More wisdom doesn't exempt one from becoming fallen and corrupted; nor is there such a thing as an eternal, sacred Divine Emperor. Time changes everything, and the easiest thing to change…is one's initial intent.
—And I, have already stepped into the perilous brink.
Why was he so sure that he was always right? Why did he take it for granted that this world needed him to save it?
Why did he naturally assume that he was the eternal "protagonist" of this story, the destined savior? Why did he assume that he would forever be with this world—regarding himself as the god of this world?
Was it because of his uniqueness? Because he was an "Otherworlder"? Because he bore the name of Dusk?
Yet, he had rejected the fate of becoming a Dusk Seed, so why did he calmly accept this specialness based on "Dusk"?
At that moment, Russell suddenly realized…
