After saying those last few words and finishing his transfer of information, the figure simply rubbed his hands together before descending to the ground.

The gaze on the figure's face as he stared at Athen's frozen and floating body could only be described as pitiful and sympathetic.

Finally looking away from Athen, the figure glanced to the right and began drawing on the air before him with his fingers.

In unison, the area of the pitch-black void the figure was facing started to shift as small ocean-blue particles began to appear in the air.

Tracking the figure movements of the figure, the ocean-blue particles acted as paint when the figure's figure was a brush.

"This loop is yours as the body's current possessor...but there is one thing you must do."

Staring at the words that the ocean-blue particles had formed, the figure let out a deep and resigned sigh before raising his hand again.

The words in the air were heavily distorted and warped due to the pitch-black void, which was starting to merge with the ocean-blue particles and corrupt the words in the air.

However, to the figure, these words were unmistakable.

"After all... it is what caused my loop's end."

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Unlike the memories and pieces of information that the figure had transferred earlier to help and guide Athen, this phrase was a command...one that he could not disobey.

Like a judge sentencing a criminal to death, the figure wore a grim expression as his body began to tremble, preventing him from concisely moving his hands.

"N-no, I have to..."

Why did he have to?

The figure honestly did not know, but the one before him had said so...and so had the one before that one... and the one before that one as well.

They had all said it was necessary...and therefore, it was required in the figure's mind.

After all, they were all him as well...so why wouldn't they be helping him?

No matter the varying methods or ideologies each of them had, they all had the same goal in the end.

Making up his mind, the figure steeled himself, biting his tongue to distract himself from other thoughts.

Tasting the sharp and metallic flavor of his own blood, the figure grimaced before moving his palms.

Following the figure's hand movements, the set of words ascended in the air before floating towards Athen's body.

Then, within a couple of seconds, the command merged with Athen's body, disappearing from sight... forever.

And that was it.

This would be the last time the figure saw Athen...in person.

Of course, he would have to continuously add more information into his body when his mind had finished translating the memories he had just added, so his job wasn't necessarily done.

Taking one last glance at Athen's frozen figure, he smiled and muttered.

"Remember those words...Good luck... Athen. You'll need it in this cruel and terrible world."

"You can't even trust yourself..."

The next moment, the figure had disappeared, leaving Athen alone in the pitch-black void.

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An unknown amount of time after the disappearance of the figure, the scenery began to shift as the pitch-black void seemed to shatter.

Above Athen, the pure light-blue sky came into view, devoid of any clouds and allowing the sun to shine through perfectly.

Below his still-frozen body, the forest could be seen, sparkling under the rays of the sun and barren of any figures...even spiritual ones.

To the right of the forest and next to a couple of buildings, thousands of frozen students could be seen sitting on foldable chairs in front of a massive stage.

Although the stage was empty, the expressions of the motionless students were apprehensive and nervous.

And, on top of the stage, a bright red banner decorated with pure gold and diamond jewels was strung, displaying the words, "Orientation Day!"

Various animals could be seen, with birds flying well above the stage and squirrels sitting atop trees, seeming to watch the event.

However, despite all of this, there was not a single bit of noise or movement.

In fact, throughout the entire world, on every single continent, piece of land, and ship, not a single sound was made.

That was until...

A couple of seconds later, Athen's figure could be seen sitting atop the top branch of the highest tree in the forest.

His hair was messy and spiky, as if he had just woken up from a long nap, and his uniform was covered in autumn leaves but thankfully unstained by the dirt on the ground

And right above him, floating in the air, lay a light-blue diamond, dazzling and sparkling under the sun's shine.

*Chirp~chirp!*

*Tweet~tweet*

As the sound of birds chirping and humming sounded throughout the forest, Athen's right eyelid suddenly flickered open.

Before Athen could even react or make sense of his surroundings, the diamond suddenly continued its descent.

Falling right between Athen's hands, which were stretched upwards, the diamond landed right on the... top portion of his pants.

"AHHHH! IT HURTS! AH!"

As Athen's shrieks of pain echoed, countless frightened birds took off into the air, causing countless more leaves to fall onto him.

Panting as if he had just a marathon, which in his eyes he had, Athen immediately grabbed the diamond, holding it tight in his grasp, before looking downward.

And thankfully, there were no thousands of spiritual figures below waiting to merge with him.

It seemed like he had survived the punishment...for now.

"w-what time is it!?"

Noticing the sun shining bright and the clear blue sky, Athen immediately recalled the fact that orientation would be starting soon.

Putting aside his...experience last night, Athen immediately began descending from the tree, going from branch to branch until he finally reached the ground.

Breaking out into a sprint as soon as he reached the ground, Athen attempted to dust the leaves off his hair while making sure his uniform was clean enough.

Leaving the forest and stepping foot onto a path, Athen hesitated for a moment as a gigantic stage alongside hundreds...no thousands of sitting students came into view.