310 Omnipotence For A Second (1/2)

(MC POV)

Walking through the portal, I was greeted with the endless expanse of space. Countless stars dotted all around me, each of them blinking in unison when I entered.

There was no ground but yet I still felt something solid beneath me to plant my feet firmly on.

The old lady walked in after me, her hands clasped behind her back.

”Where is this?” I asked, turning to face her.

Her eyes were wide open now, showing me her iridescent eyes that glowed brightly in the darkness of space.

”It's a small dimension within a dimension that I created specifically to trap that annoying thing,” she explained with a smile.

Right, as though creating pocket dimensions was a normal everyday thing… Well...Maybe it really is for someone like her.

I'm already guessing that she might be a goddess of some sort, and most likely someone who is ranked extremely high in the hierarchy if the gods even had that sort of thing.

”And where is that thing?” I asked.

She waved her hand in the air dismissively, ”Somewhere out there. Guess you'll have to find it.”

Huh. Is she really that upset that I'm not interested in my past self?

I gestured towards the portal, ”I can still leave, can't I?”

She chuckled, ”Oh dear~ For someone like you to actually trust my words so easily… I'm not sure if it's your hubris or you are just this naturally trusting?”

I crossed my arms, ”Alright, I won't even skirt around it anymore. Who are you, really? And why are you so involved with me?”

”Ofufu~ Didn't I already say that who I am doesn't matter?”

I sucked in a breath, I know I'm being manipulated but there's not much I can do here.

”Alright, fine. Who am I?”

Her smile widened, ”You are… Or rather were… One of the wielders of Origin.”

An answer that begets more questions…

I sighed, ”Ok then, you're obviously enjoying this so I'll bite. Let's start from the top. Explain why 'were'?”

”I believe you might have already guessed that this is not your first life.”

Well, if she's talking about me coming back from being killed by that Primordial Divine Dragon then yeah. But something tells me that she wasn't referring to that.

Or was she?

Then again, this whole reversing back time doesn't really make much sense in the first place. Up till now, I still don't know what exactly caused the time reversal to occur and why specifically this point in time to return to.

Since this old lady is already aware of my past life, I guess there's no point in me denying it so I just nodded my head to see what she has to say. Maybe she can grant some insights to my current situation.

”Then this would be easy to explain,” She said while snapping her fingers.

The space around us shifted, the stars winking in unison before disappearing from sight.

In front of me, what appears to be a large, white egg appeared out of thin air, floating on top of an ebony pedestal.

I could see faint traces of white smoke drifting out of it, stretching all the way out of view towards the darkness around us.

Just when I thought things couldn't get any weirder, the space around us folded inwards and the previous blackness of space was banished, replaced with what looked like the interior of an ornate palace.

”This is?”

”The centre of the Universe,” She explained in a smooth voice.

Ok…

I pointed at the egg, ”I'm guessing that's supposed to be Origin?”

”Yes and no.”

”Are you ever going to give me a straight answer?”

”Ofufufu~ One day, my dear. One day.”

”I'm going to guess that I've somehow pissed you off in my past life and this is your way of getting back at me?”

The old lady merely smiled.