Chapter 2: Chapter 2: Very Early Beginning
I cried for several minutes. I was gasping for my breath as I was convering my eyes with my arm
This is a strange experience for me since I have never cried since I was married to Tenshi
I always tried to suppress my crying
After a while of getting used to this transition, I looked at the time and it's already 4:56 PM
I also figured out when in my life I am currently, but I couldn't find out the date and year by lying down on this cold floor
This is the time in my childhood when I kept having hallucinations and nightmares randomly. I think it was the weekend and I was supposed to take a nap as a kid after having lunch
This memory was vivid. I know I just woke up from having a hallucination
It was that one hallucination where the space around me expands and the objects seem farther away from me when my eyes are closed. There are also three giant entities that were next to me that seems to be squishing me tight. There is a fourth entity that keeps going back and forth in front of me in the vast expanse of the expanded space
It was a weird hallucination, but I experience this every time as a kid
There was also the basketball that was moving by itself in front of the door
There was no earthquake and the wind for the electric fan wasn't strong enough to move the ball. It just kept going back and forth
Of course, it's stationary now
Growing up, I knew that the hallucinations and nightmares were caused by a shadow entity. It haunted me until I was a teenager
It only left alone when I tried to fight it when I was suffering from extreme cold and headaches. I could physically see the shadow entity back then and it tried to kill me by suffocating me with its shadowy tentacles
I had to try and fight back with a knife. After it saw we wielding the knife, it retracted its tentacles and escaped to my grandmother's bathroom. At that point, it never showed itself again
Until the end, I never learned the identity of the shadow entity
I wonder if that shadow entity caused this event, considering I came back at this specific moment
It's strange because I had the ability to go back into the past by using the 『 Origin Seeker 』 ability, but that ability only allowed my consciousness to transfer through time, not my entire body
I say this because I could feel through my body that I am when I was a child. I can't remember exactly when nor I can estimate my age, but I'm so fucking young. Probably 8 or 9 years old
That crosses out the option that I time travelled back
Another option is that I might be in some kind of a test or illusion or state of mind
So, I raised my left hand and snapped my fingers
"..."
Oh god. Nothing happened
This means that I don't have the [Fate Control] ability at this point in time
That makes sense since I haven't developed [Fate Control] at this age yet. My despair begins a few more years later
'God damn it... I need my Fate Control'
I almost teared up once again from the thought that I feel powerless
This damned body. I'm too emotional when I was a kid. My mental strength should've crossed over too if I'm this too aware
Anyways, it's not the time for me to be emotional. I shook my head to get rid of this feeling
Another explanation of my return is that I might be inside one of my inner realms or worlds like the ⟨⟨ World of Imagination ⟩⟩, ⟨⟨ World of Absolute Nothingness ⟩⟩, ⟨⟨ Imaginary Realm ⟩⟩, [Plane of Neutralization], [Plane of Tenebrosity], and many more
If I just focus, I could immediately get out of here
'Hnng-'
~~~
I took a nap. I didn't realize that I fell asleep and it's already 5:30 PM
I guess that means that I am not in any of my inner worlds or realms
I also have an ultimate skill of saving and loading called [Ultimate Skill: Save and Load - Lawyer of Checkpoint: Soteriartóno]. It allows me to put a [Save Point] in a specific time and I could load to that point to go back or forward
That ultimate skill deletes the timeline from when I came from and resumes the timeline from that specific [Save Point]. Of course, the timelines behind all [Save Points] are preserved
It's very similar to the save and load system of almost all games
The Omega System gave me this ultimate skill despite my ultimate goal of ultimate death. Although I hated it at first, I found it very useful in the long run
I had more than 10,000 save points before I regressed
However, as much as it makes sense that I might've loaded in this point of time, that'll be impossible since I never went to this point in time nor I had this ultimate skill as I was now
'What if I can load my last save?'
I raised my right hand in the air and loaded a save point
"Load Save Point 13,980: Chaos Battle"
...
'...'
Nothing happened. I feel like I'm back to my roots of being a chuunibyou (8th grade syndrome)
Good thing I'm currently alone in the house since my father is working abroad at Dubai and my mother is working at a school as a teacher
"Fuck"
My mood became extremely sour when thinking about my father and mother
This is bad. My body is shaking and trembling as my anger is slowly but terminally rising
I can't control myself. Usually Tenshi or Emily will help me control my anger, but they're not here right now and I'm just a kid, different from my alien and godly body previously
From this anger alone, I might destroy this nostalgic house and the rest of the neighborhood
I don't need that to happen yet, until I figure out my situation
"Hik-"
But instead of my anger exploding and eradicating half of Manila, I sobbed and cried instead as my tears burst out. I almost made noise from my mouth by wailing, but managed to hold myself back and my mouth was being distorted from the torrent of emotions
'Why?! Why?! Why?!'
I do feel anger against my parents, but for some reason, I feel relieved and hopeful
I hate this feeling
My parents were the reason I became like this, why the world became what it was, why I kept seeking death. Them being here right now is giving me extremely mixed feelings
I let myself release all of my emotions first and cry it all out. That's important for this young body after all
This time, I'll do things different compared to before, if what my situation now is what I think it is
~~~
It's already 5:53 PM. I know I have to move, but I want to take my time on the first day first
I have checked out most of the reasons or explanations for my situation right now, but there's only two left
"Father Time"
I called out at the ceiling
...
Of course there was no answer
Father Time is the father of time itself. He's one of the [Four Constructors] of the multiverse, including Mother Space, Life, and Death themselves
The reason why I'm calling for him is because I possess the Time Variable, one of the 100+ variables of the universe, and I obtained its variable artifact of [Watch of Flowing Time]
Possessing the Time Variable allows me to have complete absolute control over time in the universe and earn time outside of the universe and beyond the 10 Dimensions
That would've been a good explanation for my current situation, but the fact that Father Time didn't answer nor the [Watch of Flowing Time] manifested on my wrists tells me that that wasn't the case for me
'At this point, there's only one explanation left'
I regressed
I had the [ Immortal Mortal ] trait that allows me to not die inside the universe and allows me to live beyond the Infinite Abyss after the 10 dimensions
I also had the 『 Resurrection 』 signature ability that revives me if I were ever to ultimately die, except for the ultimate death. First resurrection is instant, but as more resurrection I experience, the longer the duration before I wake up
However, this is only applicable to when I die inside my host universe, the main universe, or what I would call the Golden Universe. The universe where I was born in
Of course some exceptions were bypassed when I died outside the universe, especially since I obtained the 『 Phoenix Power 』 when I subdued the Calamity Slayer Lightning Phoenix in one of the Rooms in the [Room of Rooms]
I had all of those abilities that doesn't allow me to die without achieving my ultimate goal. But never once I remember obtaining the ability or skill of 『 Regression 』, not even 『 Reincarnation 』 because I can't transfer my soul to another body as Emily said
Now that I have come to a valid conclusion, there's only one thing left to do
When I was reading hundred of regression themed novels, mangas, and manhwas when I was around 19 years old, almost 80% of them have one thing in common
If I'm right, then this run will become easier. After confirming it, I will make plans until I achieve my ultimate goal and defeat Chaos Himself in the endgame
'...'
I raised my hand and spoke
"Omega System!"
80% of regression media have systems in them. Since I have the Omega System in my previous life, I should've inherited it in this life too, as per the Four Absolute Rules of the Rooms
...
'...'
I waited for a few seconds and repeated my self
"Omega System!"
...
There was no reaction
"Omega System!!!"
...
"Omega System?"
...
"Damn it..."
I spoke with disbelief and tiredness
'I can't believe I'm wrong. Am I really powerless? Were my power and abilities completely removed? Clean slate? I'm back to square one where I have nothing...'
I looked at my hands with pure disbelief while opening and closing it. My fingers were relatively chubby since I was fed properly at this age
'Or was I just dreaming and I woke up from what it felt like an eternal nightmare?'
'Was everything that happened before a dream? It was all fake? It was a figment of my imagination?'
'That can't be, my young mind couldn't think at that level'
'Then what are these memories? I don't think that they're fake'
I broke down and couldn't accept the reality. I didn't know what to believe anymore
At this point, I can only wait until 2020 or 2024 comes before the transition of the world to the Mystical Age would actually happen
~~~
It's 6:15 PM and I was stuck from refusing to accept reality
In the end, my body didn't gave up since there was a very lingering thought behind my mind that's telling me I have to do this
I stood up and looked straight at the rectangular mirror behind the TV
'Damn, I look cute, stupid, and chubby... I look like what I remember'
I raised my hand towards my reflection and spoke
"Scan"
A very old unused ability of mine that I rarely use because it wasn't needed due to several of my other superior eye and vision abilities
*Ding!*
"...!"
My face lit up after I heard a ding sound in my head
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Name: Philip Ibasco
Age: 7
Strength: 1
Agility: 1
Stamina: 1
Mana: 0 🔒
Traits:
[ Unbending Kindness ],[ Immortal Mortal ]🔒
Abilities:
☆『 Regression 』☆, 『 Fate Control 』🔒, 『 Scan 』
Skills:
Talents:
Arts:
🔒☆☆☆Omega System☆☆☆🔒:
Status:
Confused
Curse of Extreme Gamma Time-Dilation
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A display, very similar to system mangas and manhwas, appeared in my vision. The color of the display is yellow, almost gold
I couldn't be more than happy and relieved that I have my lingering power left
'So that's the reason why the Omega System wasn't responding when I was calling for it... It was locked?'
I'm also weak as fuck. Well, that's a given since I'm a child
In turns out that I'm also 7 years old. This means that it's the year 2008 and I'm in the 2nd grade of primary school
That's 12 years before the start of the transition to the Mystical Age
Now that I've confirmed my situation and bearing, I have to plan my course of actions now before 2022 comes
This status screen is also displaying so less. It's not showing my previous abilities
I guess that's also a given since I'm back to 2008
I can't remember how many years it has been since 2008 to fighting Chaos in my previous life. It just shows that I lost my perception of time
'This time, I'll make sure to spend my time wisely!'
Surprisingly, I already have the [ Unbending Kindness ] trait this young. Well, it's not that surprising since I'm already very kind this young
I was innocent. I never tried to hurt a fly or an ant. I never cursed or thought bad of anyone
Of course, maturity came when I entered high school. That changed in me yet I still have that special trait until the end of my previous life since kindness always comes from the pureness of the heart
'Wait, heart?!'
I felt vertigo and shook my arms to touch my chest. I firmly placed my right palm on my chest, where the heart is supposed to be, and closed my eyes to feel its pulse
*Duguen duguen*
I can feel pulses. This is definitely my heartbeats
I felt another wave of emotions because I missed this feeling, or rather, I already forgot this feeling
Year 2024. That was the year my heart got destroyed by an accident, yet I was able to continuously live, despite my blood being unable to circulate throughout my body
Of course, there were a few methods on how I kept living, but that's a story for another time. I'll cherish this feeling longer
But even then, I found out that having a human heart is a weakness in itself. However, a human heart has its secrets
I might take care of my heart in this life and try to surpass my previous self
Looking at the display more, I did get the 『 Regression 』 ability and I regressed into this point in time in my past
'If that's the case, the timelines wherein... Bah, let's not talk about my knowledge of how timelines work for now...'
Also, this 『 Regression 』 ability has stars next to it
'What does that mean?'
It's the same for the Omega System, but it has 3 stars or 6 stars
Anyways, it's a good thing that the 『 Scan 』 recognizes 『 Fate Control 』, but it's locked
I guess that means that I could unlock it later. That's also a given because I am naturally the Fate Controller
I obtained 『 Fate Control 』 from the despair I experience in the past and that a few years from now, caused by my parents
However, now that I've regressed, I might mess up this timeline causing me to be unable to obtain 『 Fate Control 』
That's why, I've decided that I won't do anything out of character until I unlock 『 Fate Control 』
That's my first goal for now
I clenched my fist to give myself confidence and strength to start all over again
~~~
It's almost 7:00 PM now and I've been watching the nightly news program called [24 Hours]
If I'm right, it's around this time when my mother gets home from work
I took a deep breath to prepare myself to see her for the first time since almost forever
*Wriiiiing ging ging ging~ tok tok*
There it was, the sound of a tricycle pulling up in front of the
gate of the apartments. I could clearly hear it because our apartment is the second door from the gate
*Eeeeennnggg*
The metal gate swung open and closed immediately after
*Ching ching*
The chimes rang when the screen on the door hit the hanging chimes. My mother entered
"I'm home! I brought McDonalds. C'mon, let's eat now!"
"...!"
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