Chapter 240. Even if nothing changes,
2022.05.21.
There was an illusion that time had stopped.
‘It’s like that time.’
Just like when I met Aidan for the first time in my life, it felt like only Ades and I existed in this world.
Above all else, only the presence of the man in front of her was clearly felt.
Even the clenched fists as if enduring pain. Even the somewhat harsh breath exhaled by the field crab. Even the clear eyes watching me.
The empty red eyes slowly closed as if they were empty. Soon, his red lips, which had been tightly closed, opened.
“You are not my creature.”
It was a little lower than Aidan’s voice. It was also a tone that captivated the ear at once.
Eventually, Ades opened her eyes again. As soon as our eyes met, it felt like my heart sank again.
“Is it a soul from another world? from the future.”
“…how did you know?”
“A soul from another world? Or something from the future?”
“both.”
“Surely you said that right away, didn’t you? “God.”
It was because he was a god, so he could understand it. It was rather a good thing for me.
I was at a loss as to how to explain my situation to Ades, but that effort was saved.
‘It feels a little strange that Aidan calls you.’
He would occasionally talk to me, but never referred to me as ‘you’. It was a different feeling because it was something I had never imagined.
‘It would be correct to think that it was just another person.’
He has the appearance of a mature Aidan, but he was Aidan 500 years ago. I don’t even remember being with me.
I took one step towards Ades. My heart throbbed at the sight of his eyes staring at me.
Since Julius III hadn’t died yet, I thought he would be safe, but he wasn’t. That fact made me sad.
‘I should have come sooner. To the painless past.’
But there was no time for melancholy. I moved a little closer to Ades.
Between the bangs that covered the eyes, the sharp eyes seemed to stand out even more.
I looked straight into the eyes that were looking at me as if I were unfamiliar with them.
“that’s right. I’m from another world to meet you.”
It was a different world from here. A world where I just wanted to let go of everything because it was so hard to live day by day.
The god who brought me out of that hellish place was right in front of my eyes.
“You called me.”
“…”
“Kill me.”
Ades asked quietly.
“Did you come to kill me?”
“no.”
I took one step closer.
“I’m here to save you.”
To free you from the terrible restraints that have bound you.
Because I want life more than death.
Because I want you to be happy by my side forever.
“Ades. The Emperor of Devlin is trying to use you. They’re trying to ban Devlica’s descendants into gods after absorbing all of the god’s power. Never trust the Emperor.”
I waited for an answer, hoping that Ades would trust my words. Contrary to my nervousness, Ades’ reaction was quick.
As he lowered his eyes, the shadows were lightened by his long lashes.
and that moment.
“It’s already late.”
Chellarak-.
With the sound of cold metal engaging, something invisible appeared.
‘chain.’
Thousands of chains bound him to the earth. As if they would never let go, they dragged God down to the ground.
Ades was resisting being pulled down further. It was a constant struggle with gravity.
“…ah.”
I sighed briefly.
It’s already too late.
Even at the moment when I fell into the past, was Ades already bound by Julius III?
Not wanting to believe it, I desperately wanted to get a confirmation from him.
“Did Julius III ban you?”
“okay.”
The first plan was a failure. Because I couldn’t see the moment when the ban was already in place.
There was only one way left now.
Directly asking Ades, who still has full memories of being a god, how to break the ban.
“If it’s late… it can’t be helped. Then do you know how to break the ban? You have to break the ban on your future self.”
‘Or else I have no choice but to kill you.’
I swallowed the words in my heart.
I waited for his answer, eagerly hoping that Ades would know how to break the ban.
For some reason, his eyes twisted slightly.
“that-.”
Just as Ades spoke, he heard loud footsteps descending the spiral staircase.
Tak tadadadak!
“…!”
I thought I wouldn’t be able to drag it out for long, but I never thought I’d get caught this quickly.
I looked at Ades urgently.
It was enough to go back to reality after hearing how to break the ban. But even knowing that, I couldn’t.
It wouldn’t matter what happened to it, since it was in the past anyway, but I didn’t want to leave it alone.
Because I felt like I would regret this moment forever.
[Remember Mabel. The past that has already been decided cannot be changed. Even if you block it, Ades-sama will eventually fall and be bound by Devlin. So don’t do useless things.]
[You can’t change the past that has already been decided.]
I know that much. That the outcome has already been decided. To the point of meaningless outbursts.
but.
Even if nothing changes.
“I will save you anyway.”
Having made a decision, all that remains is to act.
Stepping on the air and leaping, he grabbed the chains that restrained Ades’ arms.
fall. The chain that swayed under my weight quickly corroded and then broke.
Likewise, when the shackles were broken, all physical restraints on him disappeared. I stretched out my hand towards Ades.
“Let’s go out at once.”
“…”
But Ades just stared at my outstretched hand and stayed still. Meanwhile, the tumultuous noises were getting closer and closer.
“Ades!”
“…”
“Quickly!”
“for a moment.”
At my urging, Ades grabbed the sword that was piercing my heart. It took an instant to pull out the sword.
At that moment, he turned and stepped back. Because of that, not a single drop of blood splattered on me.
Only traces of blood were left on the instantly regenerated body.
Their fingertips touched each other. But even for a moment, we held each other’s hands tightly without anyone saying anything first.
I pulled the hand that I was holding tight so that I wouldn’t let go even by mistake.
Then I ran straight to the exit.
As he climbed the spiral staircase, he encountered Devlin’s soldiers descending.
I knocked them down again with divine punches.
“The prisoner has escaped!”
“Seize Boo!”
“Cuck!”
He passed the fallen soldiers and managed to get out of the dark prison.
The late night dawn was coming.
As soon as I turned around, my eyes met Ades, who had been frowning as if seeing the sunlight for the first time in a while.
“Escape successful.”
I smiled broadly at him.
***
As soon as the fingertips touch the young human, all the information about existence flowed into Ades.
Records of all souls from the time when the primordial soul was created, as well as the previous life and the present life.
The image of her previous life, crouching in a shabby house, flashed by quickly.
A weak soul was crying. Writhing in loneliness, he cursed God.
loneliness. It was a feeling closer to Ades than anything else.
‘Right.’
Not a single lie was said by this man to him.
There’s just something I didn’t say.
He went back in time in order not to kill himself, who lost his memory in the future.
The future self he saw in the young human soul was really strange.
why are you laughing
why are you angry
why are you crying
At the center of it, without fail, was this young human.
‘why.’
Ades could not understand.
The fact that this young human, smiling brightly under the bright dawn light, had a past that consumed him with such desperate loneliness.
Even for a moment, he felt a sense of kinship with this human, but Ades quickly denied it.
He and the young human were different.
Not knowing that Ades was searching for her, Mabel focused on escaping.
After escaping from Devlin’s soldiers and hiding in a retreat, they arrived at the stable keeper’s resting place.
ha ha
Mabel let out a rough breath and pulled Ades.
“Let’s catch our breath here, Aidan.”
Ades looked down at Mabel, who casually spit out a different name.
Aidan.
It was the name given to Devlica’s successor after her memory as a god was erased some time later.
and Aserad.
That was the name this young human had given him.
Mabel erased his presence without lowering his guard to see if anyone was approaching. Then he looked up at Ades.
“Now tell me. What should I do to break the ban?”
“First, we need to destroy the forbidden medium.”
“The medium of the forbidden?”
“Things sealed with the souls of a thousand prisoners who handed over in exchange for tying me to this land.”
“ah.”
[Julius III acquired ‘it’. After naming ‘it’ ‘Aidan’, he took full ownership of it by forbidding a thousand sinners at the cost of their lives.] It was a
sentence in the ancient record.
“You mean there are other conditions?”
Ades was speechless for a moment at the gaze that actively asked him.
I should have told the truth as it was, but for some reason my lips didn’t part. I couldn’t figure out why I was doing this.
Is it because I foresaw the memories to come?
Ades stared at the young human.
“You said you wanted to see the moment the ban was activated.”
“Ah yes.”
“I will show you.”
Ades held Mabel’s hand again. And tightly intertwined between the fingers so as not to unravel.
‘It’s getting blurry-.’
Shortly thereafter, Mabel collapsed helplessly into his arms.
***
What unfolded before my eyes was pitch-black darkness.
‘I’ve had this experience before.’
This was also the first memory I experienced when I saw Aidan’s memory. Mabel was then transferred to a piercing loneliness.
Ades was alone in the dark while an eternity of time, unfathomable as a human being, passed.
‘Alone for such a long time…’
It was a memory before the world was even created. In the midst of severe loneliness, Ades eventually began to create the world.
The universe was born, the sky below it, and the earth grew.
Ades’ breath became wind, and his steps eroded.
The power of Ades dwelled in everything in the world.
The continent, where humans and animals roamed, was blessed with everything under God’s protection.
‘Still lonely.’
Even after creating the world, Ades still suffered from loneliness.
Do I have to live with inexhaustible emotions for eternity?
Civilizations blossomed in the world, and countless countries were repeatedly founded and destroyed.
and one day
Ades, who descended to the ground, faced a boy. He was Julius III in his youth.
“My God. I can give you what God wants.”
“What can you, a mere human, give me?”
“God has everything. Except for loss. I will give you a loss.”
It was sophistry.
But Ades was so lonely that she took the boy’s hand.
After that, it was a story that even Mabel knew.
Julius III coveted the power of a god and succeeded in holding him to the ground.
‘Is that the medium where the prisoners are sealed?’
The souls of the prisoners were forever enshrined in jewels within the trinkets.
“You belong to Devlica forever.”
“…”
“Even if you don’t think about destroying the forbidden medium.”
“…”
“Since you dwell in the thousandth medium, the moment the ban is lifted-.”
Julius III smiled.
“Because it will perish.”
.
.
.
“…omg!”
When I opened my eyes in surprise, I was immediately met with red eyes.
I realized what this cruel god wanted to show me.
“If the ban is lifted, it will disappear?”
“okay.”
I glared at the face that looked at my death casually.
This aspect was the same today as it was 500 years later. And I couldn’t leave this man alone.
I looked at my joined hands, where each finger was still intertwined.
“I know that?”
“what.”
“I will definitely save you.”
I thought it was good to come back to the past.
‘Because I think I know a little bit about that method now.’
how to save you
