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?"

events immediately took Kevin by surprise, and

background of his room began to fade as a new background began

middle of a green patch of grass, in what appeared to be

"This is not earth."

wherever he was, it

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

he was, the environment was simply

"You're finally here."

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

"Jezebeth…"

cold as soon as he recognized the person who was

say

the connection between our two powers. Although I'm talking to you, this is

her gaze on Kevin for a brief period of time before turning his attention back

would even be

don't need to

Kevin one bit as he kept his

to Jezebeth, but he quickly grasped the crux of the situation and cracked a small

appears that you, too, have regained a portion of your memory. What wonderful news! Another of my old acquaintances has resurfaced. The world isn't as lonely

sit down next to him while patting the patch of grass that was next

in the same place

you bring

his head to the side and gazed

body with his eyes, moving his head up and down as he did so, and it wasn't long before the furrows

"You…"

question. What did you bring

cut Jezebeth before he could

moment to sort his thoughts out,

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

crossed, Kevin didn't even make an

is it that you

"It's simple really…"

the ground, and he made his way toward

the other hand, Kevin did not move from his position

that Kevin's gaze met Jezebeth's, he felt a suffocating sensation engulf his entire body, making it difficult for

body is still too

began to accuse his body of being the cause of such a reaction. If it had been a fully synchronized version of him, then this kind of pressure would