The Hero’s Brother Is Bound To Be Depressed

463 – Time Paradox

The spear I swung was blocked by something unseen. Telekinesis was used without any movements, techniques, or chanting. The original cult leader was set to be a warrior skilled in close combat, enough to fight on equal footing with Roel.

Yunbo (輪寶). The setting was to freely use a round-shaped sword commonly called a chakram, but seeing that the spear did not move at all even when he continued to apply force to the hand holding the spear, it seemed that the current religious leader was able to freely use magic that did not exist in the setting.

It even felt very different from the magic used by my colleagues. Should we say it is a fundamental difference? It was not simply magic using magical power, but it felt like creating a magical phenomenon using the power of chaos. To put it simply, it is closer to the appearance of a chantless wizard who does not swing a wand.

“Wasn’t what you wanted to bring Luna back to life? “I don’t know why she gets so excited and swings her spear when she says she’s helping.”

Seeing him tilting his head as if he really didn’t know, I moved the window away and said.

“Hearing Luna’s name from your dirty mouth, you should be able to control your anger.”

“It means you will reject my offer. There wouldn’t be much difference between reviving her with her Holy Grail or reviving her with my own power… Actually, it doesn’t seem that desperate. “Are you trying to protect a man’s pride?”

I countered the gaze that seemed to be looking right through me without avoiding it.

“Because it’s a very obvious proposal that seeks to exploit people’s earnestness as a weakness.”

Of course I’m desperate. However, he had no intention of accepting the religious leader’s proposal just because he was desperate. He is the one who destroyed countless other worlds. There is no way he would make an offer that would only benefit me. There was a high possibility that Luna, who was revived by the power of the cult leader, was in fact an elaborate fake or a time bomb whose life might stop again at any time. Or perhaps accepting the offer itself is a huge trap.

“Don’t underestimate me. “Because no one like you can take advantage of Luna’s earnestness.”

Using the power of the Holy Grail, which was a discarded setting, was the safest way to avoid losing Luna again. Therefore, I was able to reject the religious leader’s offer without any hesitation.

The religious leader looked at me calmly, scratched his head, and spoke as if he were complaining to a friend.

“I think you have a huge misunderstanding about me. He seems so aggressive when we first meet, so it might be surprising that we can become good friends. “If you just tone down your aggression a little.”

When the cult leader raised his thumb and index finger and put them together, I said, as if showing off my aggression, I filled the shadow spear with magical power and prepared to swing it at any time.

“misunderstanding? “Do you think I don’t know that you colluded with the God of Chaos and put other worlds in bondage?”

I remember meeting Roel in another world, whose arm was cut off by the resurrected cult leader, unlike in the novel. That first world is the beginning of all these stories. Although it was the god of the Chaos Cult who caused the world to be destroyed, it was clear that the one who caused it was the cult leader in front of him.

The lips beneath the wriggling mask smiled. The leader shrugged his shoulders and said in an unguarded manner.

“How could I do that? I am Ross, long after the first Bridle was born. “If you think just a little bit about the different timelines, you will be able to find the contradiction in the order.”

Either he was lying, or he could have used a different method. However, if what the religious leader says is true, this is clearly a contradiction. Having personally experienced the other world, I know that the cult leader is the culprit, but this means that I do not know how he was able to bring the first world into bondage.

“that… .”

Suddenly, a thought and memory flashed through my mind. And then I realized. The identity of the strange sense of discomfort I felt when Cassis explained to me what kind of person the religious leader was.

He said with strength in his voice.

“No, it’s not a different timeline. Because you are the first from the end. Countless bonds were passed, new worlds were created, and Ross, each with different variables, was created along with other worlds to escape the shackles of the bonds by God’s will. Among them, one person, Ross, was not a variable, but a variant. “It is not an escape from the bondage, but the beginning of the bondage.”

A puzzle takes shape in my mind. My experiences and memories had become numerous pieces, vaguely revealing a hidden picture.

「… Hehe, it’s a sharp guess, but the contradiction still remains. What if the very phrase “becoming the beginning from the end” is false? “For a being like me to be born, a bond must exist in the first place, so how can I, who was created long after the bond was created, become the starting point of the bond?”

I didn’t try to answer right away, but I swallowed what I wanted to say. My colleagues and even the conference were concentrating on what I was saying. Letting out a soft breath, I told everyone the world’s most profound secret.

“This world is real, but it hasn’t escaped fiction yet.”

I don’t know how this confession will sound to Raelan and Ellie. You may feel a great sense of betrayal, or you may not be shocked by the memories you received. However, this secret must be revealed in order to explain the cult’s contradictions.

「… “How can you prove that?”

For the first time, the leader’s relaxed voice was filled with coldness. I wasn’t embarrassed by the question. Because there is a lot of evidence in front of everyone to prove what I say.

“It’s simple. “That’s why you only appeared before me now.”

「… .」

“If you know that Ross will become a problem, just kill him before he grows up. It would be simple if the saint had ordered Confsion to attack Ros when she possessed Jinxian’s soul. But you didn’t. No, I couldn’t. Because that is as improbable as the devil attacking the beginner village where the story begins and killing the hero.”

I turned my gaze away from the cult leader and looked at Ellie. I said, looking straight at Ellie, who was looking at me with mysterious eyes.

“Reality doesn’t need probability like fiction. The only friend I ever hung out with died after being hit by a drunk driver, and there are countless improbable cases in which healthy people die suddenly while eating. But in this world, there still exists an absolute law of probability… .”

I trailed off, and when I saw Ellie smiling affectionately, I turned my head to the religious leader and continued.

“… “Just like a novel.”

A strong energy was felt from the direction of Confsion. This is because the Carters of Extinction were emotionally shaken by my words. When the vice principal turned his head and looked at him as if rebuking his actions, Carters quietly lowered his head.

And the leader… was laughing Atrocities and lies. It was an ink-colored laugh that made the words ‘different species’ and ‘impurity’ suddenly appear in my mind.

“If I, in the 1000th world, head to the starting point of the first world, what will it be? To me, it is the present, but to Roel of the first world, I came from a world that does not exist yet, so a time paradox occurs.”

Time paradox. If my future self goes back to the past and kills my past self, my past self will not grow and my future self will cease to exist. However, if that happens, the future me who comes to kill my past self cannot exist, so it means the paradox that the future me who killed my past self cannot exist from the beginning.

“The present me who experiences the world of the past is a future being that did not exist in that past. But because of my intervention, which came from the end to the beginning, the first world was put in a bind. Although time became entangled in a time paradox, I did not violate the laws of the universe. “In the novel, our time does not pass, so the time paradox was a law that did not exist in this universe to begin with.”

The mask, which looked like muscle and flesh, wriggled and spread across both temples. A face completely identical to mine came into view. The leader continued his words in an emotionless voice without any emotion.

“Because the concepts of time outside and inside the novel are different. The past, present, and future coexist. The evidence is the difference between the outside, where you can go back to episode 1 and read the novel again at any time even after reading episode 256, and the inside, where there is an absolute rule that must continue the flow of the story from the prologue to the epilogue.”

“It turned out that the misunderstanding you said was a lie.”

At my point, the leader put his hand on his forehead and laughed.

“Because I was born from lies, lies come out of my mouth without me even realizing it. Hehe, you would understand. “Because it is our chronic disease.”

Slowly lowering his hand from his forehead, the religious leader formally introduced himself to us.

“Yes, I am the one who defeated Roel of the first world and became the leader of the Chaos Church in the 1021st world… 」

Chaos stirs. It feels like an invisible ominous feeling is spreading into the air. When it stuck to the skin, it had the quality of turning into unfamiliar fear and fear.

「… It’s Ross.”