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

of his room began to fade as

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

"This is not earth."

wherever he was, it was not on

the trees and the general absence of human influence was sufficient for him to come to the conclusion that he was not

was, the environment was simply way too pristine

"You're finally here."

figure with long white hair and crimson red eyes happily sitting on the

"Jezebeth…"

ice cold as soon as he recognized

he could say anything, Jezebeth

you, this is merely a projection. If you try

period of time before turning his attention back to the

would even be capable of

need to tell me

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

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

too, have regained a portion of your memory. What wonderful news! Another of my old acquaintances has resurfaced. The world isn't as lonely as I thought

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

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

you

head to the side

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

"You…"

my question. What did you

he

a moment to sort his thoughts

I am quite lonely.

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

it that you

"It's simple really…"

ground, and he made his way toward where Kevin

from his position and watched

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

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