Chapter 43: A Blessing Beyond Time

As Otto's voice fell, his figure gradually faded, everything around him recovered from its static state, and time began to flow again.

It seemed that Kirataka was doomed to die, and the real Otto no longer paid attention to this data space that would be completely destroyed in the near future.

The destructive light in the sky seemed extremely dazzling. Just now, everyone worked together to deal with an Honkai energy fission bomb, but now there was more than just one bomb filling the sky.

This number of Honkai energy fission bombs is enough to wipe out everything in this city dozens of times.

However, the people on the shore did not seem to notice this incident and were still cheering for the last trump card that had just defeated Otto.

—Well, except Joyce.

Kirataka was not afraid of the impending death, and he came to Joyce's side.

"Joyce, you—"

He asked hesitantly.

"Well, I know that everything here is nothing but an illusion. I...we are nothing but pure data, right?"

Joyce nodded, then smiled and said:

"I don't even remember when I woke up. I have been experiencing the same month over and over again, repeating the journey of searching for the Star of Eden with Ain and Tesla, repeating everything..."

Just like an actor in a performance, one must stick to the role he or she is to play.

Of course, for him, this was not a bad thing. This one month of life as a human being was the most precious and important period in his short three years of life.

The ending is almost the same every time. Reanna flew to the sky to die in order to destroy the Honkai fission bomb. He gave his life to deploy a shield to protect the entire city and then passed the Herrscher Core to young child Joachim. Then, a new round of reincarnation began.

Only this time, an unexpected figure appeared, Kirataka.

Although there is no definite basis, Joyce guessed that everything around him was created by the man Otto—only he who knew all the truth could create such a realistic virtual world.

Therefore, he did not show anything unusual along the way; otherwise, it would be bad if he was discovered by the man who might be hiding and observing behind him.

Just like the countless reincarnations in the past, he awakens at the right time, fights Otto at the right time, and inevitably faces death, and then starts all over again.

But this time, with Kirataka's help, he was able to achieve what he had not been able to do in the past in a sense.

Now that the show has come to an end, he no longer needs to hide it.

"Kirataka, you are from the future...right?"

The blue-haired young man asked with a low laugh.

"From your perspective, yes, I come from almost fifty years in the future."

Kirataka nodded.

It is now 2014, and the day he experienced here with Joyce and his party was in 1955.

"Fifty years..."

Joyce exclaimed.

To him, this was a rather unfamiliar number. After all, it had only been three years from his birth to his annihilation.

He turned and asked with concern:

"Are Ain and Tesla in real life okay? I remember that they were both affected by the Black Abyss White Flower, and their lifespans should have increased a lot."

"...After you died, they rebelled against the Schicksal together with the entire North American branch and formed an organization called Anti-Entropy. They are still active in the world now."

Kirataka told the man in front of him everything he knew.

Because of the blessing of the Black Abyss White Flower, the bodies of the two scientists surpassed those of ordinary people and would never age.

Of course, there is also the changes and growth of Anti-Entropy, as well as the story of the second acting Herrscher, Welt Young.

In general, although insects like Cocolia have appeared, Anti-Entropy as a whole is still active in accordance with Joyce's dream.

"Really? That's good..."

After hearing the news, Joyce smiled rarely.

He was somewhat relieved to know that his friends were still active and had not been killed by fate.

Then, he looked up at the sky again, looking at the approaching Honkai fission bombs, and said:

"Death is approaching, but you don't seem afraid."

As he was just a piece of data, there was no need for him to feel fear or shrink back from the impending death, but the young man next to him was not the case.

He didn't belong here... and didn't deserve to die here.

"…I do have a way to reverse this."

Kirataka nodded and said.

As long as he uses backtracking, he can erase this future that was noticed and wiped out by Otto, go back to before entering the database of Schicksal, and avoid this future of death.

In this way, it is not difficult to avoid being noticed by Otto now.

Of course, if he did so, the story he had experienced with this group of Anti-Entropy elders would become a memory that only he would remember.

"Then do it. After all, compared to us who have no hope, you still have to keep going."

Joyce said frankly:

"Although I said during my fight with Dr. Schrödinger that I would realize several better possibilities in the future, I actually already knew in my heart that both the real me in history and the fake me now have no future at all."

He is just a piece of data and can no longer realize the words he once said.

"...But you still have hope to do something, so go on with my blessing."

Joyce patted Kirataka on the shoulder.

"I will."

Kirataka nodded.

He had been acting towards this end.

Multiple Honkai energy fission bombs were already within reach. Joyce took two steps back, raised his hand, and gestured goodbye to Kirataka.

Kirataka took a deep look at the dark blue-haired man in front of him and finally said to him:

"…Goodbye, Welt Joyce."

…

Time, going back.

After entering St. Freya's Academy, he activated this ability again in order to avoid death.

All experiences from entering the Schicksal Database until now will only become a simple, non-existent memory.

However, there are always some things that can transcend time.

As everything around him receded and dissipated, a warm current flowed into his body.

"…"

He understood that this was a blessing from Welt Joyce.

"This is..."

Just like the ability to control electromagnetism, the power brought by the gift from this Herrscher of Reason also clearly revealed its message in his mind -

[Projection magic]

(TL: I am the bone of my sword)

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