“…….”
The fact that Mu Elinas spoke of a 131st regression is highly suggestive.
“Mu Elinas, you seem to know a lot about save‑points, don’t you?”
That figure could be computed only by knowing precisely that Reed is the 100th‑cycle Tesilid and that a save‑point can be used thirty times.
My gaze drilling into Mu Elinas grew harder.
She admitted it without resistance.
“Omniscient Strict Order and Goodness granted me a revelation.”
“Looks like He granted you an artifact as well.”
A floppy disk is an alien artifact in this world—one obtainable only through the Possession Bureau.
If Strict Order and Goodness was involved in letting a human of this world acquire such a thing, it actually makes sense.
So the solid fact now known is …
‘Behind the thirty‑one lives…