[In the 1,638,349th year, the two hundredth year since you entered the Time Ancestral Land, and the twenty-second year after you were prevented from being sent away, you could sense through that inexplicable connection that Red Cloud was rapidly approaching you. Although the Will Aggregate of the Time Ancestral Land had constantly followed like a shadow and tried to stop him, it still could not prevent the distance between him and you from steadily shrinking.
What you could sense, your "companion" naturally could as well. You could confirm that from the emotions you touched upon—his heart was far less calm than he appeared.]
[Beneath his cloak, the hidden crown was not large. Yet just as its owner grew increasingly tense and vigilant, his guard against you reached its lowest point since your arrival.
Seizing the moment, when you sensed the gaze beneath the cloak turn toward you again, you responded this time and glanced sideways... For a moment, you saw those pitch-black eyes hidden beneath the cloak, with a trace of scarlet glowing in the depths of the darkness. But you had no mind to mock why so many people had red-eye disease. The soul power you had long been gathering and preparing erupted!
The Double Pupils Edict activated in an instant. Though you felt there was a risk in using this ability to control him for an extended period, merely prolonging his daze or briefly slowing him down was effortless. Only then, without its host controlling them, would his few treasures be able to protect him yet find it difficult to truly stop you, giving you an opening.]
[In truth, the moment you found the opportunity and successfully used the power of the Edict, the crown could already be declared to have changed hands. And indeed, although the other