"Get serious, will you? After all this, this is how you will meet me?"
I had my doubts, of course. Overwhelming Energy Control? That's something every World's Will possessed. When it comes to it, no one in their world could contest them in that field.
My existence might've been seen as a threat by one of them but judging from how the others treated me, that one was just different.
And now this one was showing me something to provoke my mind. If he's the one holding my memories then it's not that difficult to create this scene to confuse me. World's Wills could take on any appearance after all.
? Furthermore, no matter how hard I think about it, a World's Will doesn't have a physical body and even more so, it can't be reincarnated. Ever since its inception, it was tied to its world.
Although it's possible for them to cultivate emotions like Worldy or Ele, they're stuck in the world they were managing.
If he's trying to tell me that I am him and he is me then I will call this bulls---…
"Hmm? I see. You're not convinced…" The young boy who looked like the younger me smirked and snapped his fingers.
The current scenery then shattered and was replaced with just a wide expanse of grassy plains, and a clear blue sky.
The World's Will then changed from putting on my younger appearance to an older and perhaps… my adult appearance.
He had long hair that was a bit shorter than my Energy Incarnate form. It was fluttering from behind him while his gaze rested on me.
"This… Is my true appearance. Believe it or not, you will grow up and look like me."
The World's Will waved his arms and the windy plains stopped.
He stepped forward and closed the distance between us.
He's currently taller than me but looking at his face, it's like I was looking at my future self. His eyes, his expression and the way he speaks.
"If you'll push on that narrative, is it possible that I am your child?"
Upon hearing that, the World's Will sighed.
"Do you think a World's Will can produce offspring? I am born from the Earth itself. From the conception of its Source Energy. I was given emotions and the freedom to think for myself. However, that will not change what I am. I am a World's Will."
Then what am I? Why doesn't he just give me my memory and be done with this?
The Principal told me that this guy was the one responsible for everything. I came here to get an answer, not to answer his quiz about my identity and why we looked alike.
"Whatever is going on in your mind or whatever Hajime told you before coming here, it's all true. I am the one responsible for ripping your memories off. Ah. No. That's wrong…"
"Why is it wrong? Do you have an accomplice?"
"Correct. And that accomplice is you. We are responsible for it. You and me."
After pointing his fingers alternately to both of us, the World's Will snapped his fingers once more and this time, a flash of light was produced from it which instantly seeped into my forehead.
With his curved lips being the last thing that was registered on my eyes, a curtain of darkness draped over my consciousness.
I see.
This is it.
The memory that was ripped off from me.
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"I'm Yuko, nice to meet you."
"Un. I'm Daisuke. Do you want to play with me? Look, there's no one in the seesaw. It's our chance!"
The same playground. The day I first met Yuko as a kid.
Right. I ignored the sly old man behind her and immediately invited her to play with me right after introducing ourselves to each other.
It just felt right at that time. Upon seeing her, there's no such sense of her being a stranger to me.
After that day, I found out that Yuko and her father moved into our neighborhood. About her mother, she's not with them.
Now that I think of it, she's also not mentioning her mother as if she didn't exist in her life.
But with this memory of mine, my young self also didn't find that weird.
Perhaps she left them or died during childbirth. Who knows? I'll go and ask her once I'm back.
Continuing on, every day since that time, we're always together.
If I'm not wrong, my father and that sly old man were trying to trigger something. To let me recall the memories I shared with Yuko.
And that happened three months after our first meeting.
Like how Yuko remembered it, it happened at that playground again.
The memories of our past life. It was unlocked like a natural occurrence after months of being close to each other.
At that time, even though I was still young, I recognized how important Yuko was to me.
Since we're not the only ones playing at that playground, we often fought with the other kids.
I was always defending her and she's also doing the same that we began being teased by them for being a couple.
Nonetheless, although embarrassed, Yuko accepted that and with her clinging to my arms, I did the same.
Upon seeing that, those kids ran away as if they lost big time, leaving us alone.
And that's the day when it happened. The memory of our previous life that would probably not be released if not for meeting and spending the time with the woman that was the most special to me.
"Dai-kun, if there's no other way, I am prepared. No. We are prepared to be sacrificed for you to continue living."
"No! All of you, especially you, Yuko. You know how important you are to me. Now that the cat's out of the bag, there's no way I will accept their invitation only to see this world destroyed. Why do I need to forsake you by reaching this stage? What's so special about becoming a Divinity? We're all taking the Natural Course of the Universe. After all these hardships, gaining a body so that I can be with all of you… I will prove this to them. I will be back and I will bring all of you with me to crush them."
"Dai-kun…"
"If I have to be a devil to continue being with you even if it's not in this lifetime, then why not? I will be apologizing to all of you now. I know I'm powerless at this moment but… I will not give up. Who knows how long we will be apart. However, one day, we will be together again and when that time comes, we will be challenging them."
I see. That's what happened before I died. I reached that stage. The Divine Stage. As soon as that happened, a Level 4 Divine World Envoy descended and invited me to their world.
It was a simple invitation to welcome the birth of a new Divinity or a Divine Realm entity.
However, someone informed me what would happen to my world as soon as I left to accept that invitation.
The destruction of the Level 3 Sage World to prevent another Level 4 Divine World to appear.
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