347 – Side Story: Precognition – 1
“Are you saying we need to look into the future one more time?”
“Yes. Although it is not necessarily required. Do you remember exactly when you woke up there?”
I thought for a moment and shook my head. The only information I could get was that there was a full moon in the night sky. I just didn’t want that kind of answer.
Furthermore, if it were the world of Eclipse, there would always be a full moon half of the time, so it was meaningless information. It is a place where day and night coexist.
Eclipse did not seem disappointed at all, as if he expected me to give such an answer.
“If that’s the case, I have no choice but to need it one more time. “If we know the exact time, we can avoid the future you mentioned.”
“I don’t understand how you can avoid it by knowing the exact time.”
I think I can roughly guess, but I don’t know exactly. Eclipse calmly began to explain.
“The more inaccurate the timeline in foresight, the wider the range of possibilities. For example, let’s say I predicted a future where you would ‘drink water’. Without any time information. Then, whenever you drink water, that future will come true. Whether it’s a day later, a week later, a month later, or a year later. Or even if it lasts ten years, a hundred years, or a thousand years.”
Eclipse then created a small light in his hand.
“But what if I were to predict a future in which you would drink water on a specific date? Then you just have to not drink water for one day. The future I confirmed will disappear. This is why I said I need your help. “It is also a way to change the observed future.”
The small light soon turned into a bed. It was a bed exactly big enough for one person to lie down on.
“Foresight, which only confirms events without accurate time information, conversely opens up countless possibilities. It’s a cautious guess, but maybe that’s a future that won’t happen. However, by observing the future, the possibility has opened up. There is a possibility that such a future will unfold in every future in which we give birth to our daughters. In some ways, it can be seen as a double-edged sword. “You can eliminate the possibility of it happening, but you can also create the possibility of it not happening.”
Eclipse, who blushed slightly while saying the word daughter, said, “That definitely doesn’t mean it’s your fault. In case you misunderstand…….” He added briefly.
“…… “It’s very complicated.”
“Because it is a concept intertwined with time. It’s bound to be complicated. I’ve tried to explain this as best as I can. It’s a very natural behavior to me, so it feels more complicated to explain it in words. Do you think you can explain in detail the process of human breathing without any medical knowledge? “You can think of it as similar to that.”
Eclipse gently pressed her fingers against his bed and nodded in satisfaction.
“It’s okay if it’s not a very specific date. Even if the error is only about a hundred years, we can find and eliminate possible time zones.”
Perhaps because it was after hearing about his shocking future, Eclipse maintained a very cautious attitude. It was different from the usual Eclipse.
“I don’t know how such a strange daughter was born. No matter how attractive you are, I can’t believe that her own daughter targeting her father wasn’t enough so she gave birth to me and raised me as her daughter…….”
I could hear small lamentations on the one hand, but I was concentrating on the other.
‘The margin of error is 100 years.’
I stared blankly at Eclipse. Eclipse felt my gaze and made a slightly strange expression.
“Why are you looking at me like that, you?”
“Do you really feel that the goddess is a god?”
Eclipse’s behavior so far was far from that of a goddess. It was like that when I summoned Lepanteca not long ago.
There was nothing wrong with Lepanteca’s statement that it was a relationship between a master and a slave. Even to me, it was a ridiculous behavior, but I wonder if other people saw it as outrageous.
“… ….”
As I looked at Eclipse shyly looking away as if something was stabbing me, I suddenly felt anxious.
Eclipse said that all my children would be daughters. To personally bless her so that her appearance can become closer to that of a goddess.
If that’s the case, isn’t there a possibility that the other daughters will turn into the same crazy woman?
‘…… Probably not. No way.’
It is a useless feeling of anxiety. I shook off my worries and erased them. Worrying about a future that has not been observed or occurred is nothing but nonsense.
And, even if we assume that something like that really happens, if she isn’t Eclipse’s daughter, I can easily suppress her. Or Eclipse could step forward directly.
Because she is the daughter of Eclipse, such a sad situation happened.
‘The best thing would be to prevent something like that from happening in the first place.’
If I have a daughter, I will make sure she gets a solid education. No matter what happens, you shouldn’t look at her dad like that.
The composition is somewhat strange, but whatever.
“…… “So, that’s why you gained precognitive powers.”
Eclipse, who had been distracted for a while, finally changed the topic, as if she couldn’t find anything to refute. I didn’t question him further and just pretended to ignore him.
“It happened because you became too strong. Originally, no matter how much of my influence you receive, your faith and divine power should increase, but that’s not what you are now. Since you have more vessels to store your power, you are naturally receiving my influence more deeply. “To the extent that my precognitive ability, which was originally supposed to be mine, was awakened.”
In other words, does this mean that my stats are too high?
“Why didn’t you tell me in advance?”
“I don’t always observe the entire future. I don’t know how it will sound…… Because I don’t want to completely give up the thrill of watching the indeterminate present pass by. Especially the future that involves you.”
Well, if you were to observe even the smallest details of the future, it would be no different from watching a movie after being spoiled. I completely understood the feeling.
Still, I feel bad for not telling you in advance, so I guess I’ll make a joke.
“You said I became like this because I was influenced by the Goddess, so it will be resolved if I don’t meet the Goddess, right?”
“…… Yes?”
Eclipse had a blank expression for a moment, but tears began to spread across her face.
“No, you’re kidding, aren’t you?”
“Of course it’s a joke.”
“… ….”
Eclipse puffed out her cheeks with tears in her eyes. I smiled mischievously and poked my bulging cheek with my finger. However, the air filled in his mouth did not intend to escape easily.
Of course it’s a joke. Eclipse has caused a lot of incidents in one way or another, and has shown herself as if a handful of screws were missing several times, and judging from her words and actions, the title of goddess does not suit Eclipse at all.
That is not a reason to push out Eclipse.
“You can start by lying here, you.”
Eclipse’s puffy cheeks became saggy, and she quietly placed her hand in my hand and pointed to the bed she had made a little while ago. As he said, he laid down on the bed, and Eclipse summoned a chair next to him and sat down on it.
The other hand stroked my forehead.
“I will be there to help you. “Even if something happens, I will definitely protect you, so you don’t have to worry.”
I simply nodded my head in response and was about to go to sleep, when I noticed that his clasped hands were getting closer and closer to Eclipse’s chest.
I opened my eyes again.
“Just in case, I’ll ask you one question, Goddess. “I’ve been through many similar situations, so I’m not trying to make you massage the goddess’ breasts with my hands, put them between your breasts and rub them, or put my fingers in your mouth and suck them just because you say this is more efficient, right?”
Degurr, Eclipse’s eyes swiveled around.
“Hyo, it is true that efficiency is good… ….”
Did you really intend to do this?
Thinking of Stella’s heresy interrogation method and the alchemist’s material analysis method, it was not particularly surprising, but in the end, it was Eclipse that made the world like this. I gave him a chestnut on his forehead.
Although it didn’t even feel like it hurt, Eclipse held onto the spot where she was hit and cried. Come to think of it, I think the woman who claimed to be my daughter in my dream did something similar to that.
Is she really Eclipse’s daughter?
The ceiling, now somewhat familiar, caught my eye. I slowly got up and looked down.
Silver handcuffs on the hands, and shackles connecting the ankles to the legs of the bed. It looked exactly the same as when I first came here.
‘This time is different.’
The difference is that this time I know where this is and Eclipse will be observing the situation now.
Not that crazy woman who claims to be Eclipse, but the real Eclipse I know.
In addition, if circumstances arise, you can get your strength back. If you give it back and start from the beginning, you might notice something strange, so it has to be an appropriate situation.
Seeing as I had even said that, it seemed true that my physical condition here was not normal. I guess she used drugs like she mentioned. Even though I don’t know what kind of medicine it is.
“You finally woke up, Dad?”
Same voice, same content. I took a deep breath and turned my head toward the window where the moonlight was shining.
“Hello, Dad? “You finally looked at me.”
Everything was just as I remembered.
A woman with black hair and black underwear smiling at me, sitting on the window sill with one leg crossed, her shirt half-unbuttoned, a tie between her breasts, a short skirt, and finally black stockings.
All of that.
‘I told you to act calmly.’
Eclipse told me everything. Pretend as much as possible to agree with what she says and encourage her to say the date naturally. It would have been nice if there had been a calendar in this room, but unfortunately there wasn’t.
“Dad, why aren’t you saying anything?”
But it seemed that that woman’s patience was much less than I thought. She couldn’t even hold back that brief moment while I was choosing what to say, and she was the first to open her mouth.
“It’s strange, I should definitely be asking who I am at this point…” … For a moment.”
She tilted her head to herself, then stopped, lowered her head, and muttered something. She spoke so fast that even I couldn’t understand her properly.
“Dad.”
The head was slowly raised.
A tearful smile appeared on his face.
“Second time?”