chapter 2
2 – 02. Can’t I go home?
Jet-black hair
Something that was a male god who looked like a goddess… Sitting alone on a throne and looking down with bored eyes?
Anyway, the goddess who claims to be ‘Kronos’ stretched out her hand towards me and said.
“The decisive battle against Mars, you managed to win with such a weak body. No, it’s only natural that an apostle with the authority of a woman should win the victory.”
There is no need to praise the obvious as if it were something great.
At the moment I felt a surge of anger at the way I secretly raised myself, but I kept my mouth shut.
‘Should be organized now’
There are many things I want to ask in many ways, but in a situation like this, I have to conversely save my words.
Wisdom learned in the military. If you have a lot to say, just shut up.
The majority of questions are not good to ask.
“However, it would be against the king’s duty to send my apostle to the middle of enemy lines without asking for anything.”
Take this
Kronos reaching out to me.
As the aura of black light leaking out from my fingertips slowly revealed itself in front of my eyes, it soon hardened into a large scythe.
[Cronos’ Scythe]
-It is a scythe containing the godship of Kronos.
-Vision is relative but never disappears
-Attribute: Indestructible (Infinite Durability)
-Attribute: change (can change shape)
“It is my scythe. To be precise, I removed part of my scythe. Are you satisfied with this?”
“Thank you Kronos”
Kronos let out a small snort as he bowed his head to express his gratitude.
It seems like he’s holding back the sound of laughter, but as if it’s leaking out inevitably.
“You are really smart. I know how to bow down, and I know how to be grateful. You look so much better than the Horo children who someday forgot their father and stabbed him with a scythe.”
“I’m just grateful that you liked it”
Looking pretty good
Cronus tapped the chair with his fingers and continued.
“The child of the Cyclops is over before it even begins. My ears still hurt. On the other hand, my child has already stamped Mars. Perhaps if my father hears this too, his hands will tremble with jealousy.”
Yes, tell me, my child.
“What do you wish for?”
Eternal life?
Beauty in Gyeonggi Province?
Any other than him, the power to command the whole world?
I’ll give you whatever you wish for.
“………..”
I calculated in my heart.
Are those words really true?
The worry was short, and the conclusion was quick.
“It’s okay. It is an honor that I am proud to have already received from Cronus.”
“Hoo-oh?”
I lowered my head.
I hit my head.
The reason was simple.
“Are your words now true without an inch of lies?”
“Yes. Add to that…”
Words that look good on the outside
But don’t forget.
No matter how lucky you were to defeat Mars…
“The apostles of Zeus still remain.”
“…….”
The scenario hasn’t even started yet.
But suddenly approaching to give you a reward?
Everywhere you look, there are traps. It was not a good event to accept.
I continued to put my head down, and Cronus began to approach me step by step.
“You know your fountain well”
“…….!”
Cronos’s palm touched the top of my head, the top of my head.
She began to stroke my hair gently, as if stroking her child.
“If you had wished for something, I would have looked at you as a jock who has little understanding of God’s authority.”
“…………..”
Was it really?
As I let out a soundless breath thinking that it was fortunate, Cronus spoke to me again.
“And the dregs I knew called ‘Timeless’ was such a dregs that I chose as my apostle.”
“…….!”
Tight, hair caught in the grip.
In an instant, a cold chill ran up my back.
“I was a mischievous bastard. Greedy, cowardly, and ignorant mongrel. That’s why I saw potential in that child and gave him the position of an apostle.”
However, you are different from that child.
It’s different no matter where you look.
“The guy I knew, the guy I saw——wasn’t the guy who would turn back in front of the academy, he was a weak rat who would run away if asked to raise a knife at Mars.”
But you managed to fight back with a sword.
He even made Mars fall to the floor.
“Ah…Ahh…!”
Hair pulled up gradually
Forcibly aligning eyes with Cronus, Cronus asked me.
“Tell me. Where is ‘the bastard’ going and you’re going to take the place of ‘the bastard’?”
“Wait…Just put your hands down…!”
“Are you the child of Cyclops? Or Uranus? Or is it trash that crawled out of the Abyss?”
“Ah-Ah! aaa!!”
Ripped off!
Take your hair!
I put my hands up and grabbed Kronos’s hand to stop him.
“Ah… Uh… Ugh…!”
“…..Hmmm”
But I didn’t.
I couldn’t.
Because it’s obvious that if you see the hand holding your hair here and try to get rid of it, you’ll be more damned if you resist.
In the end, he moved his hand to the hem of his pants and held on to it, and Cronus let go of his hand as if he had lost interest.
“You’re a strange guy.”
“Huhhhhh…..!!”
I thought all of my hair was falling out.
As I rubbed his throbbing head with my hand, Kronos snapped his fingers at me.
“…What?”
Taak, the sound spread and at the same time my head tickled
At some point, the pain disappeared as if it never existed.
“I turned back time.”
“Ah…..”
You turned back time before you pulled your hair out.
Kronos looked down at me and asked again.
“Who are you? Reveal your identity.”
“……That’s it”
“No, I don’t even need to tell you the truth.”
“Yes?”
You
So you’re the one who crossed the dimension.
“…….Yes”
I affirmed Cronus’ words.
Cronus nodded, saying he knew that.
“I read the time of soul. I came into that body without any ointment and didn’t know what to do. After that, I tried to read your past, but it didn’t seem to be covered by something——you can only understand it as a drifter beyond the dimension.”
“…Were there any people like me?”
“It wasn’t there at all.”
Even in the case of the current apostle of Zeus, he is a ‘returner’ who crossed the time line.
…Unexpected predictions came true
Kronos continued to speak.
“Considering the situation, your actions were very wise.”
I changed my name so that the regressor would not find out
Avoiding suspicion by changing his appearance as much as possible.
Deliberately obscuring the ability to time and misleading the enemy
“So I doubted. I wonder if you were also a regressor like that ‘bastard’s child'”
But that’s not the case.
Even if it returns, the essence of the soul does not change.
On the other hand, your soul itself has changed.
In addition, if you can’t even see the soul’s past
“Is it Possession? Or reincarnation? No, whatever is fine.”
No matter what the reason, you must be a much more capable child than my existing child.
“If you are to be my child and apostle, then I will also accept you as my child and apostle.”
“….I will keep this in mind”
I lowered my head.
As if satisfied, Cronus sat back on the throne.
‘Hoo woo woo…’
The air has become lighter
At the same time, the pressure that had been pressing down on my whole body faded, and at the same time, Cronus asked me.
“You bastard, what do you want?”
“………..”
“It is a contract as an apostle. Since the soul has changed, it will be necessary to revise the contract again.”
The last child was ‘s*x! Only s*x!’
“…Then—”
“──I cannot accept the condition of returning to the original world..”
“……”
“Dimensions are not my domain.”
Think about it for yourself.
“When the contract with me is established and it is time to grant your wish, will you be able to return to your original life?”
“That’s…”
“Perhaps it is impossible. You will see blood even if you don’t want to, and there will be many things you have no choice but to do even if you don’t like it.”
“……”
After this, after going through many things, when you return to your original world
Can you really forget your past and live your life as before?
Chronos’s words rang in my ears.
‘…Life’
It’s funny how I was suddenly possessed in a game
Like common novels, you have to give them a way to go back, but they say there is no way to go back at all.
Isn’t it too hard? Give me a little bit of hope
“Hope? Sounds funny. Certain despair is often better than false hope.”
“……. Haaa”
I exhaled lightly.
I’m not sure if it’s a word of consolation, but it’s already happened.
If you say you can’t go back, and even if you go back, you won’t be able to live as before
“There are two”
“Two things. Yes, tell me.”
I said to Kronos.
“All I want is to live peacefully with my wife who loves me.”
“That is a boring desire. And?”
“And…”
I wonder if this makes sense even when I think about it
“When I feel like I am about to collapse, support me from behind.”
“…Your desire is really strange.”
It is not a good that overflows the bosom
I’m not even a beauty who will tip the country
It is not the power to command the continent
“If you are about to collapse, please support me…”
In other words, do you think you want my power?
I shook my head at Cronus’ words.
“No. Even if you ask, I know they won’t drop you off unless you’re qualified.”
“Then what do you want from her?”
“….I am definitely an adult, but I have lost my parents unexpectedly.”
Without even preparing the mind
I lost everything, family and friends.
“In addition to that, I started living in a different country with different values, lifestyle, and even the history of the whole world.”
“So, please.”
I said to Kronos.
“Please have pity on me.”
“…………..”
Cronus silently looked down at me.
Continuing Silence
How much time had passed, Cronus said quietly.
“I don’t want to be betrayed anymore.”
“I will not betray you.”
“That’s right. The moment you betray me, I’ll take your powers away. Will there be a foolish child who says he will betray me right in front of me?”
Perhaps the only thing that matters is Zeus.
Cronus let out a light breath and nodded his head.
“Do not accept your desire.”
“Ah———?”
A moment, intertwined views
Let’s relax and droop at the same time
Cronos spoke calmly to me.
“Instead of fulfilling your desires, let you do my will”
Zeus
A bloody revenge on that bastard
…I wonder if I’m expecting too much from a regressor.