Re:START/If {Book 1.0}
Chapter 66: Aswad 13 of 15 “Eagerness” (Part 02)

“It was indeed very strange, Ayahanda …. Unexpectedly it would last until the end, a cowardly idea that gave up halfway to save the world. Those who refuse do not understand. The world doesn't need to be saved, they're the ones who need.”

Hearing the voice, slowly Odo Luke opened his eyes with turmoil in his mind that felt cloudy. The place it stood was the fog-filled Realm, the floor was emitting light and as far as the eye could see there was only black. Slowly raising his face and looking ahead, what was the source of the sound that woke him up was a familiar figure.

Mahia ⸻ The figure of the white hair woman stood there with a sweet smile. She wore a plain white dress, simple footwear and looked so happy with a big smile. But when looking straight at the red eyes of the woman, this time Odo realized that in the happy expression there was a deep hatred for something.

“Why are you in this Realm?” asked Odo as he opened his own palms. Gazing and being able to feel the body clearly, he briefly took a light breath as he did not have to experience the same helplessness when meeting Mahia last time.

The woman who always seemed attached to the smile walked over. About three meters from where Odo was standing, he stopped and returned with a big smile. “Take it easy, in this Realm your soul is formed constantly,” he said in a light tone.

Hearing that Odo could only take a deep breath, still put a flat gaze and could not feel happy to hear it. Knowing that Mahia was indeed in the Fog World, it made Odo's worst estimate certain.

Returning to recall the sentences that echoed inside the head a moment ago, the young man put his hands to his face and fell silent. “It turns out I had thought of such a thing ..., long before lowering the Gods from the throne, huh?” he said, lowering his hands from his face and looking back at Mahia.

“Hmm, Father had sparked the idea. So far away, so far away, so long before all the chaos began. If only they could understand Father, perhaps the final result would be different.”

Odo just smiled wryly at the sight, slightly turned his back and said, “Last result, huh? The end result yes is this condition, ‘kan? Only I am left, forced to continue on stage in the diorama without being allowed to step down before completing the role.”

Raising his palm and directing it to Mahia, Odo stared intently and again said, “That's why I was given something like this ..”.

Mahia only smiled lightly looking at the tattoo on the palm of the young man's black hair. Taking one step back and turning full one time with the right foot as the focus, he placed his index finger in front of his mouth and said, “That's a gift for Ayahanda …. Hows it? Does Ayahanda like it? Try turning around and see what's behind.”

Odo's gaze grew even flatter. Taking a deep breath and turning around to follow Mahia's words, the young man was immediately shocked by what was in the Mist World. The body was scattered everywhere, with a shape and face very similar to itself. Black hair, blue eyes and facial features and body shape similar to Odo Luke.

A few seconds surprised, the young man in black hair immediately calmed down and just stared coldly at the reserve bodies. The number is now only about 13 bodies, but among those bodies there is a mist that gathers unnaturally in one place and begins the process of making another new body

In the process of making the body does not occur instantly, but gradually from cell tissues, muscles, internal organs, bones, meat, brain, and then the outer skin and sensory organs. From the stages and the way the body is formed by a fog that gradually crystallizes to form a cell arrangement, Odo immediately understood that the magic arrangement Auto Regen took part in the process of its formation.

For a moment of silence and thinking about the percentage of the formation of a perfect body that could not rot in the Realm where he stood, Odo at a glance felt that it was impossible without other supporting media. Although a body could be created, it was impossible for it to be achieved so quickly. Turning back and gazing towards Mahia, the young man stopped showing a sharp look and glimpsed a reluctant-looking expression.

After a moment of sighing the young man asked, “Do you use Perception Speculation? Assimilate in the manufacturing process, to increase the percentage of creation of those bodies?”

“Fright!” Pointing her index finger forward, Mahia cheerfully began to explain, This “Realm has a time difference with the Real World, even so the creation of reserve bodies for the Fathers will still take two years in the duration of this place. It happens because of successive failures, telling the body of the artificial crystallization process and changes in other substances is not easy …. To speed it up I need to install Perception Speculation on this world. Speed up the process so that in the duration of the Real World is only limited to a few hours.”

Odo was just speechless and felt it was not that sort of thing that he really wanted to hear. Staring straight at Mahia, the young man lazily asked, “Why are you doing such a troublesome thing? If to help, instead of the combination of Auto Regen and Perception Speculation before it is right?”

“Should have known what your daughter wanted to do.” Mahia lowered her finger, put on a sweet smile and stepped beside Odo. Closing her mouth to her ear, the woman with blood red eyes softly whispered, “Iiriku wants to make Ayahanda as the Primordial of the next world.”

Returning back, Mahia turned full twice and stood upright. While throwing a smile, he spread his hands to the side as if waiting for the reaction of his interlocutor. But Odo did not discuss, just stared flat and looked so upset.

Clapping once, Mahia smiled widely and once again said, “Isn't it beautiful, Father?”

Odo remained silent, fully understanding what Mahia wanted to go with all the things she had prepared. Putting his palm to his forehead and bowing his head, the young man could not smile at all and felt tired of everything.

“Primordial ⸻ Means this world you want to destroy? To make me Adam in the next world?” ask Odo grumbling.

“Of course not, this world is dying and will be self-destructed. Maybe another one or two million years …. Or if the Goddess intervenes, it will probably be faster.”

Heard that. Odo immediately lowered his hands from his face and felt fed up with the long, long time. As a soul whose basic construction is only limited to humans, the duration mentioned is beyond the standard of its life time. At first glance he re-thought his long life in the previous world, feeling that such a thing would happen again.

Odo's words came to a halt, immediately turning back and seeing the reserve bodies lying on the luminous floor. Under current conditions, a process of creating new living things can happen easily with the touch of a finger and the transfer of information.

“Yes, as Father thought.” Mahia immediately walked over, jumped towards Odo and hugged him from behind. Pasting cheeks to cheeks, the white-haired woman said, “Ayahanda can now create a new life form. The current position of the Father is not God, Devil, Dragon, or even Human. Ayahanda is a figure who approaches the Creator ..”

Mahia came down and stood beside Odo. Holding the young man's right hand, Mahia raised it and stretched it forward. As she brought her mouth closer to her ear, the woman softly whispered, “Touch them with Aitisal Almaelumat and give them a new life form …. The father could do that to the reserve bodies that had such an unstable array of information. I've been thinking about some new life forms, haven't I? More perfect, no need to eat or drink and always act effectively and competently.”

Odo lowered his right hand forcefully and directly gripped Mahia's face violently. Lifting the woman's body which felt very light, he immediately threw it until it fell to the floor hard. Despite being treated harshly like that, Mahia still smiled and immediately sat down while looking at her father.

While walking towards the woman, Odo stared intently and asked, “What is it for? For what? You who don't even know what the Beginning is, why would you want to continue living this regretful soul? If your goal is only to obtain information to quench the thirst for knowledge, I will give all my knowledge to you when my obligations are completed later.”

“You are wrong, Father ...” The woman stood straight and pointed at her own temple, like someone ready to shoot her head with a gun. Squinting and showing a resigned expression, Mahia weightlessly said, “What I expect is the same as the Korwas out there. If that means by your side, I am even willing to sacrifice this world …. My father is my hope, purpose, and reason. Is such a thing your daughter should not crave?”

The words brought Odo's steps to a halt, his mouth tightened and doubts began to appear on his face. The truly sincere words made him tremble, once again the young man was faced with the sin he had committed in the past.

In his mind he began to feel that he should not have recounted the Mahia, in his mind he felt he should not have interfered in the cycle of destruction and creation, and in her mind hoping for an absolute end actually came to her this time. Odo is fed up with new beginnings, he has been saturated with such things.

“When I thought I had lost it all, there was always something left and forced obligations. Why should I? Why do you always depend on something from the past?” odo's mind opened his mouth slightly. Unable to convey his sentence, the young man only let out a light sigh.

Putting his right palm to his forehead, Odo momentarily fell silent and thought. Looking for a way to the main problem that lay before him, finding a way to solve all the things that were forced upon him. Lowering his hands and looking straight at Mahia, he felt that she would never force anything on him.

But that's not the problem. Only with the Mahia existing and wishing Odo continued to live, it had already become a problem for the world. The young man named Odo Luke is an individual who should not exist in the world because it could interfere with the makeup of destiny with just his existence, he said, that's why some Immortals and Ancient Records call it the Black Element ⸻ A stain in the book of destiny. Make something predictable abstract.

Looking towards the scattered body of reserves, Odo felt that they were all a collection of failures in the past. The bodies of his potential, one by one, disappear every time he fails and increase as he chooses something in an unstoppable time column.

As he slowly gazed back at Mahia, Odo felt all the spare bodies moving crawling towards him and swagging both legs. Share the undead who do not accept death, they incubate and curse because they are not given the opportunity to choose their own path ⸻ Only used for the main body reserve.

Rounding out the decision in mind, Odo took a deep breath and with a flat gaze asked, “Mahia, what is your wish in harmony with that Goddess?”

“If the Goddess who claimed to be Helena still holds firm and her promise in the past, as your daughter I guarantee that she also expects what I expect.”

That answer sounds unconvincing. For Odo himself who is quite familiar with the figure known by the name Helena, the Goddess is not an entity that can keep his attitude to the end. Odo himself had a feud with him, but at other times the figure had asked for help and discarded his idealism. That is enough to demonstrate the incompetent nature and lack of capability of the entity to keep promises.

However, even after considering this, Odo still had no other choice. What he could do now was just smile resignedly and say, “Alright, I won't go against your wishes. I'll live as long as you want, but ..”

Odo's resigned expression immediately turned sad, full of regret and with a sense of helplessness he asked, “Please destroy me when my original nature rose.”

Hearing that Mahia looked surprised, her father's true nature should be what she saw now as all the memories of the young man's past had returned. With puzzled eyes he asked, “Native? What do you mean, instead of now this nature⸻”

“What you know is only limited to what you hear and see.” Odo stepped closer and stood before Mahia. While stroking his head gently, the young man regretfully said, “I am a dumb person who feels the most righteous. Though lazy, but always criticize the work of people who try hard. The most useless individual in the previous world …. What you saw then and now is a form of regret, penance for never taking advantage of the opportunity with a maximum of”

For the first time, Mahia saw Odo trembling like that. Not because of fear or anger, but so sorry and frustrated at the situation.  The young man slightly bent and pressed his forehead against Mahia's forehead, then regretfully asked once, “Therefore, Mahia …. I will return to my trashy nature.  It will happen when I begin to consider my sin as just a mistake. Before that happens, please you have to exterminate me.”

“A-What is Father talking about! How could I do that! I can't live without ayahand⸻”

“Then, let's perish together.” The young man moved his forehead away, holding both sides of Mahia's shoulders and staring in frustration. In a chaotic sense the young man again said, “We will both vanish from this world forever. If the time comes, promise me you'll have to eliminate me before it's too late.”