/POV Zuta/
After Alice went her own way, Zuta took a deep breath.
Her whole body collapsed to the ground.
"This is too much for me right now…"
Her face looked dark, filled with fear.
Slowly, she went inside her house.
The strange thing was—she lived alone.
Inside, her home looked more like a detective's workspace.
Her hand trembled as she looked at a wooden board, filled with timelines about Alice.
She spoke to herself,
"This time… I won't let you destroy everything."
Her expression hardened with determination.
That was why she moved here—
to stay close to Alice,
to watch her more easily from afar.
But today was different.
Her face turned confused as she recalled their conversation.
"She's different from the Alice I knew… but somehow even more dangerous. Because of something…? Her love?"
"This is strange. I've never seen Alice fall in love. She was emotionless… and cruel."
Zuta narrowed her eyes.
"I want to know who that person is… the one who changed her."
"She even saved me… This isn't right. Not in this timeline."
"What makes that person so special?"
[If he can help… maybe I can change this tragic fate.
But if not… I'll kill her.
And even him.]
Her gaze turned cold.
"But killing Alice won't be easy…"
"She's not human—no matter how normal she looks."
"There are still too many things I don't understand about her…"
"But I know one thing—
how powerful… how dangerous she is."
Zuta raised her hand and pointed at a timeline on the wooden board.
It was from Alice's high school years.
"In this timeline… Alice fell into depression.
She disconnected from everything…
and eventually joined a hidden criminal organization."
"Their goal… was to destroy this cursed world… and create a new one."
"That group appeared near the end of her high school life."
Zuta's eyes sharpened.
"That means… I still have time."
"To stop her from falling into darkness…
to make sure she never meets that organization again."
A faint smile appeared on her lips.
"Maybe… I can change that tragic fate."
Her hand moved to another timeline.
A world of chaos.
A sea of blood covering everything.
Humanity reduced to a broken, apocalyptic existence.
Zuta's entire body trembled.
She remembered…
Her final conversation with that monster.
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/Past/
"Why…?"
"Why did you destroy everything… Alliter?"
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Zuta had once been part of an organization that opposed Alliter.
But Alliter had destroyed them all.
That world had already fallen.
Zuta was the last survivor.
And Alliter found her.
Alliter—
the name the organization gave to Alice.
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Zuta lay on the ground, completely defeated.
Alice stood before her—
Cold voice.
Emotionless face.
Red eyes.
Black hair.
She wore a black uniform dress, detailed and elegant—
making her look terrifyingly beautiful.
Behind her…
a massive black scythe.
She stepped closer.
Then slowly raised her weapon.
Her voice was calm.
Empty.
"Because… I don't feel any love in this world."