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 reappear behind

was happening, he found himself suddenly standing in the middle of a green patch of grass, in what appeared to be the middle of nowhere, with large towering mountains in the distance, clear blue skies, and all sorts of large trees in the

"This is not earth."

he was, it was not

influence was sufficient for him to come to the conclusion that he was not

environment was simply way too pristine to be

"You're finally here."

of the world, and Kevin's head immediately snapped backward as he spotted a figure with

"Jezebeth…"

cold as soon as he recognized the person who was sitting on the patch of

he could say anything, Jezebeth

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

and fixed her gaze on Kevin for a brief period of time before turning his attention back to the

you would even be capable

need to tell

as he kept his composure and didn't react in any

quickly grasped the crux

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

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

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

you bring

to the side and gazed

with his eyes, moving his head up and down as he did so, and it

"You…"

haven't answered my question. What did you

cut Jezebeth before he

a moment to sort his thoughts out,

answers to a few questions. Moreover, I

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

is it that

"It's simple really…"

stood up from the ground, and he made his way toward where Kevin

the other hand, Kevin did not move from his position and

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 him

is still

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