The great mage who transcends by returning Chapter 340
The future that has changed now.
There were many things there.
To be precise, it would be more correct to describe them as ‘tragedies’.
Descendant of Twilight.
An enemy and a colleague colleague.
A princess turned into a puppet.
A sage who disappeared after being eaten by a demon without a rumor… ….
There was nothing that was not a tragedy.
It was such a miserable situation that they were taken for granted, but that doesn’t make it non-tragedy.
Butler Merdin was my teacher.
When I gave up everything, he forced me to my feet and gave me the magical knowledge of the Autonomous Cycle.
In the end, he could not overcome the side effects and died, but the meaning was passed on to me, so it was not without its meaning.
In Ryan’s case, he didn’t have a very good impression at first.
Should I say that the past me considered it a one-sided love affair… ….
Well, it’s a good story now, but it’s a story that there was a time like that.
Paradoxically, that relationship turned into the exact opposite when everything was lost and reunited.
As for Eileen… ….
After twisting and twisting, it ended up being broken. I can only remember that her end before returning was very miserable.
Herma’s case would have been sacrificed as if swept away in such a ruined situation.
yes it was
The ‘future’ I passed through was so miserable and ruinous.
“…That’s how it happened.”
“….”
By the time I finished speaking, there was no word among my colleagues.
I didn’t hear that I was joking or that I wasn’t even funny.
With sunken eyes, I carefully review my words.
I revealed everything.
How did everyone end before the return and how did the world come to an end… ….
Of course, confusion is unavoidable. But what about Ryan?
“hmm.”
As if he knew, he just nodded his head quietly with his arms crossed.
It’s not particularly strange.
If what I handed to him had worked, it wouldn’t have been difficult to arrive at an answer.
and after a while
“Um, so you’re saying that I was the one who passed on the ‘autonomous cycle’ to the young master before returning? Then what you said… ….”
“If I had told you that, you wouldn’t have believed it anyway.”
“that…It is.”
The butler muttered again with a confused expression.
“In other words, the ‘autonomous cycle’ I learned is the result of processing and developing myself in the future… ….”
“It was quite a headache. I made it as a result.”
“Heh heh….”
The butler did not hide his embarrassment at my words.
He stared blankly into space.
“Well, if it were me in that situation…He must have acted that way. Obviously… ….”
“He was cold, but he was a good teacher.”
Of course, I clearly distinguish between the current ‘butler’ and ‘Murdin Master’.
In fact, compared to that time, it has changed too much.
“A good teacher….”
The butler muttered that for a moment, then gave a wry smile.
“But in the end, that’s not who I am today. Because the me who was the master’s teacher and the ‘me now’ are clearly different beings.”
“yes.”
The butler did not try to identify himself with the present self before returning.
“Of course, the ‘possibility’ itself is judged to be quite interesting. Because I can be like that.”
“You take it easier than you think.”
“What is that….”
The butler shrugged.
“First of all, I am also a wizard. If you think about it as a premise that it went against time, there are not just one or two that match.”
“…Hmm.”
Well, if the butler came to that conclusion, it would be comfortable for me. I mean, you don’t have to explain it in a complicated way.
Then Eileen.
she was just looking at me
To be honest, to be honest, I didn’t want to tell you about the regression… ….
This is a colleague too.
‘To be embarrassed is to be embarrassed.’
What needs to be revealed
Anyway, I waited for Eileen to speak. And after a while she let out a small sigh.
“…So you, before the regression, came to your senses ‘belatedly’?”
“What is it?”
“In other words, the fact that you suddenly acted like that…You mean it’s because you’ve recovered your memories before returning?”
“yes. I guess it’s like getting my right back thanks to you.”
I smiled and looked straight at her. After looking into my eyes for a moment, she let out a wry smile.
“I have no intention of saying anything about it. It’s true that I cheated on you, and it seemed a bit… …I did.”
“What’s new?”
It’s a memory I’d like to cut out of my head if I could.
“By the way, the me before the return…Did that happen?”
“….”
I couldn’t see Eileen’s end in person.
But I heard that Lian ended the situation.
The end of her transformation into an enemy of mankind at the end of the contamination is clear… …It would have been miserable.
It’s not a pleasant story by any means, so maybe it would have been better not to reveal it… ….
“thank you. for telling me.”
she told me so
It must have been a difficult story to tell, but thank you for revealing it.
“Before the regression, I…Um, that’s right. After breaking off the marriage, he devoted himself to swordsmanship and succeeded in reaching the level, but… …Are you saying you couldn’t stop the demon’s plan?”
“then…Everyone did.”
Everything was already messed up.
It wasn’t like I was the Great Mage of the 9th Circle from the beginning, and it wasn’t like the church’s problems were resolved.
I tried, but I couldn’t help it.
Then Herma spoke.
“I don’t even have to think too hard. It would have been encroached on by the devil, and at the end of being polluted and corrupted… …It must have attacked mankind after all.”
“…I will not deny it.”
To be honest, I don’t know exactly about Herma.
This is because during that period before the return, there were not one or two disasters that broke out all over the world.
But from a causal point of view, it must have gone as he feared.
And his reaction… ….
“What is it? understand.”
End with that.
Herma was convinced of that.
Perhaps, befitting the title he was called a sage, he might have guessed something about my return to some extent.
All three are over.
So now all that’s left is Lian.
This guy has the longest relationship with me, excluding Ariandel, among everyone here before the return, so I need to explain… ….
“Ah, I am.”
grumpy reaction.
I laughed at his reaction.
“I see.”
“Isn’t that what you’re trying to say that you fought to death with one of the great demons and then died? I roughly understood.”
After saying that, he scratched his head as if frustrated.
“…I don’t have any memories.”
“Looks like you heard it from him.”
The vision of my ‘future’ that I gave to this guy that day was by no means a simple magic.
Should I say it’s a possibility?
Of course, I wasn’t sure that this guy would receive future information with such certainty.
“Of course I won’t be the ‘Lian’ you knew before the regression.”
“know.”
Even if he heard information about him, he wouldn’t be completely the same as the guy before the regression.
That’s a problem that has already been resolved.
“Anyway, it seems that you have accepted the fact that I have returned.”
Everyone nodded at my words. There seems to be no reason not to accept it.
“Now….”
I looked around at everyone and said.
“Let’s talk about our future plans.”
It’s time to get to the real ‘detail’.
* * *
Childhood.
It was once the ‘starting point’ of God, so it defined itself.
No matter what, childhood cannot last forever.
One day you will pass as a child and become an adult. Like a butterfly hatching from a cocoon.
It is a natural ‘providence’.
Ironically, however, that natural providence does not apply only to him. Because he is the past abandoned from the future and cut off time.
The end never comes.
There is no escape from this childhood, and it gradually rusts away without changing itself.
‘really…It’s cruel.’
A bitter laugh flows out.
The first thing that always comes to mind is the memories of my close friend who was my companion.
A being born great and at the same time destined to grow great.
There was no existence comparable to each other in this ‘world’ or across any other planet.
So, the two cherished each other.
However, if there was something a little different, would ‘Asar’ have doubts about the special situation itself?
creature.
Asar questioned the reality that those ‘creatures’ could only be creatures.
And stretched out his hand.
From his point of view, what would Asar’s actions be like?
It was as if I was seeing humanity hanging over my pet dog more than necessary.
can never be like God.
An existence with a limit that cannot reach God no matter what method is used.
and…That didn’t work either.
The fragment of Shin who referred to himself as < Childhood > knows.
‘Myself’ was enraged by that fact.
I felt sad and hopeless at the fact that my companion, who was not another being, was trying to break the natural law and cross the line.
…yes it was
But on the other hand, what can I say?
I understand a little bit.
The possibility that my companion expected from the creature.
Yes, Asar wanted a lot of ‘possibilities’.
He hoped that there would be a different future that he did not know about.
‘haha…I understood a little bit.’
However, his hatred and pride as a god were stronger than that ‘understanding’.
And so was the mission as a god that would come to an end.
thus….
‘Not required.’
‘Self’ castrated that understanding.
I took it off and locked it in a deep, deep abyss where no one could ever find it.
As the gatekeeper, he had children who followed him… ….
Eventually, a prison called Pandemonium was created.
A lot of time has passed.
Because he was born destined to be worshiped, the spirit of ‘God’ never wears out.
He just endured and waited endlessly in this unreasonably abandoned situation.
I was so blank.
‘What’s wrong?’
In the strangeness of being abandoned by himself, he questioned himself endlessly.
But no answer came.
Even if he thought about it himself, it was meaningless to argue about right and wrong in this matter.
Time goes by and goes by like that.
“< Childhood >.”
Finally a visitor came.
A legitimate person who has inherited the spirit and body of ‘oneself’ who has reached the end of childhood.
He smiled at the voice he heard from behind and turned his head.
“Mikhail Walpurgis.”
You could call it spiritual, but somehow I don’t feel like it anymore.
In a way, it’s a possibility.
An existence that contains the potential of my creation that Asar clung to so much.
What choices will this child make and what possibilities will he show himself?
“Are you done with the story?”
“Thanks to.”
Even though he must have a lot of resentment and hatred towards the ‘Devil’, ironically, such feelings are not visible in his eyes toward himself.
he waited
I was quite interested in what kind of proposal that ‘Mikhail Walpurgis’ would give me.
And after a while, Mikhail opened his mouth.
“…I’ve always wondered why the Demon God was so wrapped up in such blind hostility toward humanity.”
“Have you got any answers?”
“To some extent.”
Mikhail answered calmly.
“It must be because it was removed. He was wary of even the slightest possibility of influencing mankind, so he tried to take away my ‘weak side’.”
“….”
“I understood from the start. You are infinitely close to the ‘demon god’, but you can never become a demon god.”
it was so differentiated.
As if the existence of the demon god began to rampage endlessly from the point of time when it was removed… ….
And that’s how he now is what they call the ‘demon god’, but he is no longer that being.
It’s infinitely close to say no, and the most important thing to say it’s right.
How contradictory is this?
“So I thought. What was the ‘weak side’ that the Demon God thought of? Then he came to a conclusion.”
Mikhail spoke slowly.
“You wanted to understand humans.”
“…under.”
At that, he let out a wry smile.
I was a little angry at those words, but at the same time, I was disillusioned with myself after understanding it… ….
“I’m not saying it makes you a god or shows you an ‘end’ you can’t reach.”
“Yeah, that won’t work either.”
That kind of action itself could be like affirming the demon god.
But then this guy can’t offer what he wants.
The reason he came all the way here must have been because he wanted something from him… ….
But then.
“instead.”
At the words that followed, he opened his eyes wide.
“I will make you human.”
It was a ‘possibility’ that he, who was once a god, hadn’t even considered.
