Time froze.
On the last page opened by Love Goddess Venus, the paper slip bearing Little Eight's scrawled handwriting, the word "Venus," and the longsword-shaped slip that was the "Oath Sword" fell from her hand.
Little Eight ignored Venus. Time itself seemed frozen at the moment Venus cast down the Oath Sword as it looked toward Green.
"This is the original manuscript of Love Goddess Venus, the earliest version circulated throughout the Wizard World. Of course, the part about Venus ascending to the divine realm was continued by yours truly, Baye."
Green stared intently at Love Goddess Venus without blinking.
Perhaps the World Eye from the seventh-stage project of the Face of Truth had brought an entirely new change. Through the frozen appearance of Love Goddess Venus within the Dimensional Gap, Green faintly saw a string of wizard script, as though the vast, balanced laws of truth throughout the Endless World ran through everything before him. The veins of the world had become astonishingly clear.
"In Love Goddess Venus, she originally ascended to the divine realm at the end of the story and completely entered the Dimensional Gap. Yet after I continued the story of the divine realm and changed the rules to write her back into the book, she returned to the mortal world and tried to defy the Creation Contract and kill you. The first step in understanding the Dimensional Gap is this: your task is to kill her. What will you do?"
Standing on Green's shoulder, Little Eight asked in a low voice.
"Absurd. A book wants to kill me?"
Green shook his head and could not help letting out a cold, low laugh.
"Within this original manuscript of Love Goddess Venus, of course she cannot kill you, nor can she ever defeat you. That is because