Chapter 1 – I tried going back in time

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I saw them in a dream.

“…Chrom, I…”

“W-what is this?”

“I have to go help.”

“N-no El.”

“Mister Sirius? Miss Reina?”

“Someone… Answer me…”

Places I’ve never seen, people I’ve never met, and a future I haven’t experienced.

“Give me strength.”

“A weakling like you can’t be a hero.”

“If I had power back then… This future wouldn’t…”

“Only hell awaits at the end of this road.”

“Are you still going to fight?”

These are definitely memories of someone I don’t know.

“We have confirmed the birth of a new demon king.”

“Demon king Scarlet.
She is already…”

“If I could rewrite the past, would our relationship be different?”

“At the very least, I will end you, Labrys.”

He was weaker than anyone else, but he still tried his hardest to be strong.

He shed a lot of tears, vomited a lot of blood, and broke many taboo.

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And in the end, he couldn’t save anyone.

“Allow me to introduce the new first seat of the twelve sages, the time sage Chrom Chronogate.”

“Congratulations.
You have become the most powerful ‘monster’ in the world.”

That is why he… I, made a decision.

“I’m finally here.”

“I’ll take back everything, starting from that day.”

“One day, somewhere, if you see me again…”

“Don’t forget these hellish hundred years.”

“Next time, I swear I’ll save you.”

“Have a nice trip, Mister Chrom.”

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“Uaaaaaaaah!?”

I jump out of my head.

I have a terrible headache, and the sweat is making my pajama shirt stick to my body.

Still, I try to reach out to someone who should be here, but then I see there is no one in front of me.

“Ahh… Ahh…”

I breathe hard for a while, until I whisper.

“Was it just a dream…”

It feels like I just saw an endless nightmare.

I guess that’s why my memory feels all fuzzy.

“Where…”

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I look around, and see the morning sun is already up.

The white light coming through the gaps in the curtains illuminates the room where I was just sleeping…

“…No, wait.”

Something isn’t right, and the source of this feeling of unease is clear.

“…Where am I?”

I don’t know this room.

The impression I get is that it belongs to a boy who is a knight trainee.
There is a worn-out training sword set against a wall, and a desk with a pile of books on it.
They look like magic manuals.

This simple room makes me feel nostalgic somehow.
I feel like I’ve seen this long ago, but can’t quite remember it.

(At the very least it doesn’t look like I’ve been imprisoned…)

I watch out for ambushes and magic traps just in case, as I walk towards the cur