The Author's POV

"Cough…Cough…"

Kevin's coughing fit started right in the middle of him organizing the stack of papers that were sitting in front of him.

While he was protecting his mouth with his hand, he became aware of a wet feeling in his hand. When he looked up at his hand, he noticed that blood was dripping down the spaces between his fingers.

He quickly removed his hand from his mouth.

'It looks like this is a lot more severe than I had originally thought.'

This was the price that Kevin needed to pay in order to seal an entity that stood at the very pinnacle of the world, or, to be more accurate, the universe.

It should come as no surprise that sealing such a person would result in significant drawbacks and injuries; Kevin was suffering as a direct consequence of his actions.

He had long known that something like this would've happened, and he didn't regret his actions.

"Pftt.."

Another mouthful of blood came out of his mouth, and his complexion became noticeably paler. He noticed that his vision was becoming distorted, and his right hand started shaking.

The symptoms only lasted for a couple of minutes before Kevin was able to recover with the assistance of a potion that he had placed by his side.

It was something that he had prepared earlier in anticipation of something like this happening.

"Cough…thank god I didn't have to fight over the past month."

One of the reasons he remained in his office the entire time was due to his injuries. He was in no way qualified to fight anyone at the moment.

At the moment, unless he was pushed to go all out, even a newly promoted rank could beat him.

"Ukh."

Kevin let out another groan and then covered his forehead with his arm.

After regaining his composure with a few long, slow breaths, he was finally able to refocus his attention on the documents that were spread out on the desk in front of him.

As he reached for his pen to put his signature on the papers, he suddenly became aware that the world around him was beginning to warp severely.

"Ha? What's going on?"

immediately took Kevin by surprise, and he looked

his room began to fade as a new

was happening, he found himself suddenly standing in the middle of a green patch of grass, in what appeared to be the middle of nowhere, with large towering mountains in the distance,

"This is not earth."

quickly that wherever he was, it was

and the general absence of human influence was sufficient for him to

he was, the environment was simply way too pristine

"You're finally here."

figure with long white hair and crimson red eyes happily sitting on the grass, gazing into the distance with a contented smile on

"Jezebeth…"

as he recognized the person who was sitting on

he could say anything,

you, this is merely a projection. If you try

period of time before turning his attention back

that you would even be capable

don't need to

bit as he kept his composure and didn't react in any

Jezebeth, but he quickly grasped the crux

of your memory. What wonderful news! Another of my old acquaintances has resurfaced. The world isn't

gestured for Kevin to join him and sit down next to him while patting the

and Kevin continued to stand in the same place while staring at Jezebeth with a chilly look

you bring

cocked his head to the

down as he did so, and it wasn't long before the furrows between his brows became

"You…"

my question. What

he could

a moment to sort his thoughts out, Jezebeth

trouble, I just wanted to know the answers to a few questions. Moreover, I am quite lonely. To alleviate my boredom,

arms crossed, Kevin didn't even make an effort

that you want

"It's simple really…"

he made

hand, Kevin did not move from his position

any physical pressure coming from Jezebeth's body; however, the moment that Kevin's gaze met Jezebeth's, he felt a

body is

cause of such a reaction. If it had been a fully synchronized version of him, then this kind of