Chapter 311: Unexpected Situation (1/2)

The first thing which registered in my consciousness's eyes is the night sky filled with stars as the background of this World's Will's space. Apart from that, the ground is just a wide expanse of black space.

Finally, this World's Will succeeded in forcefully summoning me. Why does it have to be forceful though? If it's like the World's Will at the World of Elements and gave me the temporary skill to have a choice when to see it at my own accord, he wouldn't need to order Remilia to catch me.

Ah. Well, we're hostiles so I guess this is expected.

However, looking at that background… I found many familiar constellations which I once studied in grade school. They're closer and easier to see.

How is this possible? No. It's not really about it being possible. What does this mean? Is the Dark World near Earth? Why is this used as the background here? I know it's not from my memory as I had only seen those constellations through a picture or a book. Hell, I'm not even that interested in them. I'd rather watch the fluffy clouds move along the wind.

Taking my eyes off that background, I looked around to check the other details in here. My questions wouldn't be answered anyway.

From afar, a boy that's probably around 10 years in age if I compare to an actual boy on earth was looking up and watching that night sky. I couldn't clearly see his facial features from this distance. The boy's black garments were reminiscent of a hoodie and short pants.

The World's Will of the Dark World.

Aside from that boy and me, there's no one else here. So that's fairly easy to deduce…

But for it to have this kind of form. Is it reflecting why it's not that bright?

Ah. No. If he wanted to he could surely choose any form he wanted to. It's most likely its personal preference. Just like that enchanting silver-haired woman.

After an unknown span of time, the boy finally took his eyes off that night sky filled with stars and slowly turned towards me. He has a dark black pair of eyes without any whites on them. Like a boy from a horror movie who got possessed by a demon.

However, he's not giving off the scary vibes of someone who should be the embodiment of jump scares for the viewers. Upon taking my consciousness's form in his eyes, the boy's expressionless face exhibited a change and had his lips slowly drawn into a curve.

Using an elated tone, a boy's voice came out of his mouth.

”Welcome back, Master.”

Like a kid welcoming back his parents, he ran towards me with his arms spread wide.

Because of the words he had just uttered, I couldn't react to it or rather I couldn't process the word he used to call me in an instant. And that ended up with me being hugged by him.

This reminds me of when Sofiel first saw me in the World of Elements. That girl instantly recognized me and without any explanation at first, she just jumped into my arms. With all the longing she was feeling passed to me.

And this time, the same thing happened, just that, a boy and a World's Will at that did it. Who am I to him?

He wouldn't just mistake me for someone else, right?

”No. I'm not mistaken, Master. It's you, you're my Master.”

Reading my mind, the boy raised his head and fixed his gaze on me. And after a while, he tilted his head in a short bout of confusion.

With a creased forehead, his arm slowly loosened as he promptly took a step back and away from me.

”I see. I thought it's already the time but it appears that you arrived here earlier than planned. Master's memory is still not complete.”

”What do you mean? Can you elaborate? Who are you to me? How did you know me?”

Thanks to my Adaptability, my confusion about this situation only lasted for a bit before my head cleared up and started processing every word he uttered and every move he made.

This boy is clearly the World's Will of this world but apparently, I have some kind of connection with him. No. Not me. Most likely, the me from my previous life. Now that he realized that I don't have my complete memory yet, the happiness he just showed was curbed and he became cautious.

Instead of answering me, the boy continued to draw away from me. When my series of questions reached him, his form started to dematerialize from his feet up to his head.

”I can't answer that. Stay here and wait for me.”

Only leaving behind those words, his form finished dematerializing. The background filled with stars also shattered and the space became completely black with no other decoration. Just like the Virtual Simulation's blank space. Just that, here, it's all black and not white.