-Thud
[Oh! You are back. That's earlier than I thought]
I fell on my face on the green grass before slowly turning on my back and then looking at the blue sky full of clouds. There was no sun, yet it wasn't dark anymore. The familiar screen was in front of me and I knew I was back in the white dimension.
'Though it can't be called a white dimension anymore, I suppose?' I thought as I stood up and then looked at the scared and terrified man in front of me. He was an average man in every aspect, with black hair and an average looking face.
I observed him trying to recall if I knew anyone like him… however after some thought; I reached the conclusion that I did not.
"Who is he?" Elle came from behind and looked at that man with a questioning gaze. That man was trying to hide his face with his hands, as if someone was trying to kill him.
"Probably, Demitri killed him in the previous timeline," I answered and Elle nodded, as if thinking the same thing.
'Wait! You can see what is happening outside? Didn't Amon say that…'
[I never said I couldn't watch you. All I said is that I can't interfere much with the outside world. If you are asking about your previous life, then I know nothing… However, this one is different; here, you are important to me. Of course, I can see you and that also goes for the others here too]
Amon messaged as he answered my doubts and I sighed at that b*stard's habit of answering only when the topic was brought up.
So… the first thing is to talk to our new friend here… and also a few other things that I need to find out.
"Excuse me, sir? Can you please look at me?" I asked while approaching that man carefully. Hearing my voice, he shrieks a bit before slowly looking at me and then a slightly confused expression comes on his face as he begins to look around. The more he looks, the more tense he becomes.
"Demitri is dead," I told him to get his attention and sure enough, it worked like a charm on him as he looked at me intently before asking,"and my daughter and wife?!"
'... So that is his desire, huh?' I thought as I looked at him who seemed to be confused wondering where it came from. He got a bit scared before his thoughts cleared a bit more.
"Elle… explain the situation in brief to him. I need to talk to Amon about something," I speak and Elle looks at me for a few moments before moving towards that man.
I then turn around and then walk a bit away before speaking,"who else knows about my regression?" I was really shocked when Hygeia told me that she knew about my regression. However, it doesn't seem like I could get my answer from her so, here I am, asking the very person who transferred me back into the past.
[I don't know. People with special systems and special spells are bound to find out about your regression by themselves. Can't you even reach that simple conclusion? Are you an idiot?]
I looked at that screen intently before speaking,"explain the case of Hygeia."
[Hygeia is a spirit of life, and since your life has already reached a point beyond your current age; of course, she was going to find out. Also, the spirit summoning contract which you formed in your previous life was connected to your soul, hence, when you regressed, the traces didn't vanish. That could have been one reason that gave your regression away to Hygeia or perhaps even Astraea.]
I observed the screen for a few moments and pondered over each and every word it said before sighing as I realised that it really made sense. However, that also means that I have to deal with the possibilities of more people knowing about my regression.
I then turned towards that man who was carefully listening to Elle, checking towards me every once in a while and I then spoke to Amon again,
"I need to do something about this, too."
[This?]
I looked at the screen a bit confused before I finally realised that if I don't think about it; they wouldn't know about my deep thoughts. Looks like I can use it to my advantage if needed…
'There are going to be more and more people coming in this dimension. Before it gets too late, I need to formulate a way to classify their desires into different groups, or else it would become too difficult to manage,' I thought before pondering over how to divide the desires.
Though there was something that I needed to ask Amon,"Hey! What kind of desires would there be? Surely there won't be idiotic desires like I want money or I want to be the King, right?"
[Ummm… That's really… a difficult question to ask. You should ask Elle about it.]
'Hm? Aren't you the one who created this dimension? Then how come…' I thought, and the answer came as.
[Well… It's a human problem and I can't really understand them… in fact I can't understand any of the races of your planet.]
Looking at the message, a question popped into my mind about what kind of being Amon was…? Though it didn't look like he was going to answer that.
I then moved towards Elle, who seemed to have calmed that man down and looking at him I asked,"So where did you reach?" As I looked at that man, that man immediately looked at me as if I were some messiah and grabbed my leg with tears running out of his eyes as he spoke,"Sir Zero! Sir Zero! Please save my daughter and wife! I beg of you! Please save my family!! That is all that I want!!"
I looked at that man crying out of his wits. He was in pain and Elle looked at me with a slightly bitter smile before speaking,"I briefed everything without going into much detail."
That man was crying as much as he was begging me. I saw his desperation, I observed his scared face, I observed his hurried action and I sighed before speaking,"Tell me about it first."
That man, hearing my words, looked at me before wiping off his tears and then speaking calmly,"I won't waste your time. Mr. Zero. My family was kidnapped by Demitri, who was fixated on the fact that I had something he wanted. I did not know what he wanted, but he kept asking me for a certain red coloured bag. Then when he realised that I didn't know anything, he killed me."
I looked at that man for a few moments before pondering why he wasn't asking me to save him instead of his family.. Or perhaps all three of them.
"That is because… there were other men present there. It won't be long before I die… I probably won't even last even a minute there…" he had a bitter expression as he told me everything. I looked at him, wondering if he was some idiot. By telling me this, he was literally providing me a way out of this situation. I can just promise and then move out of this dimension and once he dies, I can just go on my own path…
His eyes widen at my words, but before he could speak anything,
"He won't do that… He might be a cruel, cunning and manipulating person… he would never play with someone's dying wish… isn't it right, Zero?" Elle spoke as she looked at me intently and I sighed as I looked at that man before thinking,
'There are a few things that I can't let go. I don't want to lose the few strands of humanity I have left,' I thought, and that man looked at me with slight confusion. I smiled at him without answering anything before I turned to Elle.
"There is something I need to discuss with you," I said to Elle as I ignored that man. If I agreed to that man's request, I might just be sent out of here without being able to talk to Elle. Perhaps he heard my thoughts, and he kept quiet and then provided me with some space to talk without making a fuss about it.
"What is it?" asked Elle as she turned her head, confused as she didn't hear my thoughts, just like Amon. I smiled a bit before getting back to serious mode as I asked Elle,
"Is there any way to classify desires and also is there anything specific about desires that are counted as lingering desires strong enough to make people not pass on?"
Elle looked at me for a few moments before pondering a bit over my words and then finally she spoke.
"I guess there are certain ways to classify them…"
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