The Ruin's Save Point

"And here's where things got even stranger. The moment I laid eyes on that house, what had once been an endless path suddenly shortened. Before I even took two steps, I had already arrived in front of the house. There were no signs of human activity inside, and the furnishings were extremely sparse but neatly arranged. There was only a bed, a massive medicine cabinet, a table, and a black book lying on top of the table. That was all—so empty it felt eerie."

"You can probably guess what happened next," Bearnard sighed, this time truly regretful. "I was curious and flipped through the notebook on the table, but before I could finish reading, my vision went black again. When I woke up, I was no longer in the ruin. And the place I woke up in wasn't my bedroom—it was the outskirts of town. When I came to, I found two ruin keys beside me."

After hearing Bearnard's unbelievable experience, Illiya formed a hypothesis in his mind—one he was about sixty percent confident in.