Abdication

Nyarlathotep waved her sleeve, left behind a note, and departed with effortless grace.

She had left gracefully, but the people remaining behind felt utterly stifled. In that short span of time, they had learned far too many things—each one more explosive and shocking than the last. Their minds were in chaos, as if countless words were trapped in their stomachs, yet they had no idea what to say. All they could do was stand there blankly, staring at one another.

This was where Evenson's brilliance showed. While everyone else was still dazed, he had already completely shaken off the impact of the matter and turned his attention to the situation at hand... Damn it, he had somehow ended up giving away a house for nothing!

What? Why was he worrying about a piece of property instead of being shocked by the truths Nyarlathotep had revealed? Evenson felt that being shocked once was enough. Why keep dwelling on it? Could he figure it out somehow?

It was like how everyone knew the sun would burn out four billion years from now. That was a major event, right? But who got so anxious over it that they couldn't eat or sleep, acting as if the sky had fallen and wanting to die?

It was too far away. Evenson felt that the things Nyarlathotep had spoken of were on a level even more distant than those four billion years. Rather than worry about that, he might as well mourn the money for that house.

And it was no ordinary house. It had to be a luxury villa, complete with a swimming pool, courtyard, perhaps even a private beach—a palace-grade residence. The whole thing would probably cost around ten million dollars.

And it would not end with giving her a house. All her future