The alternation between day and night in the Ruins of the Divine War was always especially abrupt, so Sno and Bernadette's exchanges became intermittent as well. Aside from Bernadette dropping by each day at mealtime to sample the fresh delicacies offered by Sno's believers, the two tacitly went about their own business.
Compared with Bernadette's observation of Klein, he was more interested in studying Anderson, who was plagued by misfortune.
However, based on the current conclusions, Anderson had merely been contaminated by the authority lingering in the mural's aura. Klein might have had some chance of tracing Ouroboros through that contamination, but for Sno, it would only be possible if he went directly to the True Creator.
But if he asked the True Creator directly, there would be no need for the assistance of the aura of misfortune.
Noon and night alternated once more. Klein swiftly regained his clarity and reason in the dream, then opened his eyes and looked around.
His vision was pitch-black. There was nothing at all.
I'm not blind, am I? The thought sprang into Klein's mind reflexively. He reached into his pocket and pulled out a box of matches.
The flame vaguely illuminated the scene before Klein, and he gradually realized that he had appeared in a cell.
As Klein pondered why he had appeared here, he flicked out the match. Taking advantage of the fact that Extraordinary Items could be used freely in dreams, he manifested Creeping Hunger and activated the Priest of Light's ability.
Klein examined the traces around him, trying to obtain more information, but he had no intention of venturing outside because he clearly remembered Willangstein's warning.
However, things did not go as he wished. Though he planned to wait here for noon to arrive, faint, hollow footsteps came from