31The second word overturns the game board (Episode 497)
Madness merchant Janet remembered how she got to this point..
It was a hard day.
Being from a supernova, she was always viewed with suspicion, and after she chose this path, she had to take it for granted..
Dealing with all kinds of truthful customers was a pain, but watching a customer lose his life in vain was not a very pleasant memory..
Sometimes, she was confused as to whether she was a kind person or a cold person..
In normal times, no one would call her sweet. But there were times when she was weak.
It's time to see those who meet the same fate as the planet she came from. Even when she didn't make a deal and just watched from afar, she was blank and she mourned them..
However, the person I was doing business with recently encountered a similar situation..
When a planet enters the supernova stage, all possibilities are thrown out. And, in the end, it dies.
I thought it was still a planet full of potential and light, but this was a hasty conclusion..
“What are the gods... You're selfish..”
She also came from a supernova.
It was obvious what would happen next..
It is not unusual to empathize with something you have experienced. So is Janet's compassion..
She muttered as she twirled her glass..
“…I need to find out.”
“Ugh… Yes?”
Oria, Janet's junior, mumbles while stuffing expensive, high-quality snacks into her mouth..
“senior… Nope?”
“…….”
“Interested in supernovae?….”
Janet smiles.
Hart returned home already drunk. This is the Land of the Judge, and the secret saddam shared with Oria in the shrine there..
“It's very dangerous to be interested in the destruction of the planet... You know.?”
“Most of life makes mistakes knowingly..”
“That and this are different. I've never heard that curiosity is the threshold of hell.?”
“I haven't heard of it?”
“That's what I just said!”
“So what it means is that curiosity moves us forward.?”
“uh… Was there such a thing??”
“this is what i just said.”
Oria took a gulp of alcohol and said:.
“…You will never be persuaded.?”
“Yeah, until you give up and cheer..”
“Senpai, you’re not really this kind of person..”
Oria paused..
I thought for a moment about what Janet’s original appearance was..
from supernova.
On the outside, she appears to be ruthless and knowledgeable about the world, but that's only based on what she shows..
“uh… Am I right?”
“haha….”
“anyway… This is crazy. Dangerous interest will be discovered quickly! You know that the Judge absolutely hates being interested in the fate of the stars..”
“All you have to do is not get caught. You know? I'm pretty good.”
Suddenly, Oria remembered.
What position is Janet in?.
“no way… I'm trying to find out from Akashic.?”
“Because there won't be any records left that way. But I figured it out there?”
“I do not know! If you get caught later, please tell me I don't know anything..”
“You will be summoned as a related person. It would be a good idea to pull out your fingernails in advance..”
“Ahhhhh!”
“Ahaha… Just kidding, but we weren't friends.?”
“That's right... We are friendly when you take us to nice places in Shindo..”
“If I get dragged away?”
“I need to find another drinking buddy.?”
“I won't be coming to Shindo again in the future..”
Oria frowned..
“Calm down and put that thing down..”
“Anyway, I'm just telling you. Because the heart will definitely run wild.”
“My heart cherishes my senior. If I confess later, please kick me in the face..”
“Hehe… Think about it.”
“You know that I like seniors, right? please don't die.”
Janet whispered in Oria's ear..
“If I die, the judge is the culprit..”
“Argh! I can't hear you, I can't hear you! I didn't hear a thing!”
Janet grinning.
“I'll go, Oria..”
“Senior, see you again soon. If you want to be safe... Please tell me a little bit about it..”
“Then it would be dangerous?”
“They say curiosity moves us forward.?”
The two exchanged smiles..
* * *
On a not-so-busy afternoon, Janet was standing in front of a building that many people looked up to in the church..
“Phew….”
Although it was a magnificent building on the outside, the value of its contents was nothing compared to ordinary buildings..
Now that she has entered the universe of the Judge's power, there will be no greater legacy than this..
“akashic….”
Conceptual view of history.
The entire history of the universe has been recorded and is still being recorded..
Although its size is overwhelmingly grand, is it really large enough to contain all the records of the universe under the power of the Judge??
I plan to find out from now on, Janet..
People wearing diamond-shaped masks and flowing clothes stood guard..
God-like power.
No, those who live in Shinto are actually more powerful than the gods on the outskirts..
Even they cannot defy the judge's law. Everything happens under the control of the judge..
Just like humans, we shrink from predators..
“It's Janet..”
“oh… do you know me?”
“7If you don't know the Great Colossus, you can't protect this place..”
7great colossus.
One of the reasons she received access to Akashic.
Those who earn enormous amounts of madness and faith through trade. Among them was Janet..
“You are one of the few merchants granted Akashic access by the Arbiter..”
Janet smiling brightly.
The other person's harsh gaze tried to reveal her doubts..
However, Janet revealed nothing. Just looked like she was out to have fun.
“Entry is permitted.”
Slurp…
Janet entering Akashic.
From now on it was a race against time..
It was important to get information here, but it was more important not to get caught..
Fortunately, no one but you can know what you looked at in Akashic. Even the judge.
This was a trait closely related to the birth of Akashic..
This library of ideas, created by the power of exploding stars, contained a microcosm inside..
In other words, there is another universe within the universe. Instead of containing all records, only those who are curious can know what comes and goes and what is written..
Because it's so vast, most people don't wonder what other people are interested in..
Janet puts her hand on the Akashic recording and playback device..
She closed her eyes and thought about it in her mind. A land where many creatures lived, but now an unfortunate planet that has become a supernova..
Kugoong…
coo coo coo coo coo coo coo coo coo coo coo coo coo coo coo coo coo coo coo coo coo co…
Akashic vibrated..
She is reborn as her own space..
This too was a phenomenon that only Akashic, which embraces a microcosm, could show..
Others will not even feel that Akashic is vibrating..
In this universe, a space just for her is created..
dddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddd…
coo coo coo coo coo coo coo…
A place with the smell of old paper.
“library… is it.”
A huge library filled with thousands and tens of thousands of books.
At best, it is just a planet that exists somewhere in the distant universe burning out its last flames, but its history is so vast that it must have been recorded in print..
“Hmm….”
Of course, it would be better to follow the flow of time..
Janet was trying to find a book that contained the beginning of Pandea's history, that is, from a speck of dust..
start.
I had to find a beginning.
Tuk…
Tuk…
I looked at the cover of the book..
“It says how many volumes it is..”
Then it becomes simpler.
1If you find the right one, everything will be solved.
The number of books was written on the cover, and they were placed on the bookshelf in order..
It didn't matter that there were so many bookshelves.
Because there will be rules.
If you follow the rules for arranging the bookshelves, you will find your first history there..
You just have to look back.
one by one…
Step by step.
396…
395…
394…
“…Is it a structure that draws you in??”
As the number of the bookshelf moves inward, it gets closer to 1..
Feels like exploring a spiral maze.
It was actually worth calling it an expedition..
The size of the library was so vast that it was difficult to fathom it, and it seemed to contain some mystery..
“today… I'll reveal everything, because I hate uncomfortable things..”
If you ask her what sparked her interest in Pandea, she will probably think it over and mention a person's name..
snowfall.
I guess it all started when I felt interested in him who moved as if he had some secret..
Interest did not cool down.
On the contrary, it continued hotly..
The faces of the people he encounters on every path he walks, and even the stories that make him uncomfortable..
Janet wanted to quickly shake off this interest. if… If she can't shake it off, it's because of a vague anxiety that this interest of hers will one day lead her to her destruction..
“No... This should never happen.”
102…
101…
100…
99…
The more she passed the bookshelf, the more goosebumps started to appear all over her body..
“This can't be happening….”
the same cover.
Bookshelves filled with different volumes continued to appear..
The history of civilization could usually be expressed in a single book. Because only the character's actions are expressed, thoughts or words are not recorded separately..
Of course, Pandea was a planet where several civilizations were born and eventually destroyed, but even a planet much larger and older than Pandea would not have produced this many books..
Something was out of the ordinary..
Janet corrected her trembling and continued inside..
spiral that goes round and round.
The point where all history was born.
Her face hardened at the structure of the library, which resembled a galaxy..
3…
2…
1…
last bookshelf.
When Janet finally arrived there, she looked at the bookshelf for a while and then took out a book from the most corner..
Seueuugh…
She picked up the book and read its contents.
I was completely immersed from the part where life began to nest and prosper on the planet Pandea..
The fate of a planet is truly a strange thing. All of history prospers as if it will never collapse, but then suddenly disappears like a candle blown out by a strong wind..
“…kagon.”
Even forgotten history could not avoid Akashic. That's why she was confident that Janet would be able to find out Pandea's secret..
Akashic records everything. Any fallen civilization is bound to have moments of prosperity..
Akashic, an ideological view of history, is a recorder and entertainer without intention..
Janet suddenly thought that the mask was cumbersome while reading a book..
He put the mask in his arms, brushed his long hair behind his ears, and looked at the contents of the book one by one..
The first prosperous empire in history.
However, it was a time that no one except Ur remembers..
“Ahaha… It's this time.”
During the Urga era, he came into contact with the meteor Eragon and realized magic and shared it with humans..
That was the beginning of Kagon.
And the history that follows.
Janet trembled with her eyes fixed..
“…what?”
I stood there in a daze, holding the first volume that recorded everything about how Kagon was destroyed..
“Now, wait a minute….”
Although the contents were somewhat shocking, it was not a secret that Janet, who knows the history of all civilizations, could not handle..
There was another reason why she was truly surprised..
- he chose.
one sentence.
This one sentence suddenly started repeating itself.
- He chose. He chose. He chose. He chose. He chose. He chose. He chose. He chose. He chose. He chose. He chose. He chose. He chose. he chose.
……
what?
“no… no… that's not important….”
Pak-!
She threw away the book that had the same sentence repeated anyway, took out a random book from the shelf, and checked its contents..
- he chose.
As expected, a book filled with the same sentences.
Her eyes turned to the bookshelf that filled this space..
Ta-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-dah-!
Go through the spiral maze.
No, I was trying to get out..
bookshelf in random order.
books in random order.
- he chose.
Only the same content was written.
She finally realized why.
“timeline collapse!”
The timeline collapsed..
The timeline that fixes history and confirms events.
Only Pandea's timeline was producing different results than the time of the universe they were in..
And what's scarier than that is…
“This… I meant it.”
Someone is repeating the same history and putting a burden on the Akashic records..
Even Akashic, with the power of the microcosm, cannot record eternity. An overwhelming amount of history was shown to Akashic due to time collapse, causing Akashic to record strange sentences repeatedly..
“…why?”
why.
why.
“Why do you do that??”
fault-!
She ran with her hair flying behind her..
To get out of the spiral maze.
Good job taking off the mask..
For the first time in a really long time, a satisfied smile appeared on her face..
“he… Hehehehehe….”
Because I realized the intention of this repetitive time.
“Ahahaha! Ahahahahahaha!”
Even if my hair becomes scattered.
Even if my shoes come off and I run barefoot.
I ran even though my beautiful face was covered with fluid secreted from my face..
Quaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa-!
What she broke was the door that was visible from the moment she entered the library..
“haha… ha ha ha….”
It's not liberation.
“You're trying to hide it... What happened... and….”
she trembles.
“what are you trying to do.”
from yourself.
from the observer.
from the gods.
From Akashic.
And from the judge of a distant star.
Even the higher gods cannot know its intentions. Since I don't know, I can't stop it..
Janet looked up into space..
A new library universe was unfolding there, a size incomparable to the library she was in..
The library I saw in the first place was only the beginning; eternity was contained here. Akashic is still recording.
Someone sends a fake history of the planet, a record that repeats itself..
Jeopuk…
Jeopuk…
Sigh…
She takes out a book.
- he chose.
Janet felt scared..
okay.
Curiosity is, after all, the threshold of hell..
She took one step and stepped into hell.
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