Sovereigns.

Somewhere in a private dimensional space, an illuminating orb was floating mid-space, observing the fate of the worlds, that was going to be changed forever, and had been reporting its findings to its original source, waiting for its acknowledgement.

[Birth Of The New Sovereign Of Time Shall Be Recorded!]

[The Unearthed Potential Of The New Sovereign Has Been Acknowledged!]

[Recorded Achievements Of The Sovereign Has Been Acknowledged!]

[Creating A New Class And Title For The Sovereign Of Time!]

[Birth Of The Sovereign Of Time Has Been Acknowledged!]

[Changing The Course Of Fate!]

[ERROR!]

[Changed Fate Has Unearthed A Impossible Existence!]

[ERROR!]

[ERROR!]

[ERROR!]

[ERROR!]

[ERRO-]

[Fate Of The New Sovereign Has Intervened With The Dark Fated Existence!]

[Intervention Of The Law Of Casualty Has Been Recorded!]

[ERRO-]

[Behest Of Prerequisite For The Fated Sovereign Has Been Recorded And Acknowledged!]

[Birth Of A Fated Sovereign Has Been Recorded!]

[Birth Of The Sovereign Of Time Has Been Recorded!]

[Change In The Course Of Fate Has Been Recorded!]

[Dark Fated Existence's Authorities Have Opposed To The Behest Of The System, The Sovereign Of All!]

[ERROR!]

[ERROR!]

[ERROR!]

.....

....

With unending number of errors being recorded, the orb looking over the fates of the worlds' illuminated eerie red glow, which had an extreme amount of energy swirling around it, and before long

[Intervention Of The Law Of Casualty Has Been Acknowledged!]

[Births Of Two New Sovereigns Has Been Recorded!]

[Regression Ability Has Been Acknowledged Due To The Implore Of The Gods!]

[Regression Has Been Acknowledged!]

[Regression Has Been Recorded!]

[Birth Of A New Beginning Shall Be Recorded!]

***

With a violent shudder, a figure laying flat on the ground opened his eyes. His face was lightly bruised with a small cut on his lower lip, his uniform was wrinkled heavily as a droplet of blood had dyed his collar.

"Arrg...." Keith woke up with a groan, as he gazed around with his hands supporting him off the ground. A sense of Deja Vu swept past him as he noticed a familiar, still peaceful, alleyway where he had passed out and noticed another man in uniform, similar to his, passed out unconscious next to him.

And,

The reminiscence of what had happened back on the [Fifth World Of Aerith] flashed in his mind, and his body subconsciously began to shudder violently, he felt as if he was being chocked with the fear of the unknown creeping up into his very core, which upon realisation, Keith understood that the fear itched into him wasn't going to be something that he can shrug off any time soon.

Everything happened too fast!

So fast, that not only him, not even the gods next to him were able to detect anything, until they learned that they had died.

He took a few deep breaths, struggling, gasping for air and it was only after a few seconds that he was finally able to calm down.

'World Devourers!!' He clenched his fists at the assumption that the devastation that happened a few minutes ago in his life, was done by the World Devourers and swore to make them pay inwardly, trembling. Forgetting the fact that there was still 25 hours till the world devourers really appeared in front of them.

After calming down,

'When was this?' Keith thought inwardly, since he knew he was regressing, he wasn't THAT surprised, but he still had a hard time keeping in check with his current, past, reality.

He found an unfamiliarly familiar smartphone as he was gazing around, he pulled himself towards the phone and picked it up, and due to the moment of being picked up, the smartphone's sensors worked as they were intended to and automatically lit up, and there it displayed what he was looking for.

[01:34 PM] [01/02/2024, Thursday]

[Swipe up to unlock]

"A day before the "Rot" or the "Chaos" ....." Keith muttered under his breath as a stinging pain began to irritatingly assault his lower lip. His body felt heavy accordingly, his body odour felt oddly human, it was only natural that he oozed that scent, but it was still odd because it was a feeling he was familiar but had forgotten about.

He swiped up and a pattern lock appeared, with a strange irritating feeling crawling up to his head, Keith gazed at the man laying unconscious next to him, and decided to wake him up first, so that he would get an idea on what was happening and why he was unconscious.

SHUFFLE-!

"Ag...." He groaned slightly as he wiped off his lower lip and bit on it, feeling a strangely irritating but likable pain.

He stood back up on his feet, biting his lower lip and lifting up his uncomfortably heavy body.

BAM-!

"Get up, you asshole." Keith mumbled under his breath as kicked the man's ass, ignoring the man's extremely bruised face, understanding that he had beat the shit out of the poor man.

BAM-!

"You disgusting stalker, wake up!" He kicked harder this time, which was effective as he heard the man groan, for whatever reason, he was getting the feeling of knowing the knocked out man really well, but he had no reminisce of somebody like him.

The reason for Keith calling the familiarly unfamiliar man a stalker was because of the lock screen wallpaper displayed on the phone. It contained a sneakily taken photo of a certain blonde haired woman, who was walking around with her boyfriend with a bright blush burning her cheeks.

But,

Keith had to admit that the photo was well taken and the woman in the pic was also cute.

"Argh...." The man groaned as he looked around with an eye closed, as if he had just woken up from a good sleep.

BAM-!

"Gehk!" With a strange yelp, the man rolled to the side due to kick and woke up, glaring at Keith fiercely.

'Ho?' Keith raised an eyebrow in surprise. By the looks of it, Keith had beaten the shit out of the man, after taking a few hits himself, but even then, the fierce glare directed at him by the man, who was beaten up by him, it was admirable to say the least.

'I don't recognise any human like him....' Keith thought.

"He must have died at the [Tutorial] ....." Keith muttered under his breath.

"What!?" The man roared loudly, continuing to glare at Keith.

"Nothing. Anyway, who are you?" Keith asked, pointing at the man, who had a shocked and panicked expression adorning his bruised face.

"You!!" The man exclaimed abruptly, jolted back on his feet and rushed towards Keith, who stood straight because he didn't feel any malicious intent from the man.

"!?" Keith's pupils dilated when he was grabbed by the head by the man, who was gazing at his head with a strange expression.

"Did I hit your head too hard? Oh my god, what have I done to my poor Keith~? How will I answer aunty now?" The man spoke in a teasing tone as he stroked Keith's head with a playful smile on his face, which strangely irked Keith.

"Hah!" Keith pushed back the man with a scoff.

"Pfft, sorry, sorry." The man backed off with a chuckle.

"Who are you?" Keith asked in a irritated tone.

"Hmm? Keith, enough.... Ah! Is it because my bruised face? Wow, but how can you forget your friend's face like that? I'm hurt!" The man muttered in a serious tone and a huff.

'My friend?' Keith narrowed his eyes at the man's bruised face.

"Ah...." Keith felt a flash of Deja Vu again, but this time he was able to recognise the man's face, an enlightened expression adorned Keith's face.

"Wow....." The man looked at Keith's expression weirdly.

"It's you!" Keith happy pounced on the man and hugged him tightly, the man responded back with a light hug and a weird look on his face, as a strange feeling crept up from his instincts which was screaming at him that something was wrong, so he decided to test the Keith, who was behaving strangely.

"Say. What's my name?" The man asked and Keith stiffened, backed off robot-like and began to look around, whistling.

'I don't remember his name.....' Keith muttered inwardly. He could tell that the man in front of him was his childhood friend, but even then, he couldn't remember his name because Keith had lived a busy life for far too long. Things like names had become things he never paid attention to.

GRAB-!

"You.... Who are you?" The man abruptly grabbed Keith's collar and glared into his eyes.

WHISTLE~

"I made a great friend, as expected of me." Keith muttered with a whistle, because he felt a little threatening feeling coming from the man in front of him. Noticing his muscles and body structure, Keith could tell that the man had fighting experience, so it wasn't that strange that he oozed an "intent," though unconsciously.

The man's face underwent abrupt changes as the expressions indicating worry, scoff, score, confusion, doubt, anxiety, questioning, glare, and frown flashed on the man's face, changing with passing seconds, and finally his expression settled on one, which was "WTF?"

And his expression soon turned into words too.

"Wha....t the....fuck?"