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?"

Kevin by surprise, and

room began to 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

"This is not earth."

wherever he was, it was not

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

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 long white

"Jezebeth…"

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

he could say anything,

merely used the connection between our two powers. Although I'm talking to you, this is merely a projection. If you

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

you would even be capable of doing

need to

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

a surprise to Jezebeth, but he quickly grasped the crux

regained a portion of your memory. What wonderful news! Another of my

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

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

you bring me

idly cocked his head to the side and

head up and down as he did so, and it wasn't

"You…"

question. What

before he could say anything

a moment to sort his

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

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

is it that you want

"It's simple really…"

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

from his position and

gaze met Jezebeth's, he felt a suffocating sensation engulf

body is

a reaction. If it had been a fully synchronized version of him, then this kind