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Originally, that day was supposed to mark the most significant event of the entire tutorial period.
—Soon, the new moon will approach the human world. On that day, He, the ‘Newborn Chaos and Evil,’ will personally descend. Prepare to welcome Him with reverence, for the destruction of this world!
It was the very day Carpeus had foretold the arrival of Chaos and Evil, Reed. The corrupted Reed was meant to tear through space and time, invading this world, repeatedly killing the protagonist and rolling the world back by a day—a silent catastrophe set to begin.
“Something has come up, Agnes.”
<Work? I thought you were taking the day off.>
“It’s important. Let’s go.”
I couldn’t not go out to meet Reed when he was coming.
I waited for Reed on the roof of the Gillette Count’s residence. With every breath I exhaled, the night air turned white and dissipated.
If Reed crossed over like a shooting…