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

of his room began to fade as

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

"This is not earth."

rather quickly that wherever he was, it

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

the environment was simply way too pristine to

"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

"Jezebeth…"

face went ice cold as soon as he recognized the

could say anything, Jezebeth

this is merely a projection. If you

gaze on Kevin for a brief period of time before

that you would even be capable of doing anything to

to

provocation didn't faze Kevin one bit as he kept his composure and didn't react in

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

a portion of your memory. What wonderful news! Another of my old acquaintances has resurfaced.

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

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

you

the side and

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

"You…"

What did you

before he could say

a moment to sort his

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

even make an effort to acknowledge the last part of the sentence he had just

that you want

"It's simple really…"

he

did not move from his position and watched as

an illusion, Kevin did not experience any physical pressure coming from Jezebeth's body; however, the moment that Kevin's gaze

body is still

accuse his body of being the cause of such a reaction. If it had been a fully