I Possessed The Villain’s Childhood Friend

100 – Addos Access

“… Okay. After all, you’re right, Ike.”

After Ike left, Addos was looking at the ceiling.

Four years have already passed.

At first I thought it was a lie, or to be precise, just a dream.

Who can believe such a ridiculous story?

But Ados had to admit that it was real.

Because denying that fact meant denying the maintenance of ‘Ike’ after all.

“I want to become stronger, la.”

The hesitation disappeared from Ike who said that.

After that day, Ados had a completely different atmosphere that I had never seen before.

If what Ike has shown so far was a simple promise, what I saw today was definitely a look filled with determination.

“If it were you, you would definitely become stronger. No. I will definitely make you stronger, Ike.”

Addos believed.

Now I thought he was Ike too.

★

That day four years ago.

“Father.”

Addos is familiar, but he quietly opens his eyes as a different voice calls to him.

However, when I opened my eyes, it was not my usual bedroom, but an endless, pure white space.

“… Here is.”

“Father.”

As he turned his gaze to where the voice came from, what Ados could see.

“… You are?”

It was someone who resembled Ike.

A man who looks so much like Ike that I wonder if he would look like this when he grows up a bit.

And that man.

“Father, this is me.”

In the situation where he was calling himself father, cold sweat began to flow down Ados’ back.

Addos swears to the sky, to the god Eos, and has never had a relationship with a woman other than Nia.

But he is the one who calls himself father.

It was like a nightmare.

“You are someone.”

Hearing his tense voice, the man scanned his body as if he realized his mistake.

“… Ah.”

Then he let out a short sigh and opened his mouth again.

“This is Ike, Father.”

“What?”

“To be precise, this is Ike at the age of 20.”

After hearing that, Addos took a closer look at the man’s figure.

As expected, the appearance was definitely similar.

However.

“That’s a lie.”

Deep dark circles.

A body that is weaker than that of the 14-year-old Ike.

Addos shook his head and declared that Ike, who dreamed of becoming a knight more than anyone else, could not be like that.

“… Certainly, looking at a body like this, you’d be surprised if you didn’t believe I was Ike, but I really am Ike, Dad.”

But the man didn’t back down either, and he started waiting for proof that he was Ike.

Starting from his childhood memories, to the information he can know because he is an Access family.

“Really, are you the Ike of the future?”

“Yes.”

“How long should I take a break from training?”

“Sorry.”

Addos decided to assume that the man was the future Ike.

Anyway, where he is now is an endless white sight.

He thought that if he didn’t know how to get out of here, he could get information from him.

“… Okay. If you are indeed Ike from the future, why are you appearing in front of me now?”

“I came here because I wanted to say that I would like to take care of the current me.”

“What?”

Ados’ head was filled with questions at Ike’s words.

I knew he was a bit reticent, but I never thought of him as an ugly father to his children.

But to think that he who came from the future takes good care of Ike now.

He couldn’t help but frown at the story that seemed like he had done something wrong.

“I didn’t mean that there was a problem with my father. The problem was with me.”

As if he had read Addos’ thoughts, ‘Ike’ shook his head and continued the story.

“Perhaps tomorrow, I will not be me.”

“What are you talking about?”

“Sorry. I can’t tell you the details.”

Ike asked Ados to just know that he will become a different person from tomorrow.

“Now you may think this is nonsense, but when you wake up and look at me, you will know for sure. It will never be the Ike your father knows. But I hope you don’t show that fact to that Ike. As always, treat me as usual.”

“Does that mean you become a completely different person?”

“To be precise, the outside will look just like me, but the inside will not be me.”

“… I don’t understand.”

As far as Addos knew, that was impossible even with magic.

It’s not a disguise using magic, it’s the same, but it’s a different person.

That’s a prank that only a god could do….

‘No. It’s a story that doesn’t matter if you don’t believe it anyway.’

It’s just a dream anyway.

“Then, can you briefly explain why this is happening?”

You just have to keep telling this story until you wake up.

Addos thought so and asked Ike.

“… Yes.”

And if that question was a very important question to ‘Ike’, he, who had been expressionless until now, showed his emotions for the first time.

“I forgot my promise and failed to keep what I had to keep. Knowing what kind of person she was, I turned away from her, swayed by her words around her. This is my choice to get rid of the only regret in my life and a stain that will never be erased.”

‘Ike’ gritted his teeth, clenched his fists, and trembled his arms, clearly reflecting feelings of regret.

There wasn’t even the slightest lie mixed in, Ados had to admit.

“Whoa.”

Addos sighed quietly.

Of course, I didn’t believe all of Ike’s words yet.

“Then, what about you now?”

“It would be practically the same as dying.”

“Don’t you regret leaving your fate to others?”

“It was a life as good as dead. Even if it’s not me, it’s enough to be given a chance to start over.”

“… Okay.”

However, if all of Ike’s words were true, the fact that his beloved son would change into a different person from tomorrow disturbed Addos.

I wanted to dry it.

Even if this was a dream, I wanted to stop Ike from choosing death.

But Ados knew that shouldn’t be the case.

Because I realized that it made ‘Ike’ in front of me more painful.

“I couldn’t have asked you from the past, not someone else.”

‘Ike’ answered Addos’ question with silence.

“… I get it. If when I wake up, if this is all real, I’ll do as you say. Even if others notice that you have become you, you should treat them the same way you do.”

“Thank you, Father.”

What in the world made ‘Ike’ this far?

I couldn’t even imagine it with Addos’ head.

So Addos had no choice but to ask.

“Are you a knight in the future, Ike?”

“It couldn’t be. Because I forsook something precious.”

It was a somewhat expected answer, but hearing it actually made Ados feel like his teeth were gnashing.

Even though he thought it was a dream, he knew how hard Ike had worked, so just hearing his son say that he couldn’t achieve his dream in the future filled him with regret.

But.

“Is the ‘other’ you mentioned someone strong enough to protect the precious thing you abandoned?”

“Weak. But he is a strong man, and he will be strong.”

Saying that, Ike was smiling as if he believed in someone who would live on his behalf, so Addos could only nod his head.

As it turned out, it wasn’t just a dream.

When he woke up and heard that Nia had had the same dream, Addos let out a sigh.

After checking separately, it was the same with Lucal.

No, there was no need to check in the first place.

As ‘Ike’ said, Ike has definitely changed.

For servants, honorifics were used, and movements became common people’s.

Above all, I didn’t feel the determination to become a knight in his eyes.

I knew there was a goal, but that’s it.

A desperate determination close to obsession, to achieve it no matter what.

The biggest weapon that allowed ‘Ike’ to overcome the wall of talent was gone.

But if you didn’t have that kind of resolution from the beginning, it wasn’t something you could instill by someone pushing you.

All you need is an instrument.

Frustration forced to admit that the current self is not enough.

Determination enough to overcome the self-loathing that comes out of it and make an effort to the point of vomiting blood.

That was the first condition for Beomjae to overcome the wall of talent.

And for four years, Ike hadn’t suffered such setbacks.

In the end, the trigger was the death of Ender Arcana.

★

My level is now about a low-ranking knight.

Of course, low-ranking knights are not weak.

In the first place, aren’t knights the existence of Ikkidangcheon and Manbubudang?

Among the innumerable population of the empire, there are at most a thousand people who can advance the path of a knight.

Everyone will praise you just for being part of it.

But it wasn’t enough for me.

I had to get stronger.

I didn’t mean to be as strong as Rex.

Because they have different types of strength in the first place.

But it had to be at least to the point where it wouldn’t be a stumbling block for anyone.

And the reason I came back to my hometown to walk that road was very simple.

“Ha, ha, ha, ha.”

My eyesight is shaking because I am dizzy.

Ah, the sky is so blue.

On such a fine day, I was lying down listening to a creaking sound all over my body.

What a shallow story.

“Wake up, Ike.”

A voice with no emotion calls me.

How many times have I been told to wake up within an hour?

I stopped counting from the sixth.

“Is the will to become stronger just about that?”

How long have you been lying down?

It wasn’t that there were no complaints, though.

“… It can’t be, isn’t it?”

I finally had to get up saying that.

“Yes.”

And as soon as I got up, a sword pierced my shoulder.

A sharp blow that would knock you down again if you didn’t block it.

No, I doubt whether it can be said that this is blocked.

My hands, where the swords were facing each other, felt like they were being torn apart, and my arms were trembling terribly.

“… How about being a little, gentle, Father?”

“I think you are taking care of me enough…. In the first place, there is no way you can see that the opponent is knocked down in the actual battle. A little carelessness leads to death.”

Damn it.

In the end, I couldn’t make a single attack on my father for 4 hours.