“I apologize for the abrupt visit. You should know that we are now running out of time.”

  In the sanatorium’s rear garden, a nun and a man had a versation. There weren’t any peeking eyes this time. Only the sound of leaves swaying in the wind filled the pce.

  Aleph’s extremely casual attire at this point showed how he didn’t want to have a fight. The results from the ‘frontlines’ made him feel more urgency regardiein’s Project ELF. It was one of the few things that could directly affect the battlefield’s oute immediately. As for the suits, it requires a lot of training, which makes it difficult for it to see any immediate effects.

  Aleph faced the nun with a tempting body.

  “What do you see in me?” He asked.

  “Nothing. I could not see anything. Not even your future.”

  Numerous thoughts came to Aponia’s mind. There weren’t many that mao shake it.

  Aleph’s existence was one of them.

  Their gazes soo. Intuitively, she felt that he also possessed a special pair of eyes.

  “Won’t you question how I knew about you… or the power you possess?”

  “The answers don't matter. The most important thing is… how did you do it?”

  She replied with a question of her own.

  “It was sixteen years ago. Everything that I saw… turned into nothingness.”

  Akin to a suddeion, Aponia gained a pair of special eyes, ohat could see through the future. The future, rather, the ‘fates’ she sees took the form of silken white threads.

  The threads intersect, get cut off, or extend further…

  It remairue until eleven years ago.

  “Before, everything remaihe same. There are things that could not be ged… until that day.”

  The phenomena Aponia saw was difficult to expin with mere words. It was a loud buzzing sound, or a blinding light, or the sense of losing one’s footing.

  “Everything was made anew.”

  The threads that were restructed turn vague before materializing once again. Their inal trajectories were altered.

  For example, a thread that was cut off suddeended further. There was also a thread that should have extended, only to be cut short. There was also a thead that was supposed to be cut off, yet the person still lived. It turned vague for a moment before the thread turned into ohat extended further.

  It was akin to a glit the system; a bug that Aponia saw in the form of certain maions.

  These occurrences have happened even more frequently since a year ago.

  Hearing her words, Aleph fell silent.

  ‘So this is what it feels like being a riddler…’

  If there was another outsider who heard their talks, they would’ve bee extremely fused. It happened due to the fact that both Aponia and Aleph, in a way, were aware of each other’s existehe tter even knew about the former’s ability to see through fate.

  Now, it h’s turn to be questioned by Aponia.

  ‘Are all psychics riddlers?’

  A ridiculous thought entered his mind.

  ‘Everything that Aponia saw got reset… Was it pointing out to the future being ged by my existence?’’

  He thought of her words. His mind worked into full power once again, exhibiting Great Sage’s thought acceleration and parallel minds.

  ‘Eleven years... That was the time I pletely recalled everything. Then, a year ago… it should pertain to my full-blown intervention. Even Aponia saw through this ge…’

  Fortunately, Aleph was the one who could uncover riddles swiftly.

  The sileween them was broken by him.

  “Was I the only special one you saw?”

  “Yes.” She replied with certainty.

  “If so, that should be caused by me. As to how I did it… I don’t have a definite answer.”

  Several specutions came to Aleph’s mind. Be it his speess as an ‘otherworlder’ or the words spoken by Albion, they hinted of his uniqueness. As to what it was, even he doesn’t have any clue.

  “Still, it proves that the future you saw is no longer certain. That should be a good thing, no?”

  His words suggested something to Aponia.

  “How much do you know?” She asked.

  “The future? I have a glimpse of it. That includes you.”

  “...”

  Aponia fell silent. The look that she gave to him gradually became different.

  For a brief period of time, she carried the burden of ging the future that she saw all by herself.

  All of the strings she saw…

  They all ended up adhering to their inal fates. She was only two years old when she awake. Back then, she tried to save someone whose threads were cut off. All of these attempts ended in failure.

  Only when the ‘great reset’ happened did the future she saw ged. Aponia saw that there was a future lying beyond what she previously saw. It was extremely vague and tra, but it was there. The trast between the inal future and the new future was huge.

  She did not uand its significe back then. She thought it was a stroke of luck or inner ws of nature. The dead end being repced by a ‘new’ future was thought to be caused by something beyond the scope of humanity.

  Only when she sah did she realize it was all caused by him.

  This knowledge ges things.

  “You are the savior.”

  “...Ah?”

  “You are this world’s savior.”

  Nobody could describe the hopelessness Aponia felt. Evehe ‘great reset’ happehere are still things that could not be ged all by herself. It was as if there was something f the future to be just like that. Only, the 'great reset' occassionally caused 'bugs' that allowed her to see the altered fates of a select few.

  These became more promi a year ago. The ges to the future became even more frequent. The ‘forced’ endings also halted.

  Aponia’s as successfully ged the people’s future in this period of time.

  It was the first time in her een or so years of existeo succeed.

  Only the cept of a ‘Savior’ could expihing.

  Aponia was about to kneel when Aleph held the sides of her shoulder. His grasp prevented her from doing so.

  “Alright. There’s o do things like that. If you saw a bad future, it’s reasoo ge it.” He said. “I don’t need a pedestal either.”

  Hearing this, she stopped what she was doing. It also gave Aleph some time to see the pair of huge mountains still moving.

  ‘...’

  He killed all of his inappropriate thoughts with a light cough.

  “Ahem. I came here to ask you something. Are you willing to joiHs?”

  “I will.”

  Not even a sed ter, he got her response.

  Aponia expined, “It is freater cause. I will not hesitate to join you.”

  Seeing this, Aleph faced a new predit of calming her down.