Chapter 237: Choice (3)

I blinked slowly.

'...... I feel another power.'

It wasn't my strength that has already been exhausted. The power of the Blue Rose, which is similar to mine but only slightly different. This was the power that Chaser had left behind. The spell circle revealed great power towards another spell. An order for me to go home.

A huge voice I had never heard before rang in my head.

- Do you want to return?

I opened my eyes with difficulty. In a place not far away, I saw something with blue energy. It had no face or expression, but it had a human-like appearance.

The question that it asked would, of course, be the question of returning to my world. I blinked my eyes.

'I'm going back.'

I muttered to myself. After seeing the dead man, I slowly rose.

I felt a hand holding me back, but I patted it as if it was okay and removed it. I stood up and staggered.

"Sister!"

"Miss Iana!"

I saw Francia and Lenag who were messed up because of me. She who tried to heal me without caring for her body until the end, and my rose who did not spare his body and became a shield. The blue light was vivid and they closed their eyes.

I tried to move. But before that, someone suddenly grabbed my hand.

"Iana!"

It was Ricdorian, messed up with tears. Covered in blood red like his rose.

"Don't, don't go. Please. Please......."

I stared at the hand that I couldn't hold tight enough. My brittle lips opened.

"My dear rose."

A weak voice comes out. I raised my hand and cupped his cheek.

"My Ricdorian."

His tears didn't stop. Even after wiping and wiping, like it was begging to be wiped over and over again. I wiped his cheek and took his hand off me. I patted him telling him it was okay, then kissed him.

"It's okay."

His face looked like he did not understand what was okay. Still, he couldn't hold me anymore. I turned and staggered toward one place. It was towards the human figure with blue energy. As I approached, the blue figure reached out to me. I looked at the hand and reached out and caught it.

Whoosh!

The blue light suddenly exploded. When I opened my eyes, it was a completely different space.

- Are you going?

Once again the question came. Perhaps this is the last question given.

I'm going back

I muttered to myself once more. Longing and nostalgia rushed like a tidal wave.

Fragments of irrepressible memories occupy my head. Then I suddenly laughed.

By the way, Iana. Can you really throw them away?

Well, I already have the answer.

I call myself Iana.

Still, tears continued to flow.

My beloved world. My family. Now was the time to choose.

"Who are you?"

I asked the blue figure in front of me. It exudes power similar to mine, but it is alien.

Until a little while ago, I thought it was the power left by Chaser. But it was a different feeling than that. The closer I got, the better I got to know it.

"Are you God?"

The bluish figure with neither face nor expression stared at me blankly. I felt that it could see even though it had no eyes. Soon the water-like shape moved and changed its shape. The form of a person wearing a large black cloak. The face under the cloak was still invisible. The chin, mouth, and lips, which were only vaguely visible, were drawn in smooth curves.

I knew this smile was the answer to my question.

"You have another wish."

A strange voice that was neither male nor female came out.

"Tell me."

"Before that, I want to ask you one thing."

"Ask."

"Would this world really perish without the Blue Rose?"

I opened my mouth. I knew that the presence in front of my eyes was the one who could give me answers to all my questions.

"It may or may not. In order to explain this, I must first know the value of your existence and the uniqueness of this world."

"Uniqueness?"

"Yes. You've already heard that you are a piece of a dead god. This land where you are staying is the land where the pieces of the dead god are locked away. Even on the continent, time and space flow in a special way only here. In other words, only the time of this land can be turned back, or another dimension can be opened."

"Why...... Did you make it like that?"

"To safely dispose of the pieces of the dead god."

Are the deaths of the Blue Roses the same as the disappearance of the fragments?

"Did you satisfy your curiosity? Then let's go back to your world now."

"Wait. What will happen to the world left behind when I return?"

God in front of me thoughtlessly turned its head to the side, then tilted its head.

"That world will disappear. And by the time you show up, it will come back."

"By the time I show up"

"Ah. Don't get me wrong. I mean when you end your lifespan in your original world and return to this world."

It had a friendly tone, but the voice sounded inorganic somewhere.

"Only then will you meet the roses of your era, live your destiny and die. You now are a soul brought against the law."

"What are you talking about? I'm sure there must be a Blue Rose that moved to another dimension besides me......."

"At least those who crossed the dimension are those who have filled their lives in their world. In your world, you would call it reincarnation. Can we go now?"

I moved my lips and closed them. Then I raised my head. I've heard everything I need to hear now.

The dialogue was over.

"No. I am not going."

I took a step back from God. I kept my back straight. The decision has already been made.

"I will give up my world."

In the end, I can't abandon those blind people. Maybe I'm already tied to the invisible string that binds us together. It didn't matter. Because I chose to be tied up.

The smile disappeared from God's lips. It spoke without expression.

"These are not the roses of your era. You will regret that choice."

It was an overbearing voice with a different timbre. I shook my head.

"No. They are my roses."

"Even though you would have to give up a lot of things for that choice? Immense unbearable sorrow and longing will haunt you for the rest of your life?"

"I don't care."

I pondered.

The power of the Blue Rose. The power that can move dimensions can be regressed. Regression brings even the dead back to life.

"Can I bring Chaser Domulit back to life with my own power?"

God gave no answer. After a moment of silence, I was given another question instead.

"By human standards, that soul has killed countless others and taken lives. You want to revive a soul with a lot of sinful karma?"

"I will make him live and pay for his sins."

"If he reincarnates, you will have to pay."

"No. There is a difference between paying back while remembering and not paying it back at all."

He has bothered so many people. He may well deserve to die. Even so, I want to let him live and pay for his crimes.

Maybe even if it takes a lifetime to come back to life.

"Please save him and don't erase this world."

God changed its posture now. The slightly curved back is straightened. An unapproachable aura was felt through my whole body.

"What if you had to sacrifice all your past lives and past memories to make that wish come true?"

"......."

"You will have to give all the happiness you have experienced. In there you are gradually forgotten."

I paused. Countless nostalgic faces flashed through his mind.

My family. Happy smiles that still haunt my heart.

I bit my lip softly. Then, even though I was a little discouraged, I smiled relievedly.

"Yes. I will give up my past."

I decided to be selfish even a little, a little bit. Because my loving parents have an older sister besides me. They will be fine.

Those who were always harmonious and happy would be better than those roses who only followed me.

Tears wet my cheeks.

I didn't regret it. God stared at me for a long time. As if observing and exploring.

"Now I see that you are the largest piece of the dead god. Right. It was. So maybe the similarity......."

For some reason, it was a voice full of sorrow.

"One thing cannot pay for the price."

"What?"

"The price is not enough."

God replied in a firm voice.

"The world has been twisted once because of you. Those who have already died here cannot be resurrected by turning back time."

Gradually, my expression faded, but God suddenly spoke.

"So let's do this."

A light burst from beneath my feet. The light that flowed from under God's feet clumped together and floated like a ball made of light.

"According to nature, you must spend the rest of your life in your world and return. This cannot be changed."

"However!"

"Listen to the end. I won't erase the world as you wish. Instead, you spend all your life alone in a world where everyone forgets you and doesn't remember you. That is your price."

As God beckoned, the orb of light rose above its hand and floated through the air.

"You will also lose all memories of your previous world. This is the second price you have to pay."

The orb of light placed on God's hand revealed a twinkle of light.

Soon a space was torn in the form of a half moon between us.

A blue light shimmered between them. With God's gesture, the sphere of light entered the gap, and the gap slowly closed.

"When you return, I will let this one return as well."

"What? So, now that......."

"This is the soul you asked to save. Any problems?"

No, tell me that beforehand.

I stared at God with an absurd face, but I only realized that I shouldn't apply human common sense to a being that could be God.

"At this point, the contract will be done properly. Is there anything else you want to bring?"