Moonlight (fourth update)

Neph chatted with Klein a little longer. Only after making sure he was not trying to put on a brave face did she relax and suggest returning to the real world.

She was still in the Sea of Ruins, after all. Klein immediately sent her back, remaining alone in Sefirah Castle.

In the silence above the gray fog, Klein sat wordlessly for a long time before letting out a long, deep sigh.

"Sigh..."

It was impossible to say he was entirely unaffected, but he had long known that the outcome would not be encouraging. There had already been faint signs of many things, so the news did not come out of nowhere. The truth was merely somewhat shocking.

Klein leaned back in his chair. As his wandering thoughts settled, a new question emerged.

Then who made us "transmigrators" transmigrate?

Klein actually had an answer to this question as well: the secrets known only to Angels and those above them. He thought the reason for the world's drastic transformation was among them too.

And so Klein could only sigh again and disappear from above the gray fog, intending to find something to do to ease his mood.

Neph opened her eyes in the real world and glanced out of the window. The midday light was still bright. Reassured, she leaned against the bed and recited the True Creator's honorific name.

"I've conveyed Your thoughts to the Fool.

"I... I wanted to ask, did You ever see me in a prophecy in the past?"

After waiting quietly for a few minutes, Neph realized she probably would not receive an answer. She could only give up and turn her thoughts to another matter.

Come to think of it, can Adam notice me?

After a brief consideration, Neph decided he could not. With the