Re:START/If {Book 1.0}
Chapter 13: Tetsache der Welt (Part 02)

The words made Odo very surprised. But thanks to the creation of a magic tool handed over to Auto Senses, the magic circle does not break and the process continues regardless of Odo's depressed mental state hearing Reyah's words.

Odo turned his head towards Reyah with a look of disbelief, his eyes wide open and his mouth slightly gaping. “Two times ...? This world is doomsday twice?” he asked with a trembling voice. At the time of hearing Reyah's words, the dream that Odo had previously seen again flashed through his mind.

Seeing the black-haired child darting in indistinct fear, Reyah began to worry. There are many secrets she can't tell Odo now, but after the boy agrees to make a contract, Reyah feels that there are some things that can be said to the boy. Changing the sitting position facing the child from the side, Reyah said, “Odo ..., this may sound strange .... You know, I might be able to answer all your doubts all along. But there are also things I cannot answer ...”

“Hah, what? Kok, suddenly .... What can't? Not no need?” ask Odo in a mess.

“Iya .., there are some secrets of the world that no one should know about. As long as you do not ask that, I may be able to answer all your doubts ..., especially about this world ...”

Seeing Reyah more serious than usual, Odo stopped continuing the process of making magic tools and stopped the command on Auto Senses, the magic circle formed on top of the bracelet disappeared and the signs of processing the magic structure completely disappeared. He took the bracelet that was placed on the floor, then put it back into his storage dimension that was on the rune on the back of the right hand. Turning his seat cross-legged to Reyah, the black-haired boy stared intently at Dryad and asked, “Why do you suddenly want to tell your secret?”

The question that came out of Odo was very reasonable, before Reyah evaded because he had not got a safe position by making an agreement with Odo. Although now the promise has not been kept, but the guarantee of the position desired by the Great Spirit has been obtained from the child before him.

“That's because you have accepted this myself .... You came to this place again, asking for my help and exchanging words like now .... That's reason enough for me to know a secret I can reveal to you ...”

Digesting these words, Odo gets some speculation about a secret that is likely to solve his doubts. Even so, there is still a sense of disbelief that will come out of Reyah when she asks the Great Spirit.

“It is true that Reyah helped me a lot .... But, she tends to be more in control and directs often. It feels like he's manipulating, and ..”

After considering a few things, Odo momentarily took a breath and was silent for a moment. An atmosphere of silence, like a calm before a storm is coming. Staring at Reyah with no regard for the face of the Great Spirit who seemed increasingly anxious about something, Odo threw out his question.

“Why can't you tell me everything?”

“...” Reyeah did not answer. From that, Odo deduced three possible things could exist. First, He could not answer because there were fetters or absolute prohibitions like the Great Spirits who could not come to the real world without certain conditions. Second, there is a kind of prohibition code that restricts the Great Spirit because the secrets it holds about the world. Third, he did not answer because he was hiding something and did not want to tell it. Thinking of the possibility from Dryad's silent answer, Odo sighed and began to think of other questions to narrow the possibilities.

“What secret can you not say that concerns the Gods?” ask Odo.

“Yes, the secret concerns the Gods. More precisely, the world order, rules, facts, systems, existence, as well as other things that build the singularity structure of this universe ..”.

“Related to a superior existence, huh? Meaning, most likely it was some sort of absolute code to him .... Some kind of determination .... No, maybe more precisely a decree?” Returning to the thought of various other things, Odo compiled speculations and questions in his mind.

“What happens if you tell someone else that secret?” ask Odo.

“I will disappear .... Then, the successor of the guardian of the Sacred Tree will again be created without this element of my personality remaining ..”.

Odo momentarily fell silent hearing that. The meaning of what Reyah said also said that the Great Spirit did not want to disappear, therefore he insisted not to tell the secret directly to Odo. Seeing Reyah's anxious face, Odo knew that now the Great Spirit was not lying right now. From that, the black-haired child got another question to find a gap from the prohibition on Reyah.

“If his secret submission was other than using words, would you not break his ban?”

“Tetap ..., I will disappear. That's not some kind of ban .... But ..., the fact that people around me know, then I will vanish at that very moment and another me will be born as a form of the embodiment of the Sacred Tree.”

“No gap, yes ...”

Reyah looked at Odo with a face that slowly faded anxiety. Putting a dry smile on the boy, he said, “You don't have to worry about me, just ask what you want to know .... If I can't answer it, I ‘kan silent ... as before.”

Instantly the child's brain is revived the words of the strange girl in a dream, especially about the fateful people who were spoken of in the dream. This time Odo can clearly recall the dream he had not seen for long, a scene from a ruined civilization and a strange girl who said something unclear. Feeling something similar, Odo attempts to concoct speculation to make questions that narrow down the possibilities that unsettle him.

“Have we met? More precisely before myself reincarnation ..”

“Not .... I have never met you .... Moreover, I know you are a reincarnated soul because it has been established and many have predicted it.”

“Defined? Foreseen? By who?” ask Odo quickly.

“The Gods .... But that's not what I believe. The reason I believe that you are the foretold figure is because it is in the oldest memory of the order of the Sacred Tree in the whole world, it says there clearly that you will be born and bring change to this world ...”

“A-What does that mean? You mean I was predicted to be born in this world?” ask Odo worriedly. His calm face turned frantic, haunted by other estimates that flowed inside his head very quickly. Within seconds, Odo estimated more than a dozen possibilities of what Reyah had said.

“True .... In those oldest memories, in other words, those memories came from the Early Doomsday .... From then on, the Sacred Tree vowed that it would take back its identity with a young black-haired boy who would later become King of Kings. At a time when everything is more peaceful, judgment will be again lowered, and at that time the path of destiny will return and move forward.

“A-What's that? The king? I'm not a King, you know ..”

Reyah stared intently at Odo. “Indeed, but one day you will definitely get the title ..., that's for sure,” he said with full confidence.

“Why are you sure that I am the child mentioned ...? Aren't there still a lot of black-haired kids out there?” Odo tried to evade, his mind began to be chaotic and did not want to accept reality even though little by little he was aware of the intentions.

“Not ..., it doesn't need to be asked again, Odo. The child called is you, from the features mentioned and the chronology that exists, it is not wrong for you. When you first came, you hesitated to kill me when I was serious about killing you .... That's a strong fact. In the divination of the gods and others, though it is not said of time and place, there are three absolute equations .... First, the boy had black hair. Second, he can't kill people who don't oppose him .... And most attesting to it, you are a reincarnated soul ...”

Odo could not immediately believe Reyah's words, but after thinking back, he did not find the right words to refute it. Recalling the moment he felt hesitant against Reyah, recalling the words of the figure who claimed to be the Supreme God when he first died, Odo really could not refute the fact because deep down he felt that what Rey said was true.

“Re-Reyah ..., I understand why you always help me and why too. Y-Because of that .., can I ask you that? Please answer honestly and don't dodge ..., please?” Odo's face grew pale. He was already aware of the answer to the question he was going to ask, but in his mind he still could not believe that the fact was true.

“If possible, I will answer it ...”

“What is the Beginning of the Apocalypse? Explain in detail ..., please ...”

Reyah was surprised to hear the question because it was not expected to come out of Odo's mouth. Taking a breath and exhaling, Reyah stared intently, and replied, “The beginning of Kimat, consists of two words and has two meanings .... It is more often used by Gods and long-lived creatures, no humans or short-lived creatures know this term, they more often call it the time before the Battle of Gods and Demons .... The two meanings in this sentence are .... Beginning, meaning the beginning of a new age, signifies a beginning of a new universal order .... The Apocalypse .., at the time the beginning begins, something ends, and it is the end of the Apocalypse, the end of the process of destruction of the world .... In other words, the era when this world was still first recreated ...”

That answer told him almost everything Odo wanted to know. Wanting to make things clear, Odo took a breath and tried to accept reality. Staring at Reyah with a frightened look, Odo asked to make all his doubts clear.

“What ..., this world is a Parallel World as I thought?”

“I don't think ..., this world is not a parallel world .... This world .. is the third world. You know what that means, ‘kan? Moreover, beyond this universe there is nothingness and nothingness ..”

Odo knew that, knew, understood, and even understood the meaning. Dunia⸻precisely the universe where he is now is the same universe that he used to live in. His place now is not a parallel world like in the comics or novels he had read before. Understanding that fact, it also means that the world of residence in the previous life has ended, has ended. The fact made Odo depressed, even more than when he was told he was dead. His face paled and cold sweat began to pour out and fall onto the wooden floor.

He did want to reject that fact outright, but what was on his mind prevented him from doing that. Culture, system of government, titles of nobility, architecture of buildings, and even to the language, all what he saw in his world now was very similar to his world back then⸻ even it could be said to be the same. Odo often feel, “If this world is indeed a different world, why is everything so exactly?” Although it occasionally comes to mind, he tends to ignore it and only assume that all of it is just things that he often encounters in stories in novels or cartoon films that are often watched. The fact that it was not a resemblance, but indeed everything that he considered to be similar was exactly the same as what was in his world before reincarnation, in the world before the apocalypse.

“End of the universe and I live in a new universe after the apocalypse .... Huh, what the fuck? Even the sci-fi stories I've read aren't this bad...”

Odo's face was completely pale and limp, cold sweat was pouring out, and his eyes were yellowing like an unwell person. The instantaneous stress made the child lose his prime condition to the point that his strong body became greatly burdened. Putting both hands on the floor and bending over, bowing their heads, the child occasionally took a deep breath to calm down.

“O-Odo ..., are you okay? What's better is⸻”

“No need, Reyah .... We continue this conversation .... We must continue it ..., must ...”

Odo raised his head and held his sitting position. Staring at Reyah with a pale face, the boy again said, “More or less I understand that this world is the same world .. with the world I lived in ..., and more or less this is far into the future than I know .... But .., Reyah ..., my world is no magic .... Although there is a supernatural thing, it has not been proven real, but why is this world can there be magic ...? That makes no sense .... Yes ..., if you answer that because of a miracle, I cannot protest ...”

“Odo ..., you should rest first ...” Reyah was anxious, seeing blood begin to flow from both nostrils of the black-haired boy in front of her. Rubbing the nosebleed, Odo said, “Don't worry .., we go ahead. Please, Reyeah .... This is very important to me ..”

The sharp gaze of the child made Reyah tremble, it was so piercing and made her feeling tremble. Stabilizing his belief again, the Great Spirit said, “Alright .., we continue ...”

“Then ..., please tell me why this world has magic? And why do the absurd things I know exist? Monsters, Spirits, Devils, and other creatures in my world used to be fictional and unreal .... Why now ...”

“It could have been because of World Reconstruction ..... Perhaps you have heard this ancient text in your previous life, ‘If it is too advanced, a technology indistinguishable from magic or even magic.’ From the ancient text stored in the arrangement of the Sacred Tree, I speculate that the civilization and magic that exists today is a development of the previous universe that has been destroyed .... Perhaps you who lived in the days before the apocalypse know the true meaning of the word ..”

What Reyah said really made Odo petrified. Technology that is too sophisticated so that until it is considered magic, it is not a joke or a joke. The magic he learned, understood, and used, Odo realized that it was a little similar to the programming language he had learned in school in his old life. From the beginning of the formation of magic circles similar to program scripts, as well as to the activation of magic that is very similar to the execution command in the program language. Spells such as voice activating, the application of runes are similar to making electron paths in a motherboard or digital board, or, his way of making magic and the functioning of the automatic program he applied using his knowledge of previous life self so that the creation of Auto Senses, when viewed from the other side, when viewed from the other side, something called magic is indeed zero possibility if it is a very rapid development of technology that he knows from his previous life.

From all that, Odo's thoughts began to center on one thing namely, the Magic Core. That factor does not exist in his past life, it becomes the thing that builds why his world now there can be things that were once considered fiction can be real. Almost every creature has a Magic Core, although the levels vary, but all have the same characteristics to accommodate and operational center of Mana, which is also a factor that was also once considered a fictional thing for Odo.

“Re-Reconstruction of the World ..., you said that earlier, ‘right? Actually ..., what is reorganized of the world? And also, this is the third world, ‘kan? Then, where do I come from is the first world or the second world?” asked Odo with a blank look. His mind started to go crazy as all the facts he got were shocking to him. That does not mean Odo was really hit or what the facts got, but he felt burdened by the fact that He was a soul who came from the world before the apocalypse.

“...” Reyah was silent not answering the question, there are some of the questions that Odo said should not everyone in the world know it. “Odo .., we should have this conversation first .... You ...,” said Reyah anxiously looking at the face of the boy that was getting pale.

“Why ...? I'm doing fine. We continue the conversation .... Please, Reyah.” Odo held his sitting position back, looking straight at Dryad with a faded look.

“Odo .., I understand you have a strong body, because myself who has given some improvement to your body is using the Ore and Fruit of the Sacred Tree. But, as long as you know .., the resilience you have is only physically increased, its mental state and resilience are not included in the improvement .... I know you are a very intelligent person and always think fast .., therefore .... surely now you are thinking about things to stress you ..”.

“Already!! I said continue!” Odo's unstable anger exploded, the boy's gaze turned sharp and the magic pressure increased instantly. He clenched his teeth, opened his mouth slightly and his lips widened, looking like he was smiling horribly, and his breathing was breathless.

Rey was horrified to see that expression. He gulped heavily and nodded in agreement at Odo's request. “A-What more would you like to ask ..., Odo?” ask Reiah in fear.

“Jawab my question earlier. What is being reorganized of this world? What has changed?” asked Odo in a dark and heavy voice. It didn't feel like people were asking, but more like they were interrogating.

“Di-I don't know .... The world before the apocalypse is very limited information .., perhaps you know better what is changed in this third world ..”.

“Third world, huh? So ..., what was my old world? Both? First?”

“Ma-Sorry .... I myself do not know that .... Yea-Yang is in the ancient text, thou is mentioned only as a reincarnated soul ...”

“Current text .... What task was given to the black-haired boy who foretold it? Did he come to save the world or something?”

“Not .., he came not to save the world. The black-haired child is simply said to be the Bearer .... Not clear anymore about himself ...”

Seeing Reyah always answering in fear, Odo regulated his breathing and calmed down. The magic pressure of the child decreased drastically when he managed to catch his breath, then the black-haired child lowered his anger and put on a calm face again.

“Sorry ..., Reyah. I scared you, yeah ..?”

“Ta-What's wrong, Odo .... Thou art in pain .., but still curious .... That trait ..., I really like ...”

“Assemblies ...?”

Odo was completely unaware that his face showed the expression the Great Spirit had said. Indeed, the child is now feeling the pain on his head to feel like exploding, but he should hold it so that it is not visible on the face. “What ... is it visible from my face?” ask Odo.

“Yes .... You are in a lot of pain .... The expression you have says it, Odo .... Very hit, do not want to believe, and fear ..”.

Odo quickly covered his face with his hands, then lowered his head and tried to calm down more. Without realizing it, his face was already very wet because of tears and nosebleed blood, and cold sweat that flowed without realizing it.

“We continue, Reyah ...” Odo wiped it all off his face, wiped it with his sleeves and looked back at Reyah. “You said you didn't know what was different from the world before the apocalypse and this world, did you?” ask Odo.

“Y-Yes .... I don't know, the information about it is very limited. What I know ..., it used to happen twice apocalypse in this universe.”

“Are you sure there are no parallel worlds or anything?”

“If you mean that parallel worlds are completely different universes, the answer does not exist. In this universe .., there is indeed a world order consisting of layers of dimensions that can also be called the world. But, at the time of the apocalypse, everything had been destroyed ...”

“Plated? What do you mean there's a world called other?”

“Of course there are, where are you now?”

Odo was wide-eyed, the other world Reyah meant was a different dimension and not a completely different parallel world. Understanding this, Odo took a breath and went back to thinking about another question.

“Then ..., can you explain the arrangement of this universe? Mainly part dimension.”

“Sorry ..., I cannot explain all the arrangement of this universe because there are many things I still do not know .... If it is a Dimensional Hierarchy, I might be able to tell you...”

“Hierarchy ... Dimensionality? Wait, means this dimension is not like a mirror that is arranged horizontally and the information order is balanced? But a stratified dimension with a different information order?”

In normal terms, dimensions or matra it has a certain information builder, consisting of length, width, height, area, and other information as a form of a dimension. The more complex the information is, the more perfect the dimension, the dimension that is beyond the three dimensions is also called the metaphysical realm or the world of nature that has a fundamental concept of existence and reality. In this case, the inclusion of the concept of hierarchy which is said to mean that each dimension has a density of information that varies in stages.

“Hmm, true .... The information that builds every dimension in this world is different. Didn't you ever experience the effects of those differences?”

“Efek ..?”

“Ya .., the effect of the result when creatures from different dimensions enter into other dimensions. You are from the real world where there are essentially complex differences in the makeup of the information, because of that .., when you enter the Astral World, you immediately experience contradictions in some existing existence-forming information and cause the space around you to experience unnatural distortions that are already the nature of the Astral World .... The opposite also applies .... The real world was a place that could be said to be more stable because the Dimensional Hierarchy was higher than the Astral World. Because it is ..., the Spirit who has more complex information but lower arrangement cannot maintain its existence for long in the real world. Although there were exceptions like there were some low-level Spirits that could live in the real world, but it happened because of their weak concept of consciousness and made low level Spirits unite with nature in the real world. The reason you have not experienced any distortion while you are here is also because of that, I have remodeled the body and the builder's information on you to be able to adapt in this Astral World without changing the physical nature that is already in you..”.

The Reyah explanation can be understood very clearly by Odo because basically he also has some knowledge about the concept of dimensions. Taking a deep breath and returning to thinking until cold sweat poured out, the black-haired boy drew up a theory in his head and thought of a few other questions.

“Reyah ..., this may be my last question this time ..., so please answer clearly ...”

“Ya ..”.

“How many worlds⸻ more precisely dimensions in this universe?”

“Eng ..., I myself do not know the exact number. But, so far the Sacred Tree has grown on more than 7,439 dimensions in the Big Five Layers of the World.”

“Haahk.” Odo was asphyxiated hearing that. “A-What else is the Big Five Layers of the World ..?” tanyakanya.

“It is a dimensional layer arrangement that has complex information and has the binding properties of other dimensions. More simply, it's a sort of Dimension Cluster that groups dimensions into large entities.

“E-Eeh ..., what the hell is that? There is also such a thing as that?”

“I think in the real world there are also many who know, the time you can not guess?”

“Ya .., more or less I know, but it's just .... Still doesn't make sense.”

“So, yes .... If the viewpoint from the real world maybe it is more often called the Five Main Worlds. Consisting of the Realm of Death, Astral World, Real World, Heaven, Heaven, and Arsh. In each world it also has a layer of different dimensions that are not small in number .... Actually in each world also call the other world in different ways ..., but more or less it is like that..”

Odo immediately laid his body back and covered his face with his arms. Scattered on the floor with gasping breaths, He said, “That's enough ..., Reyah .... That's all I want to know .... The rest, I find for myself later ..”

“Enough ...? Search for yourself ...? Why suddenly instead ...”

“What!? Do you want me to ask again?”

“Ti-Not really .... It's just ..., it looks like the doubt in you is still ...”

“Then can you tell me this? Why am I here even though my world is over? Why should I? Why am I reincarnated? What purpose? Is this punishment? A blessing? Or simply because of the bored idiocy of the gods? Why am I still alive!!?”

Reyah fell silent and lowered his head. He put both hands on his lap, then put on a slightly sad face. It was the second time that Odo had snapped at him like that.

“You know , Reyah?” The dryad raised its head and began to listen again. “Do you know what I feel when I die?” ask Odo.

“Diriku .. tak know .... Even I don't really understand the concept of death ..”

“When I die, I feel a little relieved, at a glance I feel, ‘ah , it turns out that death is not as terrible as I thought, it turns out it only lasts a glance ...’ But ... After that, the damn thing said that I can't go to Heaven or Hell. And even more ridiculous, he instead reincarnated myself into this distant world in the future like this .., a world without my family first, without friends, without things ya⸻”

Odo stopped talking, himself aware that he was not too sad after knowing that his world had ended. What makes Odo depressed is the fact that he still exists today after the world ends and must live in his new world now with the fact that he is a person from the old world. Nothing has changed drastically after knowing the facts of Reiah, but there is still something that makes him unable to act as before. There is still a sense of curiosity and doubt that stifles the breath, dizzies the head, and makes the heart ache.

“What ... you grieve after knowing your family in a previous life is gone?” ask Reyah. Although the Great Spirit did not understand the meaning of the word family, he uttered the words without realizing that he felt interested in it.

Odo momentarily fell silent, thinking carefully about the answer to Reyah's question. The more he tried to remember the good memories of his previous life, the more the memories in his memory felt faded and unclear. Sighing once, Odo replied, “Not really ...”

Raising his arms from his face and starting to wake up with a swaying body, Odo stood up and stared limply at Reyah who was still sitting quietly facing him. The gaze on the child was not empty, but filled with something negative and felt very different from before. His blue eyes were indeed bright, but his sharp gaze was like a very sharp and cruel darkness.

“Reyah ..., can you get me out of here first? I want to go get some wind for a while .... For the magic crystal ..., I guess we'll discuss it later ...”

Reyah could not refuse the request. Without asking further what Odo wanted to do outside the Sacred Tree, the Dryad moved it out with a magic circle formed right on the floor on which the boy was resting.