Author's Reincarnation in a Fantasy Setting

Chapter 301 The Future Of Nothingness [4]

"What I want you to do is really simple," she said, standing up herself.

"I will send you back in time so that you can redo everything that has happened. You will keep the memory of what happened here so it will be easy for you to avoid the calamity and save our parents. In short, I will give you a chance to redo this part of your life, and you will have to make complete use of it— since there will be no second chance this time; the timeline will change so I can't say that my future will remain the same and another Zero of the future will come to save you."

"I know that, and that's why I'm getting a little worried here," said Zero. "This is the only chance I will get, but despite the fact that I have knowledge of the future and when and how the calamity is gonna take place. I still don't have enough power to save my parents. Hell, I don't think I can even let them out of this battlefield.

"I mean, just look at the warlord you defeated. He had the power to control fucking gravity, how am I supposed to fight against that?!" There was a sense of panic in his voice— which was pretty rare in itself— but he was trying his best to hide it.

"Don't worry about him, he won't make an appearance this time," she stated.

"How are you so sure?"

"Because I know the reason why he appeared. The warlords generally don't come until the demon beasts had completed their work, however, this one did because a problem occurred. And that problem was nothing but you freezing all the demon beasts in this area. They weren't able to continue their rampage, that's why he had to come.

"If you can make it so that you can escape from here without harming or stopping the beasts on a larger scale then he is never going to make an appearance."

"I see, so that's how it is huh," Zero mumbled. "But the problem still remains, I am not powerful enough to stand against all these demon beasts. Even when I froze everything, it was only possible because I was not in the right state of mind and used my life force instead of mana to cast the spell."

"So finally you remembered huh!" Req said, looking at Zero; anger and frustration were showing clearly on her face. "Just because I told you that you can use your life force as mana in case of emergency doesn't mean that you have to fucking do it!"

"I'm sorry. As I said, I was not in the right state of mind," Zero apologized.

"Humph!" Req pouted and looked away. She was angry about the fact that Zero used something that could have caused him to die, but she was not an idiot to interfere when they were having an important conversation.

"Anyway, I don't think I can fight against all those beasts even if I gave it everything I have. We must find another way to do this," he suggested.

"Yeah, I know. And I already have something like that ready. I mean, I never intended to let you fight against all these demon beasts. I have seen their armies, I know what they can do when they are higher in numbers," she stated.

"Oh? Then tell me."

"Wait for a minute, before that I have something else I want to ask," she proposed.

"What?"

"I can't send you decades back, but I can easily send you back some years. So, here is the question. Do you want me to send you at the time you reveal your identity to Anya?"

The question was an absurd one, and completely out of the blue. Thus Zero had to take a few minutes to think about it. Then finally he spoke.

"Why do you want to know that?" he said, answering back with another question of his own.

"Because that is one of the turning points in your life. What I mean is, your life could have been completely different if you had answered differently at that time and refrained from telling her that you are not her real brother but a reincarnate.

"And I'm asking if you want to change that or not because from how I see it if you let it be as it is then you will run into some problems in the future."

"What problems?"

"I think you and I both know what I am talking about. We are the same person, after all; and with the same past," she said as she slowly walked closer to Zero.

The last words that left her mouth were enough to awaken a memory inside Zero that he had hidden even deeper than the suicide of his mom. And at that moment he understood exactly what his future self was saying.

"Are you sure about that?" he asked.

"No, of course not. I mean, she died in my timeline too. But as I am now, I can look back at my memories and notice things that you haven't— and most likely won't. However, in the end, this is all just speculation.

"So… what will you choose? Change your decision or not?"

This had left Zero in a quite perplexed state. His brain had become dull for a moment though it started working as before in no time. Despite that, it took him a good while to answer that and make up his mind.

"No, I won't change it. Let it stay like it is. And if something like that is really gonna happen then I'll just face it. I planned to do things differently in this life, after all," he stated.

A smile came over her face. "I see you still haven't forgotten what you had to do here," she mumbled to herself.

"Sorry," she said. "I can't send you back in years. That was just a test. I wanted to see what you would answer."

"Anyway, now to get to the main point."