Are You Free? IV

Bob portrayed the images of the two beings clearly before the man standing above a radiant sea as he spoke out coldly.

"These two creatures acted from orders under you to ensure that someone else entered the Purgatory Lands. It was an event that initiated a Point of Unraveling that has led to utterly drastic and disastrous changes as of now."

"Now, I cannot seem to find these two, so it just leads me to come to you- the one responsible for giving the order. May I ask just what prompted you to do something like this?"

His question was a simple one.

The man who heard it had a complex expression as he stared at the image of the woman between the two entities that Bob had portrayed.

He seemed to feel a mixture of guilt and relief at Bob's words as he sighed.

"Would you believe me if I told you that this was not my own doing? That even I was following the orders of someone else without knowing what they would lead to?"

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