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[CHAPTER 44]

"No Way Out"

The young man who showed up as Hyuk's substitute teacher, the same man who's the same age as Hyuk and the same person who stood in front of them is now referring to himself by a different name.

"Klotho?" Hakyeon was baffled by the unfamiliar name on a familiar face.

"It can't be..." Taekwoon stood up, but barely able to balance himself. He was dumbfounded by Sungjae's appearance.

"Well, it is. I'm glad to finally meet you face-to-face, Taekwoon-ah," Sungjae greeted Taekwoon, hoping for a handshake but the latter was still trying to grasp the situation and froze up completely.

"But h-how?" Taekwoon couldn't stop himself from stuttering.

"I've been here on Earth for awhile now, actually."

"Huh?"

"You haven't been able to hear me nor my siblings' voices from awhile now, right?"

Taekwoon nodded.

"Well, one of the reason for that is because I've been here on Earth," Sungjae said.

"Wait! Someone explain to me what's going on. If you're not Sungjae, who are you exactly?" Hakyeon interrupted them.

"One of the Goddesses of Moirae, or fate," Wonshik steps in. "He's Klotho, the one who winds the thread of fate. The creator of all fates."

"The same person who decides who is born and reborn," Jaehwan comments. "But I don't get it, no one has ever met any of you three except for some of the council even Hyoshin and Taekwoon have only heard your voices."

"The voices I heard were females' though..." Taekwoon commented.

"We, Goddesses of Moirae, don't actually have a gender. We're called Goddesses just because but to be honest, we can take form of either gender," Sungjae told them.

"I see. But then, why are you here all of a sudden? You guys have never revealed yourselves to us before... all these years of research and even Hyoshin said he's never met you all in person before," Wonshik mentions.

"It's because we can't."

"Huh? What do you mean?"

"It's true that I'm the one who used to create fate and wields the power of birth. But that was when I had limitless power. When humanity was first created, and fate was placed in all their stories, there weren't a lot of humans. It was all fun and games for me and my siblings at first but eventually, human intelligence became too much for us to handle. Humans started to develop a mind of their own, rewriting fate as they pleased and changing their fate to what they truly desire. Cha Hakyeon is a prime example of that too," Sungjae looked at Hakyeon directly.

"Is that why you wanted to end his fate when it went beyond your controls?" Hongbin asked.

"We tried. But Hakyeon isn't the first one to be exact. And actually, we've failed multiple times in the past when trying to attempt the exact same things. As humans evolve, our powers started to diminish as well. We can no longer reside or take form in Moirae's Edge; hence we could only communicate with those who can specifically hear our voices. Our attempt to set fate back within our control ended when Hakyeon changed his fate alone. We realized that we no longer have the power to do anything. Ironically speaking, those who created fate ended up being powerless against it."