Epilogue

"So that girl this afternoon was.. that girl?"

"The problem is when I appraised her, her race and family name was different from the first world."

"Liliath Toren.. Liliath Bougainvillea.. I think I heard the name somewhere before."

"I don't get the chain of events, How did she become a sacrifice?"

If Jiwon wanted to be safe, he should add her to his party. Seeing her destructive potential in his first life and her current base stats for this regression, her build as a mage would indefinitely aid in his journey.. that said..

"Excuse me, I'll help myself to another plate," Moirae said with a cough.

She scooped up more stew from the crock pot that hung on the fireplace.

The sky was now dark and they were out in a forest close to the dungeon with a simple tent erected close by.

"It took us a while to process it all but when the pieces came together, the whole thing was a ploy. The soldiers that we fought were all weak people because those were 'tools' that went against the tyrant's reign," Jiwon took out the Laura's staff during his first life from the inventory.

"So Kaito-san and her highness Siesta collaborated with Monarch Javiel of the first world?" Moirae asked.

Kaito, the irregular, who worked under the Demon Monarch before coming to the human side made a deal-- which was to spare at least 50 percent of the citizens in Erudite Kingdom. To begin with, the monarch planned to obliterate everyone without mercy.

Siesta who learnt of that conspired together to build a plan.

"Yeah. I wanted to kill her so much, you know? She took advantage of the situation and made herself Queen, reversed the situation of the duchy and made a peace treaty with the Demon Monarch, agreeing to rule under his reign."

After the war, Siesta gathered support from the citizens-now-turned-refugee, and by some dumb luck, caused a coup d'etat at the duchy to create a new kingdom by the name Endite, a testament to the end of the past and the entry to a new world.

"Ishida married that woman despite all his regret, and died a few years later due stress and overwork. As for the rest of the reincarnated people, we went separate ways," Jiwon held the staff up to the fire, a muddled light reflected inside the dull coloured core.

Jiwon was offered to come under Queen Siesta's reign, the position of duke, but Jiwon turned it down in the coronation ceremony-- he turned it down in front of everyone. It came as a shock but Siesta continued to fool around with her 'benevolent' facade, garnering pity and agreement from the nobles, redirecting anger and rage at Jiwon instead.

"I couldn't forgive that damned woman, even though she saved the kingdom's citizens at the cost of the king and her sibling's life."

"I empathise."

"I'll do everything I can to prevent that ending."

At the end of his life, together with Rika, he became a vagabond with a bounty on his head. His life ended in the most stupid way, he died by the sword of his fellow student. The last thing he remembered flashing before his eyes just before death was Rika, who accompanied him, being killed the same way.

Moirae brought the plate to her mouth and drank the remainder of the delicious soup. In almost a disrespectful way even. She couldn't help it, Jiwon's cooking skill wasn't just for show.

"This was the only item that I was able to bring back from the first world.. I wish to know why, perhaps there's some reason to this," Jiwon traced the shaft of the scepter.

When he came to his senses and found himself a regressor, this staff was the only thing that he found inside his inventory. His level and stats returned to when he first started out in this world, but the skills that he acquired in his first life stuck together with him.

Moreover, his race had changed from [Reincarnated Human] to [High Human].

Jiwon praised himself for not killing the princess when he saw her, or should he have said that her innocence and immaturity caught him off guard? Whatever it was, it would be better to use her first, he could always decide to eliminate her afterwards.

"How about Laura-san? Are you going to find her again?" Moirea brought up a question.

Jiwon breathed out a mist of air. He looked to the stars in the sky and thought back to his past.

He started out as an irregular, had no particular abilities.. rather, his unique skill remained unknown throughout that entire life so he had been cast aside from the main group since he wasn't any stronger than your average knight. He made a living as a decent adventurer and created amazing food during the journeys he had with various people as he visited the various kingdoms and sampled the culture of the world.

As usual, he was bound to have stumbled upon some conspiracy or world-changing plot. It happened when he visited the nation of elves at the world tree Yggdrasil. There he met Laura.

At the time the elf nation was in the midst of a treaty between the demon lords and elves, with Laura caught up in a sort of political marriage.

And as the story goes, Jiwon fled the nation together with Laura and went exploring around the world. If anything, Jiwon fell for her at first sight.

It was one point where one of the Demon Monarch's subordinate plotted an assassination against Jiwon that he nearly lost him life. If it weren't for Laura and his party members back then, his life would've ended and..

He would've skipped past all that post war insanity and be bestowed a second life wouldn't he?

Unknowingly, Jiwon leaked a self deprecating laugh.

Ridiculous.

Absolutely ridiculous.

Perhaps it was best he avoided her after all, besides, it wasn't like the Laura of this life would remember him. It would be best if she didn't, then she would've been able to live a peaceful life at the side of that damn Demon Monarch.

"That's really sad isn't it.."

"It's all part of the…"

Just as Unknown was about to finish his sentence with the word 'plot', a dagger was hurled towards him. Fortunately, it collided with a crystal barrier. A beautiful ripple expanded outwards.

"Uwa!" Bleu stumbled a few steps back in shock.

"Who the hell are you?" In a chilly voice, Jiwon asked.

This blue haired girl wearing revealing clothes and a guy in a suit and wore glasses.. was he a reincarnated too?

When Jiwon tried to use appraisal, the only information that appeared were their names.

"A-Administrator-sama.. forgive our rudeness!"

"Administrator?" Jiwon asked in confusion when Moirae suddenly knelt to the ground.

"Eh.. Moirae-san, the ground is dirty, get up get up," Bleu beckoned.

"What do you mean.."

"Nice to meet you Park Jiwon, I apologize for the eavesdropping but after hearing the story, I can only express my condolences," Unknown said with a low bow.

"Who are.. you two?"

"Jiwon-san.. these two are.."

"Yo, nice to meet you Mister Regressor, I'm Bleu and this is Unknown. However, our main objective today is to pass a message to the God of Fate Moirae which for some reason decided to join your harem.."

That sentence was like a slap in the face and Moirae lost balance and tumbled to the ground like a marionette with strings cut loose.

Giving Bleu a glare, the Crimson Ether started vibrating.

"Jiwon, wait! Wait! Don't do that, if you hurt administrator-sama I'd be.."

"Explain."

"Administrator-sama is the god beyond us gods and goddesses that manage the world!"

"I don't really manage the world though, I think you guys are doing a good job with it," Bleu gave a thumbs up.

"I am grateful for your praise administrator-sama.."

"Uh, maybe we should pass on the message now, we're going to exceed the time frame on schedule, Moirae, take this," Unknown held out a letter and a stack of legal documents.

"This is.." she received it with both hands.

"Our creator has descended, read the terms and conditions and the letter for more info. Since you've descended, Unknown here had to whip you up a different set of rules, since you've already come into contact with them, 'as fate wills it', you will definitely cross paths again. Read it for more info," Bleu said.

"Crossed paths with.. the creator.."

"Yup, anyways, I think I'd better be returning now," Bleu said, pumping her fist into the air as a white circle appeared around her and unknown. "Oh yeah, Jiwon, Laura misses you know?"

"Huh?"

Letting out a befuddled voice, the only reply he got just before they disappeared was, "It's a spoiler."

Moirae took in a deep breath and patted her chest. Though wobbly, she got up to her feet and sat down close to the vampire. With a snap of a finger, generated a light orb for reading.

"What did she mean.. who exactly is the administrator? Moirae-sama?"

"She's the 13th God of the world, the God of Comfort. That's administrator-sama," Moirae replied with a gulp.

"13 Gods?"

"You didn't know? There are 13 Gods in the world, it's the same as your first life right?"

"No, there were only 12 Gods during the first run."

Which meant that.. this round was different from the first? Was there an external factor he needed to consider here?

Not to mention, those parting words the administrator left.. what did she mean by Laura missing him?

"We've crossed paths.. crossed paths.. " Moirae squirted her eyes and tried to eagerly remember.

"So who is the 'creator' she's referring to then?"

"The person who created administrator-sama and this entire world."

"Then saying that we've crossed paths.."

Somehow the name Liliath crossed his mind. She couldn't be the one could she?

He too fell into thought.