179: Let The Epilogue Commence

My purpose.

Their purpose.

As if to place myself into the role of the narrator, I announced everyone's role.

And in the next instant, the world turned dark.

"What's going on...?! Cipher, what are you doing...?!"

With the sun having been abruptly blacked out as if by a surprise solar eclipse, Kiryuuin's panicked voice resounded before me.

I briefly imagined what he thought was going on―and not just him, but everyone standing around him, too.

Just as quickly as the thought entered my mind, however, I stopped.

Because, regardless of his shock at seeing me here when I'm supposed to be trapped in another world, and despite his confusion at what this sudden chaos is about...

In the end, what does it matter?

What need is there for me to care about it?

After all, Kiryuuin was the protagonist of the original novel.

But that doesn't necessarily hold true for the current reality.

This story.