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?"

unexpected turn of events immediately took Kevin by surprise, and

fade as a new background began to

grass, in what appeared to be the middle of nowhere, with

"This is not earth."

rather quickly that wherever he

of the trees and the general absence of human influence was

was simply

"You're finally here."

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 grass, gazing into the distance with

"Jezebeth…"

as he recognized

could say anything,

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

Kevin for a brief period of time before

that you would even be capable

need to tell me this

as he kept his composure and didn't react in

he quickly grasped the crux of the situation and cracked a

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

down next to him while patting the patch of

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

you bring

to the

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

"You…"

answered my question. What did you bring me

he

sort his thoughts out,

I am quite

at Jezebeth with his arms crossed, Kevin didn't even make an effort to acknowledge the last part of the sentence

is it that you want to

"It's simple really…"

up from the ground, and he made

not move from his position and watched as

was an illusion, Kevin did 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

a fully synchronized version of him, then this kind of pressure would not have had