are in that space.”
“I can’t believe something like that is possible…”
“You better be careful. “If you get more immersed in it, you may forget who you are and become trapped in that timeline for the rest of your life.”
It was a warning that made my heart flutter just by hearing it.
They say it’s dangerous to get too absorbed, so I guess it’s best to look at it as calmly as possible from the perspective of an observer.
“So where are we?”
“The beginning of everything.”
At the same time as those words were said, the space that had been filled with darkness gradually became brighter and geographical features appeared as if a stage was unfolding.
“···Temple?”
The huge stone buildings and statues, as well as the antique yet classical style, immediately reminded me of an ancient temple. The important thing is that the temple we are standing in is floating in the sky.
And then someone appeared on stage.
A pure and pure woman who first gives the impression that she is completely white.
As soon as I saw her, I started muttering without even realizing it.
“White…?”
No. Although the atmosphere and impression were quite similar, compared to Hayang, who seemed younger, he was more mature and overflowed with noble elegance.
She was the goddess of time.
This is not simply a temple on earth built for believers to worship, but a temple in the sky where gods live.
At that time, the goddess who was passing in front of us stopped and started looking around.
Then she looked straight in this direction and spoke to me.
“Who is there?”
When I was embarrassed and didn’t know what to do, Franken next to me reassured me.
“Calm down. “They didn’t actually see us.”
“Then…?”
“They must have realized that we were looking into the past beyond the timeline. Because she is the goddess of ‘time’ and no one else. But in the end, she too is affected by time. She won’t hear you anyway. “If she answered, she would only get more involved, so just ignore her.”
When he heard those words, he tried to ignore them, but it wasn’t as easy as he thought.
“Are you my believer? If that’s the case, there’s no way I can’t see it… Who the hell are you to leave the timeline?”
“···What happens if I answer?”
“Nothing happens. Do not forget. We are just looking back at the past that has already happened. “Even her reaction like that is all in the past.”
If I open my mouth, am I the only one at risk?
Although it was still a concept that was difficult to understand based on common sense, he tried his best to nod his head and ignore the goddess’ question.
Nevertheless, the goddess of time does not give up easily.
As her mysterious confrontation continued for a while, someone else appeared, approaching her.
“Eterna. “What are you doing here?”
Her hair as fair as ebony and skin as white as pale.
Eyes that shine red like jewels and a black dress that seems to embody beauty.
As soon as I saw her, I knew who she was.
How could I not recognize the most precious relationship to me?
“···Goddess.”
She never thought she would see the face of the goddess in a place like this.
It was similar to the image I had imagined of her, but it was also prettier and more beautiful than I thought, so I was involuntarily lost.
“Ah, sister. That is···.”
“We can talk later, so let’s go now. “I don’t have much time.”
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The goddess of time, called Eterna, glanced in my direction at her older sister’s urging and reluctantly followed her and slowly walked away.
I heard that the two goddesses are sisters, but for some reason they started fighting and became enemies. But seeing as they are now on good terms, it seems like the incident hasn’t happened yet.
I thought that perhaps the ‘beginning of everything’ that Franken spoke of was related to those two.
We followed the two and entered closer to the inside of the temple.
What are the two sister goddesses trying to do? What does it mean to have no time?
The place where the steps stopped was in a space that seemed quite secret even within the temple.
As soon as she got there, she hesitated and asked, perhaps because her anxiety was rising.
“But sister. Are you really going to do it?”
“Didn’t you say you were curious too? “If I miss this opportunity, I don’t know how long I’ll have to wait.”
“That’s true, but…”
“If you’re scared, you can go back. “I will go alone.”
In the end, she seemed to have given up and accepted, perhaps because she could not overcome her older sister’s stubbornness.
The goddess smiled slightly as she looked at the old door in the innermost corner of her room.
“I’m excited. “What kind of place is Middle-earth?”