"I'm not your mother, Marshal."
Shocked by her answer is like he is legitimately talking with a stranger.
His heart was filled with anxiety and insecurities, he explodes from anger and fear.
"YOU DEVIL WITCH! WHO IN THE HELL ARE YOU? WHERE AM I? WHY AM I IN THIS FALSE WORLD?!
All of it was a lie. All my friends, even my mother… where are they?!"
"Correct.
It is in fact a false world.
But do hear me, I did all of this to shape the reality back on its course.
Your true reality was in chaos and ended up taking too many lives, even your friends and your only mother."
"What happened to them..?"
"It's time for you to know.
They… have perished from the disorder.
According to my files, they have died in the wreckage of the explosion, crushed to their deaths.
While your classmates were slaughtered by the disease called SK Virus."
Marshal begins to show his true feelings, his grief and sorrow deepened their meaning as his tears continuously leaked through his cheeks, crying for the loss of all of his loved ones.
Then she shutdowns the core of the world they lived in to leave in darkness.
"Why am I in this world?"
"To reset your life and be given a second chance to experience life that all humans sought.
You were in great suffering before as I've observed you closely.
I'm here to recover what you have lost.
Your life would have expired if I didn't do any soon.
Your life isn't currently in any danger I acknowledge that you will face danger once more."
"Then why did you save… me?" Marshal utterly asks of her.
"I cannot comprehend the reason.
Maybe out of pity and concern towards human nature.
My master would have done the same thing if he was in my shoes."
"What do you want from me?"
Marshal gives another question to Trolie as she shapeshifts back to her normal state.
"It is confidential to tell.
For now, follow me."
Walking alongside with Trolie towards the darkness that swallowed the light of its background, as Trolie's main body shines a dim light surrounding her, it took a while before they were able to find the door and opens it.
They were in a ginormous lustrous mansion, walking through the hallways, to meet other maids visible along the way.
As to finally entered the office room of Mr. Smiley.
"I've brought Marshal Nightingale here, Master."
"Welcome Marshal to my humble home.
May I introduce myself?
My name is Mr. Smiley, the main antagonist of this world.
I suppose you already knew what you came here for, the real reason why you have been chosen by my chief maid here in the first place.
And with that said, I'll grant you a few questions.
Tell me what you seek in my wisdom."
"Why did you choose me to be here?"
"Ah, you have been chosen for a reason.
My chief maid here observed your performance a while ago on how you fought Mr. Shady and while watching you getting sliced and pierced by him.
I was enthralled and so I decided to give you a second chance by retrieving you to recover up until you feel well."
Mr. Smiley finishes explaining.
"Mr. Shady?
What do you mean?
I don't ever recall doing all those things."
Marshal was confused about what Mr. Smiley was talking about. Mr. Smiley continues to explain even further.
"Oh right, Trolie, will you revert her memories back to prove my point."
Trolie holds Marshal's forehead to enchant an inaudible spell.
Regaining a bit of the past, a memory that has a long way to come back through his memories.
And now, his suspicion has been clear.
"So what I have been dreaming actually happened in real life.
I remember you, you're the one on the television.
You're the one who started all of this.
"Correct.
I'm the one who caused the disorder of the world, Marshal.
As I said, I'm the main antagonist.
Your Mother's death, including your friends and all that you've known and loved it was all me.
Your life took a turn because of me."
From anger, Marshal immediately attacks Mr. Smiley with a knife but totally blocks his attack with his right hand, specifically his index finger.
"Impressive.
You've managed to activate your potential skill.
Don't be mad at me, listen.
I'll give you the power you need to defeat me one day. It is already inside you, so better be prepared for tomorrow.
For now, this is a farewell."
Leaving the scene at the office, Marshal was both overwhelmed and enraged as to question his own life.
Was it needed to seek vengeance or find a new life with his new power?
For now, he has an emotional struggle to process and trouble to maintain its stable form.
And with that, he stopped and Trolie follows.
"May I meet that false world once more?"
Marshal utterly asks Trolie.
"For what purpose?
You already knew it is just a fabricated—"
"I don't care if it's fabricated.
I need to see them once more.
I don't know the way you used that machine as a new reality, it really felt like it was so real so please, take me to that place."
He felt his mom's warm embrace.
And all his friend's greetings were my joy.
So he decides to let his feelings across by going back even if it is just a fabrication.
"I see. Well then, better follow me."
Going back towards the door beyond the darkness.
Opening the door sees her mother making dinner like any usual evening.
Pausing for a moment, Marshal comes closer to her.
"Mom. Can I receive a hug from you?"
Asking to be embraced, His mom wonders.
"What gives, my one and only handsome son?"
"I just need a hug, that's all."
Her mom gives him a tight embrace to reach his feelings to an unrealistic version of her mom but it was all okay since he hadn't gotten a chance like this with his real mom.
"Alright, how about I finish cooking your most favorite dinner, bacon."
"I would love that. I'll wait in my room."
A day later, he went to school to enjoy having great friends from their classroom and the basketball club.
But in the end, he knew one thing, he has already changed.
The world changed him to be like this, an antagonist.
After all that, he had landed in another reality and with his potential skill capable of mass destruction upon the world, he was obligated to take the lives of humanity due to what they did that affected his life, causing him to become a villain of a story.
He nearly killed more than thousands with his ability called "Puppetry" which forces the victim to be controlled and killed or do the killing.
"Now that time loop has been restored, we can now have his spotlight of a backstory.
While it has been confusing for you readers, what matters is that he has changed for the cause.
I'm talking to you reading this line."
Mr. Smiley finishes his 4th wall conversation.