Hell — Palace 666
In his old residence, Eisteth suddenly stopped walking.
A strange pressure throbbed in her chest.
Not pain.
Something far more foreign.
She held her head.
"Why does this… feel so weird?"
Within her system—
The transparent window appeared again.
[SEALED MEMORY RESTORATION — 16%]
Faint images began to flicker.
Battlefields.
Red skies.
And someone with pink hair.
Eisteth stared at the shadow.
"…Who is that?"
But as the figure's face nearly became clear—
The system glitched again.
[ERROR — MEMORY DAMAGE DETECTED]
Eisteth huffed in frustration.
"Why does it always stop at the important part…"
Yet deep in her heart—
A strange feeling stirred.
As if she had once lost someone incredibly important.
Human World — Hospital
Elsewhere, in another world—
A pink-haired man sat beside a hospital bed.
His eyes were tired.
Yet he never left.
His hands still clasped hers.
Suddenly—
A word appeared in his mind.
A name.
"…Eis…?"
He frowned.
Faint memories began to surface.
Red skies.
Battles.
And a woman with devil horns.
He clutched his head.
"…Eisteth…"
The name slipped from his lips unconsciously.
At the same moment—
The heart monitor beeped faster.
The woman in the bed twitched slightly.
Yet remained asleep.
The man froze.
"…Why do I know that name?"
Hell — Palace Archives
Lucifer stood in the ancient archives.
Stacks of floating documents surrounded him.
He was investigating something long overlooked.
The name repeatedly appearing in the old war records—
Amon.
Lucifer opened one ancient record.
It detailed the movements of certain factions before the great war.
Several names had been erased.
Yet one symbol remained.
The same symbol he had seen before.
Lucifer slowly closed the document.
"…So that's it."
If Amon truly orchestrated all of this—
Then the past war wasn't merely a power struggle.
It had been a long-standing plan.
A game spanning thousands of years.
Human World — Night
Outside the hospital—
The night sky felt unusually still.
Suddenly—
A red magical circle appeared in a deserted alley near the building.
A portal slowly opened.
From it emerged several white-robed figures.
Purifiers.
Their eyes glowed cold.
The leader unrolled a spell scroll.
An aura spread.
The target's location began to appear.
He gazed at the hospital.
"Soul resonance confirmed."
Someone asked,
"Target?"
He answered coldly,
"The pink-haired man."
"And the woman linked to him."
The Purifiers nodded.
Without emotion.
Without hesitation.
"Orders from Lord Amon."
"If necessary…"
"Kill them."
Hell
At the same moment—
Eisteth suddenly felt something.
Her soul trembled violently.
She looked at the sky of Hell.
"…Why does it feel like something's about to happen?"
The system suddenly activated again.
Red text appeared.
[SOUL LINK DISTURBANCE DETECTED]
[TARGET IN DANGER]
Yet the target could not be displayed.
Eisteth frowned.
"…Target?"
She didn't know who it was.
Yet somehow—
Her heart instantly filled with unease.
As if someone incredibly important to her—
Was in danger.
In the human world—
The Purifiers began moving toward the hospital.
In Hell—
Lucifer started uncovering the truth about the past.
And between the two worlds—
The sealed memories began to resurface.
One thing was certain.
If the Purifiers succeeded in finding their targets—
The lives of both of them would be in grave danger.