The Author's POV

[Agh! Someone help me!]

[M, monster!]

[Help me!]

The room was filled with the sound of people screaming in anguish. They originated from a specific video that was projected onto a screen, and showed an image of a young man with glossy black hair and deep blue eyes taking care of a series of guards in an effortless manner.

The expression on Octavious' face remained the same as he sat in front of the holographic projection. His eyes were as listless and hazy as they had always been.

It was as if the happenings in the projection were of no interest to him.

[Would you like to replay the video?]

The video soon came to an end, and silence filtered across the dimly lit room.

The next couple of minutes were spent with Octavious's gaze intently fixed on the projection. It wasn't until a subtle shaking began in the room that he finally showed any kind of reaction, and he got up out of his chair.

Swoosh―!

The entire room became tinged with white, and all of a sudden, a tremendous amount of pressure filled the space. The pressure began to have an effect on Octavious's face, and for the first time in a while, his eyes began to show visible signs of change.

He slightly lowered his head.

"How may I be of service?"

His tone was composed, but there was a hint of fear hidden deeply within his words.

[I trusted that you would've accomplished the mission without a problem. What has happened?]

An ancient, and deep voice reverberated throughout the room.

[There is a purpose behind why I have bestowed upon you the power that you currently possess. Because you haven't let me down in any way up to this point, you are still alive. That, however... is being tested at the moment...]

As Octavious listened to the voice, he could feel sweat running down the side of his face.

He hurriedly lowered his head further.

"I apologize for the situation."

[…Find the culprit behind the incident and make sure to eliminate them. I do not wish to expose myself.]

"I understand."

Octavious nodded his head, and knelt down on one knee. He then placed his hand over his chest.

"I will carry out the task to the utmost, Protector of the Seat of Diligence."

[I really hope that you won't let me down. There is no "next time" in this scenario.]

completely, leaving Octavious alone in the room. While he rested both arms against the table,

find

eyes clouded once more, and his

his suit, he turned around and

going to personally

***

"It's as I expected…"

As I tried to organize the thoughts and images floating around in my head, I noticed that the noise that was occurring

'Fuck.'

from the memories, but by combining them with what I already knew, I was

to stare at the

why they're being targeted is because they are too

hypothesis at the time, I had a strong intuition that this was almost certainly the case. From what I gleaned from their recollections, I was able to deduce that

this world, or my world, he was the strongest person in the

however, was the fact that he still learned the martial manual or skill that made him the way

back when I saw him at the Union Tower, and thinking back at the memories that I saw from Melissa and seeing that they were practically the same as the ones from my world,

more information. I can't be too sure just

my head

proved to be correct, then I

It was too much…

"Huuuu…"

took another deep

that I heard

"…Did you find anything?"

at him and

percent sure yet. However, from what I've gathered, you

Power has gotten to

cursed out loud while gnashing his

us. I knew that

may not necessarily be the

fingers drummed over the armrest of the chair I

definitely responsible for what happened to you guys, the motive behind it is definitely not because he feels

impression of Octavious was that he was the type of person who strived for excellence in everything he did. He was

grandmasters who lived in my world. However, I knew that wasn't possible considering that he wasn't yet powerful enough

aware of the fact

to the demons, then I'm afraid there's some sort of

only think of

have enough evidence to

edge of the couch as I did so, and stood up. After that, I turned

need to ask the three

straightened their

do, then we will try our best

in their eyes, I knew

It was just that…

the side of my