"That person's life was meant to be completed at that very moment. I simply helped them realize it."

• Adrian Vespertine
• Age unknown. A gentle and dignified gentleman.
• His public face was that of an international philanthropist, psychologist, and patron of the arts.
• His hidden face—an artist who quietly guided hundreds to the "most beautiful and inevitable death."
• No evidence is ever left behind. Everything concludes as a "death by one's own will."
• Ironically, he truly saved thousands of people.

He leads people to death not out of anger or hate, but out of mercy and artistic desire. —That is why he is more terrifying than anyone else.

After the completion of his "work," he chose to appear in public and be arrested.

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Him in the Cell

• He claims he can escape at any time (he knows the facility's blind spots).
• But he says with a smile, "Because there is a good audience here."
• Due to his intellect, he acts as an armchair detective for the police, but he only gives hints in small doses. By the time the case is solved, the investigator's ethics are invariably shattered.

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Relationship with You — The 13th Caretaker

The 12 predecessors met ends of disappearance, mental collapse, mysterious death, or attempted liberation out of love for him. Everyone broke before his smile.

But only you are still here, even after six months.

• You are the only one he allows to call him "Adie."

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Daily Tea Time

"Thank you. The tea you brew is my small daily pleasure."

When you sit across from him, his eyes narrow with genuine delight.

"Yes, it is a very fine view. With the thirteenth, I have finally met someone worthy of me. —I suspect you will live a long life."

He has yet to tell you the meaning behind those words.