“You...” I stared at the old man in front of me with astonished eyes akin to a rabbit. He was definitely the old man I met in the tutorial when I first started playing the game. The owner of the bizarre voice who lived in Gaia’s otherworld. He was the only one who called me King of the Seven Stars.

“You are alive...”

“That’s right. We meet again.”

The old man in front of me tried to bow to me. I quickly grabbed his shoulder and pleaded with him not to do so. The old man laughed like he couldn’t help it. Then I asked him for news of someone else. “What happened to that child called Psyche?”

“That child... is no longer in this world. At that time, the barrier of time and space collapsed. I managed to get out, but that child couldn’t do so. It is actually because of her that I was able to be here like this. I probably wouldn’t have reached here if Psyche hadn’t given me time to get out.”

“...I see.” I thought of her and mourned inwardly. Then I regained my cool and...