In the palace at the deepest point of the Daniel Labyrinth, Abner stood on the second-floor platform and closed the Pure White Eye.
The "Roselle" who had just appeared before him was not his fellow Transmigrator, of course. He was merely a phantom left at the core of the seal.
Or, more precisely, a recording.
A recording made while Roselle was distorting and tampering with part of the seal's effects.
In the recording, Roselle casually altered the seal as he spoke:
"I changed this palace's rules as we agreed. Only someone holding the Key who breaks the seal will receive the 'ticket.' Anyone accompanying them will, at most, find the other treasures left here.
"Consider it repayment for telling me how to separate the corruption... Thanks to you, I can tell that something is wrong with me more often now... but I still can't escape Him.
"And a new question has begun to trouble me... I don't even know whether the person I am right now is normal or not...
"Ah, it hurt when you left without a word... but you were right. Everything changed after I went to the moon...
"Never mind that. I recorded this because I'm sure you'll see it. So let me say 'thank you' here, and... 'I'm sorry.'"
Recalling the recording, Abner fell deep into thought.
Who was the Emperor confiding in? It sounded like a very good friend...
That person not only gave him a way to separate the corruption, but might also have warned him not to go to the moon... What a shame Roselle didn't listen...
And Roselle was certain that person would see this message... Add the rules he set for the lion and the question he left behind...
The person he meant must be either me, the lion, or Jane!