“How does she know when I will be in pain, when the flower of the World Tree will bloom? It doesn’t make sense.”

“That’s easy.”

Mu replied indifferently, shrugging its shoulders lightly, as if it were nothing.

“Your mother was a possessor of the future of this world who knew everything.”

“What? …Possessor of the future who knows everything? What is this nonsense?”

“Just think of her as someone who knows everything about the future. It’s easier to understand that way.”

I blinked my eyes several times, dumbfounded.

My mother is a possessor of the future who knows everything? Possession means that someone else entered my body, right?

Then, a person who knows everything about the future entered my mother’s body… No. Entered and became my mother? What on earth is this talking about?

If it weren’t for the fact that Mu was a talking hamster, I would never believe such a story.
“You don’t need to doubt that your mother, the one you know, raised you. My dedication to you was to the extent that I could admire it.”

How much my mother loved me. I know that well too. Because even in my hazy memories, my mother always smiled at me.

Always on my side, that’s why I love her the most.

My one and only proud mother.

“You, who were so loved, were made to shine at the pinnacle of this world, even creating darkness.”

Such a mother seemed unfamiliar for the first time.

“What does it mean that my mother caused the destruction?”

“You already have a suspicion.”

Mu coldly prodded.

“To make the brilliant light of someone so loved shine at the pinnacle of this world, darkness must exist.”

“…….”

“For the brilliance to be worthwhile, this world must become dim and head towards destruction.”

Surely…

A bad premonition came, and a headache surged. The kind image of my mother that I remembered was shattered.

Suddenly, I recalled what Count Adelrath had said before. A woman of unforgettable beauty came to Geneva and recommended the experiment of the World Tree.

‘Was that my mother?’

I looked at Mu with a gaze filled with despair.

“My mother sacrificed this world for my sake?”

“It’s a bit different. Even if your mother didn’t do anything, this world was destined to face a crisis anyway. It was the predetermined path.”

“A predetermined path…….”

“And that crisis also happened because of Geneva. That was also the predetermined fate of that child. However,”

Mu’s sharp gaze pierced me like a window.

“But using my rotten power wasn’t part of it.”

“…….”

“That crazy child began these experiments because your mother triggered the fuse. Of course, your mother probably didn’t know that the child would go as far as human experimentation.”

“Ha.”

“The results of indulgent thoughts that, since you know the future, you can change it as you please.”

My heart sank. Everything turned dark before my eyes, and like a child who lost the way, everything became bleak.

At that moment, the habitual words and parting words of my mother that I always remembered passed through my ears like a fleeting breeze.

If I just live, everything will be mine.

When I was young, I truly believed it. When I grew up a bit, I thought it meant that good things would happen if I just lived.
“But that statement ultimately meant becoming the light that tramples the darkness and rises to the peak.”

The hidden truth behind the curtain was truly shocking. I buried my face in my trembling hands and tightly closed my eyes.

Thump, thump, the sound of a hamster walking closer was heard, and soon the sensation of it hesitantly sitting down next to me was felt.

“I am Geneva, or more precisely, the branches of the rotten World Tree taken by Geneva. My scattered power. I came to find and eliminate that. It seems unbearable to see my power being used like that.”

“…….”

“But seeing you walking the path your mother created.”

Mu patted my arm like comforting me.

“As someone with my power, I couldn’t just leave it. …All of this is something your mother did for you in her own way. If you pretend not to know about the things I said just now, you can be happy. After the world truly ends, I will find you, the saint, so you will have a power higher than the emperor.”

“…….”

“After learning about it in the distant future, rather than being crushed by unbearable guilt, it might be better to hear everything and decide for yourself.”

“…Me?”

“Yeah, dear. It’s your life. Didn’t I tell you from the beginning? I favor you because you have my power.”

I gently lifted my face that was buried in my palm. The indifferent eyes of the hamster blinked up and down as if comforting me.

“Decide your future. Don’t just follow the path your parents set for you.”

“……. ”