William spent several days locked in his room. Grenavir waited for him and, as soon as he emerged, summoned him to her laboratory.

“So, how was the dream?”

“…”

“William, you haven’t woken up for three days. I need to know what kind of dream you had.”

William replied with a weary face, “It was a dream from the second regression. Larisa died of a lung disease.”

“I see.”

“It’s a contagious disease. Mother, do you know anything about it?”

Grenavir nodded. At that time, there was an outbreak of lung disease in the capital. People from the poor to the wealthy were affected.

“In the third one, a cure had been developed.”

William may have unconsciously remembered something at that time.

“I remember you sponsoring the hospital in the capital, and the research progressed rapidly.”

“Me?”

“Yes.”

William muttered curses silently. It would have been nice if such things appeared in his dreams. At least, if he could know who developed the cure.

“Siod mentioned that you can only wake up from the dream on your own. You… couldn’t get up because you didn’t want to wake up from the dream, right? Was that the case?”

“…It seems so.”

Grenavir angrily shouted with tears in her eyes, “Why!”

“…”

“People who are left are worried about you.”
“I couldn’t come back for Larisa.” Instead of saying those words, William let out a sigh.

“To wake up from the dream, it seems like there’s only that way.”

Grenavir instinctively realized what method William was talking about. It felt like her breath was being cut off. She felt helpless and bit her lips.

The only thing she could say at last was, “I’m sorry.”

“There’s no need for you to apologize, Mother.”

Grenavir buried her face in her hands, and there was moisture on her voice.

“This happened because of me.”

“…No.”

“I should have raised you well.”

William sighed again. He didn’t want to see Larisa crying, nor did he want to see his mother cry.

“Mother, it’s all in the past. I’m fine.”

“For me, it’s still an ongoing matter.”

“I’m sorry.”

Grenavir wiped her tears away roughly.

“Why are you sorry?”

“Because you suffered because of me.”

“You’re my son.”

Grenavir replied firmly.

“William, I…”

After taking a deep breath and calming her heart, Grenavir began to speak calmly.

“I can do anything for you.”

Anything. Even if it was something bad. She said it with a resolute voice.

“I’m researching a way to turn back time for Larisa.”

William looked up and stared at Grenavir.

“Mother, that’s…”
“William, if we can prevent the tragedy that will happen someday… and if after that, Larisa ages and dies normally, could you still endure it? Even if you lose Larisa, you have to live for a long time. So, rather…”

William forced a bitter smile.

“Mother, I realized it in my dreams. The Larisa of the second life was a completely different person from the Larisa of the third life.”

Grenavir couldn’t say anything unexpected. A different person?

“Maybe the Larisa from my first life,
Now I regret it. It would have been good if William had been an ordinary child. If he could have lived a normal and happy life with Larisa and dreamed of a life where they could face the end together.

Thinking about the son who would inherit the loneliness he felt, it felt like the future was becoming darker. It was despairing, and these seemed to be the only words she could offer.

“William, I gained the strength to give birth to you and live.”

It took a considerable amount of time to continue speaking. Grenavir swallowed the overwhelming emotions, carefully choosing her wor
William hesitated to point out that Larisa was still a child. He couldn’t bring himself to speculate whether it might be better not to love each other.

Finally, under Grenavir’s earnest gaze, he reluctantly nodded.

“If Larisa wants it.”

In this life, he intended to give Larisa everything she desired. However, would Larisa, who seemed content, truly love him? Honestly, he wasn’t sure.

Despite William’s refusal, Grenavir continued her research on turning back Larisa’s time. It was also to prevent any potent
“If you truly loved me, I wouldn’t have given you up so easily. I needed someone by my side back then, and William would have been enough. So…”

Syod responded shamelessly.

“Then try developing some affection. Love isn’t just one type. If you experience both ugly and beautiful affections, you’ll eventually realize you can’t do without me.”

“Are you joking?”

Syod sobered up and looked at Grenavir. After a prolonged silence, Grenavir sighed and asked.

“Do you really love me?”

“What answer are you expecting?”

Even if he says he loves her, she wouldn’t believe it. Syod thought to himself as Grenavir questioned further.

“What will you do if I die?”

Syod smiled and replied.

“I’ll turn back time before you die. To the time when you loved me.”

How could a father and son be so different? No matter how much sh
“Why are you looking at me so provocatively? It makes me nervous.”

Syod laughed and said.

“If you’re not going to kiss me, don’t stare like that. Seriously, I can’t stand it.”

Grenavir replied with disgust.

“Why do you joke about everything? We have serious matters to deal with. That’s why I can’t trust what you say.”

“I don’t want to fight with you. I told you. Every minute and second is precious.”

Syod said that and snatched Grenavir’s research data. Grenavir, trying to recover the stolen data, stopped at Syod’s words.

“Reversing one person’s time seems more challenging than reversing a dimensional time.”

“…Yeah.”

That was the problem. Grenavir’s eyes sparkled.

“How, do you have any idea?”

“I don’t know?”

Grenavir brushed off Syod’s arrogance.

“But why pretend like you know!”

“Huh? Won’t you help if I don’t pretend?”

Grenavir paused again.

‘Helping? Did he come to help, pretending to reverse time or whatever?’

With a skeptical expression, she glared at Syod. H