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 he looked around in

room began to fade as a new background began to

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

"This is not earth."

that wherever he was, it was

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

he was, the environment was simply way too pristine to be

"You're finally here."

this time that 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

"Jezebeth…"

soon as he recognized the person who was sitting on the

say

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

gaze on Kevin for a brief period of

you would even be capable of doing anything to

to tell me

faze Kevin one bit as he

quite a surprise to Jezebeth, but he quickly grasped the crux of the situation and cracked

news! Another of my old acquaintances has resurfaced. The world isn't

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

promptly rejected by him, and Kevin continued to stand in the same place while

did you

cocked his head to the side and gazed over at

he did so, and it wasn't long before the furrows

"You…"

question. What did you bring me

before he could say

moment to sort his

answers to a few questions. Moreover, I am quite lonely. To alleviate my boredom, I wanted to see if anyone was willing to

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

it that you

"It's simple really…"

the ground, and he made his

move from his position and

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

body is

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