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Chapter 59 - ???'s story

At a high point on the piece of land, two entities emerged. These were Shi and Katsu. The twin gods awoke to their duties when they came to these lands. They began to organize and animate their surroundings. But they thought they were the only ones in this realm. A third entity opened its eyes after the gods. It started secretly watching the gods. He didn't think he had a place among them because he didn't have any characteristics. No matter how much he tried on his own, he couldn't move mountains or split seas. He continued to watch the gods constantly. He admired them. He wanted to be like them, but no matter what he did, he couldn't affect anything. He began to despair. He constantly questioned his existence, wondering why he was brought here if he couldn't do anything. These questions gnawed at him every day, all the time. After a while, this entity noticed the people. The gods were guiding the people they saw. He continued to watch them. If he confronted the gods, would I find the purpose of my existence? He wondered, but gave up on that. He was afraid that if the gods didn't like him, or perceived him as a threat. He was afraid of the power of the gods. He didn't want to disappear. One day he decided to give up. He began to accept that his existence here meant nothing and started to move away from the gods. He didn't know where he was. He continued to spend his days wandering in different places. And eventually, he was discovered by a human. The entity was filled with fear at this situation. The human approached and reached out his hand. The entity was delighted to see the kindness of the human and reached out his hand in response. But the hand of the human passed through the hand of the entity. At that moment, the entity realized that he didn't belong here and was filled with anger towards whoever brought him to this realm. The human, seeing the entity's sorrow, tried to console him. The entity was influenced by the human, saying, "Although I cannot touch anything, I have a friend whom I cannot touch." The entity asked the human, "Can I be your friend?" The human responded with a smile, "Of course." At that moment, the entity held the human's hand, and his wish came true. With happiness inside, he began to jump from place to place. The human joined him with laughter. From that day on, the entity began to wait for the human under the same tree every day. The human continued to visit the entity without interruption for years. One day, the human asked the entity for its name. The entity was surprised, thinking, does he have a name? He didn't have a name when he was born, nor did he have one afterwards. The gods have their names when they are born, but the entity has never had a name. The human smiled. "This is quite impressive," he said. The entity was pleased with this situation and asked the human for its name. The human instantly replied, "Amy." "Amy, Amy, Amy..." the entity repeated the name several times. The human laughed and said he had to go. The entity said okay and eagerly awaited tomorrow. Amy, Amy, Amy, what a beautiful name, the entity thought. The entity loved Amy. Despite repeating Amy's name over and over, Amy never returned. The entity was worried. This was the first time something like this had happened. He continued to wait without getting bored. Amy, Amy, Amy... but there was no result. The entity decided. He had to check where Amy came from and find her. He gathered all his courage and went to the village where the humans lived. All the people who saw him ran away from him in fear. The entity didn't care. He had only one goal. To find Amy. He tried asking everyone, but whoever saw him ran away. Although the entity was uncomfortable about this, he knew he would feel like his old self if he found Amy. He kept searching for Amy. But he could never find Amy; he kept coming back to the village day after day, searching for Amy while people continued to run away from him. Eventually, he came face to face with the reality when he saw the mound of earth in front of the wooden board with Amy's name written on it. The entity felt empty. Feeling empty in emptiness didn't seem strange to him since he was already empty. The entity couldn't accept that Amy, being human, had an end. He was filled with anger and dared to confront the gods. The gods attacked the entity as soon as they saw it. The entity was filled with fear and ran away. He thought he was about to die, but none of the gods' attacks affected him. At that moment, the entity understood everything completely. Neither the gods, nor the humans, nor this realm, nor Amy were a part of him. The entity made a promise to himself. He would find his own reality. The entity went to the humans whom the gods had not reached. They all started to run away in fear again. But the entity figured out the situation, approached them correctly, and made agreements with all of them. He took control of all the people in the village and declared war on the gods. If he didn't have a place in this realm, then this realm had no value for him. The entity investigated the people under his control and strengthened his knowledge about this realm. He observed the similar feeling to himself in the people and used it. The gods called the lands controlled by the entity dark lands and fought to prevent the spread of darkness. This war could never result in victory for the entity, but it couldn't result in victory for the gods either. In the end, what the entity had been waiting for happened. The gods' lives came to an end, just like the humans'. The entity was relieved about this. He didn't feel anything. Neither aging nor the feeling of living; he was entirely a void. The gods passed on their duties to the chosen ones. The entity thought, if he controlled the chosen ones, would he achieve what he wanted? He could have the power of the gods. And to do this, he followed the chosen ones, carefully monitoring their training and development. But he never found a loophole. The people he could talk to directly rejected him. The entity gave up on this and decided to return to his old place. Despite trying for centuries, he couldn't persuade even a single chosen one. While the entity continued to be found in the village in a normal manner, that child was born. Her name was Amy. The entity watched the child's parents, and compared to the other people he controlled, they were quite good individuals. The entity thought of this new Amy who was born as the reincarnation of the known Amy. He constantly monitored her development. Amy's parents had raised her perfectly among the other bad people in the village. When the time came, the entity waited for Amy to grow up to meet her again, but there was something he couldn't think of. Amy's family was planning to escape from this village. The entity realized this too late and watched Amy drift away from him. With the anger of the moment, he had Amy's parents killed. Then he began to follow Amy. Amy was growing up nicely among the people in the village near the temple where the chosen ones were raised. The entity waited for Amy to grow up without showing himself to anyone. One day, he looked at the temple constantly appearing in his eyes and remembered his purpose. He went to the temple and observed the students. When he saw that he would succeed this time, he began to plan everything. He exposed the prophecy lie and captured the student who was hungry for success. The entity no longer cared about Amy. He labeled her as a traitor for trying to escape from him and prepared an appropriate end for her. The entity had now achieved what he wanted and brought Seiren to where he wanted with the power of the two gods.