Velvet Manor Rooftops, Midnight (Plus Ten Seconds).
The kiss should have been the climax.
The fireworks, the swelling music of the festival below, Emilia's soft words hanging in the night air — it was the kind of cinematic romance moment people would paint on murals.
Instead, it became the trigger for Armageddon.
Because just as Emilia drew back from Rei's lips, satisfied and glowing like she had just conquered the world, a sound split the heavens.
BOOOOOOM.
The manor shook as though a god had sneezed directly onto its roof. The fountain cracked, servants screamed and pigeons abandoned their nests, screaming in pigeon.
Rei, meanwhile, faceplanted into frosting for the fifth time that evening. "WHY IS IT ALWAYS AN EXPLOSION?!"
[System Notification: Catastrophic Event Detected.]
[ Congrats, Romeo. You triggered the cutscene from hell.]
