"Who are you?"
After absorbing the memories of that long span of time, the first thing Death Magistrate said was to ask about Saiga's identity.
He had assumed the other party was someone connected to his past or future, which was why Saiga had helped him recover his memories. Yet there was no trace of Saiga within those memories.
Then the help he had received clearly served some other purpose.
"My name is Saiga. I'm the manager of the Tingen City Café branch."
Without waiting for Death Magistrate to continue questioning him, Saiga went on:
"The Café is an organization whose apparent main business is intelligence trading, while its true purpose is protecting world peace. We hope Mr. Azk will join us."
"..."
As a Sequence Two who had once literally ruled a nation, Death Magistrate did not know how to respond for a moment.
Protecting world peace?
Could someone really say such nonsense with a straight face?
"It seems Mr. Azk doesn't believe me."
Saiga shrugged.
"As the son of the Nether Emperor and the contingency plan for the God of Death's resurrection, Mr. Azk should know about the Old Ones, right?"
Death Magistrate's gaze changed.
Knowledge related to the Old Ones was not something ordinary angels could possess. In other words, behind this so-called Café stood a Sequence Zero, or an angel like himself with extremely close ties to a Sequence Zero.
"The Old Ones above the Sequences are indeed powerful, but they are also closer to the original Creator. The madness and deaths of the two Gods of Death are ironclad proof."
Casually revealing information that would drive ordinary people mad merely by hearing it, Saiga took a sip of cola.
"And a being who has gone mad, wants to survive, and is about to become an