"What's going on here?" After stepping through the door, the space around him suddenly changed, and he found himself in a completely different setting.
Was this a house?
It looked exactly like the architecture of the Celestial Domain—medieval-style, luxurious, and grand.
He glanced down at his clothes. He was dressed like a noble, wearing elegant and regal garments.
Looking around, he noticed a mirror. He walked toward it, and when he saw his reflection, he was shocked and surprised.
His face was the same—nothing had changed there. But his hair? It had transformed from its usual messy look into something neat and aristocratic.
He didn't know whether to laugh or cry. What did this even mean? What was he supposed to do now? Pretend to be some noble? That made no sense at all.
"Darling~"
While Daniel was lost in thought, a beautiful and familiar voice pulled him out of it.
'That voice?'
Daniel frowned and slowly turned around. And what he feared actually happened—a beautiful girl suddenly threw herself into his arms.
"Eva? What are you doing here?"
Daniel raised his eyebrows and pushed Eva away from him.
The girl who just called him "darling" and hugged him without hesitation was Eva.
But since when was she this bold and forward? And why the hell did she just throw herself into his arms?
"What are you doing, hubby?"
Eva frowned when Daniel pushed her away, speaking in a sad tone.
"Excuse me? Hubby?"
Daniel nearly had a heart attack. Husband? When the hell did he get married?
"What? Trying to act like a bastard already? We've been married for a month!" Eva grumbled.
Daniel didn't respond right away. He paused, and if he wasn't wrong, he had a vague idea of what was happening.
'An illusion? Or maybe a simulation.'
But he couldn't understand why he would be placed in such a situation. There was no logic behind it.
'If I'm not wrong, the second floor isn't over yet. So this must be the final part of the second floor.'
Daniel thought to himself, then turned his attention back to Eva.
Maybe the purpose of this section was to test his character.
He talked to Eva and tried to calm her down. She was a bit stubborn, but with Daniel's sweet talking, she eventually relaxed.
Daniel didn't know how long he'd have to stay like this, but since there was no way out, he decided to play the role of a good husband for now.
He spent the following days inside this illusion.
It didn't take long before he realized that in this illusion, the Irenwald family had never been destroyed.
Apparently, due to a series of events, he met Eva, they fell in love, and eventually got married.
Cliché and stupid.
But Daniel didn't really care. He just stuck to his role. Everything was going smoothly.
If the goal of this part was to increase Eva's affection level, then it should have already passed by now.
Days passed until finally, Eva's birthday arrived.
Daniel had prepared an expensive gift—something she had always dreamed of: a necklace made from an ancient diamond.
"Hubby, what did you get me?"
At the birthday hall, presents were being opened one by one. Eva turned to Daniel with excitement and asked.
Daniel smiled, lifted a beautifully wrapped gift box, and opened it. Inside was the necklace.
Eva picked it up and examined it closely.
When she saw it was her favorite, her eyes sparkled with excitement.
She jumped and hugged Daniel tightly.
Daniel hugged her back, but as he did, he frowned and glanced around the hall.
Since the moment he entered, he had noticed something.
The number of guests was very low. In fact, only the members of the Irenwald family were there.
There were no outside guests at all.
'Maybe it's just tradition?'
Daniel didn't want to overthink it, but he had a bad feeling. And that feeling wasn't wrong.
Suddenly, his chest was pierced, and blood started pouring out.
"Eva?"
He looked down at his chest, now stabbed by a dagger, then looked up at Eva.
"Heh, idiot. I can finally end this game."
Eva's expression turned completely cold and emotionless. She looked at Daniel like he was an insect.
Daniel dropped to his knees and coughed blood.
"Why did you do that?"
Daniel asked indifferently. His voice carried neither anger nor hatred.
It seemed he had completely misunderstood the purpose of this part of the second floor.
"Why? Hehe, of course, because of the God's Blood. Something that valuable shouldn't be in your hands."
Eva said coldly.
"God's Blood?"
Daniel frowned. How did this illusion even know about his God's Blood? He was sure he had kept that ability hidden from everyone.
What the hell is this pagoda?
"Did you really think I loved you? You're just a useless piece of trash."
Eva laughed mockingly.
Daniel said nothing. His eyes grew heavy, then shut completely.
He clearly died. In fact, he felt nothing for this illusion.
He was just confused.
What was the point of all this? To make him angry?
But when he knew it was all fake, why should he be angry?
But that wasn't the end.
The space around him shifted, and in the next moment, he opened his eyes again.
"It's not over yet?"
Daniel sighed and looked around.
This was his real world—in fact, it was the back area behind his school.
He then looked at himself and realized he was wearing his school uniform.
"Hey bastard, you finally had the guts to show up?"
A voice echoed behind him and caught his attention.
"Huh? That voice?"
Daniel turned with a bit of surprise and saw a familiar face—or rather, two familiar faces.
A handsome young guy with messy black hair and light brown eyes was holding a girl's hair and glaring at Daniel with contempt.
There was a girl too—the one being dragged by her hair.
But Daniel didn't focus much on the girl.
"James, ah James… I guess this illusion isn't as bad as I thought."
Daniel laughed, which made the guy named James frown.
"What do you mean? Have you gone crazy?"
But before James could finish his sentence, a punch landed right on his face.
The punch sent him flying back.
Daniel smiled and walked over to the girl, giving her a quick glance. It was Sarah.
Then he ignored her and walked toward James, starting to beat him up.
It didn't take long for the school security and other students to show up, but Daniel was so brutally beating James that no one dared get close.
Except for one—Joe.
Joe ran over and got in front of Daniel.
When Daniel saw it was Joe, he sighed and stopped hitting James.
"Dude, you were about to kill him!"
Joe didn't know whether to laugh or cry.
"I just taught him a lesson."
Daniel shrugged and then looked around again.
So what's the point of this illusion?