I can’t even remember the face of ‘friend’. But I knew where the house he lived in was.
“Oz-sama… … ?”
With Arrieta’s support, he stands up again.
Yes, you just have to wake up a few times.
It’s not over yet. Even if I didn’t exist, I couldn’t just sit there like this.
At least you shouldn’t be angry.
Shouldn’t I at least throw a punch in the face of the guys who made me?
“There are still places to go.”
“… … .”
Arrieta frowned in disapproval.
Well, as a result, the person who was lying on the street and weeping said he would do the same thing again.
that would be disrespectful
“… … I’ll go with you this time.”
“but… … .”
“Must be together. The same situation could happen again.”
“… … You see.”
Arrieta crossed her arms as if she couldn’t admit it this time.
It feels like something is going on.
“Whoa… … .”
take a deep breath.
Calm your mind as much as possible so that your emotions don’t waver again.
I won’t sit down now.
To sit down is when you check everything and still can’t understand it.
* * *
Fortunately, the ‘friend”s house was close, so I was able to arrive quickly.
The guy’s house existed.
The name of the apartment and the surrounding scenery matched those in my memory.
“… … .”
I catch my breath while standing in front of the front door. There’s a guy over here.
The moment I was about to ring the bell while repeating that thought over and over again.
clap.
The door opened by itself.
“Do you want me to come in?”
“I guess so.”
It makes no sense that the door was opened by accident. Isn’t it a structure that automatically closes the door through a spring?
It’s strange that the door is open like this now.
It’s not that the wind is blowing hard, and it’s not that the door stopper is down.
“Well then… … .”
Go through the wide open door.
There was nothing special about it, just the awkwardness of entering someone else’s house, to the point where I wondered if I had mistaken it for a house.
But such doubts are short-lived.
“Ako.”
Arrieta, who was about to climb through the door after me, made a cute sound as if she had bumped into something invisible and sat down clutching her nose.
“Hey, Mr. Oz… … ?”
It seems to be telling me to come alone. I’m not sure if it’s only me invited, or if it’s Arietta’s problem.
“Arrieta, will you wait? I’ll be back soon.”
“No.”
Arrieta said as her complexion turned pale in an instant.
“I said I was with you too. You know what lies ahead. If something like that happens… … .”
“There will be no problem.”
“… … .”
Arrieta mumbled and tried to say something, but she finally shook her head. Instead, he pressed his forehead against an invisible wall and began to pray.
“I hope that you can come back safely, that the burden in your heart can be relieved, that you can smile that smile again.”
“… … Then I will go.”
I move with Arrieta’s blessings and prayers behind.
Go through the front door and through the living room to reach the innermost room.
“… … .”
I opened the door with all my might, feeling a clear presence.
There was a guy who was eating cup noodles looking like an unemployed man.
“Oh, come on. Ah, the reason I couldn’t bring the saintess was because I’m a god in my own way, so I didn’t want to show myself like this.”
“… … who are you?”
“You’re acting sadly, aren’t you?”
The ‘Ain’ I met at the Vatican was in the form of a boy.
But what about the being in front of you right now? He seems to be about the same age as me. Touching him is like Alexios, so I want to punch him.
“Can I recognize it as ‘Ain’?”
“Well then. I am also ‘Ain’. maybe i… … Maybe the 58th?”
“Yeah, I roughly understood.”
Even the case of the angel of the beginning is the same.
Didn’t Thanatos originally have the name Moros? In the first place, the names of numerous gods were woven together and called ‘ein’.
the truth is this
“You mean that the position of the only god kept changing?”
“answer. For reference, the Ajin you met is the second to last.”
“yes?”
Well, it doesn’t really matter what number this guy is. If it’s clear that it’s Ain, that’s fine.
“Search me, you little bastard.”
First punch
[Physical Ability Enhancement] Even magic was deployed.
If you avoid or block this, the next one will use [Prometheus] to beat you down.
“Oops.”
As expected, it was dodged.
It disappeared from my sight in an instant.
Not only his appearance, but also his physical abilities are similar to Alexios.
No, considering that he is a god, is it rather natural?
But I’m not going to give in to that. until it doesn’t.
I won’t stop until I put my fist in his face.
Just like that, the moment I turned around and tried to chase him.
“… … .”
Movement stops.
It’s not like something happened.
It’s just that the body stiffened in a sudden situation.
“long time no see.”
The bully-like guy disappeared and the Ain I had met appeared.
This guy is second from the end.
Who would think that such a weak-looking fellow is a god?
I was thinking of giving it a shot, but… … . I guess my heart is getting weaker.
“… … Damn it.”
finally lower your fist
Anyway, I am not a child.
I had the appearance of such a weak boy, but I couldn’t be a bastard enough to attack.
“Can’t you change it back?”
“It is possible. Shall I change it?”
“… … No, it’s done. Rather, let’s get into the conversation.”
“Yes, saint. Because I also had something I wanted to tell you.”
“… … .”
Do you still call it that?
The title I used to call at the Vatican soon faded away, so I didn’t pay attention to it, but it’s embarrassing to hear it again.
“First of all, about what Ajin is. could you tell me?”
“We are gods. But he is not an omniscient god. And there are times when I am not versatile.”
“… … Are they all different?”
“Yes, because everyone is different. In my case, I can’t do anything. It just exists.”
Yes, the ‘Ain’ in front of me just existed and didn’t look special.
It was like that the last time we met.
He just looks like an adult child.
“Ain is a being that is inherited. Existence to existence, and that way is ‘Ain’.”
That’s why the 58th Ain was able to be here.
Ein because everyone is one.
Numerous names were numerous beings, and we call them one by tying them together.
That’s what monotheism is.
“And as for the method of succession, there are times when it is inherited as a legitimate right of challenge, and there are times when it is usurped. Or was it simply handed over?”
“You will be the latter.”
“Yes, I was the latter. My ancestor Ain singled out me, and I became Ain after that.”
‘Ain’ replied with a smile.
It’s not omnipotence or versatility, it’s just being called ‘God’.
So, there was something I was thinking of.
“… … Were you usurped?”
penultimate.
Then there is one more.
It’s hard to imagine that the boy in front of me would have survived the world’s malice.
“It is a little different. I am the Ain who was almost usurped.”
Ain replied with a wry smile. But there was an indelible regret in that smile.
“I was murdered. He was the one who was looking for my place. It was the existence of Isaac Sudra, a greedy wizard who noticed the way God exists.”
“… … .”
For a moment, the body trembles.
Castle called Sudra.
It must have been Salem’s castle.
If so, it is said that the Ain in front of you was killed by Salem’s ancestors.
If so, even if you look at the regression, Salem’s power, which was absurd, is understandable to some extent.
“ah! It has nothing to do with Salem, so don’t worry about it. The person who tried to usurp my place died on the spot. And most of all, it was Salem-nim who rooted out the Sudra clan.”
But Ain denied that.
Apparently, Salem was not a usurper’s clan, but rather it seems that they condemned the usurper’s clan, who continued to commit evil deeds, and took the castle.
He learns magic with the body of a slave and eventually rises to the position of [King of Sorcery].
I realize again that Salem is out of the norm in many ways.
“But you died on the spot? Ugh, I couldn’t handle the power of the gods. Is it the same feeling?”
“No, I was butchered by an angel who was enraged at my death.”
It’s a slaughter… … .
It’s not a word that would come out of a child’s mouth. No, I knew that the child in front of me was a child only in appearance.
“You mean Thanatos.”
primordial angel.
And the oldest existence, Thanatos, called [Pyeongwang].
There are also many doubts about him.
“What is the first angel?”
“He is our companion.”
“Companion?”
“Yes, just as we become different beings from generation to generation, the primordial angels always become different.”
Arrieta had something to say.
-I think it must be Nergal, Ceres, Chernobog, Hades… … .
Like Ain, Thanatos had many names.
If that means that the names and appearances have changed depending on each subhuman, there is nothing particularly strange about it.
It’s okay to have a good relationship.
“They symbolize vacancy.”
“… … vacancy?”
“Yes, like an angel in the form of a grandson to a child in the form of an old man. The angels of the beginning took the form of children, adults, companions, and animals. He was the one who filled our void.”
“Then what Thanatos looks like now… … .”
I looked at Ain in front of me again.
A boy who looks too weak to be called a god.
I could understand in an instant.
Contrary to that, if Thanatos was born… … .
It wouldn’t be strange if he became the figure of a knight protecting a helpless child.
“Can you tell what he’s up to?”
“Well… … . Is it a complaint? Actually, I don’t even know.”
I’m not talking about complaining about side dishes. Seeing you evasive like that, it seems like you don’t want to talk about it.
That’s it. I never thought I’d be able to find all the answers.
What matters is about me.
Holding the answer… … .
“… … Alright then, shall we take a look at that last child?”
“Not in me.”
The second to last child smiled and replied. It’s as if I would know the answer.
It was not difficult to find the answer through that figure.
No, it would be more accurate to say that it has become certain.
“Oh, damn it. Was it like that too?”
It is said that the angel of the beginning changes its appearance as if it symbolizes the vacancy of Ain.
But the current Thanatos is second to last. In other words, it symbolizes the empty seat of the child in front of you.
Then where is the end?
The answer is simple.
“He doesn’t exist at this point.”
“Yeah.”
“… … Future Oz Quo Vadis.”
The last guy I saw was already so devastated that it was hard to call him human.
A look that has been worn through countless regressions. It made me feel like a doll.
And because of that, there was a part where I felt a sense of alienation.
“… … Janus wasn’t at that stage yet.”
Janus is the key incarnation. A being born from Oz’s soul and able to share the same memories as Oz.
It was strange that such a guy was happily walking around alone.
If Oz was that devastated, he should have been too.
Even if it is a different existence, its root is the incarnation of the key. Except for the power of the key, the specs would have been the same.
Probably the true meaning of regression.
It didn’t repeat the rounds, but even turned back the rounds. You don’t turn the world back, you turn back time.
It is the power of a god that even reverses a part of the fact that he has returned.
Oz repeated thousands and tens of thousands of regressions alone in a situation where he would not be able to win, and finally overturned the result.
“Then what about me?”
why did you make me
What do I mean if not to beat Janus?
I look at Ain in front of me.
still smiling brightly It means you have no intention of answering.
Then I have no choice but to find the answer myself.
look back at me now
Reminds me of Oz I saw before.
I look at the place where I am now and the place where Ain is.
In this way, each puzzle is put together to come up with an answer.
“… … Oz has given up a lot. You overcame it like that.”
“Unfortunately.”
Ain closed his eyes and nodded as if he was sad.
Oz beat Janus. And finally rose to the position of God.
However, the process was not smooth and he would have had to abandon his beliefs for that.
Oz succeeded.
ascended to the throne of God.
But the purpose was lost.
“… … How long have you died?”
“You must have seen that landscape once.”
“Oh, damn it.”
You repeat the same words from before.
But every time I hear it, I understand it.
Yes, I have already seen that landscape. It’s been a while.
-You can’t forget.
[King] The first battle with Thanatos.
The moment divine magic bloomed.
I even nailed it to say that I shouldn’t forget it, but I forgot.
-Even if you forget everything else, you should never forget that one thing.
I’d seen Oz stand alone in the middle of a battlefield strewn with corpses.
-What was my purpose?
I thought it was just a promise.
He thought that trying to be weak was an act of accelerating himself.
-So don’t stop trying.
on everyone’s body.
A compositional formula drawn lonely and lonely.
– Don’t be buried in the purpose.
It wasn’t a rush.
It was not a promise for the future, nor was it preparation for the next episode.
-Don’t forget what we’ve been enduring all of that for.
that’s what I said
the hope you left me
The guy gave up. No, I couldn’t hold on to the dreams I had before.
In repeated regressions, he lost himself and everyone.
It would have been possible to save everyone through complete regression.
But it probably wasn’t like you. He knew that he could never go back to his old self.
that’s why i drew
The country had a dream. I was not made, but the hope he harbored.
It’s not like Tosa Gupaeng. He probably sincerely wants to replace himself for not being happy.
yeah, that’s… … .
“Isn’t this an appeal?”
The guy didn’t ask me.
just drew me I wished for myself to be happy.
『I speak to you who sit on the arrogant throne.』
It was the guilt of a person who had neglected himself in the arrogance of being able to save everyone.
It was also a piece of advice for me to move forward.
『The beginning is fixed, but the end is not.』
Even though my existence is only made, it is not decided which way to go through which choice.
『Know that you have come to twist fate.』
The set result can be twisted at any time. You will be able to come up with an answer that is closest to the happy ending.
That’s why this isn’t an appeal, it’s also a support for me.
Maybe that’s why he named me this way.
[Another Savior]
another savior.