Chapter 61: History Of Hawthorne

As soon as I analyzed it.

It began to shine.

Instinctively, I closed my eyes.

People began rushing over to where I was yet none could reach me.

As I've already disappeared.

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Unknown time passes.

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I open my eyes and take a look around me.

Empty.

Completely empty.

It was just like a void.

Pitch black and silent.

<Hello???>

I tried speaking but couldn't say a word.

What's going on?

Looking downward, I realized my body wasn't there.

Instead, there was a glowing ball of blue light.

???

Is that me?

Has to be.

There's nothing else here after all.

Suddenly, as if on cue.

A man appeared.

He stood right in front of me.

Materializing a chair out of who knows where.

He sits down and faces me.

This man had golden brown hair, dark blue eyes and an angular face.

To be honest, he looked a lot like me.

Could it be?

My dad?

I started thinking about the possibility of meeting my dad.

Surprisingly though, I thought it would be pretty high.

Getting excited, I sat down and started to listen carefully about what he would say.

Maybe this would lead me to find my parents!!!

The man looked at me and started to speak.

"Hello..."

"My name is Gidley."

This is it!!!

He'll finally tell me dad's name!!!

"Gidley Hawthorne."

What?

But I'm Gidley Hawthorne!?

"Now I know you're very confused so I'll explain."

"I am you."

"Yes you Hawthorne"

"We are one"

My mind was reeling from the shock.

How could he be me???

Impossible!

Utterly impossible!!!

"Calm down."

"Calm down."

"I'll tell you about us."

About us?

There are more?

More me?

"Us Gidley's are anomalies in the world."

"We weren't meant to exist."

"I'm leaving this message for future Hawthorne's to read to understand."

Future Hawthorne's???

So does that mean I'm not the only one who experienced this.

Maybe I might get to meet the others!!!

"Now now, I know what you're thinking."

"But you can't meet any of us."

"Because."

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"We're Regressors..."

Huh?

What's a regressor?

"To explain what a regressor is in simple terms."

"It's someone who dies but get's sent back in time."

"We lose our memories in the process though."

Wait.

WAIT WAIT WAIT WAIT!!!

So...

I've experienced this before?

"As the 724th Gidley to go through this, I can testify that it is indeed true."

"From what I know."

"We only regain our memories right before death."

"Using that information."

"I was able to create this crystal."

"Alas, compared to the other Hawthorne's."

"I did not last long."

"Dying to mages who attacked the school trying to protect Ikari."

"Well at least."

"My death wasn't completely useless."

"With this at least."

"Less Gidley's will die in this event."

There's going to be an attack on the school?

NOT GOOD!!!

<I have to hurry and tell the-.>

The projection cut me off.

"You can't warn the teachers or students about this."

"If you do, they'll brand you as a criminal and instantly execute you on the spot."

"Believe me."

"We've tried."

"To be exact."

"345 times."

"Some of us managed to escape while the others died right there."

"Though this confirms one thing for us."

"This point is where our future's turn uncertain."

"Every Gidley will go their separate paths from this event."

"Most perish."

"But the one's who survive."

"They go on to live as legends."

I had a hidden ability like that?

How could I not know of it?

"Of course you wouldn't know about it."

"It's a branch of our Split ability."

"The first of us unlocked it before he disappeared."

"None of us know where he went."

Then what about my dad?

Having a ability like this must mean my dad was pretty awesome right?

At this point, I had forgotten I was talking to a projection.

"Yeah."

"Our dad would be pretty awesome."

"If we had one..."