beta
I know this has a novel, and I'm tempted to read it, but first I have to toss down my thoughts because I want to see if anyone else has this feeling. It seems like maybe the ML regressed and has memories of the previous timeline, as it shows when they're out at the store and when he talked to the OGFL about the library, she ended up giving our FL.
I saw in the upcoming chapters from another translation in Indonesian that he shares a bit more that makes me think such. It's a theory that in the original timeline he was chosen and she wasn't brought as well. Like she had been killed or something happened where he could sense she was gone and that missing connection set him down the path of a villain. The reason he hates the Elites and Magicians was because they took her from him completely? It would make sense the more I think from this angle because he's so obsessed with her. He won't let her be alone and has to have her within range. It also makes sense why he'd know how to use magic without learning like he was supposed to.
The more you look at it, the more things pops out as wrong and out of place.