"… and that is how it's all going to end, and everyone gets what they want," I smiled as I looked at Rosalyn who was looking at me with a dumbfounded expression.
It wasn't just her, as the other witches had the same expression too, but nobody dared to utter even a single word. Not that they were scared, but more like amazed.
"Any questions?" I asked as I looked at them, but nobody spoke up.
"So… I can assume that you guys will follow the plan?" I asked again just to be sure and slowly they nodded.
"Yeah… we will…" Rosalyn spoke before I smiled and then spoke.
" Since this is done. I will be on my way to see the dark mages now. See you guys later."
And even now, they just kept quiet without uttering a single word, while I moved away from there, while I kept grinning on the inside.
Moving towards the dark mages, I then traveled through the forest towards the area where they, or more specifically, Yemir, were camping.
It was a little to the east of the forest, so traveling took a bit of time. But the good part was that I didn't need to find them. As soon as I entered the east part of the forest, I saw Yemir standing on a tree branch, looking down at me.
"Come with me," Yemir said in a rather calm voice. It kind of made me stand up on my guard a little, as I expected him to be more serious than this.
Following him deeper into the forest, I reached the other dark mages. They were sitting around a dying campfire, which made me realize they had been here for quite some time.
As soon as they saw me, they all stood up, analyzing me from top to bottom.
"I still don't think it is a good idea," the purple-haired mage spoke, making Yemir sigh before he ignored him and kept walking towards the ashen fire and…
" [Fire]"
lit up the campfire again.
"We don't even know if his information is legit!" In a panicked voice he said, as he looked at me before I smiled and answered,
" Come on now, Tristan. Let's not be so bitchy, shall we?"
"You! How dare- "and then his eyes widened as he looked at me with shock, while I smiled a little wider.
The others looked at Tristan for a while before Yemir smirked as he said," Tristan, huh? Not a bad name."
I could use the System to check for names. It's not that much of a difficult thing. Though I wonder if I should reveal his part black unicorn origin to spice things.
'Let's not do that for now,' I smiled on the inside as I sat on one log beside Albedo, who shrieked and took a step back.
" First. Wesker, was it? Tell me how much you know about our plan." Yemir sat on the log beside mine and asked with a friendly expression.
I nodded before explaining everything in bits. I made sure to say it in a way that would make them think I am briefing it rather than letting them know it is all I know.
'Sure, we will end up telling by the end, though,' I chuckled on the inside. Pretty sure it's gonna take more than a couple of returns this time, too.
Explaining everything to them wasn't that hard as they patiently listened to each and everything I spoke. There were no questions from the start to the end. Just me telling everything as they listened.
And after I was done…
" Well. Seems like you know the crux of the situation. Can I ask a few questions?" Yemir asked.
" Sure," I nodded and Yemir asked," How do you know I was the one going to open the gate?"
"You are the only one capable of doing that. At least given the restrictions you have," I answered, saying nothing further, giving a side look to others.
" Why are you helping us?" He asked again.
" I need to open the gate as well. Plus, it would make things worse if you end up against me, because I would rather have you told everything and do this with you," I explained my reasoning.
They all paused for a moment before considering my words. And then Tristan, the purple-haired mage, asked,
" And what exactly is your purpose? What do you want from that world?"
I sighed as I pondered on that question, wondering what bullshit I should go with… before I asked,
" Do you know about the Hell's Guardian?"
Confused, they looked at me and I shook my head. "Forget about what I said. Tell me if you have heard the name 'Adam'?"
This time they seemed to think a little before Yemir spoke up," the one responsible for the Mirag City incident?"
I nodded and so did they," what about him?"
"Well. It is more of a request from him that he passed on to me. I hope you ask nothing further," I smiled, making them widen their eyes a little.
" You… know the Phantom?" Yemir was surprised.
'I am Adam,' is something I wanted to say, but kept quiet.
" Yeah… kind of," I shrugged my shoulders before speaking," now. Any more questions?"
All of them, except Yemir, raised their hands.
" Not related to Adam," I smiled.
All of them put their hands down.
" It is not related to the quest, but… will it be okay for us to meet after the incident is over? I would like to know more about you," Yemir spoke with a rather peculiar gaze.
" You forgot to say, 'No homo'." I looked at him with a serious gaze. And he looked at me with a stumped but confused gaze.
" Nothing. You can always come for business related things in my shop," I nodded. He gave a thankful smile before asking,
" Now. Since we both more or less know about each other's ambitions, can I ask about the plan you have to enter that world? Also, about how you will remove 'that' from my back?"
I closed my eyes as I recalled the bullshit story that I thought of in my free time before and then, as soon as I got it all sorted,
" All right. Listen carefully."
And then I began explaining the best story that I could come up with.
This time they had questions at every turn, and I patiently listened to them before explaining to them the reason for such bullshit and why it would happen.
From the start to the end, it was fun.
Well, at the end, by the last restart, we will have even perfected this story too. For now, I should just focus on getting the task done.
Took a few hours, but I could touch down every part of the story, reaching the proper end where they were still confused but didn't have many questions left.
" Well… I guess… I will leave this to you and wait for your orders to come…" was all Yemir could speak in the end, and I politely nodded.
" See you at midnight then."
Bidding them farewell, I then moved towards the center of the forest where Nvida and Trisha were. Meeting them, I then talked to them once again, clarifying a couple more things here and there.
Honestly, at this point, everyone was just taking my word for it. Whether it was the witches, the elves, or the dark mages. Everyone was just doing it because it somehow seemed to make sense.
It was fun.
Once done here, too, I moved to the city and then began talking to a bunch of important people within the city. Telling them about what they should prepare for tonight.
I didn't give out all the details, but just gave them hints about it. Some bought it, others didn't.
'Not that it matters much,' I thought as I stretched a little, continuing changing a couple of arrays that I realized I would need to make.
'Hopefully, this is going to all work out in the end,' I sighed as I completed a couple of things before nodding to myself. This should serve as a good place to start.
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[Author's Note: From the next chapter, I will use other people's POV for a few chapters. This was to skip the efforts that Adam would make and jump to the final restart. Though this doesn't mean he never did them… just that you won't see it.
Also, with this, we will enter the finale of this arc.
I will also post some side stories after completing this part of the story, where I will show two things.
One is to show what is going on in other parts of the world, showing sneak peeks about other Fate Weavers, Primordials, etc., and the epilogue.
The other is a short series of [If] where I will show what happened in the restarts after Adam died.