"I don't want to do this, but it seems I have no choice..." Jack slowly approached Rose and the railing. "If you jump, I'll jump after you."
"You're insane..."
"Miss, with all due respect, I'm not the one standing on the other side of the railing."
On the Mage Tower's rooftop terrace, Jack cautiously held out his hand to Rose, who stood beyond the railing.
"If you fall from here, you'll be smashed to pieces. Everyone will see you at your worst... You don't want that, do you? Give me your hand..."
Rose looked back at him, took a deep breath, and slowly reached out—
The instant their hands touched, a blush spread across Evelyn's cheeks. She covered her face in embarrassment and fell straight off the tower—
The scene had failed for the fifteenth time.
Annan sighed inwardly and looked down over the railing.
Still covering her face, Evelyn drifted slowly through the night sky like a feather under the Light Feather Spell.
It was the new problem they had run into after filming "King of the World."
They had reshot the scene where Rose stood atop the Mage Tower and Jack saved her countless times. Evelyn embarrassed too easily; every touch, or even the prospect of one, made her lose control.
The Recording Magic Stone had solved the editing problem, but not the actor problem.
"Sorry, I should head back too," Olmedo said apologetically after waiting for them.
Annan had no choice but to end the day's filming.
"I'm sorry..." On the way back to the Manor, Evelyn kept her head down, her fingers clenched so tightly they had gone pale. "I... I can't do it..."
"It's all right. We'll take it slowly," Annan reassured her.
Less than twenty days remained before the second Apocalypse Forecast... He had