The Author's POV

As I sat in the dimly lit room with Waylan, I couldn't help but feel a growing sense of curiosity about his role as a 'Protector.' I had always struggled to comprehend their roles and the motivations behind their actions.

It had been gnawing at me for quite a while now.

Waylan was calm and collected, and he seemed to know everything there was to know about the Records, the universe, and our place in it.

I eventually shook my head.

"No, I do not know why you do the things that you do."

"So he hasn't told you…"

Waylan calmly nodded his head.

I frowned in response to what he said, but I did not move from where I was sitting.

He continued.

"The universe… you can say that it was something that was created by the Records. It's their body, and we are both creations of the Records."

This portion was one that I had a general comprehension of. Despite this, it did not clarify for me what the records' objective was in engaging in all of this activity with creating the Protectors and keeping this so called 'balance'.

Perhaps seeing the confusion on my face, Waylan shifted his posture and changed his wording.

"Think of it like human anatomy. The universe is the Record's body, and we are the components that make up their body."

The things that he said got me nodding my head in agreement. In all honesty, this made much more sense.

"A body is composed of millions of distinct cells and bacteria that work together to keep it functioning. Cells generate energy, and the body grows gradually over time..."

"In light of the aforementioned, because the human body contains such a vast quantity of cells and bacteria, something is bound to occur sooner or later, right?"

I pursed my lips. Somewhat starting to get where he was coming from.

"If there is a virus or some cells begin to multiply too rapidly, the human body will attempt, on its own, to find ways to correct the problem. One such route could be accomplished by deploying white blood cells... antibodies..."

While I listened to him speak, I kept my eyes closed. Even though I couldn't see my face, I could tell that it was getting more and more ugly with each passing second.

"Are you trying to imply that you, Protectors are the antibodies of this system?"

"You catch on pretty quickly."

Waylan happily smiled.

To put it another way, we are here to ensure that all of the processes taking place within the body run smoothly. We get rid of anything that even has the remotest possibility of being hazardous. We respond to things that might be harmful to us in the same way that your body does when it

to do with the fact that you're the ones who introduced mana to this

strong to that extent if they were so afraid of

me a glance for a split

think

a straightforward inquiry; however, at that very moment, I began to gain a better understanding of

every other being in the universe so that we could play a game with you? Do you honestly believe that

Waylan shook his head.

source of our power, we have no choice but to bestow mana upon you. You are, as I've already mentioned, merely a part of a much larger

and stared

to know

stared straight at him, unable to utter a single word

a loss as to whether

helped me get a better understanding of what was going on,

so

was no longer as insignificant

reached my ears once

secret. Reality is… it doesn't matter if you found the secret

slowly stood up

us from the very beginning, and even if

speech, and it was at that

He probably felt it.

really think I'd come

a visit to the chapel in that world, it was immediately abundantly clear to me that I was not a match for a Protector. Even with

That was before, however…

Kevin has betrayed you… you should be aware that there'd be no way he'd let me come to

of sending me to that world wasn't just to help me understand what was going on behind the scenes; it was actually to help me assimilate

eyes as his power worked its way into my system slowly but surely. The process

barrier that separated me from the next big level shattered, and I broke through to in

my attention on Waylan, the corners of

in defeating you if we were

I stepped foot inside his office, it was abundantly clear to me that the Protector of the Seat of Diligence was someone on an entirely different level than anyone else I had ever encountered in my life, but… I already knew this

Ba.. Thump! Ba… Thump!

beating of my

"Must we fight?"

indication that he