Chapter 8: Premium Simulation
With one premium simulation already available, Noel found himself returning home.
Lilith didn’t seem to be around — she’d left a message saying she was out with her friends. And Noel, without commenting on it, simply made his way to his room, and closed the door behind him.
He spread the items he had bought across the desk. And then, as he stared at one of them, a message window popped up.
[Do you want to offer the Unmarked Locket to the Codex Null?]
Faced with the now-familiar question, Noel didn’t hesitate — he agreed immediately.
And just like that, the locket began to break apart, fragmenting into faint particles of light. The sharp edges of its form crumbled, then blurred into dust-like wisps that shimmered faintly — before vanishing completely, as if it had never existed at all.
[You have received 1 Null Point.]
A new message appeared and Noel after a brief glance, dismissed it, then turned his attention to the next item without pause.
One by one, he offered them all. And by the time he finished, a quiet sense of satisfaction had crept into his expression. His eyes lingered on the corner of the screen, where the number seventeen now sat.
Seventeen Null Points.
It was time for his third simulation... his first premium simulation.
But before that, he took out his notebook and flipped to the last written page.