[Leonhart, promise me one thing. Unless there's no need to do it, don't die.]
A scene where my mother whispered in my ear as we talked about my power resounded through my mind like a film being rolled.
As a scene from my past was being shown to me, those words stuck deeply inside like glue that can't be removed.
[Your father once told me the two conditions to fulfill the Time Slip. You have to sacrifice the memories you've experienced in exchange and die.]
[I love you, Leon. You might think that the power that has been bestowed upon you is a blessing, but it's nothing but a curse.]
My gaze fell onto my mother's rolling eyes as if a film was currently playing before she said her final words.
[Don't become like your father.]
Soon, the film roll was left with a black scene akin to the ending credits seen in movies. However, it didn't end just there as another scene came playing.
[ [Crisis: Escape the Hansok University
[The Fall will start in 3 minutes in Earth's Time] ]
It was a familiar feeling.
[ "Is it just me, or am I seeing some screen in my front that says we have to escape the University?" ]
A very dreadful memory.
[ "It's like those webnovels I've read! " ]
Scenes continued flowing through my mind, feeling everything in my bones as if I were inside that said 'memory.'
[ [The Fall had started] ]
That's when I realized that I used it, the power that I got from my father.
[ "Delicacies…" ]
The anomaly called The Fall made me use it, breaking the promise I had with my mother to maintain a low profile in today's society.
[ "So many of them are here. Hehe." ]
The scene was repeating before me.
[ "You…cock…sucker." ]
The event of my first death.
[ "I'll be back—!" ]
"AHH!"
Waking up from a dream of my first death, a short gasp escaped my mouth.
I instinctively touched my neck, feeling its skin with my hands, before my gaze swept around the room, and I saw my classmates looking in my direction.
Pictures of what happened 'yesterday' and today collided.
The blue, beautiful skies from the windows illuminated the inside, contrasting with the painted blood and human limbs scattered around before.
One could immediately tell the horrifying distinction.
"Leon, are you okay?"
My gaze looked at the far front where our professor called out my name, speaking to me in a worried tone.
Wiping the beads of sweat that formed on my forehead, I stood up and answered with a stutter.
"Y-yes, sir Mark. I was daydreaming. I'm sorry for disrupting the class. Can I ask to leave early? I'm not feeling that well."
Professor Mark looked at me, as if he was really worried about my well-being. He nodded once and let out a small smile.
"All right, Leon. Rest well and come back tomorrow."
'Tomorrow…'
For a specific reason of being totally aware, hearing those words made me shudder.
"Eh, just because he's Leonhart, the totally good-looking and athletic student doesn't mean you can do him favors, sir Mark!"
Hearing those students blabber about the unfairness Mark was showing, I hastily grabbed my things and ignored them completely.
I was going home.
On my way outside the building, I noticed something at the corner of my house.
'I thought I was just hallucinating, but why am I seeing this here?'
[Crisis: Escape Hansok University(ERROR)
[The Fall will start in 24 hours in Earth's Time]
[Status Window(ERROR)]
[24:00:00]
[23:59:59]
[23:59:58...]
The holographic screen from yesterday was still on my front, which, if thought logically, shouldn't have manifested if the Fall hadn't started yet.
After all, this 'day' before the Fall wasn't showing signs like this.
'If I remember right, I didn't go home today before because why would I? It's a pretty normal life until... tomorrow.'
That thought led to another idea, one that made me consider that everything wasn't just a dream or a hallucination.
'This is nuts. My mother knew that messing with time is very dangerous, considering that it's just too complicated. Adding the fact that Holders aren't even allowed to train their powers, I'm completely out of wits' end here. You're telling me I used it when what seems to be the end of the world is here? I really had to go home and try to talk with my grandparents…'
I hurriedly walked through the corridors and hallways of the buildings. Eventually, I exited the gates of Hansok University.
But something about the screen had changed.
After all, I left it open as it is.
[Crisis: Escape the Main Border(ERROR)]
[Status Window(ERROR)]
My eyes squinted in confusion.
The moment my foot steps outside the university walls, the crisis that appeared in the display completely changes.
'Error, huh. Is that it? The crisis isn't a crisis yet because the Fall hasn't started, making it register as an error? That seems very logical.'
There's also another thing that I noticed from the newly developed but underdeveloped holographic screen.
'Status window… Oh my god, this is really like becoming a game. I was just ignoring it earlier, but I can't do it now, can I?'
Completely stopping my steps from moving to concentrate, I tried finding ways to activate this so-called Status Window that appeared on my screen.
I first tried clicking the screen, but there wasn't any type of reaction.
However, once I called the word 'status window' inside my mind, what seemed to be my status appeared in front as if I was in a game.
'What the…'
…
Eventually, while feeling dazed, I reached my home.
My home isn't huge or wide. It was just a pretty normal-sized house, big enough for a family of five to live in. For me, it was the most suitable environment for someone like me to live in.
Entering inside, I saw my grandfather and grandmother in the kitchen helping each other with cooking.
"Eh, Leon? You're home early!"
A soft smile escaped from my lips as I heard my grandmother speak.
I had never imagined that hearing her voice would make me this reassured.
"Yes, Ma. Pa. I'm… home."