— The Fifth Floor of the Tower of Forgotten Wives —
The moment Jemil set foot on the fifth floor, the ground twisted beneath him.
The world inverted.
The floor became sky. The sky turned into mirrors. The air vibrated with laughter—high-pitched, echoing, wild.
A red carpet rolled itself out in front of him, unspooling like a tongue from a monstrous mouth. Banners dropped from invisible ceilings with words written in shimmering gold:
WELCOME, HUSBAND!
SORRY I WENT INSANE WHILE YOU WERE GONE 💕
Yui stepped cautiously behind Jemil, sword drawn. "Uh… this floor feels cursed."
Kaela narrowed her eyes. "It's not cursed. It's worse. It's… ridiculous."
Suddenly, a door burst open from the sky above, and Jemil fell upward into it.
— Inside the Labyrinth —
Jemil landed on a plush couch.
Beside him, a clone of himself—except with fox ears and sunglasses—grinned.
