As his thoughts turned, Abner asked Ignacia, the Golden Saintess, another question:
"What do you know about this Dream Labyrinth Tower?"
After considering for a moment, Ignacia asked in return, "How much do you know about Roselle's later years?"
"Some..." Abner nodded slightly. "He was corrupted by the Primordial Moon."
"Then it's easy to explain!" Ignacia smiled sweetly and continued, "When Roselle built this Labyrinth Tower, he had already placed me in that Strange Tale Rules world within the Spectral Empire. I didn't witness it firsthand.
"But one of his mechanical avatars was placed there with me—the one you traded to Bernadette before dealing with the Angel of Fate.
"Before Roselle was killed, his mechanical avatar could share some of his main body's memories to a limited extent. So he told me about this tower back then.
"Hmm, Roselle was already deeply troubled by corruption at the time, and his motives were often highly contradictory... The same was true when he built this tower, leaving behind multiple conflicting arrangements.
"On top of that, he was making his final preparations to advance to Black Emperor during that period. So, during one of his relatively lucid moments, he told me that the key to fully controlling this tower was...
"When carrying out missions, don't follow its rules. Cheat whenever you can... Otherwise, you'll never obtain it."
Don't follow the rules... Cheat whenever possible... That really was the Black Emperor's style! Abner's eyes lit up as he thought, This must be why I had that premonition earlier, telling me to come to the Reward Room and speak with the soul inside the Holy Seal first.
The Golden Saintess actually possessed such crucial information!
Hmm, completing Ignacia's "dream" on the second floor and waking her up had most likely been another manifestation of this