The man in the photograph with Lamia was called Giuseppe Castiya. Abner had already learned that from Closia.
As far as he could tell, Giuseppe, as a member of the Castiya Family, had likely died while exploring the ruins where the Red Angel Evil Spirit resided. A Transmigrator brought over by the Pure White Eye had then taken over his body...
Abner had felt an inexplicable familiarity with the photograph of Giuseppe, the suspected Transmigrator. Now he felt something similar toward the man in the Rewind scene...
Did that mean the man in the scene was also a Transmigrator?
And there was that air about him, so similar to Mr. Azik's...
The author of the Book of the Dead, Jane's ancestor, the Death Archon—His Highness Miranda?
As Abner speculated, the Rewind scene fell still again after the gravely wounded man, whom he suspected was Miranda, departed.
Notably, he had left by following a hidden stream outside the Dream Courtyard...
After an unknown stretch of time, a knight who bore some resemblance to Mr. Azik entered the Nightmare. His face was resolute, though a trace of sorrow showed through.
Even so, the knight entered the castle without hesitation. Some time later, he emerged holding aloft a crown covered in rust and blood, then followed the stream away.
"Was that Mr. Azik's son? Was he grieving because he already knew his friend Kholger had died in another ruin, and that the man still 'alive' was an impostor hired by the Loen Royal Family?
"And that rust-and-blood-covered crown... That must have been the Conqueror Beyonder Characteristic, right?
"I remember that was how the original story described the Conqueror characteristic Amon stole for the Red Angel.
"So the Loen Royal Family really was using Azik's son to find the Sequence 1 characteristic hidden by