I received a call from Klaus saying that he had found the last piece of the crystal, but I cautiously went into my room first.
White was sitting in the room as if he had been waiting for me for a long time.
Purple eyes looked at me and smiled.
“I’m not surprised anymore.”
“It seemed like it was time for you to come.”
I answered half-heartedly and sat down in front of White.
“I think I’ve solved quite a few of the mysteries of this world.”
He said, recalling the hourglass stretched tightly at the origin of the world.
White made eye contact with me.
“I saw an hourglass at the source.”
“That hourglass doesn’t tell you the lifespan of the world, does it?”
White didn’t answer. I followed right away without waiting for an answer.
“This is just my guess, but isn’t it related to the heavenly world and the demonic world?”
“Is there a basis?”
“Honestly, there is no basis for it.”
I shrugged my shoulders.
reason?
In any case, it is a world fundamentally different from the world I knew, so it is not a matter of logic or laws.
‘Rather, it’s the realm of imagination.’
First of all, if it is a realm of imagination, we can at least make an analogy through the various compositions we have seen in numerous commercials.
“I’m just guessing.”
“try.”
White nodded.
“First, Duke Bruedel broke the hourglass. Either there is something in the hourglass that Duke Bruedel does not want, or he can get what he wants by breaking the hourglass.”
From the fragments of light buried in the hourglass, it was clear that the Sword of Radiance, a symbol of heaven, had broken the hourglass.
And through the personal details of Duke Brudel, who appeared every time the Sword of Radiance was discovered, we were able to determine that its owner was Duke Brudel.
“Second, Duke Bruedel wants the fall of the empire. In that case, breaking the hourglass may accelerate the fall of the empire. Perhaps the hourglass itself was a brake to prevent the destruction of the world. “It may be something you don’t want to see.”
“Aren’t they just the same thing?”
“Noisy. Third.”
I glared at White as he struck the candle and continued.
“His Highness Klaus said that in his last life, he was able to turn back time by holding the base of a broken hourglass and making a wish.”
“……so?”
“Can you turn back time?”
“I am…….”
White looked at me hesitantly, then nodded, biting his lip at my confident expression.
“Okay. I’ll be honest. I can’t turn it back.”
“yes?”
When I first met White, I vaguely remembered what he said.
Time is God’s domain.
At the time, I thought it was just an excuse, but now that I think about it, he was just telling the truth.
“The hourglass is a passage connecting God and the world. Or an altar. When it broke, God was unable to properly manage this world, or empire.”
“Manage.”
“At least I don’t think you wanted to cooperate with Duke Bruedel in destroying the world.”
In the story of that time that I heard from Klaus in pieces, the ‘unidentified voice’ said that.
‘The source is responding, so the world still wants to live.’
The main character of that voice must be the god who restored the world.
“You got to the point pretty accurately.”
White’s playful expression was now gone and he was looking at me with a serious expression.
Her pretty face, which had always been funny and young, was filled with a suffocating dark energy, and she slowly began to feel intimidated.
But I clenched my fists.
To be overcome by this energy, I still had a lot to say.
“And I have a guess about that hourglass.”
“Say it.”
“Does the sand show the power structure of the demon world and the heavenly world?”
What was important was not the hourglass but the contents inside it.
Isn’t the location of the grain of sand not the lifespan of the world, but in fact it tells us the power of the world above and below, that is, the heavenly world and the demonic world?
Since the grains of sand always exist in the same number, it will be a sufficient tool to indicate the ratio of power between the heavenly world and the demonic world.
“At first, I didn’t know that the crystal pillar was an hourglass, and even though it was broken, there weren’t that many grains of sand accumulated at the bottom. It probably meant that Duke Bruedel’s side was stronger.”
“…….”
“But this time, when I completed the hourglass, leaving only the last piece, the bottom was filled with quite a bit of sand. Thanks to the efforts of Klaus and I, a lot of power was transferred to you, that is, to the Demon World.”
“As expected, I didn’t think I knew everything.”
White raised the corners of his mouth and smiled. His sharp eyes glared at me.
I clenched my fist and asked.
“It’s not over yet. What were you planning to do once the demon world took over all power using me and His Highness Klaus?”
My hands and feet were shaking because of the intimidation I felt for the first time from White, but it was an issue that had to be addressed at least once.
In fact, in the process of helping Klaus destroy Duke Brudel’s plans one by one, White was of great help to us.
An iron rod that looked like a dowsing device, which I thought was an absurd gift, came out at a critical moment and helped Klaus stop Duke Bruedel.
‘But what if it was White’s trick?’
White still had the appearance of a handsome boy, but his presence had grown like a mountain and seemed to be looking down at me.
I gritted my teeth and glared at him.
“Relax your eyes.”
“You didn’t answer the question. What were you going to do when you got the power?”
“nothing.”
“huh?”
“Do nothing. Just watch as before.”
Yes?
White blinked and grinned. The intimidating feeling that filled the room slowly disappeared.
White spoke in a much softer voice as he took a deep breath, feeling the tightness in his throat clearing up.
“I feel like I’ve learned quite a bit, so now I can tell you the truth regardless of the restrictions.”
“Are you going to tell me everything?”
“Okay. Just tell me whenever you’re ready to listen.”
“Then tell me now.”
The pressure seems to be gone, and there is nothing to prepare for.
White smiled at my confident attitude and opened his mouth.
“Prepare your mind and listen.”
God created countless worlds.
God was connected to all worlds and managed each world, but as the number became countless, he needed an agent to do his work.
So, God created a being to represent God in all worlds and a pillar of the world to connect himself with the world.
There were two people who represented God’s role in this world. One was an Elyos and the other was a Demon.
The Elyos were in charge of creation, and the Demons were in charge of destruction.
Elyos and demons were different beings, but in the end, they were the same beings created for God’s will.
Amid their competition, the world could be managed in peace.
The world was maintained in balance as creation and destruction were repeated, and the world rolled within that bondage.
Sometimes creation took the lead in the world, and sometimes destruction took the lead in the world, but that power was only temporary and never lasted long.
However, after a man named ‘Del’ ascended to the position of Archangel, the world began to crack.
“Why do demons have the upper hand in managing the world?”
Dell loved creation but did not understand destruction.
In his eyes, a world where the Elyos did not have the upper hand was just a wrong world.
Even God’s will passed by like a meaningless echo to Del.
“If it is a world where Heaven cannot take the lead, it is better to destroy it.”
With those words, Del shattered the hourglass that connected God and the world.
Taking advantage of God’s inability to intervene in the world, Del took on the role of the human Duke Brudel.
He gathered his last remaining vitality and scattered the pieces that would destroy the world around the world.
“This is a world where demons have the upper hand, so if we instigate this much, it will easily head down the path of destruction.”
As he expected, the world began to fall like dominoes.
The world, which had become a mess due to loss of contact with God, chose to collapse on its own to prevent an even more miserable future.
However, there was one thing Dell did not expect.
The sand in the hourglass, which gave the Elyos and Demons the power to manage the world, seeped through the pieces that would destroy the world, holding God’s last hope.
“So, to summarize, the hourglass is the link between God and the world? Once connected to God, the problem of Del is resolved, right?”
“That’s right. In the end, this body and that guy are just beings created by God to manage the world.”
“I also have the ability to make wishes?”
“Yes. Both yours and the prince’s abilities are used through the power of God, so they have absolute power. However, since they are not connected to God, their wishes are carried out arbitrarily, ignoring the context.”
“You won’t do anything bad even if the world is restored to its original state?”
“I just work to eliminate things that should naturally disappear from the world, and I am not an evil being.”
White said and raised his chin proudly.
Compared to Duke Bruedel, or Del, who was clearly trying to destroy the world, White didn’t do anything special.
Everything he did so far made sense.
‘But there’s just one thing that bothers me.’
After thinking about it, I asked White.
“Can I ask one more question?”
“If there’s anything you want to ask, feel free to ask.”
He looked sullenly at the handsome boy full of kindness and asked an important question.
“Why do you keep speaking like that?”
“……This is this body’s original way of speaking.”
“If you talk like that, won’t you get ostracized in the demon world?”
“Is there no other child who despises the Demon King like you?”
“Oh… that makes sense.”
White fluttered nervously at my half-hearted affirmation.
“You still ignored me!”
“No, I respect your authority, Demon Lord.”
“I don’t see any respect on your face right now?”
“It’s because you used a strange way of speaking and it made me a little awkward. I’m feeling better now that you’re back.”
White shouted.
After all, it’s much more natural to talk to White this way.
‘I thought I was watching some kind of period drama earlier.’
I nodded with confidence.
“This is the importance of first impressions.”
“Anyway, you are a soul from another world, so wouldn’t it be okay to destroy it now?”
“Oh, Demon King. I thought you were handsome from the first impression.”
White’s eyes seemed to show sincerity, so I hurriedly bowed.