186 – Parallel Universe
Ed, who had looked through his entire past, was overcome by a strange sense of responsibility.
That’s because the first possession made an error, and Adela’s entire life changed greatly.
As a result, Lucas was born.
‘But…’
But that didn’t stop her from asking if he was Lucas’ father.
Lucas’ biological father is a mercenary named ‘Jack’, and he only possessed Jack for four months to save Adela, and even then, he could not see himself as his true self while possessing Jack.
Because I lost his memory and was possessed by him, I felt confused about my identity.
‘·····But it is also a result of my possession.’
But anyway, Lucas was born due to his own possession.
Adela also wanted to leave her love for ‘Jack’ in this world, so she gave birth to Lucas despite her great opposition.
And she remains a widow who still misses Jack.
‘It has to end in some way.’
So Ed began to worry.
How to end her relationship with Adela.
What would happen if she revealed her true identity to her?
There will probably be great confusion.
Even Adella couldn’t tell the difference between the original Jack and the Jack she had been in love with for four months, so she wandered for a long time, and now that she reveals her identity, she may cause great confusion.
The relationship she has had so far may be ruined.
‘Above all…’
More than anything, it is doubtful whether Adela will accept this fact.
Will she be able to easily accept the fact that she, who thought she was just her son’s friend, turns out to be Jack?
To explain that fact, there are more than one thing that needs to be explained, from the salvation of the world to possession.
‘······.’
Moreover, Ed did not consider the ‘self possessed by Jack’ to be his true self.
He only considers the life of ‘Edgar Fix’ to be his true self, based solely on the memories given to him.
Moreover, ‘Jack’ does not have a sense of calling, which is the biggest part of him.
In other words, the unbreakable will itself to save this world.
He is a person who existed for a short time solely to save Adela and for her existence.
To call him oneself, even the fundamental elements are completely different.
‘I… My memories are more precious to me.’
So Ed made his position clear.
The only things that are precious to him are the relationships that were tangled and broken at the academy while repeating hundreds of regressions, and his heart cannot move to take responsibility for the legacy that Jack left behind.
I cannot allow even the slightest crack in my life and relationships to shoulder that ambiguous responsibility.
‘····But I can’t pretend not to know.’
However, due to his personality, he cannot live carelessly while burying this fact.
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Although he does not hesitate to do anything for the sole purpose of saving the world, he cannot escape this sense of moral responsibility.
···Is there a way to save Adela while protecting the life of ‘Edgar Fix’?
“·····Hmm?”
At that time, a voice appeared in Ed’s mind.
Suddenly, he remembered what the emperor had said to him.
-Make just one promise. If I complete all of this correctly, you will lose all my abilities and memories. Now, ‘I’ am sick of it.
The emperor who requested that all memories and abilities passed down to him be eliminated.
What he meant was a request to take away his power.
By handing over the power to maintain memories and abilities, one is liberated from hundreds of years of responsibility.
‘····If I had that power.’
Ed thought.
What can be done with the power recovered from the emperor?
‘···It’s quite possible.’
And Ed realized.
With that power, even Adela, who has lived as a widow for nearly 20 years, can be saved.
A smile spread across his face.
***
World Tree.
This magical object has mysterious powers related to memory.
By sharing the memories engraved in our souls, we can look into each other’s memories.
The numerous lights that overflowed around Isabella were also ‘energy’ made up of other people’s memories.
‘·····Ed.’
However, if you look at other people’s memories for too long, they will be consumed by those memories.
Your very existence is erased by being swept away by an incredibly vast sea of memories.
In order to avoid being swept away by the sea of memories, four people who were related to each other had to pair up and share their memories.
They find themselves in each other’s memories and form a barrier to prevent other memories from interfering.
‘···Edgar Fix.’
This is the time when the four members of Ed’s group pair up and ‘resonate’.
Isabella thought about Ed.
At this time, when Ed wanted to look into his ‘past self’, Isabella was most eager to look into the memories of ‘Edgar Fix’.
This is because Ed is the person he loved the most, and he is a heartbreaking person who has no choice but to abandon him because of the fate of his family.
That’s why I haven’t escaped my obsession yet.
‘·····What is it?’
But Ed did not actually appear in Ed’s memories.
All he could see was the lowest-ranking cadet, who couldn’t even remember his name, building a relationship with him.
Why did someone else’s life, which had nothing to do with Ed, unfold before his eyes?
‘····Let’s just wait and see.’
However, Isabella decided to calmly watch the unfamiliar man in front of her.
This is because Ed’s appearance overlaps at times in his actions and tendencies.
Even Ed’s unique tone and atmosphere. And he resembled Ed, even down to the smallest habits that only he knew about.
Name from the family of origin. And even though their appearance was completely different, it couldn’t be said that they were completely unrelated to Ed.
‘·····Is it a lifetime in space?’
However, the more I watched the man’s life, the more confusion aggravated.
That’s because, as a result of observing the man’s life, he goes in a completely different direction from the history he knew.
‘···Ed is missing.’
And the biggest factor that changed the direction of history was ‘Ed’s absence.’
From the moment he entered the academy as a commoner, the entrance ceremony speech that captured the hearts of the audience. And the ‘class evaluation’ that followed.
With all of Ed’s strong footprints gone, the atmosphere at the academy has completely changed.
‘····If Ed is not there, I am···.’
And the history without Ed was much darker than it is now.
No matter what classes I took at the academy, I wasn’t particularly interested, and was only interested in accumulating ‘negativity’.
Furthermore, as I entered my second year, the symptoms became more severe.
Every 49 days, not being able to get any comfort from Ed, he gradually loses his humanity and grows into a monster trying to defeat his father.
As a result, in terms of military force, it became much stronger than it is now.
As a result of focusing solely on accumulating negativity without any comfort, he reigned as the strongest cadet in the academy even in his second and third years.
[···Isabella.]
But then a man approached me.
A man who resembles Ed’s soul.
In other words, he was a man with whom Ed had a strangely similar soul, although he had no acquaintance with him.
And the self in the parallel world began to change little by little as she became more and more involved with that man.
We began to regain our lost humanity.
“····Ah.”
The person who was so vicious began to change little by little.
She smiled like herself before abandoning Ed, and sometimes expressed her feelings in her own way.
It is difficult to say that the relationship is as deep as it is now, but at least the person who used to be much more vicious and dark than now has found someone similar to a ‘friend’.
“······.”
And when I entered 4th grade.
I eventually became similar to my current self.
After he discovered that she was helplessly swayed by negative feelings every 49 days, she gave her heart to him and began to love him.
“···Parallel universe.”
So Isabella decided to accept the unfamiliar man in front of her as Ed.
This is because the way the man in front of him treats himself is quite similar to Ed, and the narrative of how he gradually rises to the ranks of the academy’s strongest ranks while not receiving anyone’s attention is also similar to Ed’s.
It’s just that the time was much later than now, and the man was almost no different from Ed.
“It’s the same here too.”
However, in the end, the fact that he abandoned Ed was the same even in the parallel universe.
As the rate of accumulation of negativity slowed as she fell in love with Ed, she abandoned Ed and accepted the fate of her family.
“·····Why.”
But Ed from the parallel world did not give up on himself.
Even though the self in the parallel world had hurt him so much, he just protected himself like a fool.
I began to feel depressed seeing him, who always loved me like a fool.
“Why…Why won’t you leave me?”
And the Ed from the parallel world that Isabella is now seeing was Ed from the first episode who chose the ‘Isabella route’.
My heart breaks after only the first episode…