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?"

Kevin

fade as a new

in what appeared to be the middle of nowhere, with large towering mountains

"This is not earth."

that wherever he was,

and the general absence of human influence was sufficient for

was, the environment was simply way too pristine to

"You're finally here."

a voice resounded inside of the world, and Kevin's head immediately snapped backward as he spotted a figure with long white hair and crimson red eyes happily sitting on the

"Jezebeth…"

recognized the person who was sitting on the patch of

say anything,

to you, this is merely a projection. If you try to hurt me, nothing will happen...the same goes for

for a brief period of time before turning his attention back

that you would even be capable of

don't need to tell me this

bit as he kept

he quickly grasped the crux of the

have regained a portion of your memory. What wonderful news! Another

to him while patting the patch

was promptly rejected by him, and Kevin continued to stand in the same place while staring at Jezebeth with a chilly look

you bring me

head to the side and

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

"You…"

haven't answered my question. What

before he could say anything

moment to sort his thoughts out, Jezebeth

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

Kevin didn't even make an effort to acknowledge the last part of the

is it that you want

"It's simple really…"

from the ground, and he

did not move from his position

not experience any physical pressure coming from Jezebeth's body; however, the moment that Kevin's gaze met Jezebeth's, he felt a suffocating sensation engulf his entire body, making it difficult for

is still

of being the cause of such a reaction. If it had been a fully synchronized version of him, then this kind of pressure would not have had any effect on