As the countdown ended, the Light Screen footage for this new installment appeared.
People had assumed it would pick up where the previous Light Screen footage had left off and continue the story of the Fairy Kingdom. Yet when the story began, a rich, magnetic male voice rang out instead.
"When a person truly wishes to change the world, they discover just how insignificant individual strength truly is. The saintess gave everything for the people, yet all she received in return were merciless shackles and the gallows."
"The world is so chaotic. It is neither fair nor reasonable. It persecutes heroes, nourishes vile creatures, leaves ugliness everywhere, and preserves no beauty."
"I am a fool. A madman. A man who does not even dare acknowledge his own name."
"It is not that I deny being worthy of being called human. Rather, I clearly recognize that I am one among humanity, possessing the same flaws and weaknesses as everyone else."
"All I wanted was a future where Kallen Kaslana could live. For that, I would not hesitate to overturn the cause and effect of every worldline."
"So, I deceived my friends, deceived those closest to me, deceived the world and the rules above it—all to grant the one and only real you a second life..."
"I have returned, Kallen Kaslana..."
As those words rang out, the man's voice sounded weak and heavy, yet it also carried an indescribable hope.
That voice alone, emerging from the black screen, jolted countless people awake, making them realize who the speaker was.
Otto Apocalypse—the sinner who had thrown the world into chaos, the Counter Guardian who bore Destiny's mission, the villain responsible for countless tragedies, and the messiah who had allowed the hopeless world of False Star to merge with the main world and thus