By Zephyria 
The Setting of life, which would be the very last, was as I had planned long ago. I turned back the world’s time and barely managed to choose a suitable body from the collateral bloodline that only held the Hamilton name, and placed Noah’s soul within it. The moment when everything he had would be taken away by another with a face exactly like his. Noah would distort his face with despair. And this time, he would truly abandon his qualifications as a human.
As flesh is influenced by the spirit, a rule that applied to this primitive world, the body of the newborn, which initially did not resemble Noah much, gradually regained its original form as time passed. The only difference was that the color of his bright, spring-like hair and clear, autumn sky-like eyes had become slightly darker and more turbid.
That darkened hue was proof of all the wounds, faults, loneliness, and hardships that he had deeply left on the sacred soul of Noah Hamilton.
Having descended into the world using the infant’s only blood relative as his Avatar, he tirelessly stroked the dark hair of the sleeping young Noah. It was a strange experience to watch the young one, who remembered nothing yet, grow up into the lovely figure he remembered. Among his previous reincarnations, there had often been times when he had raised them from such a young age… Was it because this life was truly the last, or because this young one would grow up to truly become ‘Noah Hamilton’?
Well, it didn’t particularly matter. The small body that ran to him, calling him Grandpa! in a high, clear voice unique to children, always smelled of warm milk and caramel. Is that so. Is this what they call lovely? It was a strange realization.
Innocent eyes filled with soft trust, and on nights when thunder and lightning struck, he timidly sought him out. Whenever he saw the innocent expression of the child looking up at him, saying he was scared and couldn’t sleep, his whole heart strangely stirred. You wouldn’t know. The thing you should be most afraid of is me, Noah. Not that thunder and lightning. Even as he muttered those words inwardly, he would stroke the trembling back with his wrinkled human hand until he finally fell into a peaceful, snorting sleep.
When the Noah he had raised so carefully reached a suitable age, he made sure he caught the eye of the Hamilton family members. In this life, even though none of the members of the Count’s family had ever raised an actual ‘Noah Hamilton,’ only having seen the plausible illusion of a child he had created, they were completely captivated by the child with the lovely appearance without needing to do anything.
Sometimes as a gardener who brings forth beautiful flowers, and sometimes as the shade of a tree that shields from the harsh sunlight. In that way, he watched the child grow dazzlingly from a very close place.
When that young one couldn’t cry freely because he was mindful of the Count or Countess, and sobbed quietly into his pillow, saying he missed his grandfather, even though he was the one who had pushed him into that situation, he wanted to wrap the child up in his arms and disappear without a trace. But he skillfully suppressed the surging impulse. He endured and endured.
The more lovely Noah Hamilton was, the more arduous his endurance became, but at the same time, it deepened endlessly. He had not returned this long and distant path to monopolize a few years in the heat of the moment, blinded by impulse.
Dizzying eternity scattered before his eyes like a mirage.
When Noah Hamilton’s fragile body and exhausted soul had been grafted together somewhat stably, he returned the memories of his past life that had been dormant in Noah. It was from that time that he began to hover around Noah, wearing the guise of ‘System’. Noah Hamilton, who had been imprinted with the ‘original’ of this world through the story of the game he had experienced in his previous life, seemed to be shocked for a moment, but it did not last long. Noah soon resolved to live his life bravely. He, too, was happy without flaw for the first time at the young one’s admirable resolution.
Young Noah would not have known in his dreams, but in fact, he had secretly implanted the unconsciousness that he must seize Allen’s true ending while reminding him of the game’s story. If only that happened… Struggling and struggling to replace the protagonist of the original work, he would eventually fall this time. In the meticulously crafted garden of God’s model, there was no way to beat a marionette that God personally controlled.
He held his breath and watched the moment when Noah Hamilton finally grew up and faced his dead body, ‘Allen’. How will you react, Noah? Will you despair? Or will you ignite your competitive spirit?
However, Noah Hamilton did not move as easily as he had predicted.
‘Hmm… He certainly has a much softer impression than me. We do look alike.’
Even after seeing Allen, who had entered the mansion as a servant, he only muttered such nonchalant words blankly.
‘How could someone like me ever compare to the protagonist? Let’s just live a thin and long life without any presence. It’ll be enough if I can make Kyle one of my own, right? He doesn’t have an amazing background like the Crown Prince, Grand Duke Graham, or the Archmage…’
Noah Hamilton, who was childishly excited about only having one escort knight, even seemed quite happy. It was completely unexpected. Even though he had given enough hints that if he stayed still like that, he would lose even his beloved family to Allen, Noah was thinking of stepping back willingly, saying, “It can’t be helped, it wasn’t my place to begin with,” rather than gnashing his teeth, saying he couldn’t lose. He felt very dirty.
He didn’t remember any of the other lives except for the one right before, but it seemed that the arduous paths he had experienced had definitely influenced Noah’s soul and personality. Noah Hamilton, whose self-esteem had fallen to the bottom, did not dare to confront the real protagonist.
That couldn’t be allowed. He hadn’t intended to interfere this early, but…
He immediately moved the doll and seduced Kyle Gray. It was nothing to manipulate the mind of an ordinary human being who could be broken and completely steal their soul. Before long, Kyle Gray began to pour out a blind infatuation on a new servant in the mansion who resembled the beautiful Noah Hamilton to an astonishing degree.
‘You mustn’t do this, Sir Kyle. What if the young master sees you…!’
Allen’s lips chattered well in front of Noah Hamilton.
‘There’s no need to worry about such useless things. I see now. I have never loved him. From the first time I met you, I was already…’
Kyle Gray acted foolishly enough to meet God’s expectations.
Noah Hamilton’s eyes, who had been watching the two of them from behind, were distorted with despair and sadness. God expected. Now, now that you’ve had everything taken from you, you’re finally thinking of moving properly, Noah.
Looking down at the beautiful face with sorrowful tears welling up, he was thrilled with anticipation.
He asked Noah if he would return everything and start over from the beginning. Believing that this was enough of a warning.
‘It’s okay. What’s the point of turning back now? I’ll just live like this. I’m angry, but… I don’t know. It’s not like Alpha is the only one in the world… Haa…’
Unfortunately, Noah Hamilton still didn’t seem to have come to his senses. He immediately turned back the world’s time.
To be honest, even he, as a God, had not expected Noah Hamilton to endure so persistently for such a long time. He thought that he would give up after repeating it about ten times at most. No matter how much God intervened, the mind of an ordinary human being should have already been broken beyond repair.
But in the end, he had come this far. The tattered soul was no longer able to withstand any more repetition. In that respect, Noah Hamilton was indeed a great soul.
‘This person is… Young Master Noah?’
In front of the final cliff that he could no longer avoid. He descended directly into the body of the marionette he had only been manipulating until now. The world, which had reached its limit as much as Noah Hamilton, was struggling to accept even a part of God’s soul, which was only an Avatar, and the sound of it screaming and cracking could be heard, but it was not something he needed to worry about. It was a world that only needed to endure until the bet with Noah Hamilton was over. After that, it didn’t matter whether it perished or not.
‘Noah!’
‘Keuk, keheuk, keuk…’
‘Call a doctor right now, quickly!’
Perhaps surprised by simply changing the timing of his appearance a little, Noah, who was being held in Andrew Hamilton’s arms, couldn’t even breathe properly just by hearing his voice and fainted. While pretending to call a doctor at Andrew’s command, he still looked up at the blue sky.
A world full of love was so futile and beautiful.