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 he looked around in

fade as a new

of a green patch of grass, in what appeared to be the middle of nowhere, with large towering mountains in the distance, clear

"This is not earth."

wherever he was,

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

he was, the environment was simply way too

"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

"Jezebeth…"

went ice cold as soon as he recognized the person who was

he could say

merely used the connection between our two powers. Although I'm talking to you, this is merely a projection. If you try to hurt me, nothing

fixed her gaze on Kevin for a brief period of time before turning

be capable of doing

don't need to tell me this

didn't faze Kevin one bit as he

came as quite a surprise to Jezebeth, but he quickly

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

for Kevin to join him and sit down next to him while patting the patch of grass that

him, and Kevin continued to stand in the same place while staring at Jezebeth with a

did you bring

idly cocked his head to the side

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

"You…"

What did you bring me

he could say

moment to sort his

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

Jezebeth with his arms crossed, Kevin didn't even make

that you want to

"It's simple really…"

ground, and he made his way toward where Kevin

Kevin did not move from

the moment that Kevin's gaze met Jezebeth's, he felt

body is still too

been a fully synchronized version of him, then this kind of pressure would not have had any effect on him at