In the original timeline, Yulia's death had been connected to Noble Red. Noble Red was a subsidiary organization of the "Rosy Cross" Society, which took orders from Anna Sprengel—and Anna Sprengel was the secret apostle of the Ring Angel.
Before that, Anna Sprengel had also been the one who created James. After James adopted Yulia, the medicine he bought for her to delay the eruption of the Phantom Demon Egg had also been obtained through Anna's pathway.
In other words, the Ring Angel had been watching Yulia all along.
Under these circumstances, Iver couldn't regard her death as a simple accident.
It could only be a conspiracy.
Yulia might have been intended to replace the Candlekeeper—the Paradox Flame Butterfly had most likely been cultivated by the Ring Angel to burn away the Sin Thorn and serve as a substitute for the Candlekeeper! It was just that, for some reason... Perhaps it was out of goodwill toward the Candlekeeper, perhaps because it had discovered that the Paradox Flame Butterfly couldn't burn the Sin Thorn, or perhaps for some other reason, the Ring Angel had suddenly destroyed Yulia.
—All of this had been the Ring Angel's doing! "...This is honestly the first time I've seen a mastermind cover so many matters, big and small, so comprehensively."
Iver complained, "It really took the blame for everything."
He even felt that if he encountered another accident later, he would probably be able to hit the mastermind directly by simply shouting, "Damn Ring Angel!"
This Ring Angel really did everything when there was work to do, and really took the blame whenever there was a scapegoat to be had!
The speedrunners of Nine Lifetimes of Reincarnation had basically cleaned out every Resource Point, Quest Point, and Serendipity Point until they were as spotless as plates