The Author's POV

It all happened so quickly, but when she felt 'his' gaze fall on her for just a split second, time seemed to come to an abrupt halt, and so did her world.

His expression was the same as usual—a little aged. Perhaps a little different, but it wasn't so different from how it had always been.

Yet, for some reason, in that moment, it felt as though that simple gaze told her a thousand words.

He nodded at her and said something.

She couldn't quite make out what those words were.

That was because she knew exactly what he was going to do, and in that moment, her mind blanked.

Her usually brilliant mind blanked, and she dully stood on the ground, staring up toward the sky, which was soon enveloped by a brilliant white light that came directly from her father's body. It enveloped the sky in its entirety.

BOOOM—!

That was the last thing she saw before a terrifying explosion covered the sky, and she was hurled a great distance away from the scene.

BANG—!

She collided with a tree, and if it weren't for the protective shield that materialized around her just as she was about to make contact with the tree, she likely would have sustained significant injuries.

"Ugh."

With a groan, she forced herself to look up, and that was when she realized that the mist that had blanketed the sky previously had completely disappeared.

Her mind, which seemed stained with something moments prior, seemed to clear up.

But none of that concerned her at the moment. What she was concerned about was something else, and she hastily looked around in the sky for any signs of 'him'.

But no matter how hard she looked, she couldn't find him. In fact, she couldn't see anything, and her legs started to go numb.

That was until a hand pressed against her shoulder and a familiar voice reached her ear.

"…He's gone."

"W..what?"

When she turned her head, she caught sight of a hazy, almost transparent figure.

"Who are you?"

She thought he sounded familiar, but the way he looked… was that really who she thought he was?

"It's me."

His voice was hoarse, almost feeble, but when he turned his head and their eyes met, Melissa understood that it was really him.

How did you

"No."

stared into the distance. Toward a spot where

"Are you really fine?"

"…"

the answer to.

She just felt… empty.

she didn't

found

"I… I don't know."

her glasses, her vision started to

had her eyesight fixed a long

she could've. She was rich and was smart enough to produce a potion that could

just didn't want

blurred vision would stop her from feeling people's gazes on her and give

no one around her at the moment apart from Ren, but even

want to see what

***

'She's surprisingly calm.'

crossed my mind when I stared at Melissa beside me. At least, that

I wasn't too sure, but I didn't have time

that was permeating every part of me was making it difficult for me to maintain any semblance of

he made things easier for

and stared at the area above me, I knew that things weren't over yet. Still, the situation

in no state to

here, and that took almost everything from

Swoosh—!

a certain area in the sky and looked around me. That was until my attention was eventually drawn to a dark spot in the sky. It was writhing in the air, and the skeleton of a figure was gradually beginning to take shape

a second and arrived

looks like I've arrived

with it,

disappearing and then reappearing, started to take shape again, and the excruciating pain that had been pulsating through every part of me started

a couple of times already, and my comprehension of the laws started to increase at the

able to comprehend, the more I found myself able to use Kevin's

it from the outside. It still took a little toll

"You… who are you?"

certain voice, and when I looked down, I saw that the blob had transformed

radiated from

be talking to me when you're in that

against the demon's shoulder, and immediately he froze in place. Golden runes whirled all around the area

In spite

blue light headed our way and enveloped the entirety of my vision. A powerful force soon enveloped the area that the demon and

that, but when my sight returned, I found myself standing in the middle of the air with two black orbs levitating in front of

a while for it to sink in, but pain unlike anything I'd ever felt before started to cover