Advent of the Three Calamities

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he man in front of me was. No, not quite... I

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as that whoever the man in front of me w

move and I

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nded across the empty corrid

nt throughout t

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d attentively. Every piece of

ore than capable of passing the examination. At the very least, you sho

I listened to his words, my eyes couldn'

of place

up the corridors with purple curtains drap

no way, right?

here, youn

urroundings before I found myself stan

rge hall where hundreds of people stood. They all lined up in an

are

es approached me. She held a clipboard

tense at her

tion, 'You are?' and found

o know tha

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t for a couple of seconds before her eyes fell

be from the Ev

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re Evenus.

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e board, s

. I'll lead you t

or a brief moment. My eyes met his for a moment an

in the distance. I could feel the gazes of those a

to, but because I couldn

e door the faster my h

ad to take an examination. What so

eaty and my legs

lt heavier t

along was purely because

ike I had

what

supposed

don't be too nervous

of a generously decorated room. Elegant paintings adorned th

om where four individuals sat. In front of them was a boy with blonde hair and blue

four of them, and amongst them, a woman with

ple, not just because of her looks, b

her beauty... Something I

at sort

st be J

lanced at the papers before her.

examination. Please make y

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ice but to f

the people in front of me when I closed in on them. I couldn't quite d

re being pressed

o my composure and

arm sting. What's going on? When I looked down, I realize

was

overed over it. I was surprised by the sudden development

n

esse

.Hu

turned pit

r the pitch-black space with nothing in sight. It felt

suffoc

t seemed to stretch endlessly. My consciousness was blurry,

previously saw

at death f

felt l

co

A

All of a sudden, a current ran through m

lized I could finally

n s

dings were

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, but my mouth r

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iety and fear that was creeping up on my mind. I

ye

m?

t light in the distance. A light...? It grew brigh

comfor

found my eyes slowly

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was stunned by the sight bef

whe

s, and si

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llow

ed upward, currently r

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is thi

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rrr

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gan to spin

t's goi

purple, blue, green, orange, and ye

rooted. My eyes were fixed on t

continued to alternate. Gradually, the wheel

rpl

ar

the deep sense of unease that grippe

oo

ight to fee

lost my footing, and just as I regained it, I was shoc

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d my

speak a

. No, not quite. They seemed to be ruins. The architecture reminded me

as dark outside. However, from the corner of my ey

dow

osh

I grew tense, feeling a sensation that was akin to the gent

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o swallow, I found myself unable to. Somethin

d me from s

hah

st tre

hing in fron

why

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ling it in the process. There, I

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followed i

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fast

ter

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perventi

nd sweat trickled down

d gripp

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ld fe

wh

run. Get awa

ghts disappeared and I just ran.

depended on it. I didn't know why I was acting like this, bu

r away as

h..

ch time, I'd pick myself back up again and continue to run. I igno

ad in my mind was th

et away from

Haaa....

ime. The distance between us remained constant. Are they not r

ungs intensified. It was a

ad to h

ye

t.

ng

ashing against

kh.

he pain, I

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mystery to me. It wobbled in front of me, sta

. Don

ar that gripped

most suff

. I.

fused to lea

th

ek

at, gripping it tightly. My eyes b

to die. I'm going

p of my heart, the weakness, and the gripping fear-all of i

as exper

as r

th

Cra

ap and the world

htness to sudde

ee? Exa

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here I was standing. They all stared at me with frowns w

t thi

ight forearm where the tattoo was. It no

u

was tre

nued to linger over me. I couldn't get r

ed an

o let every

thing alright? We d

ulky man with a red beard raised his eyebrow

s what you

h.

oved on t

he young man in front of me. He was staring back at me wi

didn't

mind and conti

say something, my hands reached out for his head, grasping both sides s

ession c

hat are

didn't

face, my mouth parted o

ea

anked from

self in t

me spot I was before. My hands were no l

I th

.! Haa..

re on the ground. His face was pale, and he held his head with b

xpression distorted an

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ily mov

s goin

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n appeared in

when I un