The Regressed Demon Lord is Kind

reason why it looks like a tree branch is because it actually is one.’

“Windur later becomes the emperor’s symbol.
Due to that, many of the empire’s important buildings were structured in a way so that Windur could open them.
It was the builders’ sign of loyalty that they would hide nothing from the emperor’s eyes.”

Zich now also knew why Windur could open all of Clowon’s ruins.

“Like this, after the Golden Emperor connected the four clones and the original World Tree, he made a system and tried to turn back time.
And as you know, he was successful.”

This system literally gave the Golden Emperor an infinite number of opportunities. 

“From that day on, he had nothing to be afraid of.
There was no need for him to be afraid of failure.
If there was something unfavorable for him, he could just simply turn back time.
Then, he raised his own country and called it an empire.
Moreover, the Brushel System continued to evolve, and part of the reason for that was because he integrated his most talented child, his daughter, into part of the system.”

Zich Brave was talking about Lyla.

“It was also during this time that Estellade and Tornium were born.
The knowledge inputted into Windur, Estellade, and Tornium was stored into Lyla’s memory.
Normally, Windur was given to the Emperor, Estellade to the Crown Prince, and Tornium to the strongest general in the empire.
However, depending on the situation, the owner could change for a short while, especially when important information could be obtained elsewhere.
However, the emperor always kept Windur.”

Since Windur was the mark of the emperor, this was as expected.

“Like this, the whole world seemed as if it would become a personal garden for the Golden Emperor.
However, the Golden Emperor died in the end.
Isn’t that weird? Why did someone who possessed such overwhelming strength accept their death? Even if there was a limit to his lifespan, he could just keep turning back time.”

Zich shrugged his shoulders and replied jokingly, “He must have gotten bored of life.
Or maybe he reached some kind of awakening.”

“That’s not it.”

“If that’s not it, then there’s only one thing left.” Zich turned back his head and stared at the Tree of Wind.
“There’s a limit to the Brushel System.”

“That’s exactly right.
Even though the Golden Emperor did whatever he wanted and treated the world as his plaything, as more time passed, he realized a serious drawback.
The more he turned back time, his mind grew stranger.
Or to be more exact, he began fixating on only one thought—his greatest wish.”

“Hmm, a wish.
Then, what was the Golden Emperor’s wish?”

“Immortality.”

Zich’s response was lukewarm.
“Isn’t that what he originally wanted? He also had a way to do it.
What’s the problem if his wish becomes a bit bigger?”

“Fulfilling a wish is basically just a way for you to become happy.
However, the side effect of repeatedly regressing is that it makes the process your ultimate goal in an extremely twisted and narrow-minded way.”

“Didn’t he just become senile? He’s not just fucking one or two years old.” 

Zich Brave chuckled.
“Your words have a point, but it’s something entirely different.
From what I heard, it feels like you’re not yourself anymore, and you just become a doll that moves to fulfill your sole goal.
To state it simply, you become insane.
It was to the point that even the Golden Emperor, who arrogantly looked down on the world and time itself, felt terror.”

“That’s why he stopped regressing.”

“Yes.
I don’t know if that’s the limit of the system or a human’s limit.
However, in the end, the Golden Emperor could not beat this fear and accepted his death.”

“Then the Brushel System was passed onto the next generation.”

“Yes, and that led to the empire’s progress.
However, this fear also appeared in the next emperor.
Not long after that, the next emperor also accepted their death.”

“Thus, the reigning period for a Clowon Emperor is until they accept the Brushel System and feel that terror.”

“Yep, and that time period seems to differ between different people.”

Zich beckoned Zich Brave to continue with his eyes. 

“Like this, the Clowon Empire continued to prosper.
They stored information and grabbed lost opportunities by regressing.
It sounds simple, but it’s basically cheating.
If nothing went out of the ordinary, Clowon would have prospered forever.”

“But Clowon fell in the end.”

“It’s because a variable appeared.” Zich Brave’s eyes slightly darkened.
“As I said before, people who experience a certain amount of regressions will experience their minds going astray and fall into terror.
Then they stop using the power of regression.
I haven’t experienced it myself, but I’m sure it must be absolutely terrifying since it's a terror that caused the Clowon emperors to give up on everything they had and accept their deaths even though they could control the world however they wanted.
However, a variable was born into the Clowon’s royal family—a person who completely fell for their desire to the extent that even this terror could not stop them.”

“It must be Clowon's last emperor.”

Zich Brave nodded with a stiff face.
“He was also the same as the other emperors.
He did as he pleased, but this was what all Clowon emperors did.”

Unless they were saints, it was basically impossible for a human to not abuse a power that allowed them to erase all their mistakes.

“However, even he progressed the empire when he wanted to.
However, the end of his regression slowly approached, and his time of reign was coming to an end.
Despite how terrified he was, he persistently tried to continue regressing.”

“And he became crazy.”

“Yes, the last emperor’s wish was to rule over the world, so he turned into a tyrant.
I heard that his reign was really a hellish time.
An enormous number of people were killed and tortured.
Thus, regardless of how long the empire lasted, more and more people expressed their discontent.
You’re able to easily predict what happened then, right?”

Zich let out a twisted laugh and said, “Rebellion.”